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Chuck likes guacamole, music and other assorted detritus.
Here you will find his ratings and various ramblings as it relates to his love for all things music and especially vinyl records.

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Includes favorite new releases, reissues and compilations

Reissues that make this list are usually of good pressing/mastering quality

Purchased LP or EP unless otherwise stated BD, SACD, DVD-A or CD (*don't own)

2024 List (So Far)

Favorite New Releases

  • Black Crowes - Happiness Bastards (2024,Amazon Exclusive Opaque Orange LP)
  • Grandaddy - Blu Wav (2024, Opaque Light Blue LP)
  • Judas Priest - Invincible Shield (2024, EU iMusic LEx1000 "Hot Pink" 2xLP)
  • Rolling Stones - Live at The Wiltern (2024, Amazon Exclusive Bronze/Black 3xLP)

Favorite Reissues

  • Atomic Rooster - Atomic Rooster (1970, 2024 Green Translucent MOV LP)
  • Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (1975, 2024 Black/White Split VMP Exclusive LP)
  • Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982, 2024 Translucent Purple Swirl VMP...
jan 19 2024 ∞
mar 19 2024 +
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Year of the Covid Part II. Includes favorite new releases, reissues and compilations

Reissues that make this list are usually of good pressing/mastering quality

Purchased LP or EP unless otherwise stated BD, SACD, DVD-A or CD (*don't own)

2021 List

Favorite New Releases

  • Blackberry Smoke - You Hear Georgia (2021,Opaque Red 2xLP)
  • Black Keys - Delta Kream (2021,2xLP)
  • Blacktop Mojo - Blacktop Mojo (2021,LP)
  • Chevelle - Niratias (2021,LP)
  • Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - 662 (2021,Purple LP)
  • Ciccada - Harvest (2021,LP)
  • Donald Fagen - The Nightfly: Live (2021, LP)
  • Earthless - Live in the Mojave Desert Vol.1 (2021,LEx300 Metallic Gold 2xLP)
  • Elton John - Regimental Sgt. Zippo (2021,1967 Archival RSD LP)
  • Heartless Bastards - A Beautiful Life (2021, Neon Violet LP)
  • The Hilo Hi-Flyers - Adventure (2021,"Tiger Orange" LP)
  • Iron Maiden - Senjutsu (2021,Red/Black Marble Walmart 3xLP)
jan 9 2021 ∞
mar 14 2024 +
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Includes favorite new releases, reissues and compilations

Reissues that make this list are usually of good pressing/mastering quality

Purchased LP or EP unless otherwise stated SACD, DVD-A, BD-A, or CD

2018 List

Favorite New Releases

  • Ace of Cups - Ace of Cups (2018)
  • Altin Gün - On (2018)
  • Ape Machine - Darker Seas (2018,"Perfect Storm" Green/Bone/Black Pinwheel LP)
  • ASG - Survive Sunrise (2018)
  • Beach House - 7 (2018, "Loser Edition" Yellow LP)
  • The Beths - Future Me Hates Me (2018)
  • The Bevis Frond - We're Your Friends, Man (2018,2xLP)
  • Black Stone Cherry - Family Tree (2018,FYE Exclusive Gold LEx1000 2xLP)
  • Blackwülf - Sinister Sides (2018,LP)
  • Chevelle - 12 Bloody Spies: B-Sides and Rarities (2018,Compilation LP)
  • Circles - The Last One (2018,Translucent Blue LP)
  • Colter Wall - Songs of the Plains (2018)
feb 18 2018 ∞
oct 9 2022 +
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Includes favorite new releases, reissues and compilations

Reissues that make this list are usually of good pressing/mastering quality

Purchased LP or EP unless otherwise stated SACD, DVD-A, BD-A, or CD (*wishlist)

2015 List

Favorite New Releases

  • The Atomic Bitchwax - Gravitron (2015)
  • Baroness - Purple (2015,LP)
  • Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
  • Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars (2015)
  • Beatles - 1+ (2015, 5.1 BD-A)
  • Blackberry Smoke - Holding All the Roses (2015)
  • Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)*
  • Ciccada - The Finest of Miracles (2015)*
  • Circles Around the Sun - Interludes for the Dead (RSDBF 2015)
  • Clutch - Psychic Warfare (2015)
  • Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think... (2015)
  • Datura4 - Demon Blues (2015)
  • Deerhunter - Fading Frontier (2015)
mar 10 2015 ∞
feb 19 2024 +
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Porcupine Tree

Closure/Continuation Tour

Greek Theater, Los Angeles, California, September 30, 2022 (8pm)

Had a superb time with Ian!

Setlist

First Set

      • Blackest Eyes
      • Harridan
      • Of the New Day
      • Rats Return
      • Even Less
      • Drown With Me
      • Dignity
      • The Sound of Muzak
      • Last Chance to Evacuate Planet Earth Before It Is Recycled
      • Chimera's Wreck

