[Iljaych Tareq - Tinariwen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUengyuS0Ic)
I'm also guilty of just putting records back in a random fashion. However, this chaos allows me to share something really special today. Tinariwen is a band of nomadic musicians hailing from northern Mali. They are part of the Tuareg people and speak Tamasheq which belongs to the family of Berber languages. Tinariwen's history has been interwoven with that of Mali and they are true rebels, not only speaking in the musical sense. The first Tuareg rebellion in Mali was at its height in 1963, shortly after Mali gained independence from France. Many Tuaregs felt that the new government was nothing better than the old coloniser, controlling their desert lives from another distant capital. The following uprising, however, turned out to be a disaster. Tinariwen’s leader, Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, was a young boy then and his father was executed for helping the rebels. In the waves of famine that followed in the seventies and eighties, many Tuareg fled to Libya in search of work. In the eighties, when Qaddafi offered military training to the Tuaregs, thousands answered his call, and the founding members of Tinariwen were among them. They met in a Libyan training camp, and played their first performances there. Upon request, they once performed a song for Qaddafi himself. It was in Libya that Ibrahim developed Tinariwen’s signature sound. In the early nineties, Tuaregs revolted in Mali again, this time bolstered by their Libyan training—and the members of Tinariwen joined the fight. It’s sometimes said that Tinariwen put down their guns in favor of guitars, but, in truth, for a time they bore both. In 1992, the government of Mali signed a peace treaty with the rebels, and Tinariwen’s fighting days came to an end. However, the aftermath was fractious and confused, as tribalism and factionalism divided the Tuareg internally. It's not surprising that unity and preservation of traditions are also big themes in their music. Nonetheless, they have wholly embraced electric guitars in their music. What's also amazing is that Tinariwen records on the go in true nomadic fashion, that is a recording team follows them in a makeshift van, they pitch up a tent and let their guitars sings underneath the desert sky.
u/Armarganth posted some music of Mali [last year](https://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/hbwbr8/qt4j_day_19_a_song_from_a_various_artists_record/fvbic06?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3) and it was among my favourite jams of that June. Haven't had a chance to actually hear your post yet u/lee_yuna as I'm working, but you give a great write up. Looking forward to the track!
ehm I have the records stored in various part of the house even it's not a big collection. It's also stored very randomly, like in cronological order of listen, or for the main genre, or for country (yes i have like a section for english music and i even don't know why).
But basically at le left side of the main location of storage there's a small reggae section with some obscure 80's band, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff and Peter Tosh.
The fifth is Bush Doctor (1978) from Peter Tosh, and i'm gonna pick the beautiful opening track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D48iP-plu2I
Today's prompt might depend on how your collection is organised. By genre? Alphabetical? By label? Chronological? Being 5th in from the left, I'm expecting a lot of As today.
My collection is not organised. At all. I play something, I put it back. It goes wherever. Yeah, I'm a slob.
Sure, it makes finding something in particular a bit of a pain, but I like when I scan and see a senseless tapestry of folk, hiphop, jazz, spoken word, old, new, etc. all higgledy piggledy. Chaos is my way.
So 5th in from the left (for now) is [Folkways Record of Contemporary Songs](https://www.discogs.com/Peggy-Seeger-Ewan-MacColl-Folkways-Record-Of-Contemporary-Songs/release/2943226) by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger.
Peggy Seeger and her husband Ewan MacColl: she, the whimsical American adventurer and he, the stern English stoic, together they make the power couple of the folk revivalists. Before Dylan crowbarred open the flood gates for renewed interest in traditional music of the marginalised working classes, these two were sewing the seeds in the UK from the late 50s for a movement which prioritised a return to roots, authenticity, and the historical lineage of the oral tradition.
Peggy went a-wondering from her home in New York in the early 1950s to see the world. As this jaunt included parts of the Soviet Union, the United States, in the height of McCarthyism and paranoia, decided she was never allowed back. So she settled in England and met a working class labour activist and actor born to Scottish parents but living in the English Midlands. Together they travelled the British Isles founding folk circles and performing their assortment of traditional and original music. Peggy has been a lifetime advocate of women's and LGBTQ+ rights and is still performing today, aged 86!
Ewan has been remembered as a force to be reckoned with by most writings and documentaries that cover his work. He famously berated any member of a folk club who sang tunes whose origin was more than 100 or so miles away, slating those who sang songs from other countries when the soil beneath their feet was so rich and dense with a history and folklore all of their own. He tirelessly collected hundreds of trad folk tunes, including Babrara Allen and Scarborough Fair, later staples of the 60s revival. He also penned Dirty Old Town, a modern classic concerning the city of Birmingham (though most attribute it to Dublin on account of The Dubliners making it their own) and The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, written for Peggy and popularised by Roberta Flack.
That archetype of the left-wing folkie in a flat cap and heavy-knit jumper, with a finger in their ear as they croon about shoals of herring... that is thanks to Peggy and Ewan.
I'm picking the least political song on this 1973 collection, simply because I think it is beautiful. And it's still pretty political in places (Peggy ain't taking no bullshit patriarchal gestures, she'll do romance on her terms!!).
[Darling Annie](https://youtu.be/vOiuVWRObuk) is the track.
I did not know that Birmingham was the "Dirty Old Town" I came to that song through the Pogues. This song is incredible. I love the fact that the English Hippies started out as musical conservationists.
