Vinyl Community Tag 2023 (Showing records, answering questions)
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- Опубликовано: 3 янв 2023
- Answering Rob Walker's 20 questions for the 2023 version of the Vinyl Community tag. Showing records, 4 CDs, a cassette, a DVD, a movie poster, and a blanket.
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The best 25 cents you ever spent on the John Prine Self Titled debut! RIP Loretta Lynn. Willie Nelson Shotgun Willie is a classic! Great Video!
Wholeheartedly agree on the John Prine album. What a great debut. I really like Fly Like An Eagle despite his earlier material. It has a time and emotional connection for me the others don't.
Pulling out a Hawkwind vinyl... Robert you're the man!
Yeah I didnt see that one coming either for Robert. Is he also a Lemmy fan too? Nice
Very cool... thanks!
Was just gifted John Lee Hooker with Canned Heat. Can't wait to spin it. Always a pleasure hearing your insight.
Another great entertaining and informative vinyl tag.
I think this year's videos have been the best I've seen 👍👍👍
Thanks Nick!
Enjoyed the tag. Love John Prine. Purple rain poster was great.
Blind Mississippi Morris!! Likely at blues city, which in my opinion have the best and most consistent ribs in the city. Maybe I’ll run into you someday on Beale
Nice video Robert Fithen!! Happy new year
Thanks! You too
I'm local here in St Louis. Hope to see you some time at Euclid records or Planet Score
Repo Man is a classic and very easy to find. Criterion just issued an excellent Blu-Ray of the movie. The album was also reissued this year.
Scary monsters is my favorite David Bowie album! The John prine you showed is one of my favorites of his ✌️
Love it! Keep it up!
Thanks!!
I bought Scary Monsters when it first came out. I was making the transition from the likes of Aerosmith, AC/DC, Black Sabbath etc. into this new world of music (Joy Division, Psychedelic Furs, The Jam, Gary Numan's Replicas album, etc.). I had Ziggy Stardust in my record collection but hadn't listened to it in years and it was my only other Bowie album. I was blown away by Scary Monsters, I absolutely loved it. I remember setting the tone arm down, sitting down, and It's No Game comes on with these great guitar chords and this Japanese woman talking and then Bowie comes in. I just smiled and thought, this is f*#king awesome! 🙂
Yes to the Jefferson Airplane. I have a complete collection of the Airplane, bought new as they came out. Great prices back then!
the Roxy Music tour was great.. that was religion...
great stuff.. I love walking down beale street and seeing shows that way!!
In the UK Oasis is seen as muzak for the lobotomised, with a thuggish bent.
Before I look further, I love the latest '22 Muse.
Great job, Robert. You mentioned two of my favorite albums: Repo Man and Shotgun Willie. My wife is an Elvis fan, and she gravitates towards post-Hollywood Elvis, so you repped her nicely as well. One suggestion for 2023 - another hot sauce vid.
Brilliantly video dude …. I’m so onto that brown acid series 🤪
Hey Mr Fithen! Great TaG man! Love that you chose some classics like The Pretenders! And Jeff Airplane! I’ll never forget that day I walked into your record room and how overwhelmed I was at the vast collection of music in there! Wow! Oh you are so welcome for the turn on to Brown Acid but aI gotta tell ya only the first dose is free after that after you’re hooked it’ll cost ya LoL! 😂 Entertaining as always! Peace ☮️✌️👽🤘☮️
Thanks!! Looks like I've got more Brown Acid to get. Love the cover art of the latest one you showed.
I watch your videos pretty religiously and your back catalog I'm always surprised at the variety of albums you have I hardly ever comment too so here's a comment
Thanks!!
Great video as always.When you said Question 10: Most surprising purchase, the first thing that came to my mind is here comes a $150 Analogue Productions LP. When I saw you pull out something thin, I knew I was mistaken. So my first question would be:
What would you say has the least chance of happening? You ever buying a $150 Analogue Productions Lp, or John Cougar Mellencamp winning an Oscar for Best Actor? The character Kevin Malone from the old TV show The Office has $10,000 to 1 odds on Mellencamp. His advice was "If anyone ever gives you 10,000 to 1 odds; take it."..."If he ever wins an Oscar, I am going to be one rich dude." He also said "The only thing I ever really wanted from life was to sit on the beach every day and eat hot dogs."