Second Set

oct 8 2022 ∞
oct 9 2022 +

Most Wanted LPs 2020-2021

  • Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid (2016, Color 2xLP)
  • Airbag - The Greatest Show on Earth (2013,LP)
  • Airbag - Identity (2009,LP)
  • Badlands - Badlands (1989,LP)
  • Beatles - Singles Collection (2019,PS 23x7" Singles Box Set)
  • Built to Spill - Keep it Like a Secret (1999,2014 MOV LP)
  • Ciccada - The Finest of Miracles (2015 LP)
  • Courteeners - More.Again.Forever (2020,Popup Edition LP)
  • Cowboy Junkies - Lay It Down (1996)
  • Daryl Hall & John Oates - Rock 'n Soul Part 1 (1983,2015 MFSL LP)
  • Deftones - White Pony (2000,2013 Silver Hot Top LEx900 2xLP)
  • The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I (1999,LP)
  • Donald Fagen - Kamakiriad (1993,EU LP)
  • Dream Theater - Distance Over Time (2019,EU 2xLP)
  • Fantasy - Beyond the Beyond (1974,2016 RE LP)
  • Flying Colors - Second Nature (2016 LP)
  • Grant Green - Nigeria (1981,2020 Blue Note Tone Poet LP)
  • The Graviators - The Graviators (2009,LP)
  • Jah9 - New Name (2013 LP)
  • Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Live From Welcome to 1979 (2017,RSD LP)
mar 6 2020 ∞
jul 11 2021 +

LP Rip List

  • Abba - Abba's Greatest Hits 24 (1977,Japan)
  • Airbag - All Rights Removed (2011)
  • Airbag - Disconnected (2016)
  • Alison Krauss & Union Station - New Favorite (2001)
  • Alpha Blondy - Jah Glory (1982, Wagram 2019)
  • Alpha Blondy - Cocody Rock (1982, Wagram 2019)
  • Arthur Lyman - Taboo (1958)
  • Barrington Levy - Poorman Style (1982)
  • Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015)
  • Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars (2015)
  • Beck - Mellow Gold (1994)
  • Bird and The Bee - Recreational Love (2015)
  • Black Stone Cherry - Black Stone Cherry (2006)
  • Bob Marley - Uprising (1980)
  • Bombino - Azel (2016)
  • Brant Bjork - Brant Bjork & The Operators (2002)
  • Brant Bjork - Punk Rock Guilt (2008)
  • Brant Bjork & The Low Desert Punk Band - Black Power Flower (2014)
  • Cake - Comfort Eagle
jul 24 2016 ∞
dec 6 2019 +
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My Favorite Studio Album Song Transitions

  • Alan Parsons Project - Sirius / Eye in the Sky (1982)
  • The Beatles - Good Morning... / Sgt. Peppers (Reprise) (1967)
  • Boston - Foreplay / Long Time (1976)
  • Cake - Shadow Stabbing / Short Skirt Long Jacket (2001)
  • Camel - Under the Moon / Watching the Bobbins (1996)
  • Colin Bass - First Quartet / Goodbye to Albion (1998)
  • The Cars - Shoo Be Doo / Candy-O (1978)
  • Elton John - Funeral For a Friend / Loves Lies Bleeding (1975)
  • ELO - Eldorado Overture / Can't Get it Out of My Head (1974)
  • Genesis - Entangled / Squonk (1976)
  • Genesis - Home By the Sea / Home By the Sea 2 (1983)
  • Heart - Silver Wheels / Break (1980)
  • Journey - Feeling That Way / Anytime (1978)
  • Pink Floyd - On the Run / Time (1973)
  • Steve Miller Band - Threshold / Jet Airliner (1977)
  • Steven Wilson - Home Invasion / Regret #9 (2016)
may 11 2018 ∞
jan 17 2020 +

Dream LP's reissues or first time on vinyl

  • Airbag - All Rights Removed (2011,LP) ✓ 2019
  • Alison Krauss + Union Station - Live (MFSL) (2002)
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice - Jesus Christ Superstar OST (1970)
  • Badlands - Badlands (1989)
  • Camel - Coming of Age (1998)
  • Camel - Rajaz (1999)
  • Clannad - Anam (1990)
  • Colin Bass - An Outcast of the Islands (1998) ✓ 2018
  • Collective Soul - Collective Soul (1995) ✓ 2020
  • Cowboy Junkies - Lay it Down (1996)
  • Cracker - Kerosene Hat (1993) ✓ MOV 2018
  • Crash Test Dummies - A Worm's Life (1993)
  • Crowded House - The Very Best of Crowded House (1996) ✓ 2019 RE
  • Cry of Love - Brother (1993)
  • David Gray - White Ladder (2001) ✓ 2020
  • Donald Fagen - Kamakiriad (1998)
  • Frank Black - Frank Black (1993) ✓ RSD 2019 RE
  • The Handsome Family - In the Air (2000)
  • Hole - Live Through This (1994) ✓ 2018 RE
  • King Crimson - Thrak (1995) ✓ 2019
dec 20 2018 ∞
oct 6 2020 +

Chuck's Favorite Songs

  • # 9 Dream , John Lennon (1974)
  • # Addicted , Riverside (2015)
  • 52 Girls , The B-52's (1979)
  • 6'1" , Liz Phair (1993)
  • 96 Tears , Question Mark and The Mysterians (1966)
  • A Fool for Your Stockings , ZZ Top (1979)
  • A Little More Love , Olivia Newton-John (1978)
  • A Pillow Of Winds , Pink Floyd (1971)
  • A Pirate Looks At Forty , Jimmy Buffett (1974)
  • A Summer Place , Percy Faith (1982)
  • A Well Respected Man , The Kinks (2016)
  • A Whiter Shade of Pale , Procol Harum (1967)
  • A Worm's Life , Crash Test Dummies (1996)
  • Acid Tongue , Jenny Lewis (2008)
dec 12 2016 ∞
may 24 2018 +
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An Evening with Steven Wilson

To The Bone Tour

House of Blues, San Diego, California

May 13, 2018 (8pm)

Setlist

First Set

      • Intro: "Truth" (short film)
      • Nowhere Now
      • Pariah (with Ninet Tayeb)
      • Home Invasion
      • Regret #9
      • The Creator Has a Mastertape (Porcupine Tree)
      • Refuge
      • People Who Eat Darkness (with Ninet Tayeb)
      • Ancestral

Second Set

may 14 2018 ∞
nov 30 2018 +
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An Evening with Steven Wilson

Hand.Cannot.Erase. Tour

Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, California

November 6, 2016 (8pm)

Setlist

First Half: Hand.Cannot.Erase. (Album played in its entirety)

      • First Regret
      • 3 Years Older
      • Hand. Cannot. Erase.
      • Perfect Life
      • Routine
      • Home Invasion
      • Regret #9
      • Transience
      • Ancestral
      • Happy Returns
      • Ascendant Here On...