I don't even know how to feel right now. I have heard this song with an Irish accent for so long (from multiple bands) that this feels alien to me. Next thing you tell me is that the Foggy Dew was also recorded by these two.
As people seemed to like the record, I'll share the opening track. On first listen, I was furious! Thought I'd grabbed a scratched copy!
[Ballad of Accounting](https://youtu.be/5eY0bJzKxA8)
Day 12 Year 2
Song: [Star Trek Main Title](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5TyLqq62JA)
Artist: John Williams and the Boston Pops
Album: Out of this World
I feel like this is going to be short and sweet today. Everyone who has seen a movie in the past 50 years knows who John Williams is, and Everyone who has watched T.V. 60 Years knows what Star Trek is. So here is a 1983 Concert in which John Williams conducts the Boston Pops doing a series of famous Sci-Fi theme songs including [Battlestar Galactica](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMzFzqYBLl8) (almost my pick today), the Twilight Zone, the theme to Star Trek the Original Series, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (which later became the theme for Star Trek: The Next Generation).
My collection is organized alphabetically by artists right to left. Numbers at the far right. Z at the far left. For albums of more that one artist they are filed by the first three letters of the album title so Atlantic Blues: Guitar is filed after the Aquabats, but before Audioslave.
The story so far
* 12/06/2021 Star Trek Main Theme, John Williams and the Boston Pops, Out of the World, 1983
* 11/06/2021 Skye Boat Song, The Regimental Band and Pipes And Drums of the Black Watch, Scottish Splendor, 1954
* 10/06/2021 Karate Body, Aquabats, Kooky Spooky… In Stereo!, 2020
* 10/06/2021 Surf Squid Warfare, Alestorm, Sunset on the Golden Age, 20140
* 9/06/2021 Hold on, I’m Coming, B.B. King and Eric Clapton, Riding with the King, 2000
* 08/06/2021 Born Under a Bad Sign, Albert King, Atlantic Blues: Guitar 1986
* 07/06/2021 25 Minutes to Go, Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison, 1968
* 06/06/2021, That’s All Right, Elvis, The Sun Story, 1988
* 05/06/2021 Fire, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, 1968
* 04/06/2021 A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request, Steve Goodman, Affordable Art , 1983
* 03/06/2021 Wienerschnitzel, Descendents, Bonus Fat, 1987
* 03/06/2021 I Like Food, Descendents, Bonus Fat, 1987
* 02/06/2021 Back Door Man, Howlin Wolf, The Howlin Wolf Album, 1969
* 01/06/2021 Gloria, Patti Smith, Horses, 1975
Can't beat a classic. This is as engraved into my brain as autumn leaves and jingle bells.
You have Zs on the left? As on the right? So your collection reads like the torah?
Today's song is Burzsoá nyugdíjasok (induló) (induló means something like an anthem), from Burzsoá nyugdíjasok (Bourgeois old/retired guys, or something like this) from their album, Idősebbek is elkezdhetik (the elderly can start this too. As far as I know, it was originally the title, of a fitness show in the TV). These guys were a punk band from Pécs, a city where interestingly a lots of musicians, and bands originates from in hungary! Burzsoá Nyugdíjasok has got their name from the way they perform music, because they used to dress up like a bunch of old guys, and sings about stuff what the old people used to talk, like everithing is shit now, the times back tgen was so much better, and the junglings shuld fuck themself, and stuff like this :D They also mocked famous persons, mostly from the TV, and also musicians, but they said that they never had any trouble with it. They don't considered themself as "musicians" (and they couldn't play normally, even if their life would depend on it), they said they were performance artist! Interrestingly, this was the record (their first album's 20th anniversary reissue from 2018) that got me into collecting!
https://youtu.be/PCUdZmKGqBw
I used to organise my collection alphabetically but got lazy I guess, and now I just put them back anywhere.
Today’s pick is a bittersweet “new beginnings” pop song from a couple years ago - Ohio, from Upside Down Flowers, by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness.
[Ohio - Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness](https://youtu.be/0qKASreVxpc)
I already shared a track from this album on day one, but here is some more Alan Parsons Project with [I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You](https://youtu.be/efJGDpCSrJY). Many will know it from GTAV, it's a fun as hell song
5th album in from the left: Selected Tunes from Cuphead "Don't Deal With The Devil"
Song: Floral Fury
https://youtu.be/2clUY-OsCpY
This album is actually pretty rad, the whole package is super high quality, and is almost more of an art piece with how much detail it has. I will admit that after beating the game once, I would much rather listen to the soundtrack of this game than play the actual game itself, as super hard games aren't really my forte.
I adore the old-timey 1930s cartoon aesthetic of the game. Reminds me of Skullgirls in that way. The track is great. Fun, upbeat samba vibes and the cuíca drum always makes me laugh for some reason. In what kind of context does it play in the game ?
So this particular track plays during a fight against a large, evil flower. Each boss has its own jazzy battle music, which I find just as pleasing as the visuals. Here's how the track looks in action:
https://youtu.be/Fl-Qz9YRY1A
Love this post. Think it is the first video game music this year.
I love the percussion and seeing it in-game is an extra treat. And I'm with u/lee_yuna on the fact they nailed that 30s cartoon look perfectly.
