TheVinylApe

TheVinylApe, 1 day ago to vinyl

THE WAR ON DRUGS
Lost In The Dream
2014 2xLP Worldwide pressing

Some outstanding early Thursday morning vibes with this one.

One of the greatest compliments you can pay ANY band is that you know it’s THEM when you hear them.

I still feel that this is their most fully realized record. Everything they do exceptionally well is on display here, and Adam Granduciel’s songwriting is at its apex.
Just stellar.

If you ever get a chance to see them live, do so.
Phenomenal.
#vinyl #vinylrecords

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TheVinylApe, 2 days ago to vinyl

TERENCE TRENT D’ARBY
Terence Trent D'Arby's Neither Fish Nor Flesh: A Soundtrack Of Love, Faith, Hope, And Destruction
1989 U.S. pressing

TTD had a massive ego, & fancied himself the second coming of Prince.
Trust me.
I met him.

The reality always was that he was a cheap dime store poor man’s version of Prince.
Only without the hits.

That being said, his 1st album was pretty decent. It even had a hit.

This one though?
👎
Terrible and pretentious.
💩
#vinyl #vinylrecords #80s #80smusic

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TheVinylApe, 3 days ago to vinyl

Who is an artist for you where, when you hear them, regardless of song, album, whatever…
INSTANTLY makes you cringe and sends you into a fit of rage?

An artist or band where you’d rather slice your own ears off than ever hear them again.

Mine is easy.

What about you guys?

#vinyl #vinylrecords #80s #80smusic #1980s

TheVinylApe, 3 days ago to vinyl

SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE
Diary
2017 U.S. 2xLP Ltd. Ed. Reissue

A monster album for me when I was in high school.
Being a total devotee of all things Sub Pop in the #90s , this one hit me in a way that none of the label’s other releases at the time.

I remember buying it on tape, & it taking me at least a week to get past the first 3 songs, because I kept rewinding it after Song For An Angel and playing those 3 over & over.

Amazing album that still holds up.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #90smusic

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Jaden3, 7 days ago to vinyl

Spotify ain got shit on my grampa record box dat a fact 💯
#vinyl

icastico, 1 month ago to vinyl

Focus - Ship Of Memories #vinyl @vinylrecords #ProgRock #JazzFusion #CrateDigging #NowPlaying

This has some of their best work. Nice cheap bin find.

TheVinylApe, 1 month ago to vinyl

SEX PISTOLS
Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
2020 Europe Reissue

Needed upgrade from my og UK pressing, which has seen FAR better days.

Reviews on THIS were pretty positive, so I grabbed one to have a good playable copy.

I put it on my turntable and was astonished. It sounds FUCKING GREAT.
Big, punchy, dynamic. Just massive sounding on my speakers.
I am beyond pleased.

Is there a better or more effective one trick pony in music history?
#vinyl #vinylrecords #punk #sexpistols

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TheVinylApe, 1 month ago to jazz

BOBBY HUTCHERSON
Cirrus
1974 U.S. pressing

One of my 3 favorite #jazz albums to get my Thursday morning started.

A hauntingly beautiful record.

My 14 yr old has just started to appreciate certain kinds of jazz music, and Cirrus was one of the records that did it for him. Like his father, he isn’t totally wild about the genre, but knows the kind he likes when he hears it.

A great choice to go with my apple pancakes this morning.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #modaljazz #70s #70smusic #70sjazz #1970s

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TheVinylApe, 1 month ago to HipHop

DE LA SOUL
3 Feet High And Rising
2023 Europe 2xLP Reissue
Yellow Opaque Vinyl

1 of my 3 ALL TIME favorite #hiphop album. A masterpiece of the genre.

I was in the mood to hear this, & thought I had it in my library, but didn’t.

So I remedied that & grabbed this excellent sounding reissue.
Deep, thumpy, & killer.

We recently lost David Jolicoeur (Plug 2) in ‘23.
When our time is over, we should all be so lucky to have given a gift like this to the world.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #rap #jazz #80s

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TheVinylApe, 1 month ago to vinyl

TIN MACHINE
Tin Machine
1989 Canada pressing

I love both Tin Machine albums, but it has less to do with Bowie than it does with Reeves Gabrels. His guitar playing on both is otherworldly.

This album is better than the second on whole, but still not looked upon favourably by Bowie disciples and I don’t know why.

It is a killer metallic slice of art-rock. A pre-cursor (along with Pixies) for what would happen throughout the next decade.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #80s #80smusic #art #artrock #1980s

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TheVinylApe, 1 month ago to vinyl

STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
No 4
2015 Europe MOV Reissue

Starting Sunday off with an extremely underrated STP album.
Although they were pretty much done being a regular touring act due to Scott’s “issues” (I was lucky enough to see them three times), they were still able to make really great studio albums, of which I think No. 4 is the last TRULY great one.