Second Half

nov 7 2016 ∞
nov 12 2018 +
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Quiex II or "Quiex-like" Translucent Vinyl

Checkmark ✔ indicates Chuck owns a copy

  • 10,000 Maniacs - Blind Man's Zoo (Promo)
  • 10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (Promo)
  • 38 Special - Strength in Numbers
  • 38 Special - Tour De Force
  • AC/DC - Back In Black
  • Air Supply - Air Supply (1985)
  • Alice Cooper - Along Came a Spider
  • Alison Krauss - Too Late to Cry
  • Amy Grant - Unguarded
  • Amy Grant - Christmas Album
  • Aretha Franklin - Aretha
  • Asia - Alpha
  • Asia - Asia ✔ (Amber)
  • Bad Company - Dangerous Age (1988)
  • Beck - Mellow Gold
  • Billy Ocean - Love Zones (1986)
  • Billy Squier - Don't Say No
nov 2 2019 ∞
dec 6 2020 +
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ear·worm

noun \ˈir-ˌwərm\

2 : a song or melody that keeps repeating in one’s mind.

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Below are some of Chuck's obsessive musical thoughts...

  • 5th Dimension - Up, Up and Away (1967)
  • Alicia Bridges - I Love the Night Life (Disco 'Round) (1978)
  • Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out (2000)
  • Barry Manilow - Copacabana (1978)
  • Billy Joel - Uptown Girl (1983)
  • Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy! (1988)
  • Bob Seger - Like a Rock (1986)
  • Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA (1984)
  • Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting (1974)
  • Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling (1972)
  • Daniel Powter - Bad Day (2005)
  • Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life (1977)
  • Diana Ross - Upside Down (1980)
  • Dionne Warwick - Do You Know the Way to San Jose (1968)
sep 21 2014 ∞
oct 23 2015 +
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Chuck's List of Favorite (and Despised) One-Hit Wonders

Acceptable

  • A-Ha - Take on Me (1985)
  • Alive 'n Kickin' - Tighter, Tighter (1970)
  • Apollo 100 - Joy (1972)
  • Argent - Hold Your Head Up (1972)
  • Astrud Gilberto - Girl From Ipanema (1964)*
  • Beta Band - Dry the Rain (1997)
  • Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones (1972)
  • Billy Swan - I Can Help (1974)
  • Blind Melon - No Rain (1991)*
  • Blue Swede - Hooked on a Feeling (1974)
  • Blues Image - Ride Captain Ride (1970)
  • Bobby Pickett - Monster Mash (1962)
  • Brewer & Shipley - One Toke Over the Line (1971)
  • Brownsville Station - Smokin' in the Boys Room (1973)
  • Buoys - Timothy (1970)
  • C.W.McCall - Convoy (1973)
  • Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting (1974)
  • Chakachas - Jungle Fever (1972)
sep 19 2014 ∞
jan 31 2015 +
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Includes favorite new releases, reissues and compilations

Reissues that make this list are usually of good pressing/mastering quality

Purchased LP or EP unless otherwise stated BD, SACD, DVD-A or CD (*don't own)

REST IN PARADISE Jimmy 9/1/23. All of us Parrotheads will miss you profoundly.

2023 List

Favorite New Releases

  • Aesop Rock - Integrated Tech Solutions (2023,Opaque Orange 2xLP + Lighted Cover)
  • Baroness - Stone (2023, "Ruby Red" (Orange) Translucent LP)
  • Beatles - Now and Then (2023,12" Opaque Red Target Exclusive Single)
  • Black Rainbows - Superskull (2023,LP)
  • Camel - Camel-Air Born: The MCA & Decca Years 1973-1984 (2023, 27xCD,5xBlu-ray Box Set)*
  • Colter Wall - Little Songs (2023,LP)
  • Cowboy Junkies - Such Ferocious Beauty (2023,Translucent Green LP)
feb 21 2023 ∞
mar 15 2024 +
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Year of the Covid. Includes favorite new releases, reissues and compilations

Reissues that make this list are usually of good pressing/mastering quality

Purchased LP or EP unless otherwise stated BD, SACD, DVD-A or CD (*don't own)

2020 List

Favorite New Releases

  • AC/DC - Pwr/Up (2020,Walmart Exclusive Red LP)
  • Airbag - A Day at the Beach (2020,LP)
  • The Atomic Bitchwax - Scorpio (2020,LP)
  • Bananagun - The True Story of Bananagun (2020,LP)
  • Blackberry Smoke - Live at Capricorn Studios (2020,Blue EP)
  • Black Rainbows - Cosmic Ritual Supertrip (2020, Orange Splatter LP)
  • Black Stone Cherry - The Human Condition (2020,Red LP)
  • Bombino - Live in Amsterdam (2020,RSDBF LE 2xLP)
  • Brant Bjork - Brant Bjork (2020,Clear & Red Splatter LE LP)
  • Deftones - Ohms (2020,LP)
  • The Doobie Brothers - Quadio (2020,4xBDA Quadraphonic Box Set)
  • Electric Hydra - Electric Hydra (2020,Orange Opaque LP)
  • Elton John - Jewel Box (2020,8xCD + Hardback book Box Set)
jan 12 2020 ∞
jul 16 2023 +
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Includes favorite new releases, reissues and compilations