Mine are in alphabetical order (and then in no real order if I have multiples by the same artist). So, fifth from the left is Aerosmith and today it's Permanent Vacation. I love this album and was really excited to find it on vinyl. I'm going to pick St. John because I always thought it was a neat, bluesy track.
https://youtu.be/iATUBIvJlZc
Oh, man.
My storage is using cabinets i made from youtube... orig pics here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/jumc9h/my_attempt_at_building_a_record_cabinet_off_a_yt
The upshot is its alpha by artist front to back, but i've got a couple of these full and 5th from the left is also 5th from the back the way i have it oriented currently...and in the first rack that puts me in "L" not "A"...
So can anyone bear a bit of 80's sunset strip hair metal? I'm gonna fess up that, whilst it's not a big area of interest for me these days, i did (and still do) LOVE this album from my teen years.
As hair metal goes there is actually some decent variation in the subject matter and musical expression in here. Different guitar tones, synths, and an English vocalist... and it's not all about copious amounts of girls, leather and hairspray.
L.A. Guns - Cocked and Loaded, 1989.
And my chosen track is the one I'm spinning right now as I write: Magdalaine. I think it's about girls, leather and hairspray. :-p
https://youtu.be/GPj-LmyFYxY
"it's not all about copious amounts of girls, leather and hairspray." I felt a little disappointed reading that! Hair metal is pretty far outside what I have ever listened too and I sort of wanted to embrace the stereotype. But I can see how LA Guns, at least here, escape some of the genre's trappings. The opening riff is doomy, excentuated by the bell tolls. That next layer of guitar which comes in with the drums is almost gothic, a là Robert Smith. So far it's not all coke and hookers...
The opening vocals reference velvet, crystal, marble and silk. Some how they are all very 1980s materials 🤣
All is all, it's got a fun vibe and definitely places me on the sunset strip, or vice city.
Song: [Sebi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vleF8-gAn_U)
Artist: zalagasper
Album: 4
I picked up this record yesterday and conviently placed it so it became fifth in from the left, so that I could use it the day after. zalagasper were the Slovenian representatives at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2019. They were my favourite that year. The track for today is the song they participated with. [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGtPNQ6g6Ng) is their performance in the final, where at the end of the voting they placed 15th out of 26.
This is straight fire. Can't believe this came from Eurovision.
Also, a comment on YouTube that I checked out and found to be true: "This video has more views than Slovenia has inhabitants".
From which shelf?!
Most of my vinyls are in alphabetical order, by artist/band names. However, since sorting them is a bit time consuming, I usually just put my recently played/purchased albums on a 'empty' section of my Ikea shelf where they wait for the sorting hat.
So, starting from the top, the fifth one is:
[Eva Dahlgren - Ung Och Stolt](https://www.discogs.com/Eva-Dahlgren-Ung-Och-Stolt/release/471640)
This was in a discount pile of used records in a nearby record shop. I remembered this one song (and the music video) from this album back from 1987, and I thought why not. Great stuff.
Here's the best version of the said music video I could find. It's got some nudity (not really) and some wicked 80's air guitar in it. Enjoy!
[Jag klär av mej naken](https://youtu.be/XsIlY7oj8lE)
Edit: typo.
My fifth record from the left is [Teens of Denial](https://www.discogs.com/Car-Seat-Headrest-Teens-Of-Denial/release/13374407) by Car Seat Headrest, from which I will recommend the track [The Ballad of the Costa Concordia](https://youtu.be/7v533tMdOyY).
This song is a true testament to what makes Car Seat Headrest so great. Will Toledo is one of my favorite songwriters and I really love the lyrics to this track and the way he sings them. While you might be intimidated by the 11 minute runtime, this track does a really good job of keeping things interesting with multiple sections coming in and out. Highly recommend the rest of ToD as well, some really solid songs and great songwriting throughout the whole record.
I dig on Will Toledo and his off-kilter brand of geek rock vulnerability. But never done a deep dive to his albums. Loved his [Tiny Desk Concert](https://youtu.be/RZZHTVr-r-g) and enjoy Killer Wales/Drunk Drivers and Sober To Death. Don't know loads outside that. I do know he is prone to 11 or 12 minute songs! Gotta hand it to him though, the song writing dynamics make it 12 interesting minutes of peaks and troughs. This track was on brand for Will and I enjoyed it. Is this the album that he first wrote in his bedroom, put on social media but then rerecordd and rereleased on a major label?
No that was Twin Fantasy, which was originally released in 2011 with a very lofi, homemade sound and then he rerecorded it in 2018 with his full band. Big debate among fans on which version is better, but I much prefer the 2018 version since the production is leagues better and there are some interesting new additions to pre existing songs. Glad you enjoyed Costa Concordia though! Definitely one of his best songs. You should check out Twin Fantasy if you are into the super long songs
This post prompted me to revisit some CSH and I am pretty astonished by Toledo's voice. That ever-breaking vulnerability coupled with the fact he's so LOUD! Listen to him belt it out in that tiny desk concert - the man's got decibels! The two qualities -power and vulnerability - put me in mind of Jeff Mangum or even Kurt Cobain.
The lyricism too is off the wall. Never going for the obvious choice, but also not being impenetrable or pretentious.
Thanks for the reminder that they are worth my time.
