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Can’t show Christmas albums in September, you are a good man.

Looks accurate to me. 👀

I can vouch for that Laura Brannigan record. Solid eighties cheese ROMP.

Love that Neil Peart Signals picture back there...

Why not talk about the worst records. My choice is Lee Morgan the sidewinder every damn jazz band was playing this garbage in the early sixties. Monogamous and boring I threw the cd across the room.

The vinyl community talking about records. Balderdash you only talk about lps. You are singles racists. I wish there was a music community that discussed singles , cassettes, cds 8 tracks music books magazines programmes etc. Sod lps.

Flotsam and Jetsam 🔥🔥🔥🔥

The only thing that Herb Alpert should be known for is being a Partner in A&M records. Anything else is superfluous. That is only my opinion. I also never tell anyone that they must own any record. It is everyone's own choice what they should own. Hope you guys do not take a fence at my comment, but I just like saying it. Enjoy the music.

Great Video. Everyone needs that Herb Alpert album! You guys hit a lot of the must haves. Cheers.

I guess I don’t see the reason for buying an album if you know you’re not into the artist. Someone who really digs Zappa would’ve and could’ve bought that copy of Hot Rats instead.

Jim a show about the top 10 or 20 records by volume that you have sold though the store would be cool.

Essential albums should always be in the eye of the beholder - the only one you mentioned on the entire show that I could consider essential is "Rumours", which is one of my all time favorite albums. Me personally - and I'm the OG Pop Guy in the VC, remember - my essentials would include "City To City", Gerry Rafferty; "Underneath", Hanson; "Adrenalize", Def Leppard; "Carpenters" and "Horizon", Carpenters; "Heartbreaker", Dolly Parton; and the list goes on and on. More recent albums would include all four albums by Lukas Graham; "I Made An Album", Dadi Freyr; "Shout It Out" and "RGB", Hanson; and a few others. And don't even get me started on Soundtracks - a lot of them are essential to me as well. And yes, I DO have "Whipped Cream And Other Delights", but essential? Not necessarily - I only just got it from Black Box Record Club a couple years ago, but I'm also a huge Alpert fan, so there's that. Great discussion, Gents!

Hey Steve and Jim I have a future topic for October: Do a podcast on must have albums for Halloween. Its my favorite time of year.

The Everclear on yellow vinyl sold out weeks ago. There is a standard coke bottle colored version coming out unsure if it has the same release date.

Melvins - Bad MooD Rising. Otherwise correct 😊

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Schools out, killer, billion dollar babies. Masterpieces

Is the tool album a bootleg?

Holy Cow! I've been trying to find that Pump Up The Volume "Unofficial" for ever!

I'm with Steve, I'm not interested in demos and alternate takes. Especially this album. I am also leery about the John Cale mixes on the Stooges album. I would have jumped on it if it was the original mixes.

Alice Cooper is and always has been too cool for school.!!! Love you Alice 💖💖💓💓💕💕💕💕👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏

There are three Steely Dan albums I like better than Aja. Warchild is my favorite Jethro Tull album. Let It Be is my favorite Beatle album. Powerage is my favorite AC/DC album. The first Rush album is my favorite by a mile. For the Kinks, it's between Soap Opera and Low Budget. Since my assessment is obviously correct, I have no idea what is going through other people's head.

Bowie is one of those artists who changed... a lot and left fans scratching their heads. I grew up as the Ziggy Stardust era began and that's what I liked. It was a blow when Station to Station came out followed by Low, "Heroes", and Lodger and he lost me. I stopped buying Bowie albums and stopped following him at Station to Station and kind of forgot about him until I saw the 50th birthday concert (on HBO?) around 1997 and even though he was onto yet another music style by then there were new songs revisiting themes of space and alienation that felt familiar yet fresh. That's when I dove back into his current (at the time) catalog and even went back to those late 70's Eno assisted, ambient-ish albums. Now I have his complete catalog... twice! Once in individual buys with some going back to the original pressings from the early 1970's and the second set in the form of his "eras" box sets.