It seems like in the Comments section everybody is pre-ordering Aja. Steely Dan's music structure changed on that album from songs with more of a continuous flow and some good hooks to a very free and loose structure, without concern with hooks. There are "some" songs with rhyming lyrics, but they weren't overly concerned with that anymore either. Would like to have it but not at that price. Give me $150 to go on a record shopping spree, and between ebay, thrift stores and record stores, I can come up with enough new music to last me all year long. Of course the wealthy can afford to do both on a regular basis; and they are lucky....Some of my other questions would be:
2. What is your favorite album of all time?
3. What kind of stere system do you play your records on?
4. Where did you get your great sense of humor and creativity from? Some of your videos like the Memphis record stores and the hot sauce one are absolute classics on here.
When Jefferson Airplane named their greatest hits album Worst Of Jefferson Airplane. Was that the first time anyone did that? It was funny somewhat. Grace Slick has done lots of interviews. I remember once on the old Tomorrow Show with the late Tom Snyder, she realized that her car was being followed by the police. She thought to herself, "What am I worried about? I got an Aston Martin. I'm driving a James Bond car," and then floored it. After a lengthy chase she finally stopped and decided to pull over. The officer offered to tear up her ticket if she would let him look under the hood and see the engine. She claims that White Rabbit was not a pro drug song. Even though she was known as the Acid Queen. She tried to get in the White House one time and put some in Nixon's coffee. Sounds like she was only here for fun.
I thought John Mellencamp was the best thing about the movie "Lone Star State of Mind" as the old man ranting about the government. I can see him winning an Oscar if he got the right role similar to Levon Helm. Oscars love doing that kind of thing. The Beatles White Album. Music Hall turntable, JBL studio series speakers, Yamaha amp. My mother and growing up watching comedies. Spanky & Our Gang did something similar calling their album "Greatest Hit(s)". Thanks!!
Great video Rob with some hilarious commentary mixed in as always! Not familiar with Loretta Lynn, as I haven't really dived deep in Country but I will certainly check her out, I have a great interest in empowered female musicians. Happy New Year!
Great tag response. I may be in the minority but my favorite John Prine album is Bruised Orange. I enjoyed your three album run. Fine 80's soundtrack and The Criterion Collection has a Repo Man DVD. I'm glad you showed Loretta Lynn. I was hoping someone would. Elvis in space. Cheers.
Always entertaining and always a great variety of different artists and styles featured on your channel.
Thanks!!
Watched and enjoyed some of your vids
You may have mentioned these bands but if not should really give them a listen
Be Bop Deluxe,Camel, and City Boy
Another entertaining video!!!! Obviously I'm glad that you enjoyed First Aid Kit. That's their 5th full studio album plus they had an ep when they were like 14 & 16. I agree with you that they're not master lyricists, but actually a lot of their songs on earlier albums were about other things than love. They have lots of really beautiful songs. Check out the song Emmylou. I think you may like that one. I love Loretta Lynn too and I grew up with Elvis' Aloha from Hawaii drilled into my brain. I always finish your videos completely entertained.
Even when I was going to lots of concerts the stadium shows were far and few between. Small gigs are the way to go. I actually showed socks in my vinyl tag. The English Kaleidoscope is a grail. Elvis was a great choice for space album. I always preferred the windowpane acid. When I watch vc videos on the tv I open up the video on my phone to make comments.
I got a lot of free tickets and went to way too many of those stadium shows. At the more recent ones, it became ridiculous because it was as if most of the audience was there just to make a concert video on their phones. l was actually going to show underwear for that one question, but forgot to bring it into the room.
Happy new year, Robert. Gee, did I just see Supernaut on the VC??🤣 They did have another chart song Too Hot To Touch, as well as the I Like It Both Ways. I think the Lolly song is the B side to Too Hot, from memory. Cheers from Oz. John D
Thanks! You too! I think that's the only way to get "Lick My Lolly" is on the "Too Hot To Touch" single.
Picked up learning to crawl recently. Love Pretenders & Chrissie. The new Pistols biopic was great
Roger Waters performed John Prine's "Hello in there" at the New port folk festival a few years back. I still haven't decided what blows me away more. Roger playing New port, or Roger covering John. I loathe Oasis too! BTW The Bears on the GD Throw aren't dancing. They're marching. Enjoyed, thanks!