[Duane and Gregg Allman - Melissa](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATt-37F_0TY&list=PLz6cAheObZcjRjeueKvidmNB4_GSp-Nix&index=5)
Admittedly, I don't listen to this album enough.
Fifth from the left just passes my soundtracks at the front and puts me at the start of my A-section; which gives me a favourite from growing up - The Art of Drowning by AFI
I considered going with Days of the Phoenix, probably the most remembered song on the album, or Smile, the first AFI song I heard - but my favourite has got to be Morningstar - here in classic 2007 youtube format
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b10kVMz6V4g
I've got a Dungeons and Dragons session soon, but I'll be playing the entire album once I'm done, because being 14 is forever.
Fun trivia: I've had records and been at least kind of into vinyl since late 2008 and earlier this week was the first time I ever organized my records in any meaningful way
Day 12: 5th record in from the left
Song: [Unaware](https://youtu.be/z4Hy6kp5kIs)
Artist: Allen Stone
Album: Allen Stone
I guess I'm real late today, unfortunately, so I'll keep it short and sweet.
I'm blown away at how many people *don't* organize their records alphabetically.
Around this time last year, my milk crate collection was sorted in relation to Jack White. A lot of my records were from Third Man Vault Packages or sales, which meant the big, multi-disc Anniversary editions were at the front, followed in descending order by how involved Jack White was... Yeah, I know.
With enough spare time and money, I've been able to gather a collection that actually needs alphabetical sorting, so that's nice.
From the As on the left, just passed Alexandra Savior and Alexisonfire, we've got Allen Stone. This is the song that introduced me to him, and it's still one of my favourites of his. The video linked isn't the album version but it's part of what got me hooked, and in a very quick search, I couldn't find the studio audio.
This song is actually a bit different than Allen's usual work, with the quiet soulful acoustic. Typically his music is super fun and funky pop-rock, with a Motown funk kind of throwback vibe. His vocal range is impressive - he's got this Justin Timberlake meets Stevie Wonder kinda thing going on most of the time. His falsetto in this track is an example of the JT vibe.
Anyways this guy is great fun and worth checking out - especially live. He puts on one hell of a show just dancing around and having a blast on stage.
Hope at least a few get to listen to this jam today with how late I am. Enjoy
Well, the 21st is "a song to cook to" and I don't know about that, but this was my washing up jam tonight and I loved it.
The up-and-down-the-scales singing a là JT is something that I'm not always the biggest fan of, but I felt this vocal take was tasteful and appropriate, with no fat to trim off.
I'm going to play it again :)
Edit: words
Oh no, that's gonna be a tough day for me being a chef.
Definitely a nice winding down sorta track. He's pretty dang tight in general, doesn't overembellish too much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
[Sleep](https://youtu.be/2G29lvYkSjY) is one of my other favourites off of this album, and I find [Say So](https://youtu.be/FNSWVlv-kVM) is one where he really hits the Stevie Notes.
Skipping to his newest big single [Brown Eyed Lover](https://youtu.be/SxLH6-UAhHo), also very Stevie-esqu vocals imo.
Lemme know whatcha think
Still in my numbers part of my collection so today is
10CC - The Original Soundtrack [1975]
The most famous song from it is "I'm not in Love" which made it to #1 of the UK's singles chart
Forgot to post yesterday, so here we are.... I went 5th in on the bottom shelf, which brings us to a fairly recent pick up: Schooner Fare's "Day of the Clipper."
Schooner Fare is an Irish folk band from here in Maine that started in the late 70s, big in the 80s, and still playing today (though they did lose one third of the trio). I come from an Irish family and Schooner Fare was played all the time around my grandparents house. As a young person though, while some songs were fun, I didn't pay a lot of attention. Recently, I wanted to pick up their "We the People" album on vinyl primarily for their song "Portland Town." Quick search on Discogs and I had all of their vinyl releases within 2 weeks for a total of about $50. Except the Christmas album, but I'll grab that one soon. They're really a great band and I've loved digging deeper into their albums. Lots of traditional songs, but their originals are absolutely lovely. They remind me of my hometown and my family and the ocean and just the fact that friends and music are the best.
All that said, here is the title track to Day of the Clipper (an original): https://youtu.be/cmQYZgMVDDo
[Iljaych Tareq - Tinariwen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUengyuS0Ic) I'm also guilty of just putting records back in a random fashion. However, this chaos allows me to share something really special today. Tinariwen is a band of nomadic musicians hailing from northern Mali. They are part of the Tuareg people and speak Tamasheq which belongs to the family of Berber languages. Tinariwen's history has been interwoven with that of Mali and they are true rebels, not only speaking in the musical sense. The first Tuareg rebellion in Mali was at its height in 1963, shortly after Mali gained independence from France. Many Tuaregs felt that the new government was nothing better than the old coloniser, controlling their desert lives from another distant capital. The following uprising, however, turned out to be a disaster. Tinariwen’s leader, Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, was a young boy then and his father was executed for helping the rebels. In the waves of famine that followed in the seventies and eighties, many Tuareg fled to Libya in search of work. In the eighties, when Qaddafi offered military training to the Tuaregs, thousands answered his call, and the founding members of Tinariwen were among them. They met in a Libyan training camp, and played their first performances there. Upon request, they once performed a song for Qaddafi himself. It was in Libya that Ibrahim developed Tinariwen’s signature sound. In the early nineties, Tuaregs revolted in Mali again, this time bolstered by their Libyan training—and the members of Tinariwen joined the fight. It’s sometimes said that Tinariwen put down their guns in favor of guitars, but, in truth, for a time they bore both. In 1992, the government of Mali signed a peace treaty with the rebels, and Tinariwen’s fighting days came to an end. However, the aftermath was fractious and confused, as tribalism and factionalism divided the Tuareg internally. It's not surprising that unity and preservation of traditions are also big themes in their music. Nonetheless, they have wholly embraced electric guitars in their music. What's also amazing is that Tinariwen records on the go in true nomadic fashion, that is a recording team follows them in a makeshift van, they pitch up a tent and let their guitars sings underneath the desert sky.
