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I was just thinking about this the other day. I got Pet Sounds somewhere around 2000. Around that time there were also a lot of groups making albums or songs with Pet Sounds-esque touches Wilco - Summerteeth Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin REM - At My Most Beautiful Starflyer 59 - Leave Here a Stranger etc. Were there any artists in the 70's or 80's chasing that sound? I think the late 90's is when the Pet Sounds box set came out, so maybe that inspired a lot of people at that time? I just don't think I've ever heard something from the 70's or 80's and thought, "Man, they were definitely li

Finally got a chance to listen to B-Room. I am having kinda the same reaction to it as I did with Shame, Shame. I don't think it stinks or anything, and I can't pinpoint as to why, but I'm not really wanting to return to it. I think I liked the 2nd half more than the first. Still, I've only listened about 2 times so far. FYI - If you buy Kelloggs products that have those rewards barcodes on them, you can build them up and get MP3 downloads. I assumed it would be crappy artists that I wouldn't want anything from, but I searched Dr Dog just for fun. Turns out that they have not only their albu

I'm surprised that they have never released all of the fan club Christmas singles on a CD. I have seen it up online, but I have never listened to any of it. Seems like they would want their hand in Christmas as well. Even if it wasn't that great, they could release it as a low priced CD.

Any word on whether Side Tracks will get a stand alone CD release? Interesting story about the guitar he just left on a plane became the most expensive guitar at auction ever recently. Why wouldn't they make the family return it to him after it was authenticated? A few years ago around here a man returned a guitar to George Jones 46 years after it was stolen only for the $10 he originally paid for it. http://m.kltv.com/#!/newsDetail/8499443

Kurt Vile already has a deluxe edition and I think his album came out in April. This is just a version that comes with his new EP. According to the responses of the label to their announcement, the goal is to reach people that didn't buy the album originally, so that actually did work on me in these cases. I didn't get Fade because I just didn't listen to the last YLT album that much. The idea of an entire bonus disc at a low price in enticing to me though. I liked when Matador had that service where you bought an album and then you went online and got bonuses. I think it was Buy Early, Ge

Did you go to track 1 on Disc 1 on a CD player and then hold down the back arrow like you want to rewind?

I love the Beach Boys, but they are putting out too many box sets. How does stuff magically keep appearing? Ha. I still haven't checked out the post Surf's Up albums in full. Nothing on the Good Vibes box set that I heard really made me want to.

I got Wit's End and was blown away by some of the songs. Later I got Humor Risk with an order of other CDs and I never wanted to listen to it. So now, I'm not sure if I want to get this double album.

I'm enjoying this album. You can always count on Kevin for some great chord changes. I thought the last album was very good, too. I never got into Skeletal Lamping or False Priest other than a few tracks on each.

I'm pleasantly surprised with the album. I do wish they would record with Rick Rubin or Steve Albini so it will basically sound like live in studio with overdubs.

Chris Cornell killed the cover on Monday. The country guy on Tues didn't do super great on Alive. Pecknold had Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear playing guitar. I don't guess I've seen Pecknold as clean cut as he looked. Trying to look like young Dylan maybe.

I bought the 2 CD version and it has a 10 minute ambient noise track in the negative (-) space of Track 1 - you know where you rewind and it's kinda frustrating because if you reach the end it just goes to the start of the normal Track 1. So, if someone buys this digitally, do you still have a 10 minute pre track 1 ambient track? How does that work digitally? I know it doesn't seem to be listed anywhere. Not sure if it counts in the total CD time when you Stop the player either. I'm interested in the Midlake, Perma and Moonface records. Still trying to find out the best price option on get

The price makes more sense now. I got the CD shipped to me for $8.65 through Hasting's. That was pre-order price. It comes in a hard bound CD size book with all the lyrics and artwork. Looking at Amazon's description, they do describe it as such. No ads, nothing on PJ's website, no pictures on the internet that I have seen point to the fact that it comes in this really nice book. I think one of the things that made me go ahead and get Backspacer was that if you bought it at Target you were able to download 2 complete live shows. There was a website where you could pick out of about 20 shows.

