My final trip to Tower Records
Burton Busk
business. Since Tower's normal prices were always about 30% too high, I
figured there might be some good deals too be had. I waited too long,
though, the racks had nearly been picked clean by last Saturday. I had
planned to fill in holes in my collection, but most of the major artists
were all gone.
I did manage to get a few nice ones, all new and unopened, for a total of
$53 out the door, which was really all I could afford anyway.
Calexico - Garden Ruin
Rascals - Ultimate Rascals
Jeremy Spencer Band - Flee (haven't listened yet, but many thanks to q for
letting me know this existed)
North Mississippi Allstars - The Early Years - this is a two-fer of I guess
their first 2 albums, Phantom & Shake Hands With Shorty. $10 for 2 CDs. What
a great band, thanks to da musicaner for turning me on to them.
Mountain - The Best Of Mountain Live - compilation on some cheapie label,
but with 50% off $6.99 it was too good a deal to pass up.
Kate Bush - The Sensual World - I always had wanted some Kate Bush music,
and I think Zeke or someone else here said this was a real good album. Cost
a mere fin.
Steve Kimock Band - Eudemonic - haven't broken the shrink wrap yet, but
Kimock is the man, always worth a listen. Hope the drummer on this is the
incredible Rodney Holmes.
musicaner
Burton Busk wrote:
> I'd heard Tower was selling all rock CDs for 50% off, as they go out of
> business. Since Tower's normal prices were always about 30% too high, I
> figured there might be some good deals too be had. I waited too long,
> though, the racks had nearly been picked clean by last Saturday. I had
> planned to fill in holes in my collection, but most of the major artists
> were all gone.
> I did manage to get a few nice ones, all new and unopened, for a total of
> $53 out the door, which was really all I could afford anyway.
>
SAME THING happene to MYSELF when they CLOSED UP the VIRGIN STORE!!
them CHAIN STORES with HIGH PRICE are DOOMED with the COMPUTER LOOMIN
OVER EM!!
> Calexico - Garden Ruin
>
> Rascals - Ultimate Rascals
>
> Jeremy Spencer Band - Flee (haven't listened yet, but many thanks to q for
> letting me know this existed)
>
> North Mississippi Allstars - The Early Years - this is a two-fer of I guess
> their first 2 albums, Phantom & Shake Hands With Shorty. $10 for 2 CDs. What
> a great band, thanks to da musicaner for turning me on to them.
>
saw em when the BACKED JOHN HIATT and were GREAT!!
> Mountain - The Best Of Mountain Live - compilation on some cheapie label,
> but with 50% off $6.99 it was too good a deal to pass up.
>
saw em back in their GLORY DAYS with LESLIE WEST and the THE LATE GREAT
FELIX PAPPALARDI!!
> Kate Bush - The Sensual World - I always had wanted some Kate Bush music,
> and I think Zeke or someone else here said this was a real good album. Cost
> a mere fin.
>
NOT SO BAD!! shes a ACQUIRED TASTE but got PLENTY OF TALENT!!
> Steve Kimock Band - Eudemonic - haven't broken the shrink wrap yet, but
> Kimock is the man, always worth a listen. Hope the drummer on this is the
> incredible Rodney Holmes.
read that he got a NEW BAND with the DEAD DRUMMERS!!!! to me his best
WAS with
ZERO!!!! on his OWN he cain be too ESOTERIC but got a GREAT sound to
his GUITAR PLAYIN!! nice and JERRY LIKE not the GUITAR SUPERHERO thing.
the q is silent
>
> Jeremy Spencer Band - Flee (haven't listened yet, but many thanks to q for
> letting me know this existed)
And thanks for letting me know it's finally out! I'll have to go
searching around for it soon.
-Jyqm
Zeke
> Calexico - Garden Ruin
I saw these guys on Austin City Limits, really good!
> Rascals - Ultimate Rascals
Oh man! I bought that one a few years ago because it had "Carry Me Back" on
it, and that was a big song in the 'hood back in Sept, '69. Otherwise,
there prolly wasn't one day that went by in the summer of '69 that we didn't
spin the Rascals greatest hits album called "Time/Peace," and man was that a
GREAT collection of songs!