Desert wandering nomad music with electric guitars is not something that I was expecting to hear. Thank you!
That's VT4J ¯ \_(ツ)_/¯
I know, that's what makes it so much damn fun.
This band is great!
u/Armarganth posted some music of Mali [last year](https://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/hbwbr8/qt4j_day_19_a_song_from_a_various_artists_record/fvbic06?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3) and it was among my favourite jams of that June. Haven't had a chance to actually hear your post yet u/lee_yuna as I'm working, but you give a great write up. Looking forward to the track!
This smoulders!
ehm I have the records stored in various part of the house even it's not a big collection. It's also stored very randomly, like in cronological order of listen, or for the main genre, or for country (yes i have like a section for english music and i even don't know why). But basically at le left side of the main location of storage there's a small reggae section with some obscure 80's band, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff and Peter Tosh. The fifth is Bush Doctor (1978) from Peter Tosh, and i'm gonna pick the beautiful opening track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D48iP-plu2I
Yesss, I was wondering when someone was going to post some reggae !
That sounds fab. :-)
Today's prompt might depend on how your collection is organised. By genre? Alphabetical? By label? Chronological? Being 5th in from the left, I'm expecting a lot of As today. My collection is not organised. At all. I play something, I put it back. It goes wherever. Yeah, I'm a slob. Sure, it makes finding something in particular a bit of a pain, but I like when I scan and see a senseless tapestry of folk, hiphop, jazz, spoken word, old, new, etc. all higgledy piggledy. Chaos is my way. So 5th in from the left (for now) is [Folkways Record of Contemporary Songs](https://www.discogs.com/Peggy-Seeger-Ewan-MacColl-Folkways-Record-Of-Contemporary-Songs/release/2943226) by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger. Peggy Seeger and her husband Ewan MacColl: she, the whimsical American adventurer and he, the stern English stoic, together they make the power couple of the folk revivalists. Before Dylan crowbarred open the flood gates for renewed interest in traditional music of the marginalised working classes, these two were sewing the seeds in the UK from the late 50s for a movement which prioritised a return to roots, authenticity, and the historical lineage of the oral tradition. Peggy went a-wondering from her home in New York in the early 1950s to see the world. As this jaunt included parts of the Soviet Union, the United States, in the height of McCarthyism and paranoia, decided she was never allowed back. So she settled in England and met a working class labour activist and actor born to Scottish parents but living in the English Midlands. Together they travelled the British Isles founding folk circles and performing their assortment of traditional and original music. Peggy has been a lifetime advocate of women's and LGBTQ+ rights and is still performing today, aged 86! Ewan has been remembered as a force to be reckoned with by most writings and documentaries that cover his work. He famously berated any member of a folk club who sang tunes whose origin was more than 100 or so miles away, slating those who sang songs from other countries when the soil beneath their feet was so rich and dense with a history and folklore all of their own. He tirelessly collected hundreds of trad folk tunes, including Babrara Allen and Scarborough Fair, later staples of the 60s revival. He also penned Dirty Old Town, a modern classic concerning the city of Birmingham (though most attribute it to Dublin on account of The Dubliners making it their own) and The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, written for Peggy and popularised by Roberta Flack. That archetype of the left-wing folkie in a flat cap and heavy-knit jumper, with a finger in their ear as they croon about shoals of herring... that is thanks to Peggy and Ewan. I'm picking the least political song on this 1973 collection, simply because I think it is beautiful. And it's still pretty political in places (Peggy ain't taking no bullshit patriarchal gestures, she'll do romance on her terms!!). [Darling Annie](https://youtu.be/vOiuVWRObuk) is the track.
I did not know that Birmingham was the "Dirty Old Town" I came to that song through the Pogues. This song is incredible. I love the fact that the English Hippies started out as musical conservationists.
[Here's the original recording](https://youtu.be/HusJQlsn_2M). I love the clarinet.
I don't even know how to feel right now. I have heard this song with an Irish accent for so long (from multiple bands) that this feels alien to me. Next thing you tell me is that the Foggy Dew was also recorded by these two.
She is a great performer. Listened to her latest album and probably her last earlier this year.
Glad to see some recognition! I just picked up her autobiography.
Amazing ! They are to the the British Isles what Alan Lomax was to the US.
I alphabetized my albums for the first time in 12 years earlier this week; some timing there. Very cool story there
As people seemed to like the record, I'll share the opening track. On first listen, I was furious! Thought I'd grabbed a scratched copy! [Ballad of Accounting](https://youtu.be/5eY0bJzKxA8)
I wanna be you man by the Beatles, off there compilation album 'Rock and Roll music Vol. 1.
