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DADA
Puzzle
2025 UK & U.S. 2xLP reissue
Ltd. Ed. RSD.
Strawberry & Black Swirl #vinyl

So happy to finally own this album on vinyl. This is a cherished album for me, ever since I heard “Dizz Knee Land” & “Dim” on the radio as a kid.
It was one of the first 5 tapes I bought with my own money, & I listened to it so much, I had to buy a 2nd one due to wear.

Past those 2 songs, “Timothy” is heartbreaking & “Here Today Gone Tomorrow” is one I wish I had written.
#vinylrecords #1990s #90s #90smusic

Record Store Day has turned into a bit of a joke over the years.
My local shop is the kind of store it was invented to help support.
And yet, they never get anything they order, the shipments show up weeks late, & CHAIN stores are favored over my local shop.

When there ARE titles I want, I have to have friends in the states get them for me there, & mail them here.
I just got a box in the mail today of what I wasn’t able to get!
I have great friends!
🙏 ❤️
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcollection

Let’s dive a little deeper into my last post.

The dude who’s record and receipt this belonged to in 1982 was clearly doing some Christmas shopping (DATE: December 8th, 1982).

He bought them at A&B Sound on Yates St. in Victoria, B.C. Canada.

His tab of $72.23 CAD in 1982 is worth around $250 CAD today.

I wonder what record was the cheap $5.89 record, as the others were all between $12-14.
Whoever that gift was for was probably a bad friend.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #art #music

Those who have followed me for a while know that I enjoy playing the “Weird Shit You Find Inside A #vinyl Record Jacket”.

Past items have included:
1. An empty glow-in-the-dark condom wrapper inside Kiss Alive!
2. A 40+ year old baggie of cocaine inside David Bowie’s LOW (very appropriate).
3. Nude Polaroids.

Plus a glut of birthday cards, love letters, newspapers, magazine ads, & receipts.
This one is from 1982, inside a John Lee Hooker double album I bought today.
#vinylrecords #music #art

THE CURE
Songs Of A Live World: Troxy London MMXXIV
2025 Europe pressing

One more for the CUREAPALOOZA I’ve been in for the last few days.

I don’t usually care for live records, but for The Cure, I’m always willing to make an exception. Particularly when it’s of this past year’s Songs Of A Lost World, which I love & adore so much.

They are absolutely slaying here. These performances MIGHT actually be better than the studio recordings.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #art #thecure

HUM
You’d Prefer An Astronaut
2023 U.S. 2xLP Remastered Reissue
45rpm. Green Translucent #vinyl

It’s a shame those people who remember Hum do only in the context of “Stars”.
Yeah, amazing song.
However, ALL of You’d Prefer An Astronaut is astonishing.

It’s spacey, psychedelic, gnarly, and completely monstrous on every level.
Just an incredible album, & an INSANE sounding pressing.
The follow up, Downward Is Heavenward is also on par.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #art #music #1990s #90s #90smusic

RAY BRADBURY READ BY LEONARD NIMOY
The Illustrated Man: The Veldt / Marionettes Inc
1976 U.S. pressing

THIS was too cool looking for me to pass up.
I’ll probably end up sampling it & experimenting with it in the studio for fun.

My local shop got a SLEW of these #scifi records in; Arthur C. Clarke being read by William Shatner, other Nimoy-centric things, Lord of The Rings & Hobbit records.
I’ve got more put aside, but I started with this.
Pretty cool.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #art #sciencefiction

BECK
Sea Change
2016 Europe 2xLP pressing

The perfect Sunday morning record.

This is Beck’s absolute masterpiece. I was never really a huge fan of his until this stunningly luscious, beautiful heartbreaking album came along. It’s definitely a Desert Island album for me.

I’d never wish this kind of heartbreak on anybody, but in THIS case… I’m thankful for Beck’s emotional pain. 😂

Just an astonishing piece of art.

TOADIES
Rubberneck
2012 Netherlands MOV Reissue

A non-Cure spin for official last spin of the night.

Rubberneck is one of my most beloved albums from my youth. My adoration for it has not waned a single bit in the 30+ years since it’s released.

It’s just a fun, gnarly, badass, rock record that is endlessly playable. THIS pressing is the definitive version. It sounds amazing and blows all others out of the water.
Essential #90s album.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #art #music #1990s

THE CURE
Songs Of A Lost World
2024 U.S. pressing
Ltd. Ed. Marble Stone #vinyl

Last Cure-Go-Round of the night.

This was one of only four records from 2024 that I truly loved.
When you love a band for your whole life like I have loved #thecure , you invest so much in each release, particularly when they’re a band in their 46th (!) year.

Songs Of A Lost World was well worth the long wait, and exactly what I needed in my life when I got it.
It’s so beautiful.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #art #music

THE CURE
Pornography
2021 U.S. Remastered Reissue

Keeping it dark on my Saturday CURE-A-THON.

Pound for pound, one of the three best Cure albums for me, and one I revisit fairly regularly.
“The Hanging Garden” definitely makes my Cure essential list. Give me only ten Cure songs til the end of days, that’s definitely one of them.

No rays of sunshine to be found here. Just Robert in full-tilt mope.
Stellar.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcollection #art #music #postrock #postpunk #goth #thecure

THE CURE
BBC Radio One 1984
2024 Unofficial Bootleg

I’m spending all of tonight with The Cure. I’m just in that kind of mood.

Essentially, this is just an abridged version of The Cure’s CONCERT album. It sounds really great for a boot, but there’s really no difference between this and Concert. It just has fewer songs.

I got it for 15 bucks from a used bin. I definitely wouldn’t have bought this new.
This’ll get passed along as a gift at some point.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #art #music #thecure

BELLY
King
2025 U.S. RSD 30th ANNIVERSARY
Green #vinyl

Some Saturday morning #90s goodness.

I had a huge erection for Tanya Donnelly growing up. I would see her (as well as Juliana Hatfield) out and about all the time in Boston; at parties, shows, or just out shopping.
I was like a lovesick teenager every time I’d see either of them. I would imagine I’d be the same way today as a 47 year old.

This album is great, & has the killer “Now They’ll Sleep” on it.
#vinylrecords #1990s #art #music