Summer of '69 was an eclectic mix. Rascals, Roland Kirk, Spencer Davis
Group (w/Stevie Winwood), Procol Harum, Pharoah Saunders, the Temptations,
the Four Tops, the amazing Johnny Taylor, Sly & the Family Stone, Moody
Blues, Beatles, Who, Hendrix, Johnny Matthis, Bobby Darin, Creedence
Clearwater, and the greatest new album of them all: Led Zeppellen's first.
Dasm, what an ear-opener that was!
> Kate Bush - The Sensual World - I always had wanted some Kate Bush music,
> and I think Zeke or someone else here said this was a real good album.
> Cost a mere fin.
$5 for one of my favorite albums of all time. Not bad!
=======================================
Better bring your own redemption when you come
To the barricades of heaven, where I'm from
Jackson Browne
hido
Beatles Anthology 2
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
Ricky Nelson - Greatest Hits
Elvis Presley - Elvis
It was fairly picked over and some deals were better than others. Lotsa
crap for $1.99. The books were really picked over. Here in Nashville, they
are putting an FYE store in Tower's place after liquidation. Is it any
good?
Burton Busk
"musicaner" <musi...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Burton Busk wrote:
>> I'd heard Tower was selling all rock CDs for 50% off, as they go out of
>> business. Since Tower's normal prices were always about 30% too high, I
>> figured there might be some good deals too be had. I waited too long,
>> though, the racks had nearly been picked clean by last Saturday. I had
>> planned to fill in holes in my collection, but most of the major artists
>> were all gone.
>> I did manage to get a few nice ones, all new and unopened, for a total of
>> $53 out the door, which was really all I could afford anyway.
>>
>
> SAME THING happene to MYSELF when they CLOSED UP the VIRGIN STORE!!
> them CHAIN STORES with HIGH PRICE are DOOMED with the COMPUTER LOOMIN
> OVER EM!!
Hopefully the local indie stores will be smart and keep their prices low.
There's nothing quite like a trip to the record shop.
>> North Mississippi Allstars - The Early Years - this is a two-fer of I
>> guess
>> their first 2 albums, Phantom & Shake Hands With Shorty. $10 for 2 CDs.
>> What
>> a great band, thanks to da musicaner for turning me on to them.
>>
>
> saw em when the BACKED JOHN HIATT and were GREAT!!
Did they open with a set of their own?
>> Mountain - The Best Of Mountain Live - compilation on some cheapie label,
>> but with 50% off $6.99 it was too good a deal to pass up.
>>
>
> saw em back in their GLORY DAYS with LESLIE WEST and the THE LATE GREAT
> FELIX PAPPALARDI!!
The other great Felix! The consummate power trio (even tho there was a
keyboardist i think). I saw them 35 years ago this month at the Winterland,
headlining over J.Geils and two other bands. People told me that J.Geils
would steal the show, but Mountain blew them away.
Then a few months later, we saw West, Bruce, & Laing, again at Winterland,
with only maybe 1,000 people in the audience, as it was Easter night. We had
gone on a whim, only because we knew of the players --- they hadn't recorded
a thing yet. They DESTROYED the building that night, it was one of the 10
greatest shows I ever saw. Certainly the best jam I ever witnessed. Leslie
West rules! We talked and talked for months after that show about how great
this band is, but then when they finally come out with a record, it's a
piece of crap (IMO). If Bill Graham recorded the show I saw on Easter 1972,
Wolfgang's Vault has a gem on their hands.
>> Steve Kimock Band - Eudemonic - haven't broken the shrink wrap yet, but
>> Kimock is the man, always worth a listen. Hope the drummer on this is the
>> incredible Rodney Holmes.
>
> read that he got a NEW BAND with the DEAD DRUMMERS!!!! to me his best
> WAS with
> ZERO!!!! on his OWN he cain be too ESOTERIC but got a GREAT sound to
> his GUITAR PLAYIN!! nice and JERRY LIKE not the GUITAR SUPERHERO thing.
This album I just bought is probably more the esoteric stuff.
But I've heard a freebie of the band with the Dead drummers --- Rhythm
Devils --- and Kimock sounded fantastic. More like his old self. But with a
very Jerry-like vibe! Close enough to sort of pay homage (as would seem
appropriate in a Dead offshoot band); but not so close as to sound like he's
copying. I can't think of another guitarist who could pull that off. The
man's amazing.