I would have to say The Scorpions “Love Drive” is an album I heard first from them, and is still my favorite from all their recordings. Billy Idol’s “Whiplash Smile” is my favorite, but I didn’t hear it first. It’s one that I know I’ll love from the first to the last song every time. The guitars are on another level. Steve, I thought you had all the Kikagaku Moyo albums?? Cool, that you got those two in. Tomo, from the group will release a limited mini album in November. Two different 7’ albums. Guruguru Brain is releasing a lot of special albums. I’m sad though, the latest from Minami Deutsch is sold out for the US market. The EU ones are too pricey for shipping. Jim, I love that Moody Blues album. Steve, I heard Avalon first as well, I have all the other albums, but they are a totally different listening experience, different band, different vibe than all their other albums. “Avalon” is like putting on a Sade album. You know that every song is perfect, plus the sound is brilliant. Their other albums are definitely an art school vibe, of musicians having fun and throwing the kitchen sink into the mix. They take quite a few listens to get the whole vibe.

"Precents" was actually my fave album of theirs. Love it.

Happy Labor Day Jim and Steve. Some Girls, along with Exile on Main Street are my favorite Rolling Stones albums. Agree with Wet Leg, the next record needs to be a Paul’s Boutique type of album. Great episode- I would have R.E.M.’s Monster on my list.

Hi Guys, great video, as per usual, I disagree, I don't have to have any Zappa in my collection. I only have albums that I like or that have some sentimental meaning to me in my collection.

Great show. Love Tull - Benefit & Stand Up are 2 faves. Cramps! Yes!

UFCW 555 is on strike and playing this album. It helps passing time on the picket line. Signed Patrick G.

I became a Tigers fan in 69 as a youngster when my family moved from Maine. Still a Tigers fan from New England.

There’s a lot of great Jazz albums. I have a jazz collection. Mostly I go after a certain artist like Coltrane, but here and there I try some different albums. I’m not always in a jazz mood when going to grab an album, but I have a good selection to pull from. I wonder why they are releasing a greatest hits kind of thing for Porno for Pyros. Maybe in the future they’ll do a proper AAA release of their albums.

Hi Jim and Steve, the John Cale mix of the Stooges first was originally released in 2020 as a Vinyl Me Please release on like a red and black swirl vinyl. The mix is pretty good, more raw sounding than the official release and the running order of the songs is slightly different. Also, the cover is a different picture of the band. Since I already have the Stooges, the only other Rocktober releases I would be interested in would be the two Stone Temple Pilot albums. Love the topics you've come up with, so keep up the good work!

For me a lame rocktober, but all good, trying to save money for black friday, got a feeling it will be a good one.

I think it’s with the newer reissues from the late 90’s to the ones from the last few years with the plastic, Not the paper. Especially ones pressed at RTI. At least from videos that I’ve seen. I buy a few sealed albums every couple months or so, but they are from the late 60’s to the late 70’s. The paper is usually creased but the vinyl is usually pretty good. I’ve seen a couple with slight warps, but the % is still in great condition. I got a couple sealed still. But I’ll get to them. There’s a pleasure in opening a sealed album that’s old. It’s one to open a nice bottle of scotch or whiskey and break the seal, still keep the shrink on the album, and play the album. Wow!

Listening to Traffic this weekend, now will get out arc of a diver too

The cruush album collects their 2023 ep and 2024 ep on vinyl. So new and not new

Gidday guys, good helpful info, I buy records to enjoy listening to them so they are removed from the sealed wrap, I wasn't aware of the potential damage by leaving them in the shrink wrap. Thanks.