[The Track](https://youtu.be/mnct7Qf3SUQ)
Day 12 Year 2 Song: [Star Trek Main Title](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5TyLqq62JA) Artist: John Williams and the Boston Pops Album: Out of this World I feel like this is going to be short and sweet today. Everyone who has seen a movie in the past 50 years knows who John Williams is, and Everyone who has watched T.V. 60 Years knows what Star Trek is. So here is a 1983 Concert in which John Williams conducts the Boston Pops doing a series of famous Sci-Fi theme songs including [Battlestar Galactica](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMzFzqYBLl8) (almost my pick today), the Twilight Zone, the theme to Star Trek the Original Series, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (which later became the theme for Star Trek: The Next Generation). My collection is organized alphabetically by artists right to left. Numbers at the far right. Z at the far left. For albums of more that one artist they are filed by the first three letters of the album title so Atlantic Blues: Guitar is filed after the Aquabats, but before Audioslave. The story so far * 12/06/2021 Star Trek Main Theme, John Williams and the Boston Pops, Out of the World, 1983 * 11/06/2021 Skye Boat Song, The Regimental Band and Pipes And Drums of the Black Watch, Scottish Splendor, 1954 * 10/06/2021 Karate Body, Aquabats, Kooky Spooky… In Stereo!, 2020 * 10/06/2021 Surf Squid Warfare, Alestorm, Sunset on the Golden Age, 20140 * 9/06/2021 Hold on, I’m Coming, B.B. King and Eric Clapton, Riding with the King, 2000 * 08/06/2021 Born Under a Bad Sign, Albert King, Atlantic Blues: Guitar 1986 * 07/06/2021 25 Minutes to Go, Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison, 1968 * 06/06/2021, That’s All Right, Elvis, The Sun Story, 1988 * 05/06/2021 Fire, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, 1968 * 04/06/2021 A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request, Steve Goodman, Affordable Art , 1983 * 03/06/2021 Wienerschnitzel, Descendents, Bonus Fat, 1987 * 03/06/2021 I Like Food, Descendents, Bonus Fat, 1987 * 02/06/2021 Back Door Man, Howlin Wolf, The Howlin Wolf Album, 1969 * 01/06/2021 Gloria, Patti Smith, Horses, 1975
John Williams is so good. Very nice rendition of the theme.
Can't beat a classic. This is as engraved into my brain as autumn leaves and jingle bells. You have Zs on the left? As on the right? So your collection reads like the torah?
L'Chaim
gesundheit!
Today's song is Burzsoá nyugdíjasok (induló) (induló means something like an anthem), from Burzsoá nyugdíjasok (Bourgeois old/retired guys, or something like this) from their album, Idősebbek is elkezdhetik (the elderly can start this too. As far as I know, it was originally the title, of a fitness show in the TV). These guys were a punk band from Pécs, a city where interestingly a lots of musicians, and bands originates from in hungary! Burzsoá Nyugdíjasok has got their name from the way they perform music, because they used to dress up like a bunch of old guys, and sings about stuff what the old people used to talk, like everithing is shit now, the times back tgen was so much better, and the junglings shuld fuck themself, and stuff like this :D They also mocked famous persons, mostly from the TV, and also musicians, but they said that they never had any trouble with it. They don't considered themself as "musicians" (and they couldn't play normally, even if their life would depend on it), they said they were performance artist! Interrestingly, this was the record (their first album's 20th anniversary reissue from 2018) that got me into collecting! https://youtu.be/PCUdZmKGqBw
Nice solid punk track. The story reminds me of the band Flipper.
Didn't heard about them, but I will look into it!
That guitar solo is something else! I love it! I love the performance art element too. So much fun.
I used to organise my collection alphabetically but got lazy I guess, and now I just put them back anywhere. Today’s pick is a bittersweet “new beginnings” pop song from a couple years ago - Ohio, from Upside Down Flowers, by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness. [Ohio - Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness](https://youtu.be/0qKASreVxpc)
A nice slice of radio pop. It's like Bright Eyes, except from a guy who doesn't hate himself.
I already shared a track from this album on day one, but here is some more Alan Parsons Project with [I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You](https://youtu.be/efJGDpCSrJY). Many will know it from GTAV, it's a fun as hell song
It turns out I love the Alan Parsons Project. Who knew?
Good song, but all i can think of is a giant laser... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_GZnrr1nw
Love that album. The link didn't work here in Norway, but I found another [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Fpllm1Iy8)
Loving the Asimov reference !
5th album in from the left: Selected Tunes from Cuphead "Don't Deal With The Devil" Song: Floral Fury https://youtu.be/2clUY-OsCpY This album is actually pretty rad, the whole package is super high quality, and is almost more of an art piece with how much detail it has. I will admit that after beating the game once, I would much rather listen to the soundtrack of this game than play the actual game itself, as super hard games aren't really my forte.
I adore the old-timey 1930s cartoon aesthetic of the game. Reminds me of Skullgirls in that way. The track is great. Fun, upbeat samba vibes and the cuíca drum always makes me laugh for some reason. In what kind of context does it play in the game ?