Reissues that make this list are usually of good pressing/mastering quality

Purchased LP or EP unless otherwise stated SACD, DVD-A, BD-A, or CD (*don't own)

2017 List

Favorite New Releases

  • Anathema - The Optimist (2017,Silver 2xLP)
  • Blacktop Mojo - Burn the Ships (2017,2xLP)
  • Brant Bjork - Europe '16 (2017)
  • Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Barefoot in the Head (2017)
  • David Gilmour - Live at Pompeii (2017)
  • Dead Daisies - Live and Louder (2017,Purple 2xLP)
  • Doublestone - Devil's Own (2017, LE Orange LP)
  • The Feelies - In Between (2017)
  • Galactic Cowboys - Long Way Back to the Moon (2017)
  • Insect Surfers - Datura Moon (2017,Purple LP LEx300)
  • Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - The Nashville Sound (2017)
  • Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes - Live at Jones Beach (2017)
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Sketches of Brunswick East (2017)
jan 22 2017 ∞
jun 6 2021 +
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Includes favorite new releases, reissues and compilations

Reissues that make this list are usually of good pressing/mastering quality

Purchased LP or EP unless otherwise stated SACD, DVD-A, BD-A, or CD (*wishlist)

2014 List

Favorite New Releases

  • AC/DC - Rock or Bust
  • Alika Lyman Group - Leis of Jazz,Vol.2
  • Beck - Morning Phase
  • Billie Holiday - At Storyville (RSD BF LE release)
  • Blackberry Smoke - Leave a Scar (Live in North Carolina) (Purple 3xLP)
  • Bob Mould - Beauty and Ruin
  • Bozzio Levin Stevens - Black Light Syndrome (RSD Red)
  • Brant Bjork and the Low Desert Punk Band - Black Power Flower (Yellow LEx100)
  • Cake - Vinyl Box Set (color 8xLP)
  • Camel - In From the Cold (DVD Concert)
  • Christian Loffler - Young Alaska
  • Eric Johnson - Europe Live
sep 4 2014 ∞
dec 20 2023 +

Chuck's favorite demonstration titles

Vinyl

  • 311 - 311 (1995, RSD 2014 LP)
  • Aimee Mann - Lost in Space (Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs LP, 2002)
  • Alison Krauss + Union Station - Paper Airplane (Rounder LP, 2011)
  • Black Sabbath - Paranoid (Rhino Reissue LP, 2004)
  • Bombino - Azel (2016,LP)
  • Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex (2016,LP)
  • Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Anyway You Love, We... (2016, 45rpm 2xLP)
  • Counting Crows - August and Everything After (Analogue Prod. LP, 2013)
  • Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out (Analogue Prod. LP, 2012)
  • Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (Warner Bros RE LP, 2006)
  • Dire Straits - Dire Straits (Warner Bros RE LP, 2009)
  • Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (2011 45rpm RM 2xLP)
  • Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (Legacy Mono RE LP, 2010)
  • Kevin Gilbert - Thud (1994,2015 2xLP)
  • Lana Del Rey - Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019,2xLP)
  • Madonna - Erotica (1992, UK LP)
  • Mana - Liquidos Suenos (1997, 2015 LP) - example of digitally-sourced sounding great
  • Nick Drake - Pink Moon (Island RE LP, 1972)
oct 2 2014 ∞
mar 14 2020 +
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Fifty LPs Wishlist

  • Alison Krauss + Union Station - Live (2006,MFSL Box LP)
  • The Beatles - Yesterday and Today (Butcher) (1966,LP)
  • Bob Seger - Against the Wind (1983, MFSL LP)
  • Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw (1991,DCC LP)
  • Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time (1994,DCC LP)
  • The Carpenters - The Singles 1969-1973 (1973, A&M Canada LP)
  • Clanaad - Anam (1990,EU LP)
  • Counting Crows - Recovering the Satellites (1996 Original US LP)
  • Cracker - The Golden Age (1996,LP)
  • Cracker - Kerosene Hat (1993,LP) ✓
  • Crowded House - Recurring Dream: Best (1996,2xLP) ✓
  • Cry of Love - Brother (1993, Holland LP)
  • Deep Forest - Boheme (1995,France LP)
  • Donald Fagen - Kamakiriad (1993,EU LP)
  • Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1983,MFSL LP)
  • Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1984,MFSL LP)
  • Frank Black - Frank Black (1993,UK LP) ✓
  • Hole - Doll Parts (2013,7" Picture Sleeve) ✓
  • John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee (1995,MFSL LP) ✓
  • Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon (1993,LP) ✓
jun 7 2016 ∞
jan 12 2020 +

Albums Chuck Dislikes That Others Say are Brilliant

Let's face it, this is a silly stupid list, but one Chuck has been contemplating for quite a while. Forgive him for the negativity. This list is NOT about bashing any particular artist that he dislikes. Saying he hates "all of Bruce Springsteen's music" is not what this list is about. Chuck understands that many of the albums listed here are considered classics by a lot of listeners. The purpose of this note is to simply compile a list of albums that Chuck avoids, despite their rating consistently high among fans, critics and other listeners. An average Rate Your Music website rating is included for reference.