I know that Amazon will reseal a returned LP and sell it as new sometimes. I've had it happen to me at least three or four times. I remember one album was a Jimi Hendrix LP. I wondered why it didn't have the hype sticker on the shrink wrap when I got it. But after opening it, I also realized that the insert was not in the sleeve and there were fingerprints all over the vinyl record. I've also received other perceived returns on vinyl from Amazon being sold as new. I've received some albums that the shrink wrap was completely gone and they were just opened. Upon exchange, in both scenarios, the next record in the first case had the hype sticker and insert and no fingerprints. And in the second scenario, the next record came and it was shrink wrapped. I've been told by Amazon employees that they will send something out as new if it looks like it's in good condition when it's been returned. I do not like that! Being legally blind and unable to drive to record stores a lot of the times, I'm kind of stuck having to order online most of the time. I do fortunately get to make it to some record shows and my local record store. I've even paid about $50 round trip to be able to go spend 5 or 6 hours looking at my local record store. But I'm still, and I wish this wasn't the case, having to buy a lot online. I definitely recommend people look at things carefully and even take note of things that seem out of the ordinary like a Jimi Hendrix album with no hype sticker released the Experience Hendrix LLC. If you're suspicious of something that is sealed, film it as you open it and document it. It might help you out. Brian in Fort Worth, 🎶

I have to ask. Over Jim's left shoulder, it looks like a pie plate withs a dissected frog on it...

I remember the worst, were the 70s A&M plastic sleeves. They would stick to the record even when buying new.

Hi from Australia guys, I'm enjoying the topic of discussion. I've always been on the side of collecting for the joy of listening not for future sales value. If you keep albums sealed , do it at your own peril. I viewed a RUclips video recently where a guy has hundreds of sealed records, who had no idea about hazing. He now feels compelled to open every one of them to check thus, instantly destroying his investment. With regards to the heavy pvc album covers, they can be quite devastating to the cardboard also. I've seen album covers that are virtually welded to the pvc outer sleeve.

Regarding sealed records... I would be leary of any sealed records that DON'T have the original price sticker on them.

“Teds” were a slang for Teddy Boys. A British youth subculture like the Mods and The Rockers.

I was 14 years old a St.Louis Cardinal fan waiting for the World Series but it wasn't to be . It was the Detroit Tigers season to win in 1968 what a exciting series. Denny McClain and Mickey Lolich what great pitching performances !!!

Vinyl prices are outrageous. I worked for TransWorld Music for nearly six years in the 1990s, and the prices disgusted me - we were charging $16.99 for new CDS when Walmart had it for 11.99 and other competitors had it for $12 or $13 - it was ridiculous, and why the music market imploded in the late 1990s. The same thing is happening with vinyl, and they're going to kill the golden cash cow with the outrageous prices. And as I already told Steve on his Thursday video, I would never pay antique store prices for used vinyl - it's ridiculous. I only buy used from reputable sellers, be they on discogs, local, or online, And so far so good....have a great week, Gentlemen!

This is awesome! Ty

Went to bed listening to this nearly every night from 1965-1970 😢

Yeah, I need to come to a record store in Midland Michigan.

Great discussion. Yeah, antique shops are mostly overly priced. Last Friday, I went to the Livingston Antique shop. Each vendor had different prices. One vendor, I found a NM OG of Bob Dylan’s “Blood on the Tracks” for $11. But a lot of the vendors had really high prices for VG albums. Even though there was more albums than ever, I couldn’t find much that I was interested in. I’m also dealing with a lack of space these days. Sound familiar Steve?? With the new albums, yeah, the prices are getting crazy. As Steve stated, over in Europe the prices are still lower. Or some indie labels here in the states keep them lower as well. Shame on Billy Strings for selling a double album for $50. Sad….

Hi jim and steve it’s getting silly prices for vinyl and like you jim I’ve been finding those prices here in uk at antique and collectable shops. But doesn’t help here in uk that hmv and rough trade are selling records at ridiculous prices. I noticed from a video of a guy shopping in hmv inside a toys or us store in US they were charging 65 dollars and higher for new reissues of records that were half the price a few years ago . I can’t afford to keep paying those prices and won’t. Jim your a realistic record shop owner and come across as a fair person you’re a business but you want returning customers and that’s what you will get . I don’t buy records from Hmv and roughtade anymore in uk . Great video take care joe