Another Abandoned Strip Mall We Enjoyed

An online presence for Low Records in Charlottesville and its lone employee.

[nevver]

Hiding in plain sight

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It’s been a while: two weeks to be precise. And in that time I have gone to NYC and come back with so much. A new disease, yes, but also: fantastic music. Music beyond what you dreamed of. I GOT THAT PENDERECKI, fr’instance, you may recognize “Anaklasis” from The Shining OST what’s rare rare rare, and also who needs cheap acid when you can stare at that cover for a while? WHO NEEDS ACID WHEN YOU CAN EXPERIENCE THE MIND-BLOWING RUSH THAT IS DROPPING $$$ ON ME SO I CAN BUY FOOD. Check out the link and see what’s new and feel the burn. http://bit.ly/1GZHkCR

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A retraction letter from one of a couple dozen copies of "Yesterday and Today" at this thing.

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Why am I adding 49 albums into the store today? Well, first of all: 49 states. Everyone knows this. Second of all, none of them cost $49. In fact you could get all four above for much less than $49! Really hard to believe. But let’s look at the numerology of 49, which is of course seven squared, seven being the number of God (cf. Francis, “Monkey Gone To Heaven”) BUT WAIT: four plus nine equals 13, one plus three (13 -> 1+3) equals four, a number of perfection. Listen, ask ANY Mason. Go ahead, we’ll wait. The rest of us will check out what I put in over here: http://bit.ly/1J6vNEs

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Psychiatrist: Man Who Shot Reagan Wants to Start a Band

A psychiatrist treating the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 says he wants to start a band and should be allowed to publish his music anonymously. Looking forward to carrying his stuff.

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Extremely digable slow burn calls for the reinterment of bog men and the utter destruction of all things by power animals. I'm game.

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Loop – “Precession” (Stereogum Premiere) - Stereogum

The English alt-rock band Loop disbanded in 1991, which makes "Precession" the first song they've released in 25 years. Robert Hampson and his then-girlfriend Becky Stewart founded Loop in 1986, and the band underwent numerous lineup changes in their five years of existence after the couple broke up, all the while pulling from darkly experimental icons such as Suicide and Can and morphing them into their own unique krautrock/No Wave/shoegaze concoction. In 2013, Hampson reunited Loop to curate a night at the Camber Sands edition of All Tomorrow's Parties. After building steam throughout 2014, they'll release a series of three projects this year beginning with Array 1 this June. The hypnotic, foreboding "Precession" has only been heard once before, when it was performed live at London's Garage back in 2014. Enjoy the recorded version below for the first time. Array 1 is out 6/16 on ATP.

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New stock slides into the bins today, 40 “bangers” and we don’t mean sausage (the Don Lonie albums SMELL like sausage). Also, while I’ve got you here, I marked down the prices on a whole lot of my rock records, so if there’s been something that was too rich for your blood, go on back and check it again... it’s probably cheaper now (and smells like sausage). Check this helpful link and find out how YOU too could give me money, although somewhat less than before:  http://bit.ly/1d0mCeL

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From the collection of Lali D________.

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[willimanticrecords]

Taken from WEARD COMICS Issue #1 (Oct-Nov 1974), a free comic book published by WEA - Warner/Elektra/Atlantic records. Not sure if there was ever an issue number two. Found inside a used copy of the YES “Relayer” album.

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Fun little mix of 25 songs

Fun little mix of 25 songs for a friend who wanted to know more about synth pop in the 80s. Dunno how pop it is (it IS, pretty much I guess) but there’s some synths. Nothing mind-erasing other than “She Knows How To Do The Doo Dee Do”, but if you still have a brain after that then you’re stronger than me (I don’t have a brain any more). https://mega.co.nz/#!Bo5lRK5b!Ce-VSqKqeCSd1nAjp14_cUnUPiwQ3zmGyxo7BV4pL8k

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One of God’s perfect songs by one of God’s perfect voices.

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Fifty (50) (five-oh) new albums slip into the stacks gently, like wow man, wow. Great stuff. Do you like Child Ballads? Well, you’re in luck, because Low is gonna be CHILD BALLAD CENTRAL. Today I’m putting in the two Jean Ritchie collections on Folkways; soon, as soon as I can record these big dogs, I’m putting in the eight volume MacColl set! Also got Roy Smeck’s haunting Hawaiian guitar, Sacred Harp from the Word of Mouth quartet, Pharoah Sanders’ Tauhid, and a bunch more. I’m so wound up I can’t even say anything nasty! Maybe you can come up with something after checking out “The Spread”, which is what we call spreadsheets in the used record biz: http://bit.ly/1xuoJjX

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One of the tabloids has a

One of the tabloids has a cover screaming BRUCE JENNER TURNING INTO JACKIE O! Jackie O was one of the most fashionable women of the 20th century. Tabloids have been telling women to look more like her for years. I’m not seeing the problem here. 

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Not ashamed to have wept hysterically

Not ashamed to have wept hysterically while laughing at the "Atmosphere"/Teletubbies mashup, because that shizz IS poignant and I swear to God I'll fight you, I'll fight you all.