Yes, Chuck has issues, but music is subjective and it's all a matter of personal taste. Chuck doesn't feel the need to defend what he likes or dislikes, and wouldn't expect anyone else to either. Who knows...

aug 6 2017 ∞
nov 25 2019 +
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2020 Movies / Ratings List

Watched

January

  • The Gentlemen (2020) ★☆☆☆☆ (Theater)
    • Action/Crime (Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Dockery, Hugh Grant)
  • Parasite (2019) ★★★★★ (Theater) BEST PICTURE
    • Comedy/Crime/Drama (Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Jo)
  • Echo in the Canyon (2018) ★★★★☆ (Netflix)
    • Music (Tom Petty, Beach Boys, Mamas & The Papas, Jackson Browne)
  • Once Upon the Time in the West (1968) ★★★★☆ (Netflix)
    • Western (Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards)
  • Just Mercy (2019) ★★★★☆ (Theater)
jan 13 2020 ∞
feb 11 2020 +
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Includes favorite new releases, reissues and compilations

Reissues that make this list are usually of good pressing/mastering quality

Purchased LP or EP unless otherwise stated BD, SACD, DVD-A or CD (*don't own)

2022 List

Favorite New Releases

  • Alex G - God Save the Animals (2022, LP)
  • Beach House - Once Twice Melody (2022,2xLP)
  • Bjorn Riis - Everything to Everyone (2022,LP)
  • Bjorn Riis - A Fleeting Glimpse (2022)*
  • Bobby Hutcherson - Stick-Up! (2022 BN Tone Poet LP)
  • Built to Spill - When the Wind Forgets Your Name (2022,B/W Marble LP)
  • Crobot - Feel This (2022,Transparent Red LP)
  • Datura4 - Neanderthal Jam (2022,Blue/Green/Purple Splatter LP)
  • Dope Lemon - Rose Pink Cadillac (2022 2xLP Pic Disk)
  • Earthless - Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (2022,LE Swirled Gold 2xLP)
  • Ed Wynne - Tumbling Through the Floativerse (2022 Blue LP)
  • Flower Kings - By Royal Decree (2022,LEx500 Translucent Blue 3xLP Box Set)
jan 23 2022 ∞
mar 21 2024 +
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Includes favorite new releases, reissues and compilations

Reissues that make this list are usually of good pressing/mastering quality

Purchased LP or EP unless otherwise stated BD, SACD, DVD-A or CD (*don't own)

2019 List

Favorite New Releases

  • Altin Gun - Gece (2019)
  • Black Pumas - Black Pumas (2019, Clear with Red/Black Splatter LP)
  • Blackberry Smoke - Homecoming: Live in Atlanta (2019,Red/Green/Orange 3xLP Signed)
  • Blacktop Mojo - Under the Sun (2019)
  • Camel - Camel at the Royal Albert Hall (2019, Concert video Blu-ray)
  • Children of the Sün - Flowers (2019,LE LP)
  • Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - Kingfish (2019,VMP Opaque Yellow LP LEx750)
  • Circles Around the Sun - Meets Joe Russo (2019)
  • Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality (2019, Purple/Pink Split Splatter 2xLP)
  • The Comet is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery (2019)
  • The Cosmic Trip Advisors - Wrong Again, Albert... (2019)*
jan 17 2019 ∞
jun 1 2023 +
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Includes favorite new releases, reissues and compilations

Reissues that make this list are usually of good pressing/mastering quality

Purchased LP or EP unless otherwise stated SACD, DVD-A, BD-A, or CD (*wishlist)

2016 List

Favorite New Releases

  • Airbag - Disconnected (2016)
  • Aesop Rock - The Impossible Kid (2016)
  • Bombino - Azel (2016)
  • Brant Bjork - Tao of the Devil (2016)
  • Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Beats/Invocation Trex (2016)
  • Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Anyway You Love, We Know How You Feel (2016)
  • David Bowie - ★ [Blackstar] (2016)
  • Field Music - Commontime (2016)
  • Fire Down Below - Viper Vixen Goddess Saint (2016, Translucent Red LP)
  • Fleetwood Mac - The Alternate Tusk (2016)
  • Fleetwood Mac - In Concert (2016)
  • The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band - Live at the Belly Up (2016, Digital Download)
  • Imarhan - Imarhan (2016)
feb 1 2016 ∞
jul 16 2023 +
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Record Store Day (Year of the Clusterfuck "Drops")

Purchased Online (Due to limited store access)

  • Alice in Chains - Sap (1992,2020 LEx8500 EP w/Etching on B Side)
  • Bombino - Live in Amsterdam (2020,RSD LEx1500 2xLP)
  • Elton John - Elton John (1970,Purple 2xLP LEx7000)
  • Feminine Complex - Livin' Love (1969,2020 RSD LEx1400 Opaque Pink 2xLP)
  • Fleetwood Mac - The Alternate Rumours (1977,LP LEx16000)
  • Martin Denny - Exotic Moog (1969, LP LEx1500)
  • Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet Morning (1968,2020 RSDBF Splatter 7")
  • Mick Fleetwood - The Green Manalishi... (2020,RSDBF Translucent Green LEx3000 EP)
  • Roger Waters - The Wall: Live in Berlin (2020,RSD LEx8000 2xLP)
  • Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Just Dropped In... (2020,RSD LEx4000 Blue Splatter LP)