The female singer in the Rhythm Devils, I ain't wild about ....
musicaner
Burton Busk wrote:
> "musicaner" <musi...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1165329993....@16g2000cwy.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Burton Busk wrote:
> >> I'd heard Tower was selling all rock CDs for 50% off, as they go out of
> >> business. Since Tower's normal prices were always about 30% too high, I
> >> figured there might be some good deals too be had. I waited too long,
> >> though, the racks had nearly been picked clean by last Saturday. I had
> >> planned to fill in holes in my collection, but most of the major artists
> >> were all gone.
> >> I did manage to get a few nice ones, all new and unopened, for a total of
> >> $53 out the door, which was really all I could afford anyway.
> >>
> >
> > SAME THING happene to MYSELF when they CLOSED UP the VIRGIN STORE!!
> > them CHAIN STORES with HIGH PRICE are DOOMED with the COMPUTER LOOMIN
> > OVER EM!!
>
> Hopefully the local indie stores will be smart and keep their prices low.
> There's nothing quite like a trip to the record shop.
>
> >> North Mississippi Allstars - The Early Years - this is a two-fer of I
> >> guess
> >> their first 2 albums, Phantom & Shake Hands With Shorty. $10 for 2 CDs.
> >> What
> >> a great band, thanks to da musicaner for turning me on to them.
> >>
> >
> > saw em when the BACKED JOHN HIATT and were GREAT!!
>
> Did they open with a set of their own?
>
YES they DID they the SONS of JIM DICKINSON the MUSICAL CURMUDGEON from
MEMPHIS/MISSISSIPI!!! i liked them BETTER BACKIN HIATT THO!!
> >> Mountain - The Best Of Mountain Live - compilation on some cheapie label,
> >> but with 50% off $6.99 it was too good a deal to pass up.
> >>
> >
> > saw em back in their GLORY DAYS with LESLIE WEST and the THE LATE GREAT
> > FELIX PAPPALARDI!!
>
> The other great Felix! The consummate power trio (even tho there was a
> keyboardist i think). I saw them 35 years ago this month at the Winterland,
> headlining over J.Geils and two other bands. People told me that J.Geils
> would steal the show, but Mountain blew them away.
> Then a few months later, we saw West, Bruce, & Laing, again at Winterland,
> with only maybe 1,000 people in the audience, as it was Easter night. We had
> gone on a whim, only because we knew of the players --- they hadn't recorded
> a thing yet. They DESTROYED the building that night, it was one of the 10
> greatest shows I ever saw. Certainly the best jam I ever witnessed. Leslie
> West rules! We talked and talked for months after that show about how great
> this band is, but then when they finally come out with a record, it's a
> piece of crap (IMO). If Bill Graham recorded the show I saw on Easter 1972,
> Wolfgang's Vault has a gem on their hands.
>
they DIDNT HAVE PAPALARDI (SP RIP) who was a GREAT MUSICAL MIND
who STARTED OUT AS A FOKIE BACKIN EVERYONE in the VILLAGE FOR
MANY YEARS!!!
> >> Steve Kimock Band - Eudemonic - haven't broken the shrink wrap yet, but
> >> Kimock is the man, always worth a listen. Hope the drummer on this is the
> >> incredible Rodney Holmes.
> >
> > read that he got a NEW BAND with the DEAD DRUMMERS!!!! to me his best
> > WAS with
> > ZERO!!!! on his OWN he cain be too ESOTERIC but got a GREAT sound to
> > his GUITAR PLAYIN!! nice and JERRY LIKE not the GUITAR SUPERHERO thing.
>
> This album I just bought is probably more the esoteric stuff.
> But I've heard a freebie of the band with the Dead drummers --- Rhythm
> Devils --- and Kimock sounded fantastic. More like his old self. But with a
> very Jerry-like vibe! Close enough to sort of pay homage (as would seem
> appropriate in a Dead offshoot band); but not so close as to sound like he's
> copying. I can't think of another guitarist who could pull that off. The
> man's amazing.
> The female singer in the Rhythm Devils, I ain't wild about ....
who SINGS FOR THAT GROUP?? KIMOCK and KREUTMANN DONT SING and
LORD HELP US IF HART SINGS???????????!!!!!! they GOT A FEMALE SINGER??
it
AINT THE ONE THAT THEY BROUGHT to the "DEAD" tour a few YEARS
AGO!!!?????
i HOPE NOT!!! they should get them 3 and LESH TOGETHER FOR SOME
TOURIN!!!
