I also found a few LP’s: Pearl Bailey singing “adults-only” songs from her nightclub act and two comedy albums, Nipsy RussellĪnd Dick Gregory. I picked out a copy of “Stranded in the Jungle” by the Cadets and a bunch of hillbilly songs that looked like they might be interesting. I saw a garage sale sign in front of a factory, and there they were, hundreds and hundreds of some of the worst records you can think of. My most recent find is a short stack of 78s. What are some recent things you've picked up and how did you find them? “Breathe Easy” reminds me of a certain––my, my, my. Traffic’s first album and The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys remind me of a friend who lives very far away, same with Blind Faith. Other things I like for sentimental reasons. I like the spareness of those pieces so much better than his orchestrated stuff. His voice is magic, and his fingerpicking is ethereal. There’s a box set of Nick Drake’s albums, Fruit Tree, that has some of his last recordings, just voice and guitar.
I’ve got the comp, but I’d love to get my sweaty little mitts on her other albums.Īlice Coltrane’s Journey in Satchidananda and Ptah, The El Daoud are so beautiful.
An English label reissued a best-of comp and all her albums on vinyl back in the ‘90s. Oo-oo, hot! I channel that blazing energy into my work, and the pictures practically draw themselves. That is flat out the best music to play whilst drawing and painting. There are so many other things I don’t have that I would get first, like Can.ĭo you spend a lot of time shopping for records? How often do you go out in search of something you want?īuying books is my primary vice, and I spend most of my spare change on the monthly pilgrimage to the bookstore. I never would have gone out and bought a comprehensive collection of any of these, but I have them nonetheless. What’s on the cutout rack at the record store? Anything new in the local music bin? What are those albums sitting on the curb with the garbage? I have a pile of Grand Funk Railroad and prog rock albums from the guy who was getting rid of his vinyl: King Crimson, ELP, Robert Fripp. Totally nuts.Ĭhance has played a big part in my record collecting. B-52's albums are like Yoko crossed with a busload of singing drag queens. Gracie Fields’ songs, like “The Biggest Aspidistra in the World,” are surreal and funny at the same time. I like some of the old music hall and vaudeville songs because of their odd brand of humor. Like the Kinks, he makes funny songs you can dance to. I heard “Death Dentist” on midnight radio, and I almost fell out of bed laughing. I have a lot of Jazz Butcher albums for the same reason. Some of the Kinks’ songs are high comedy, which is what drove me to buy their albums. Late 60s and early 70s music evokes an imaginary Detroit I enjoy retreating into via music, so I’ve got some MC5, Blue Cheer, 13 thFloor Elevators, psychedelic stuff. I enter an imaginary world that is like an armillary sphere: neat and orderly but also as complicated as a Rube Goldberg machine. Spanish classical guitar music is like that, too. Bach’s harpsichord music is just fascinating–wheels within wheels–you can really see the connections between mathematics and musical composition in those works. I love baroque music and medieval songs, so I have some compilations. Garage rock: things I associate with different places and times. Almost the only thing it all has in common is that the songs take me to vanished or imaginary places. I like to sing and dance in my living room (pity my neighbors), and I also use music to exit my mind for another place, so my collection is split between poppy stuff like Marshall Crenshaw on the one hand and on the other. What kinds of records are in your collection?
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