Of Interest

  • Ace of Base - The Sign (7" Picture Disc LEx?)
  • Archie Shepp - The Magic of Ju-Ju (1968, Green LP, LEx1500)
  • Black Keys - Let's Rock (2019,45rpm 2xLP Version LEx5000)
  • Bob Marley - Redemption Song (1980, 12" LEx7000 or LEx1100)
mar 11 2020 ∞
jan 22 2021 +

Record Store Day Black Friday, November 29, 2019

Picked Up in Store

  • Cheap Trick - Are You Ready? Live 12/31/79 (2019,LP LEx3500)
  • Dr. John - Babylon (1969,2019 LP RSD Yellow/Orange Splatter LEx2500)
  • Edan - Beauty and the Beat (2005, LP RSD "First" LEx1500)
  • Fu Manchu - Live at Roadburn 2003 (2019, Color (Varies) LP LEx500)
  • Geddy Lee - My Favorite Headache (2000, 2xLP RSD Exclusive LEx2500)
  • Hank Williams - The 1940 Recordings (7", RSD Exclusive LEx2500)
  • Herbie Hancock - Directstep (1979,2019 RSD "First" LEx2200)
  • Life of Agony - The Sound of Scars (2019,LP Red/Black Splatter LEx500)
  • Paul McCartney - Home Tonight/In a Hurry (7", RSD Exclusive LEx12000)
  • Pearl Jam - MTV Unplugged (1992, LP RSD Exclusive LEx13000)
  • Phish - The Story of the Ghost (1998,2xLP Red/Black Splatter "First" LEx8000)
  • Steep Canyon Rangers - North Carolina Songbook (2019, LP Tri-Color, RSD LEx1000)

Aquired after RSD (Online but NOT at inflated flipper prices!)

  • The Comet is Coming - The Afterlife (2019, RSD "First" EP LEx1500)
  • Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science (7" Splatter Color PS LEx2500 Exclusive)...
nov 5 2019 ∞
apr 8 2020 +
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Record Store Day, April 13, 2019

Purchased in Store

  • The Bird and The Bee - The Bird and The Bee (2007,Green LP, LEx1000)
  • Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (Test Pressing) (1975,LP, LEx7500)
  • Cheech & Chong - Up in Smoke (1978, 2019 7" Pic Disc, LEx4200)
  • Elton John - Live From Moscow (2x Clear LP, LEx4000)
  • Elvis Presley - Live From The International Hotel, Las Vegas (2xLP,LEx3000)
  • Fleetwood Mac - The Alternative Fleetwood Mac (1975,LP, LEx12500)
  • Frank Black - Frank Black (1992,Orange LP, LEx4500)
  • Frank Black - Teenager of the Year (1994,White 2xLP, LEx4500)
  • Jefferson Starship - Gold (1978 Gold LP+7", LEx5500)
  • Madonna - La Isla Bonita (Green 12", LEx12500)
  • Pink Floyd - Saucerful of Secrets (1968, Mono LP, LEx6500)
  • Procol Harum - Procal Harum (50th) (Grey/Pink Starburst 2xLP, LEx1000)
  • The Rolling Stones - Big Hits (High Tides & Green Grass) UK Edition (Green LP,LEx7000)
  • The Rolling Stones - Through the Past, Darkly UK Edition (Orange LP,LEx7000)
  • The Rolling Stones - She's a Rainbow (Yellow 10", LEx5000)
  • Shocking Blue - Singles Collection Part 2 (Blue 2xLP MOV, LEx2000)
  • Townes Van Zandt - The Best of Townes Van Zandt (2x "Tiger's Eye" 2xLP, LEx2000)
mar 30 2019 ∞
feb 25 2021 +
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Record Store Day, April 16, 2016

In Store Acquisitions

  • Al Casey - Surfin' Hootenanny (Green Sundazed LP LEx1000)
  • Animals - Animal Tracks (10'' EP, LEx3000)
  • The Belairs - Volcanic Action! (Sundazed LEx1000)
  • Buzzcocks - More Product in a Different Comilation (Orange ORG 2xLP LEx3000)
  • Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting / Dance The Kung Fu (Yellow 7'' LEx2100)
  • Cavern of Anti-Matter - Void Versions (12" Clear Single LEx1000)
  • Cheap Trick - At Budokon: The Complete Concert (Legacy 2xLP LEx5000)
  • Clint Mansell / Kronos Quartet - Requiem For a Dream (LEx5000)
  • The Doors - Live at The Aquarius Theater (Clear 3xLP, LEx8500)
  • The Challengers - Hot Rod Album (Sundazed LP LEx1000)
  • Fleetwood Mac - Alternative Tusk (Rhino 2xLP LEx5000)
  • Johnny Cash - All Aboard the Blue Train (Blue ORG LP LEx3000)
  • Phish - Hoist (2x Pink Splatter LP LEx5000)*
  • Tom Petty - Kiss My Amps II (LP LEx7500)
  • The Tornadoes - Best of The Tornadoes (Sundazed Blue LP LEx1000)
  • Various Artists - Mystery 7" (Mystery color, mystery artists)

Acquired after RSD (mostly online)

  • Alanis Morissette - The Demos: 1994-1998 (2016, Splatter LP, LEx4500)
feb 10 2016 ∞
jun 17 2017 +
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RSD Black Friday, November 23, 2018

Purchased in Store

  • The B-52's - Cosmic Thing (1983, Rainbow Color LP, LEx4500)
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers - Catch a Fire (1973, Smoke Swirl 2xLP LEx3000)
  • Herbie Hancock - Flood (1975, 2xLP LEx1200)
  • Jimi Hendrix Experience - Burning of the Midnight Lamp (2018,Orange 7" LEx?)
  • Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (1993, Turquoise 2xLP LEx3500)
  • Talking Heads - Remain in Light (Red Vinyl LEx5500)

Aquired after RSD (Online but NOT at eBay/Discogs flipper prices!)