Burton Busk
> who SINGS FOR THAT GROUP?? KIMOCK and KREUTMANN DONT SING and
> LORD HELP US IF HART SINGS???????????!!!!!!
I think Mike Gordon, from Phish, sings some, but I don't remember.
they GOT A FEMALE SINGER??
> it
> AINT THE ONE THAT THEY BROUGHT to the "DEAD" tour a few YEARS
> AGO!!!?????
> i HOPE NOT!!!
No, it isn't that one. It's a name I'm unfamiliar with --- Jen Durkin.
they should get them 3 and LESH TOGETHER FOR SOME
> TOURIN!!!
Don't Lesh and Kimock have problems with each other?
musicaner
thats CORRECT i FORGOT!!!! they ALL GOT PROBLEMS amonst each OTHER!!
the 2 DRUMMERS didnt get along but they NOW SEEMS to be BUDDIES!! and
NOBODY likes
WEIR!!
the FELLOW from PHISH is in that group??
Burton Busk
I don't know if that's true or not. I read a fairly recent interview where
Phil spoke highly of Bob. I think the 4 surviving original members (counting
Hart) have a certain kinship that will always tie them together. They are
brothers. Brothers fight sometimes, but in the end they are still brothers.
I don't know if that kinship is the same between Lesh and Kimock, though, so
I wouldn't be confident that Kimock will ever play with The Dead again,
unfortunately. But I hope I'm wrong!
> the FELLOW from PHISH is in that group??
I think Mike Gordon was in Phish. He also recently toured playing with Leo
Kotke.
Hey, we were speaking of Mountain; Wolfgang's Vault has 2 Mountain Fillmore
East shows up there. One has Felix's "Theme From an Imaginary Western"
(which IIRC was written by Jack Bruce). They both have the great extended
jam, "Dreams Of Milk and Honey". Wonderful stuff!
Damn, now I also see that Mountain apparently has an official bootleg series
of their own. I'm gonna have to look into that. I can see the money flying
out of my wallet already!
Burton Busk
"hido" <hi...@comXXXcast.net> wrote in message
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>I did the same thing yesterday in Nashviile. I got:
>
> Beatles Anthology 2
> Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
> Ricky Nelson - Greatest Hits
> Elvis Presley - Elvis
Pretty good!
> It was fairly picked over and some deals were better than others. Lotsa
> crap for $1.99. The books were really picked over. Here in Nashville,
> they are putting an FYE store in Tower's place after liquidation. Is it
> any good?
I'm not familiar with FYE. Is it a record store?
jessk...@lyc0s.c0m
>
>
>
> I'm not familiar with FYE. Is it a record store?
>
"Record Store?" How quaint. According to the parent company's website
it's "... a customer-centric, cross-channel retail infrastruture"!
Apparently, that's how one says "a lousy store, usually found in a
crummy mall,with a poor selection, poor service and high prices".
One of the many chains owned by Trans World Entertainment (Coconuts, etc.).
http://www.twec.com/corpsite/stores/
T-W also owns formerly great chains from the NY-NJ-metro area like Sam
Goody's and Compact Disc World- now you know why those stores suck these
days, too.
musicaner
know that they SOLD the VAULT to somebody they MAY MELLOW a bit
but I DONT KNOW if they THAT BROTHERLY towards each other!!! nobody
cain REPLACE JERRY and some of em, specially WEIR thought he could.
not with that RATDOG music he CAINT!!!
> > the FELLOW from PHISH is in that group??
>
> I think Mike Gordon was in Phish. He also recently toured playing with Leo
> Kotke.
>
that was ONE AGGRAVATIN GROUP the PHISH!! talk about WEE WEE WEE music
mixed in WITH WEED!! a VERY BAD COMBINATION!!!
> Hey, we were speaking of Mountain; Wolfgang's Vault has 2 Mountain Fillmore
> East shows up there. One has Felix's "Theme From an Imaginary Western"
> (which IIRC was written by Jack Bruce). They both have the great extended
> jam, "Dreams Of Milk and Honey". Wonderful stuff!
> Damn, now I also see that Mountain apparently has an official bootleg series
> of their own. I'm gonna have to look into that. I can see the money flying
> out of my wallet already!
FELIX worked with CREAM before he FORMED MOUNTAIN!! got SHOT by his
WIFE!
LESLIE WEST is still AROUND playin AROUND but they aint the same as
with the ORIGINAL MOUNTAIN!! without PAPAPLARDI!
colonialacres
<jessk...@LYC0S.C0M> wrote in message news:E1Bdh.8$SQ...@newsfe11.lga...