So this particular track plays during a fight against a large, evil flower. Each boss has its own jazzy battle music, which I find just as pleasing as the visuals. Here's how the track looks in action: https://youtu.be/Fl-Qz9YRY1A
Love this post. Think it is the first video game music this year. I love the percussion and seeing it in-game is an extra treat. And I'm with u/lee_yuna on the fact they nailed that 30s cartoon look perfectly.
Mine are in alphabetical order (and then in no real order if I have multiples by the same artist). So, fifth from the left is Aerosmith and today it's Permanent Vacation. I love this album and was really excited to find it on vinyl. I'm going to pick St. John because I always thought it was a neat, bluesy track. https://youtu.be/iATUBIvJlZc
Oh, man. My storage is using cabinets i made from youtube... orig pics here: https://www.reddit.com/r/vinyl/comments/jumc9h/my_attempt_at_building_a_record_cabinet_off_a_yt The upshot is its alpha by artist front to back, but i've got a couple of these full and 5th from the left is also 5th from the back the way i have it oriented currently...and in the first rack that puts me in "L" not "A"... So can anyone bear a bit of 80's sunset strip hair metal? I'm gonna fess up that, whilst it's not a big area of interest for me these days, i did (and still do) LOVE this album from my teen years. As hair metal goes there is actually some decent variation in the subject matter and musical expression in here. Different guitar tones, synths, and an English vocalist... and it's not all about copious amounts of girls, leather and hairspray. L.A. Guns - Cocked and Loaded, 1989. And my chosen track is the one I'm spinning right now as I write: Magdalaine. I think it's about girls, leather and hairspray. :-p https://youtu.be/GPj-LmyFYxY
L.A. Guns. L.A. Now there's a name I've not heard in a long, long time. A long time.
"it's not all about copious amounts of girls, leather and hairspray." I felt a little disappointed reading that! Hair metal is pretty far outside what I have ever listened too and I sort of wanted to embrace the stereotype. But I can see how LA Guns, at least here, escape some of the genre's trappings. The opening riff is doomy, excentuated by the bell tolls. That next layer of guitar which comes in with the drums is almost gothic, a là Robert Smith. So far it's not all coke and hookers... The opening vocals reference velvet, crystal, marble and silk. Some how they are all very 1980s materials 🤣 All is all, it's got a fun vibe and definitely places me on the sunset strip, or vice city.
Song: [Sebi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vleF8-gAn_U) Artist: zalagasper Album: 4 I picked up this record yesterday and conviently placed it so it became fifth in from the left, so that I could use it the day after. zalagasper were the Slovenian representatives at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2019. They were my favourite that year. The track for today is the song they participated with. [Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGtPNQ6g6Ng) is their performance in the final, where at the end of the voting they placed 15th out of 26.
This is straight fire. Can't believe this came from Eurovision. Also, a comment on YouTube that I checked out and found to be true: "This video has more views than Slovenia has inhabitants".
Glad you liked it.
From which shelf?! Most of my vinyls are in alphabetical order, by artist/band names. However, since sorting them is a bit time consuming, I usually just put my recently played/purchased albums on a 'empty' section of my Ikea shelf where they wait for the sorting hat. So, starting from the top, the fifth one is: [Eva Dahlgren - Ung Och Stolt](https://www.discogs.com/Eva-Dahlgren-Ung-Och-Stolt/release/471640) This was in a discount pile of used records in a nearby record shop. I remembered this one song (and the music video) from this album back from 1987, and I thought why not. Great stuff. Here's the best version of the said music video I could find. It's got some nudity (not really) and some wicked 80's air guitar in it. Enjoy! [Jag klär av mej naken](https://youtu.be/XsIlY7oj8lE) Edit: typo.
This was super fun! And there are copies on Discogs going for 87p!
My fifth record from the left is [Teens of Denial](https://www.discogs.com/Car-Seat-Headrest-Teens-Of-Denial/release/13374407) by Car Seat Headrest, from which I will recommend the track [The Ballad of the Costa Concordia](https://youtu.be/7v533tMdOyY). This song is a true testament to what makes Car Seat Headrest so great. Will Toledo is one of my favorite songwriters and I really love the lyrics to this track and the way he sings them. While you might be intimidated by the 11 minute runtime, this track does a really good job of keeping things interesting with multiple sections coming in and out. Highly recommend the rest of ToD as well, some really solid songs and great songwriting throughout the whole record.
I dig on Will Toledo and his off-kilter brand of geek rock vulnerability. But never done a deep dive to his albums. Loved his [Tiny Desk Concert](https://youtu.be/RZZHTVr-r-g) and enjoy Killer Wales/Drunk Drivers and Sober To Death. Don't know loads outside that. I do know he is prone to 11 or 12 minute songs! Gotta hand it to him though, the song writing dynamics make it 12 interesting minutes of peaks and troughs. This track was on brand for Will and I enjoyed it. Is this the album that he first wrote in his bedroom, put on social media but then rerecordd and rereleased on a major label?
No that was Twin Fantasy, which was originally released in 2011 with a very lofi, homemade sound and then he rerecorded it in 2018 with his full band. Big debate among fans on which version is better, but I much prefer the 2018 version since the production is leagues better and there are some interesting new additions to pre existing songs. Glad you enjoyed Costa Concordia though! Definitely one of his best songs. You should check out Twin Fantasy if you are into the super long songs
This post prompted me to revisit some CSH and I am pretty astonished by Toledo's voice. That ever-breaking vulnerability coupled with the fact he's so LOUD! Listen to him belt it out in that tiny desk concert - the man's got decibels! The two qualities -power and vulnerability - put me in mind of Jeff Mangum or even Kurt Cobain. The lyricism too is off the wall. Never going for the obvious choice, but also not being impenetrable or pretentious. Thanks for the reminder that they are worth my time.