  • Collective Soul - Hints, Allegations and Things Left Unsaid (1993,Opaque Red LP LEx3000) Plaid
  • Toad the Wet Sprocket - Box Set (2018,5xLP LEx1500) Plaid
  • Todd Rundgren - Something / Anything? (1972,Orange/Blue 2xLP LEx3500) Bullmoose

Of Potential Interest

  • Phish - Slip Stitch & Pass (2018, Blue/Purple Splatter 2xLP LEx6000)
oct 10 2018 ∞
mar 11 2020 +
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Record Store Day, April 21, 2018

In Store Aquisitions:

  • Baby Huey - The Living Legend (1971,2018 2xLP LEx3350)
  • Cheech & Chong - Up in Smoke (40th Anniv) (1978,2018 7" Pic Disc LEx4000)
  • Eek-a-Mouse - Ganja Smuggling (1982,2018 Green 7" LEx1500)
  • Elvis Presley - The King in the Ring (2018,Red 2xLP, LEx3000)
  • Fleetwood Mac - Alternate Tango in the Night (2018, LE?x8500)
  • Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravey/Primordial (2018,Burgundy EP LEx4000)
  • Jerry Garcia - Run For the Roses (1982,2018 Black/Orange Marble LP, LE?x5000)
  • Jethro Tull - Moths (2018, 10" EP, LEx6500)
  • Led Zeppelin - Friends/Rock and Roll (2018,7" Yellow LExUnknown)
  • Harry Nilsson Produced By John Lennon - Pussy Cats (1974,2018 LEx1500)
  • Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967,2018 Mono LP, LE?x6000)
  • The Police - Roxanne/Peanuts (1978,2018 Red 7" Die-cut Gatefold LEx2000)
  • The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967,2018 Blue Splatter LP, LEx3500)
  • Shocking Blue - Singles Collection (A's & B's Part 1) (2018,MOV Blue 2xLP, LEx3000)
  • Steven Wilson - How Big the Space (2018,12" Turquoise Blue Single LEx2500)

Aquired after RSD (Online but NOT at exaggerated flipper prices!)

apr 21 2018 ∞
oct 1 2019 +
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RSD Black Friday, November 24, 2017

In Store Acquisitions:

  • Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992) 2xLP, LEx5000
  • Steve Earle - El Corazon (1997) LP w/ Lithograph, LEx2500
  • Sun Ra - Exotica (2017) Colored 3xLP, LEx1000
  • The Sundays - Static & Silence (1997) Clear LP, LEx2000
  • Toto - Hold the Line/Alone (2017) 10" Picture Disc, LEx3000

Aquired After RSDBF

  • The Free Design - Kites are Fun (1967) "Golden Sky" Colored LP, LEx900
  • Ravi Shankar - Portrait of Genius (1964) Purple LP, LEx1200
  • Ziggy Marley - Love is My Religion (2006) LEx6000

Of Potential Interest:

  • Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Live From Welcome to 1979 (2017, LEx4000)
  • Los Straightjackets - Sing Along With Los Straightjackets (2001), LEx1500
  • Muddy Waters - The Best of Muddy Waters (1958) Colored LP, LEx1500
  • Otis Redding - Live in Europe (1967) Red Mono LP, LEx3250
  • Rush - Closer to the Heart/Madrigal (1977) 45rpm 7", LEx5000
  • Son Volt - Straightaways (1997) LP, LEx2500
  • Son Volt - Ballymena (2017) 10" 45rpm EP, LEx1500
oct 21 2017 ∞
jul 24 2018 +
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Record Store Day, April 22, 2017

In Store Aquisitions:

  • Air - Le soleil est près de moi (2017), Gold EP LEx4500
  • The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane (2017,45rpm) LEx7000
  • Black Angels - Death Song (2017), Glow in the Dark 2xLP, LEx2000 (BP)
  • Count Five - Psychotic Reaction (2017), Mono LP, LEx1500
  • Dennis Wilson - Bambu (Caribou Sessions) (2017), Green 2xLP, LEx3000
  • Elton John - 17-11-70+ (2017) 2xLP LEx4000
  • Field Music - Tones of Town (2017), Yellow LP, LEx650
  • Fleetwood Mac - Alternate Mirage (2017), LP, LEx3500
  • Jerry Cole - Astro Sounds From Beyond the Year 2000 (2017), Gold LP, LEx630
  • Jimmy Page & The Black Angels - Live at Jones Beach (2017), B&W Marble 10", LEx3000
  • Neil Young - Decade (2017), 3xLP, LEx5000
  • Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson (2017), Split White/Yellow LP w/poster, LEx3000
  • Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive (2017) 12" Mono Single, LEx4000
  • Rush - Cygnus X-1 (2017), 12" EP, LEx5000
  • Shocking Blue - At Home (2017), MOV Blue LP, LEx1200

Aquired after RSD (mostly online but NOT at flipper prices!)

mar 22 2017 ∞
mar 9 2018 +
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RSD Black Friday, November 25, 2016

Picked Up In Store on Black Friday:

