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The Aesthetic Joy of Vinyl Records

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Star Trek Beam me up Scotty. My Star Trek "Golden Throats" collection. Too bad James Doohan and DeForest Kelly didn't release singing albums. The Enterprise could have had a nifty barber shop quartet.

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Jimmie Rodgers This 10" by Jimmie Rodgers (not to be confused with the folk singer of the same name) epitomizes the use of what was called the "blue yodel".

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Marcel Marceao-Two Sides of Mime

Marcel Marceao-Two Sides of Mime

Two long songs of absolutely nothing.

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Dwarves-Invented Rock & Roll-New Release-September 2014 A certain small person is missing on the cover of the new Dwarves record.

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Funeral Circle-New Release-September 2014

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Three Waves of Garage Revival: A Condensed History

Three Waves of Garage Revival: A Condensed History

Pebbles comps were initially issued in the late seventies. They compiled obscure garage bands from the sixties. Many of the bands only issued out one 7”. This inspired a garage rock revival that now comprises three distinct, but undocumented revival periods.

The first garage revival period lasted from 1977 to 1985. Get Hip Records was a prominent label at the time. The Cynics featured Greg Shaw,…

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Kiss, Psycho-Circus, First Time on Vinyl, Ever, And With 3D Cover

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Boris-Vein Not quite all clear.

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Pallbearer-Foundations of Burden-New Release August 2014

Pallbearer-Foundations of Burden-New Release August 2014

Slow and melodic. Now, go smoke some asparagus.

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Pesky Grooves

  This record has been causing a bit of a buzz with its tracks embedded on the label and the B Side playing from the inside out, but Jack White wasn’t the first one to play around with the grooves.

I have a few tricky albums. Here’s one: Sonic Youth’s 100% 10 inch with concentric grooves. There are two separated grooves on each side. You never know which song you’re going to get once you lay the…

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Iron Maiden-Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter-7" Picture Disc

Iron Maiden-Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter-7″ Picture Disc

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Beatles-Magical Mystery Tour-Comic Book and Double 7"

Beatles-Magical Mystery Tour-Comic Book and Double 7″

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I wish this was my girlfriend

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What ever happened to the word tune? 45 RPM carrying cases from the 60's

What ever happened to the word tune? 45 RPM carrying cases from the 60’s

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Pic Disc Mania II-Wrestling Records?

Pic Disc Mania II-Wrestling Records?

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Sentinel-Tell Time Toy This actually does have a song on the B Side. Bob Edwards "Ticky Ticky Tock".

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Needle to the Groove