It’s a great balance of early raucous STP (Down) and the more moody textural material (Sour Girl, Atlanta).
#vinyl #vinylrecords #90s #90smusic

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icastico, 1 month ago to vinyl

Sandy Bull - The Essential #vinyl @vinylrecords #folk #guitar #CrateDigging #NowPlaying

Rough and ready copy from the cheap bin

TheVinylApe, 1 month ago to vinyl

LINDA COHEN
Leda
1972 Canada pressing

A wonderful avant- garde album that is perfect for the windy, raw night that’s raging outside.

Linda Cohen was a self-taught musician from Philadelphia. LEDA is a folk album of fingerpicked #acoustic guitar, accompanied by modular #synth & bass.
It has a comforting electronic sound; with some flashes of psychedelia about it.
Quite the captivating record.
I have no memory of where or when I got it, but I’ve had it since 2007 at least.
#vinyl #vinylrecords

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TheVinylApe, 1 month ago to vinyl

THE POSIES
Frosting On The Beater
2018 U.S. 2xLP Reissue

One of the greatest #powerpop albums of the #90s if not all time.

This is one of my Desert Island Discs, and not even Ken Stringfellow’s horrible atrocious behaviour can effect my love for it. There is not one musical misstep, not a single flaw to be found anywhere.
Auer and Stringfellow never reached these heights again. Just one of those lightning in a bottle type albums, but what a bolt it was.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #90smusic

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TheVinylApe, 1 month ago to 80s

BUGGLES
The Age Of Plastic
1980 Canada pressing

Fun on a Sunday morning.

THAT song was (and still is) so big, that nobody ever really talks about how good the album is as a whole. It’s a super-fun slice of innovative #80s #synthpop & never disappoints whenever I put it on.

Trevor Horn had a magnificent career as a producer post-Buggles, but had this been the only thing he’d ever done, that’s a career enough in itself.
Love this album so much.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #80smusic #synth

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TheVinylApe, 2 months ago to 80s

A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS
A Flock Of Seagulls
1982 Canada pressing

All these years later… still a fun as hell #80s pop record.

One of my five or so preferred pop albums from that decade. “Space Age Love Song” is an incredible song, and it’s not even what this record is known for.

If there’s any young kids out there reading this, and you’re into #indiepop or straight #synthpop music in general, spend some time with this.
Classic and essential.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #80smusic #1980s

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icastico, 1 month ago to vinyl

Patti Smith Group - Radio Ethiopia #vinyl @vinylrecords #punk #poet #Rock #WomenInMusic #CrateDigging #NowPlaying

Saved a nice copy from the cheap bin. An old favorite from back in the day.

scrummy, 1 month ago to vinyl

#nowplaying Genesis “Invisible Touch” I had bought this on cassette back in 1987 and proceeded to play it so much I wore the tape out.

Interestingly, the hand on the album cover is textured by the black ink. Never knew that!

#vinyl #vinylrecords @vinylrecords

Whiskeyomega, 1 month ago to vinyl

Had a scare with a vinyl. Put Snow Patrol Eyes open and it distorts. Seemed fine when I switched to the cars then put chicane on and it was distorting again in places. Cleaned the stylus with some iso alcohol and it seems to have fixed it.

#vinyl

TheVinylApe, 1 month ago to Canada

PLATINUM BLONDE
Standing In The Dark
1984 Canada pressing

I had never heard of them until Id moved to #canada in ‘07, where copies of their records are abundant and in every used shop.

This is a fantastic power pop album, start to finish. Great hooky songs.

However, this is where it kinda ends for them.
After this, the band added a keyboard player, and everything got very… #80s . And not in a good way.
But there’s no denying how good THIS one is.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #80smusic #newwave

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TheVinylApe, 1 month ago to vinyl

I hung a shelf above my television and stereo system with the intent to keep little mini-stacks of #vinylrecords in my current listening rotation.

MILO on the other hand, had other plans from the get-go, instantly claiming it as his “Sky Lounge”; a place from up on high where he can look down on the world, and judge us as the vapid, soulless and morally bankrupt creatures we are.

Well played Milo, you magnificent bastard.
#vinyl #cats #catsofmastodon

gnitro, 1 month ago to vinyl

#NowPlaying: Cat Temper – Nineteen Eighty​-​Fur

https://songwhip.com/cattemper/nineteen-eightyfur

@vinylrecords

#vinyl #Synthwave #CatTemper

slevelt, 1 month ago to vinyl

#NowListening Living Colour - Type 12” #vinyl @vinylrecords (and wondering if I should get that copy of Time’s Up from Vinted whose seller refused to haggle)