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    • popvultureP
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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.

      WTB
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      • MizmazzleM
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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!

        In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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        • setandsettingS
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          @popvulture Both those Happy End records are great. As is Hosono House.

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          • GraemeEG
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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 Kotche

            Mimiyo Tomozawa artwork is pretty wild as well.....
            Pink cover/Blue Sleeve - Eureka
            Yellow cover/Green Sleeve - Insignifigance

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            • AetasA
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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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              • J-IVJ
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                @GraemeE would love to hang that artwork in my guest bathroom 😁

                I'm as ugly as you

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                • GraemeEG
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                  @J-IV the posters that came with it were hung in my house (when I was single obviousely) they are equally out there

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                  • J-IVJ
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                    @GraemeE I bet! I'm going through his work right now. Defintely made the mistake of googling it on my work laptop at first..

                    I'm as ugly as you

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                    • GraemeEG
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                      @J-IV a majority of his solo work is on the experimental or noise end of the spectrum

                      These 2 albums are the anomalies - for example he does a fairly straight forward cover of Something Big by B Bacharach

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                      • setandsettingS
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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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                        • popvultureP
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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:

                          WTB
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                          • GraemeEG
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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 acquire

                            I'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

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                            • J-IVJ
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                              For that almost Friday feelin'

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                              • GraemeEG
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                                @J-IV always a good evening with Al

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                                • popvultureP
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                                  @GraemeE man I’d love a Sky Blue Sky box set. I’m sure they’ll inevitably punish my wallet with that one.

                                  Also yes, Al is always welcome. The best.

                                  WTB
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                                  • GraemeEG
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                                    @setandsetting in regards to the Dead - the catalyst for me being able to appreciate their music was actually Wilco once they brought Nels Cline into the fold

                                    Something in my brain just sort of clicked after getting into ghost is born, the live kicking television album and sky blue sky

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                                    • setandsettingS
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                                      @GraemeE Oh, that's kind of a funny link up back to the Dead. I've actually long resisted Wilco even though I like Nels Cline's other activities (like the Nels Cline Singers). But recently, I've gotten into A Ghost Is Born and Being There just because I happened upon cheap CDs at the local used bookstore.

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                                      • GraemeEG
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                                        I just shared this with @setandsetting but this j greenwood colab is up for pre-order
                                        Should be a great record
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                                          I am completely biased about Wilco because I was in school in Columbia, MO during the Uncle Tupelo days and got to see Wilco and Son Volt’s early shows at the Blue Note after the UT breakup. Met Jeff Tweedy a few times too and have seen them more times than I can remember. One of my all-time favorite bands.

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                                            Also you guys have been absolutely inspiring me to explore so much new music. Very grateful for that.

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