December 2021 Vinyl Spin Challenge Thread: ‘Tis The Season Of Giving
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wmeugene
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Day 28 - Comics
Big Brother & The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
The cover features several comic strips on it and pays homage to comics of the era.
Big Brother & The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
The cover features several comic strips on it and pays homage to comics of the era.
Day 26 - Charity
Play something that engenders goodwill in you
I'll usually try to pick up the pink variant over another if I see it available.
Gwar – The Blood Of Gods
Metal Blade Records – 3984-25041-1, 2017
#tenbandsonecause - limited to 1000 on pink vinyl
Cut by Wes Garland at NRP
Pressed at United
Play something that engenders goodwill in you
I'll usually try to pick up the pink variant over another if I see it available.
Gwar – The Blood Of Gods
Metal Blade Records – 3984-25041-1, 2017
#tenbandsonecause - limited to 1000 on pink vinyl
Cut by Wes Garland at NRP
Pressed at United
Day 27 - Unique
Play something that prominently features a unique or uncommon instrument
I haven't seen this instrument posted here...but I haven't looked all that closely.
EDIT - I see @Turbo used it for the Pixies album.
Various – Cursed Films (Original Series Soundtrack)
Ship To Shore Phonograph Co./Shudder – STS-062, 2021
Pressed at GZ
Play something that prominently features a unique or uncommon instrument
I haven't seen this instrument posted here...but I haven't looked all that closely.
EDIT - I see @Turbo used it for the Pixies album.
Various – Cursed Films (Original Series Soundtrack)
Ship To Shore Phonograph Co./Shudder – STS-062, 2021
Pressed at GZ
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LeSamourai
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Day 27 - Unique
Play something that prominently features a unique or uncommon instrument
Radiohead - Kid A
Featuring Jonny Greenwood on the Ondes Martenot.
Play something that prominently features a unique or uncommon instrument
Radiohead - Kid A
Featuring Jonny Greenwood on the Ondes Martenot.
Day 28 - Comic Books
Play something related to comics to celebrate Stan Lee’s birthday
An homage to the EC horror comics of the 1950's, I read the comic/graphic novel of this way before watching the movie.
John Harrison – Creepshow
Waxwork Records – WW004, 1982/2017
Translucent red with blue smoke - "Kill-lights" variant
Pressed at MRP/GZ
Play something related to comics to celebrate Stan Lee’s birthday
An homage to the EC horror comics of the 1950's, I read the comic/graphic novel of this way before watching the movie.
John Harrison – Creepshow
Waxwork Records – WW004, 1982/2017
Translucent red with blue smoke - "Kill-lights" variant
Pressed at MRP/GZ
Yer Ol' Uncle D
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The Coolies were a band out of Athens, GA that had a 4 year run and released two records. The first was all Simon & Garfunkel covers. The second was a rock opera comic book.
Doug is the story of a skinhead named Doug, who kills a drag queen short-order cook, steals his recipe book and becomes a "culinary giant" when the cookbook becomes a nationwide bestseller. Doug embraces the celebrity lifestyle of stretch limousines and partying. Soon, his guilt drives him to become paranoid, and he's certain that the entire food service industry knows of his crime and is out for revenge—so he decides he will stop eating, and subsist solely on crack cocaine and alcohol. Having squandered his fortune on luxuries and drugs, Doug ends up back on the streets in poverty. IGN rated Doug the thirteenth greatest rock opera of all time in 2006. A comic book version of this tale, drawn by singer/songwriter Jack Logan was included with the LP record and could be acquired by sending a dollar to DB Recs.
The Coolies also paid homage to other bands in the different musical song styles. A couple examples to play name that band...
