August 2021 Vinyl Spin Challenge Thread: Summer Loving

[ranbalam]

Day 04: Pioneering Artists!
Today would have been Louis Armstrong’s Birthday. Armstrong massively influenced jazz and pushed the music from collective improvisation to solo performances. He wasn’t the only pioneering musician though, so share some others and let us know how they shaped their genre

The one and only FZ. I can’t say more than what has already been said over the years about this inimitable artist. Damn I miss him.

 

[D Jilla]

Day 4 - Pioneering Artists

Not exactly the first example of ambient music (most think Erik Satie’s compositions are that) and not even Eno’s first ambient LP, but almost inarguably the defining record of the genre (and the one the genre gets its name from).

 

[Atvinyl]

Day 4 - Pioneering Artists

Regardless of what you may think of him, as the King of Pop, he was pioneering...

Michael Jackson, This is It - 4 LP Box Set
Comes with a thick glossy booklet of footage from the rehearsals for his never-happened last concert

 

[Wes C. Attle]

4th August - Pioneering Artists!

Sparks - Kimono My House



This is a really wild record, but all of their records kinda are

 

[jamieanderson1968]

5th August - Hens Teeth!

Play a rarity from your collection. It could be a low pressing, signed copy, expensive, sought after....

I have back to back meetings tomorrow and then a Board meeting in the evening so I am posting a little early (still after midnight in the UK)

Tina Brooks - Back to the Tracks (1990 withdrawn Japanese promo pressing)

Recorded later in 1960 after his True Blue sessions. The recordings sat on the shelf until 1985 when they were released as part of the Complete Tina Brooks box set. This copy is a Japanese promo copy that was withdrawn at the last minute just before being released in 1990. A cd of the album was released in Japan in 1993 but a vinyl copy of the stand alone record would not be released until 1999.

 

[LeeVing]

2nd August - “With my music, I create change…I am using my music as a weapon”

Afrobeat is a style I should have more of, I just don't have that much.

Lafayette Afro-Rock Band ‎– Malik
Topomic Music/Vinyl Me, Please ‎– VMP-039, 1974/2018

Numbered/Limited to 1500, #590

Pressed at GZ

 

[LeeVing]

4th August - Pioneering Artists!

Sparks - Kimono My House

This is a really wild record, but all of their records kinda are

Was thinking about going with them, too.

 

[LeeVing]

3rd August - @Selaws Birthday!

Happy belated Birthday!!!

1977 was the year of Rumours. Since that came out early in the year (February), most other release couldn't really compete.


This one gets me some imaginary bonus points for being released in March 1977

Emerson Lake & Palmer ‎– Works (Volume 1)
Atlantic ‎– SD 2-7000, 1977

Cut by Dennis King at Atlantic Studios
Pressed at Presswell

 

[jfitzy]

4th August - Pioneering Artists!

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?

 

[gaporter]

4th August - Pioneering Artists!

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?

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lol I was just thinking... ooh Hendrix hasn't been done yet, let me grab Electric Ladyland...

 

[LeSamourai]

4th August - Pioneering Artists!
Today would have been Louis Armstrong’s Birthday. Armstrong massively influenced jazz and pushed the music from collective improvisation to solo performances. He wasn’t the only pioneering musician though, so share some others and let us know how they shaped their genre.

Boards of Canada - Music Has a Right to Children

You can hear this album reverberating through many first albums of the next generation of mellower electronic musicians, but also in places like Radiohead's "All I Need."

 

[gaporter]

DAY 3
BIRTHDAY!

Happy (belated) birthday @Selaws

Blur - 13
Unintentional Damon double dip this album, according to the internet, was released 15 March 1999 - only 9 days before I was born! Nothing like "No Distance Left to Run" to really get the party going.

 

[Kris]

Day 4 - Pioneering Artists
Indigo Girls
The mix of Amy’s punk/DIY style with Emily’s jazz leaning folk with their amazing harmonies and counter melodies.
I couldn’t pick one album so I took a mix.
Indigo Girls with the U of Colorado symphony.

Brandi says it better than I ever could.

Brandi Carlile on Indigo Girls: 'They've Never Asked for Credit, But They Deserve It'

Brandi Carlile discusses Indigo Girls' influence on her life and career, and their trailblazing legacy as musicians and queer icons

www.rollingstone.com

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

DAY 3
BIRTHDAY!

Happy (belated) birthday @Selaws

Blur - 13
Unintentional Damon double dip this album, according to the internet, was released 15 March 1999 - only 9 days before I was born! Nothing like "No Distance Left to Run" to really get the party going.
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I’m a corpse…

 

[gaporter]

DAY 4
PIONEER
I am on a kick now.. lol
Gorillaz - G-Sides
This certainly sounded pioneering to younger me. Music that can't be pigeonholed into one specific genre, with no musical boundaries whatsoever. The sheer amount of styles mixed together still makes this early era of Gorillaz unique two decades later imo.

 

[gaporter]

DAY 5
HENS TEETH
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Though this isn't a rare album, this specific red pressing seems to be worth something if Discogs is to be believed. This would have worked for Pioneer day as well

 

[Rip_City]

5th August - Hens Teeth!
Play a rarity from your collection. It could be a low pressing, signed copy, expensive, sought after....

The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America



Remember when one of the guys from PUSA made an account here? I think most of us are thankful for that KickStarter. Hope they are doing well.

 

[cul8er]

5th August - Hens Teeth!
Play a rarity from your collection. It could be a low pressing, signed copy, expensive, sought after....

Christmas in August?
Only 100 copies, lathe cut to look like a snowflake.

The Joyful Noise ‎– Holiday Party, Vol. 3 - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)
Written By: Ramones
Performed By: Adam Harding, Allison Durst, David Woodruff, Jackson Vanhorn, Jessica Clark, Jonathan Lee Horne, Karen Hover, Karl Hofstetter, Kiely Hofstetter, Mark Dippel, Olive Hofstetter, Ryan Hover, Thor Harris

 

[Wes C. Attle]

5th August - Hens Teeth!
Play a rarity from your collection. It could be a low pressing, signed copy, expensive, sought after....

X - Los Angeles



When I worked for a record store in another life, I had a lot of my records signed. John Doe made a few appearances there

 

[Turbo]

5th August - Hens Teeth!
Play a rarity from your collection. It could be a low pressing, signed copy, expensive, sought after....

Elvis Costello "Hey Clockface!" (2020 Concord)
I pre-ordered a signed copy because I'm a big fan and I received the Eclipse vinyl variant with it. The Eclipse vinyl itself is limited to 350. There were actually two sleeves with the shipment - I framed the signed cover, shown here. Elvis Costello is one of my favorite artist so I'm pretty stoked to have this. It's not one of his heyday masterpieces, but still a pretty good late career outing.