> Burton Busk wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm not familiar with FYE. Is it a record store?
>
> "Record Store?" How quaint. According to the parent company's website
> it's "... a customer-centric, cross-channel retail infrastruture"!
>
> Apparently, that's how one says "a lousy store, usually found in a crummy
> mall,with a poor selection, poor service and high prices".
That would be my description of the store (Tower) that they're replacing,
too.
Actually, I checked out the FYE website, and their prices and selection seem
better than Tower's. But then the online store is probably much better than
the actual walk-in stores.
colonialacres
> know that they SOLD the VAULT to somebody they MAY MELLOW a bit
Rhino, I think? Money can make you mellow, it's true. Ask Bruce!
> but I DONT KNOW if they THAT BROTHERLY towards each other!!!
I don't either, but I believe the remaining four will play together again.
nobody
> cain REPLACE JERRY
True. But The Dead just didn't sound quite right with all these other guitar
players. I think they'd sound best with Steve Kimock --- he's got a bit of
Jerry in him.
and some of em, specially WEIR thought he could.
> not with that RATDOG music he CAINT!!!
It's still weird to hear somebody else, especially Weir, singing Jerry
songs. Thing is, they haven't much choice --- the best material by far were
the Garcia/Hunter songs.
>> > the FELLOW from PHISH is in that group??
>>
>> I think Mike Gordon was in Phish. He also recently toured playing with
>> Leo
>> Kotke.
>>
> that was ONE AGGRAVATIN GROUP the PHISH!! talk about WEE WEE WEE music
> mixed in WITH WEED!! a VERY BAD COMBINATION!!!
Can't argue with that. I didn't find em especially aggravating, just not
interesting.
>> Hey, we were speaking of Mountain; Wolfgang's Vault has 2 Mountain
>> Fillmore
>> East shows up there. One has Felix's "Theme From an Imaginary Western"
>> (which IIRC was written by Jack Bruce). They both have the great extended
>> jam, "Dreams Of Milk and Honey". Wonderful stuff!
>> Damn, now I also see that Mountain apparently has an official bootleg
>> series
>> of their own. I'm gonna have to look into that. I can see the money
>> flying
>> out of my wallet already!
>
> FELIX worked with CREAM before he FORMED MOUNTAIN!!
That's right! Didn't he do some producing for them?
got SHOT by his
> WIFE!
> LESLIE WEST is still AROUND playin AROUND but they aint the same as
> with the ORIGINAL MOUNTAIN!! without PAPAPLARDI!
True. I wonder why West hasn't gotten together with Jack Bruce again? I'd go
to that show!
musicaner
i dont THINK JACK BRUCE is in the BEST OF HEALTH!! there would BE
LITTLE DOUGH
in WEST and BRUCE playin TOGETHER more DOUGH in CREAM DOIN SHOWS!!
yes PAPALARDI i beleive DID PRODUCE some CREAM and from that HE GOT THE
IDEA
of MOUNTAIN!! if my MEMORY IS CORRECT!!! they had that MISSISSIPI QUEEN
song
that was BIG!! but i BELEIVE that was ONE BAND that HAD LOTTA BAD
HABITS!!
the q is silent
> Burton Busk wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm not familiar with FYE. Is it a record store?
> >
>
> "Record Store?" How quaint. According to the parent company's website
> it's "... a customer-centric, cross-channel retail infrastruture"!
>
> Apparently, that's how one says "a lousy store, usually found in a
> crummy mall,with a poor selection, poor service and high prices".
Bingo!
FYE is an absolutely terrible store. It's ridiculous what they charge
for most things.
Of course, as with any of these stores, there's always a chance they'll
have just the CD you want marked down to a very reasonable price for
whatever reason, but the vast majority of the stuff on the shelves is
in the $15+ range.
FYE makes Borders look like CD Warehouse.
-Jyqm
cwb
> > Apparently, that's how one says "a lousy store, usually found in a crummy
> > mall,with a poor selection, poor service and high prices".
>
> That would be my description of the store (Tower) that they're replacing,
> too.
tower was 10 times better than FYE. the customer service was angry,
but selection, singles, prices, sales, a great magazine section...I'll
miss ol' tower records.
colonialacres
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Prices at Tower were high. FYE must really be bad!