Tough to argue that John Price debut. Utterly fantastic. Throughout the 90s, WXRT in Chicago was giving him a lot of love. His single "Picture Show" (with Tom Petty) was in pretty heavy rotation there. And Chrissie Hynde's "I shot my mouth off" line was on "Tattooed Love Boys".
Scary Monsters is the Shite!! Thank you Mr F.!!👽❣
Scary monsters is a great fucking record, teenage wildlife is a masterpiece of a song imo
Nice tag! That Purple Rain poster is phenomenal. Wow. Nice choice on The Pretenders too. 👏🏻
Thanks! I've had that poster since 1984. It was displayed at my local movie theater.
First Aid Kit us a great band. Their first two albums are great too.
I’m glad that I share the same excuse as you as leaving comments. Hahaha
Nice tag!
Cheers,
Brian☘️
I notice the TV app is always being updated so maybe at one point we'll be able to leave comments with it.
i was surprised too when u showed that First Aid Kit vinyl in ur other video. 😮 i listened to the viagra boys album based on ur last video and i think that was much more ur style. 🎶🎸 holy f that Hawkwind is in tatters! 🗑 i liked that u showed ur willie at the end. 😘😂
If I ever complete my Willie Nelson collection, I will do a video rating my willie.
I almost showed Loretta Lynn in my video, but there were too many choices for that question.
Pretenders run of three. Yes yes yes!
Wow! That was the first Elvis record I ever heard! You, Cosmic Bryan and I should show up at a record convention together and make a video. Loretta Lynn is the greatest. Great show!
I usually go to the early bird at the record convention, but I try to go to each one. I haven't seen Bryan at the last couple.
Fun video. Can you do more frequent "20 Questions" videos? Got one for you.
Thanks!! These vinyl tags usually only happen once a year, but sometimes someone will start a thread with questions. What is the question?
Hey great video. Most hilarious moment was your choice of Supernaut for your Australian act. They were a one hit wonder band here in Oz in the mid-late 70's with "I Like It Both Ways" but amounted to nothing otherwise. Were featured on "Countdown" which was an Australian pop/rock show shown on a Sunday night at 6pm on the ABC (government owned station). They did try reinventing their look & style to follow the punk movement and even called themselves the Nauts. I saw them at a Northern Sydney pub, (I think supporting the Divinyls or it was just them?). I think there were 20 people there. The song was just your typical 2-3 chord rock. Loved your choice of Elvis for your 'space album cover'. Love the channel too. You have a dry wit which I like. Cheers mate.👍
Thanks!! I didn't think they were that popular. That "Lick My Lolly" b-side was just over the top.
@@RobertFithen not heard the B-side. I should Google it lol 😅
Just heard it on RUclips. Sounds like it could be part 2 of the A-side lol. There's even a live cover of it by a group called the Grim Rippers lol.
@Robertfithen.. ok thanks. That's very kind of you. Cheers mate. 🙂👍
If I found Hawkwind like that cheap at a yard sale or flea market, I'd be trying not to yelp in happy excitement. But online for good money...? I'd hope their fire hydrants only spray dog pee.
Video contests aren't my thing. Besides if you've seen my mug on screen, I think it's my good service to safety of the VC screens that it rarely appears.
Seriously though, thanx for all the great listening suggestions and content. All the best in '23!
Thanks!
You're not missing much by not having oasis on vinyl. I think that just transferred the cd mix to vinyl. The brickwalling is prevalent on thr vinyl so just feel free to keep your oasis cds.
Oh man!! Love that Repo Man soundtrack. Need that on wax. Cool movie too. Ive never got into Pretenders that much. I like a few songs like Chain Gang one yku mentioned but dont own any of the albums. Oddly enough I used to mix up Patti Smith and Chrissy Hinde sometimes. Was that Hawkwind copy from Ebay or Discogs?o Great responses man! Cheers
Thanks!! The Hawkwind was from Discogs with no photos.
@@RobertFithen ugh yeah sometimes I miss the days of ebay with the photo uploads. They couldve got the narrow two sided tape / glue for the cover split too.
