Wax Treasure (Vinyl)
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@steelydan a have an early reissue as well. I think it’s a a year or two after the original release year. It’s sounds kinda flat. Not a lot of dynamics. Of course, the music itself doesn’t have a ton of dynamics as it is. Kinda garage glam rock ya know. But that’s what makes it so damn good!!
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I haven't pulled the trigger yet but this is really intriguing. I can't get any of the previews to play.
https://lightintheattic.net/releases/9499-untitled-white-album
In 1974, Hiroshi Tanaka and Yoichi Fuwa, the self-proclaimed heirs of the Beatles, crammed into a 75 square foot room and recorded over 50 songs, all without names. 19 of those songs would be self released on a record titled “Untitled White Album”, of which only 100 copies were pressed.
Their music is like a fairy tale. It’s leisurely and relaxed yet bursting at the seams with melodies and youthful ambition. Its whole attitude is gentle but splendid in evoking tears, anger, sentimentality, infatuation, intoxication, and a bit of craziness. Tanaka and Fuwa’s music has the power to bring that emotion to life.
This holy grail of Japanese psychedelic pop has been searched for by collectors the world over. Now, after almost 50 years, First & Last Records is proud to release the official reissue of this masterpiece. In addition to the 19 original songs is a second LP featuring 16 tracks that heretofore were unknown, released for the first time.
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@setandsetting I feel like at this point I should just save myself the hassle and have light in the Attic take a percentage of my paychecks
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So many re-issues that are must havesI've heard legend of this white album
A few tracks here
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For folks who have been enjoying Kikagaku Moyo, I recommend checking out Ryley Walker (with whom they did a live release that's really sick). But Ryley has a great little live thing out today: https://ryleywalker.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-madison-wi-09-28-2022
And this is the KM/Ryley thing: https://kikagakumoyoggb.bandcamp.com/album/deep-fried-grandeur
And of course everyone should check out the Swedish psych legends Trad, Gras och Stenar, who KM covered on (IIRC) Mammatus Clouds: https://tradgrasochstenar.bandcamp.com/album/tr-d-gr-s-och-stenar
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Hell yeah — love that shit. I just had "I Thought It Was You" off Directstep on just the other day. Gimme vocoder.
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Also I'm psyched to check out this White Album. Stuff like this is right up my alley.
I think I've brought these guys up on here in maybe the main music thread a while back, but did any of y'all ever get into Happy End? They were one of Haruomi Hosono's earliest bands (I think preceded just by Apryl Fool). Some people (Julian Cope, probably most notably) dismiss them as sort of being like the Japanese Badfinger, but hey — I like Badfinger, too. Whatever the case, I think they rule. Tracking some of these down on vinyl was a big quest for me a while back.
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@popvulture see, now I have a 4:30pm ritual. Come home, check this thread, take Carl to the park, listen to newly found tunes. Life is good!
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@popvulture Both those Happy End records are great. As is Hosono House.
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In my opinion these are some of the most accessible/poppy of Jim O'Rourkes recordings .
Released on Drag City around the time of his work on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and featuring Jeff Tweedy and Glenn KotcheMimiyo Tomozawa artwork is pretty wild as well.....
Pink cover/Blue Sleeve - Eureka
Yellow cover/Green Sleeve - Insignifigance
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@GraemeE said in Wax Treasure (Vinyl):
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Mimiyo Tomozawa artwork is pretty wild as well.....Understated
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Bad Timing, Halfway to a Threeway, The Visitor, and Simple Songs are all on O'Rourke's more accessible side as well. They're all pretty great. I regret that I haven't engaged much with the noise/Steamroom stuff.
My wife and I went to see Wilco a couple weekends ago at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, which is a famous Dead venue and is a wonderful place to see music. We've seen Neil and Dylan and Hot Tuna there as well. Actually listening to Being There on CD right now. I love CDs. They're cheap as hell, no one wants them, and I don't subscribe to any streaming services.
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Man, I love Jim O'Rourke's more straightforward stuff — love the out there shit too, but I'm a sucker for more classic pop songcraft. I just popped on Halfway to a Threeway when I saw the post about Eureka etc and was psyched to see it mentioned above.
The Loose Fur stuff is also really great. The first one's definitely a Yankee Hotel Foxtrot precursor, but I'm a little more partial to the stuff on Born Again in the USA. Really some of O'Rourke's catchiness at its finest. He really reminds me of John Cale in that sense — a master out guy, but also a real genius with the more straightforward (imho).
And just cos I gotta:
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@popvulture love born again in the USA as well as Cale.
Vintage violence, Paris 1919 and fear are on my list to acquireI'd love a good chunk of the wilco catalog on my shelf at some point as well
Not sure if I feel the need to own the dozen disc yankee hotel box set that came out last year though as it seems a bit overkill but if they put a box out with everything from being through sky blue sky I'd probably have no choice but to buy it