  • Bob Dylan - The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert! (2016), 2xLP, LEx6000
  • Isaac Hayes & The Bar-Kays - Do Your Thing (2016), 12" EP, LEx2500
  • Jerry Garcia - Reflections (1976), Opaque Purple Marble LP, LEx3000
  • Jimi Hendrix - Morning Symphony Ideas (2016), Translucent Yellow 10" EP, LEx3000
  • The Monkees - Good Times Plus! (2016), Translucent Red 10" EP, LEx2500

Picked Up After BFRSD (Store/Online):

  • Frank Frost - Hey Boss Man! (1962) Opaque Red LP, LEx2000 (Bullmoose)
  • Frank Sinatra - White Christmas/The Christmas Waltz (1954), White 7",LEx3000 (Bullmoose)
  • Metallica - Hardwired to Self-Destruct (2016,2xLP Red LEx15000)
  • Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge (2016) LP, LEx3000 (Amazon)
  • The Turtles - Golden Hits (1967), Opaque Gold Mono LP, LEx1500 (eBay)
  • Various - Pop the Clutch: Rare Rockabilly From the Vaults (White LP, LEx2500) (InSound)

Wanted?

nov 29 2016 ∞
may 22 2019 +

RSD Black Friday, November 27, 2015

Picked Up In Store on Black Friday:

  • B.B.King - The Thrill is Gone (1970), 10" EP, LEx3000
  • Beck - Dreams (2015), 12" Blue Single, "LE"x7200
  • Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different... (1978), Orange LP, LEx4000
  • The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight (2003), LP, LEx2000
  • Johnny Cash - Live in Denmark (2015), Red/White 2xLP, LEx4400
  • Neil Finn & Paul Kelly - Goin' Your Way (2015), Green LP, LEx1500
  • Garbage - Garbage (20th Anniversary) (1995), Pink 2xLP, LEx2000
  • Ben Harper - Fight For Your Mind (1995), Red/Green 2xLP, LEx2500
    • Signed copy. Only 500/2500 copies hand-signed by Ben Harper
  • Jimi Hendrix - Burning Desire (2015), 2xLP, LEx5000 (numbered)
  • Jerry Lee Lewis - Jerry Lee Lewis (1958), Silver LP, LEx1800
  • Carl Perkins - Dance Album of Carl Perkins (1958), Green LP, LEx1300
  • Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975), 12" Single, "LE"x7465
  • Revolutionaries - Sounds Vol.2 (1979), LP, LEx1200
  • Spoon - TV Set (2015), Pink 10" EP, LEx4400
  • Link Wray - Rumble/The Swag (1958), 7" Gold Single, LEx2700
  • Various - High Fidelity Soundtrack (2000), Orange 2xLP, LEx?
nov 27 2015 ∞
may 9 2016 +
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Record Store Day, April 18, 2015

Picked Up In Store on RSD:

  • The Animals - The Animals No.2 (1965), 10" EP, LEx3900
  • Charlie Feathers - Charlie Feathers (2015), 10" EP, LEx1500
  • The Doors - Strange Days (1967), Mono LP, "LE"x12500
  • The Flaming Lips - Bad Days (2015), Green EP, LEx5000
  • The Flaming Lips - Brainville (2015), Yellow EP, LEx5000
  • The Flaming Lips - This Here Giraffe (2015), Orange EP, LEx5000
  • Foo Fighters - Songs From the Laundry Room (2015), 10", LEx4000
  • Gov't Mule - ...Side of the Mule Vol. 2 (2015), EP, LEx4750
  • Hawkwind - Hawkwind (1970), Orange LP, LEx3000
  • Jaco Pastorius - Anthology The Warner Years (2015), LP, LEx3000
  • Jerry Garcia - Garcia (Compliments) (1974), Green LP, LEx7000
  • Johnny Winter - It's My Life, Baby (2015), LP, LEx2000
  • Junior Wells - It's My Life. Baby (1966), LP, LEx2200
  • Of Montreal - Snare Lustrous Doomings (2015), 2xColorLP, LEx3000
  • Ramones/Husker Du - Sheena is a Punk Rocker (2015), Color 7" LEx4800
  • Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Selections (2015), Green EP, LEx2500
  • Various - Sun Records Curated by RSD (2015), LP, LEx4000

Picked Up After RSD (Store/Online):

apr 18 2015 ∞
mar 9 2016 +
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Record Store Day, April 19, 2014

Picked Up In Store on RSD:

  • 311 - 311 (1995), numbered RE LP, LEx4000
  • Aerosmith - Rocks (1976), numbered LP, LEx3000
  • Cake - Vinyl Box Set (2014), 8xLP, Color LP's, LEx900 (+100 later on website)
  • CCR - The '69 Singles (2014), white 10" EP, LEx3000
  • Chocolate Milk - Action Speak Louder... (1975), brown RE LP, LEx1000
  • Devo - Live at Max's Kansas City (2014), LEx2000 LP
  • Doc Watson - Southbound (1966), LEx1500 RE LP
  • Fleetwood Mac - Dragonfly 45 (1971), purple 7" RE LEx2600
  • Imarhan Timbuktu - Akal Warled (2014), LEx300 LP
  • Jerry Garcia - Garcia (1972), white RE LP, LEx1500
  • Jimi Hendrix - Live at Monterey (1986), LEx6000, RE LP
  • Joan Jett - Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth (1984), pink RE LP, LEx4000
  • Johnny Cash - With His Hot and Blue Guitar! (1957), blue LP, LEx2000, RE
  • Love / Rush - ? Mystery Artists Split: 7 and 7 Is (2014), 7" single, LEx7300
  • Mazzy Star - I'm Less Here / Things (2014), 7" single, LEx3000
sep 5 2014 ∞
feb 8 2017 +