Elvis in space
I did some experimenting recently. I have been comparing vintage 50's & 60's vinyl to vinyl of the last 10 years or so. It seems that the old discs fly much better than the newer ones. I gave my 9 grandchildren a bunch of my albums to see which the kids thought made the best frisbies. The MoFi from the '80s are pretty good. Beatles era not bad. Best were the oldest. An elvis album from 1958 could really fly! RCA LSC's are good but Dynagroove's are bad.
what New Zealand bands do you like?
scary Monsters is awesome
Australian artists- King Gizzard!
I did a video trilogy on Australian artists and King Gizzard was definitely a part of that.
@@RobertFithen cool!
Here goes: What major band / artist do you feel fell the furthest regarding their quality of work in comparison to their high water mark? And how long did it take? For me, it's the band Chicago. From Chicago Transit Authority, etc. to late-'70's-early- ''80's stuff in a little over a decade. Thank you.
Wow! I literally just heard "Chicago 17" in it's entirety for the first time 2 hours ago. So many answers... There are the ones that I feel took an immediate nosedive after an extremely high point like Pink Floyd going from DSOTM, WYWH, Animals, The Wall right to The Final Cut, etc. and Bob Dylan going from an incredible run with Bringing It All..., Hwy 61, and Blonde On Blonde diving to his troubadour era with John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline, etc. (although I'm sure many would disagree on that one). I think The Rolling Stones peaked just before and continuing with the Mick Taylor years and, obviously, later 90's albums can't compare. Elvis Presley fell out going from rock & roll 50's and even early 60's hits to those ridiculous soundtrack filler songs. But, I think the biggest drop for me, was Prince and the "Purple Rain" era diving in quality to the symbol album era.
@@RobertFithen Thanks for the reply. I do agree with some of yours, although I listen the "The Final Cut" probably more than any other Pink Floyd album. Also like the Stones,'"Undercover" and "Dirty Work" more than the masses do. To me, though, these are all listenable, whereas latter day Chicago I fine painful. How'd you like "Chicago 17"?
"find"
I really like "Undercover" from The Rolling Stones, but I think we are in the minority. I didn't like "Chicago 17" at all. I didn't think I would which is why it took so long to hear it. I just found a mint copy for 50 cents this week and was curious.
Good video.
Show a grail? If you ask me grail is one of the most overused words in the VC. How many grails can a person have?
Happy new year!!!
Thanks! I agree. I've seen people call semi-mainstream releases "grails". I think a lot of it has to do with putting the word in video titles because people search for "vinyl grail". I did an April Fool video where I should an Air Supply "grail".
King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava was the best new album of 2022, in my opinion of course
I've gotta give it's listen again. My first impression was it sounding like a 3rd rate jam band
War on Drugs put out a great album in 2022
Fun fact: the original bass player from The Pretenders OD'd at a party at my ex-girlfriends house in Spring Hill Brisbane Australia. I don't think this was the one that finally killed him though.
Hello did you know that it exist only
300 white version of Palomino or
that Iggy Pop got a lot of money with the Polar price in Sweden recently, a swede....
Stadium shows are mostly for suckers. Small venues are where it's at.
I threw a party. Nobody came. I bought all the tickets. They cancelled the game. John Prine. Be My Friend Tonite.
What an great lyricist.
You lost points in my book for the Oasis slander 😐 Beatles purest
I am ashamed to admit that Scary Monsters was one of my big disappointments. I loved Bowie, saved that buy for last in my collection. It got to be the best, 80 my favorite year in pop (with 79), Ashes to Ashes on it, Townsend playing on one track, album artwork, right after Berlin trilogy and all. It just got to be great. And it was such a letdown for me. Nothing else sounds like Ashes, funny studio live sound, inconsistent mix, partially awkward singing (seemingly by design to add some new wave). Kingdom Come (by Verlaine), Scary Monsters and Fashion are great but the rest... Fripp's lead guitar sounds like a screeching door. Why let Fripp play so much when you have Alomar/Hammer/Townsend? Drums like recorded in a warehouse. Maybe it was time to part ways with Visconti. And yes, you can dispute the actual influence of Brian Eno on many album "produced" by him. But he was certainty much missed here. The B-sides from the album singles? Even worse as far as I'm concerned...