The Coolies - The Coolies Present Doug - A Rock Opera And Comic Book
Doug is the story of a skinhead named Doug, who kills a drag queen short-order cook, steals his recipe book and becomes a "culinary giant" when the cookbook becomes a nationwide bestseller. Doug embraces the celebrity lifestyle of stretch limousines and partying. Soon, his guilt drives him to become paranoid, and he's certain that the entire food service industry knows of his crime and is out for revenge—so he decides he will stop eating, and subsist solely on crack cocaine and alcohol. Having squandered his fortune on luxuries and drugs, Doug ends up back on the streets in poverty. IGN rated Doug the thirteenth greatest rock opera of all time in 2006. A comic book version of this tale, drawn by singer/songwriter Jack Logan was included with the LP record and could be acquired by sending a dollar to DB Recs.
The Coolies also paid homage to other bands in the different musical song styles. A couple examples to play name that band...
The Coolies - The Coolies Present Doug - A Rock Opera And Comic Book
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Yer Ol' Uncle D
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Day 29 - Home
Play something from your hometown or home country
Formed in a dorm room in Boone, NC just up the road...
The Nude Party - Midnight Manor
Play something from your hometown or home country
Formed in a dorm room in Boone, NC just up the road...
The Nude Party - Midnight Manor
TrainFan73
Frothy
I did not know they formed in Boone. Why you always got to be dropping knowledge making my wallet cry?
Day 29 - Home
Play something from your hometown or home country
I grew up in Fairview Heights until I was 11 and we moved in 1988. Had we stayed, I would have been bussed to Belleville for high school. I really don't count the place we moved to as my "hometown" as I was really only there for about 8 years or so, leaving a year after I graduated high school in '95 - and it really sucked.
Uncle Tupelo – Anodyne
Sire – RCV1 45424, 1993/2020
Cut by Ian Sefchick at Capitol Mastering
Pressed at Record Industry
Play something from your hometown or home country
I grew up in Fairview Heights until I was 11 and we moved in 1988. Had we stayed, I would have been bussed to Belleville for high school. I really don't count the place we moved to as my "hometown" as I was really only there for about 8 years or so, leaving a year after I graduated high school in '95 - and it really sucked.
Uncle Tupelo – Anodyne
Sire – RCV1 45424, 1993/2020
Cut by Ian Sefchick at Capitol Mastering
Pressed at Record Industry
Day 29 - Home
Play something from your hometown or home country.
I'm going with Brazil, despite not being born here, it's where I've built my life.
This album is psychedelic classic and has one of my all-time favorite tracks (Ando meio desligado).
Os Mutantes - A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado
Play something from your hometown or home country.
I'm going with Brazil, despite not being born here, it's where I've built my life.
This album is psychedelic classic and has one of my all-time favorite tracks (Ando meio desligado).
Os Mutantes - A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado
Smartiepants
Active Member
Day 29 - Home
the most wonderful Will Varley one our most underrated singer songwriters
the most wonderful Will Varley one our most underrated singer songwriters
Hemotep
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Day 29 - Home
This one is a little hard for me because I've lived all over the place and not a whole lot of those places ever really felt like home. The place I called home the longest was Boulder, Colorado, and back then it was a place I really loved. It's lost a lot of what made it great over the years, but you can still find that atmosphere in the surrounding mountain towns. So I picked Leftover Salmon's newest album for today because they used to capture that feeling well. The title track of this album really hits that mark.
Brand New Good Old Days
Bonus banger from back in the day.
This one is a little hard for me because I've lived all over the place and not a whole lot of those places ever really felt like home. The place I called home the longest was Boulder, Colorado, and back then it was a place I really loved. It's lost a lot of what made it great over the years, but you can still find that atmosphere in the surrounding mountain towns. So I picked Leftover Salmon's newest album for today because they used to capture that feeling well. The title track of this album really hits that mark.
Brand New Good Old Days
Bonus banger from back in the day.
Day 29 - Home
Play something from your hometown or home (state)
Unless Tony Romo made a record that I don’t know about, you get this! I did see them in my home town at chocolate fest. Their set got cut short because of a raging storm, but it was awesome.
Play something from your hometown or home (state)
Unless Tony Romo made a record that I don’t know about, you get this! I did see them in my home town at chocolate fest. Their set got cut short because of a raging storm, but it was awesome.
Turbo
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Classic Robert Crumb. Love that cover art!