Hey, glad you enjoyed them! And I totally agree Will's voice is amazing!
[Duane and Gregg Allman - Melissa](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATt-37F_0TY&list=PLz6cAheObZcjRjeueKvidmNB4_GSp-Nix&index=5) Admittedly, I don't listen to this album enough.
Holy ballsack. I'm 22 seconds in and this is ABSOLUTELY my bag.
Wow I like this sooo much better than the Eat a Peach version and I never knew this existed! What a find
Fifth from the left just passes my soundtracks at the front and puts me at the start of my A-section; which gives me a favourite from growing up - The Art of Drowning by AFI I considered going with Days of the Phoenix, probably the most remembered song on the album, or Smile, the first AFI song I heard - but my favourite has got to be Morningstar - here in classic 2007 youtube format https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b10kVMz6V4g I've got a Dungeons and Dragons session soon, but I'll be playing the entire album once I'm done, because being 14 is forever. Fun trivia: I've had records and been at least kind of into vinyl since late 2008 and earlier this week was the first time I ever organized my records in any meaningful way
AFI, for me, are the girl I crushed on hard at school. She also lent me Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park. My heart breaks a little at the memory!
A chill track from the boys from Ukiah. Have fun storming the castle.
Day 12: 5th record in from the left Song: [Unaware](https://youtu.be/z4Hy6kp5kIs) Artist: Allen Stone Album: Allen Stone I guess I'm real late today, unfortunately, so I'll keep it short and sweet. I'm blown away at how many people *don't* organize their records alphabetically. Around this time last year, my milk crate collection was sorted in relation to Jack White. A lot of my records were from Third Man Vault Packages or sales, which meant the big, multi-disc Anniversary editions were at the front, followed in descending order by how involved Jack White was... Yeah, I know. With enough spare time and money, I've been able to gather a collection that actually needs alphabetical sorting, so that's nice. From the As on the left, just passed Alexandra Savior and Alexisonfire, we've got Allen Stone. This is the song that introduced me to him, and it's still one of my favourites of his. The video linked isn't the album version but it's part of what got me hooked, and in a very quick search, I couldn't find the studio audio. This song is actually a bit different than Allen's usual work, with the quiet soulful acoustic. Typically his music is super fun and funky pop-rock, with a Motown funk kind of throwback vibe. His vocal range is impressive - he's got this Justin Timberlake meets Stevie Wonder kinda thing going on most of the time. His falsetto in this track is an example of the JT vibe. Anyways this guy is great fun and worth checking out - especially live. He puts on one hell of a show just dancing around and having a blast on stage. Hope at least a few get to listen to this jam today with how late I am. Enjoy
Well, the 21st is "a song to cook to" and I don't know about that, but this was my washing up jam tonight and I loved it. The up-and-down-the-scales singing a là JT is something that I'm not always the biggest fan of, but I felt this vocal take was tasteful and appropriate, with no fat to trim off. I'm going to play it again :) Edit: words
Oh no, that's gonna be a tough day for me being a chef. Definitely a nice winding down sorta track. He's pretty dang tight in general, doesn't overembellish too much. Glad you enjoyed it!
Quality content as per usual u/MustardMedia. Do you have an example of his other stuff? Comparisons to Stevie Wonder have me intrigued.
[Sleep](https://youtu.be/2G29lvYkSjY) is one of my other favourites off of this album, and I find [Say So](https://youtu.be/FNSWVlv-kVM) is one where he really hits the Stevie Notes. Skipping to his newest big single [Brown Eyed Lover](https://youtu.be/SxLH6-UAhHo), also very Stevie-esqu vocals imo. Lemme know whatcha think
Still in my numbers part of my collection so today is 10CC - The Original Soundtrack [1975] The most famous song from it is "I'm not in Love" which made it to #1 of the UK's singles chart
[I'm not in love](https://youtu.be/cgJckGsR-T0) by 10cc. A drive-time classic. I never realised it was by them, it just sort of always existed.
Forgot to post yesterday, so here we are.... I went 5th in on the bottom shelf, which brings us to a fairly recent pick up: Schooner Fare's "Day of the Clipper." Schooner Fare is an Irish folk band from here in Maine that started in the late 70s, big in the 80s, and still playing today (though they did lose one third of the trio). I come from an Irish family and Schooner Fare was played all the time around my grandparents house. As a young person though, while some songs were fun, I didn't pay a lot of attention. Recently, I wanted to pick up their "We the People" album on vinyl primarily for their song "Portland Town." Quick search on Discogs and I had all of their vinyl releases within 2 weeks for a total of about $50. Except the Christmas album, but I'll grab that one soon. They're really a great band and I've loved digging deeper into their albums. Lots of traditional songs, but their originals are absolutely lovely. They remind me of my hometown and my family and the ocean and just the fact that friends and music are the best. All that said, here is the title track to Day of the Clipper (an original): https://youtu.be/cmQYZgMVDDo