Without listening through them all again as a refresher, I would say No Code is my favorite. I check the Sunday paper ads every week, especially Best Buy and Target, to see if there are any music deals/exclusives. The Pearl Jam Lightning Bolt regular CD is marked at $15.99 in Best Buy's ad! There is nothing to indicate special packaging, bonus tracks, T-shirt, vinyl, etc.. I have never seen a normal (no bonuses/extras) single (1) CD marked this high on opening week in a Best Buy ad. Never. The most common sale price on opening week when they are advertised in a sales paper is $9.99, sometime

Hasting's has a pre-order $7.99 for the CD. Get free shipping on pre-orders with code EARLYBIRD. Tax will be charged. In Texas, some kind of lawsuit made Amazon start charging tax, so I have to pay tax through Amazon anyway. I pre-ordered this and the new Oneohtrix Point Never. I don't think I've ever ordered online through Hasting's for a new release, so I'll see how long it takes. Are they a "ship to get there on release date" type, or a "ship it on release date and get it a lot later and end up going to Hasting's before you get it and see a physical copy there in the store and wish you kn

I saw the DJ documentary a while ago and still haven't deleted it off my DVR. I was really fascinated. One song kept playing and I knew it sounded familiar. It was from Beach House covering one of his songs. One thing - in the doc it says that he didn't have a tape duplicator, so every cassette was basically a new version of the album that he recorded live to tape. Question - how did they decide which version was THE version that would be put on CD, etc. from now on? I would like to hear one of his albums, I just haven't gotten one yet.

I'm surprised the Christopher Owens solo album came and went so quickly. His band, Girls, seem to be well loved by critics. This album didn't seem so different to go from critic adulation to disappearing almost immediately. Ones I have that haven't been mentioned. Not saying they are the best, but not talked about too much: Starflyer 59 - IAMACEO Eisley - Currents Christopher Owens - Lysandre Ducktails - The Flower Lane Eels - Wonderful, Glorious

I have to remind myself to check Hasting's for CD prices when ordering online. For some reason they are selling the 2 CD Another Self Portrait for $9.99! That is a common first week sale price for 1 CD releases. The cheapest online retailer I found last week had it at $15.99, Deep Discount. Even more at Amazon and Best Buy. It is not uncommon for chains to be within a few dollars, but I have never seen that much for a new normal release. I just happened to go in Hasting's to kill time, so I could have bought it and had it in hand, while I'm still waiting on the slower Free shipping that I orde

I still have never heard Self Portrait, but I decided to order the 2 disc ASP through Deep Discount. Every time I see the cover, I think of the episode of Pawn Stars where Chumley gets a copy signed by Bob. There really needs to be a Past Masters/Beatles type compilation for Bob, so I hope it will be released separately if the above news turns out to be true. I have no idea how much officially released non-album stuff there is, but he's been around so long, maybe it would have to have several volumes. I have all of his 60's albums, and the more generally well liked albums of the 70's. I

He appears to be producing Jenny Lewis' next album, as they have posted a few photos online. Also showing Benmont Tench, Tom Petty's keyboardist, there. Seems like there should have been announcement about the new album mentioned a few posts back.

With Be The Void and Shame, Shame it seemed that they would be stronger albums if some of the b-sides replaced some album tracks. Yes, as often as the albums come, there is always an EP or more of other tracks that didn't make it. I wish the vinyl came with a CD copy, like their last EP. Burning my own CD ain't the same. What version are you going for? I don't care for a comic book or shirt. If the vinyl had a CD copy, I would go that route no doubt probably.

I had wanted to get special editions of most of the Kinks 60's/early 70's albums, so I finally found them pretty cheap on eBay. Bought 5 or 6, only to find out those even newer special editions were coming out. Tell me - anyone have the previous Arthur SE and the new one? Do songs like Shangri-La sound pressed to the limit in every version? There are a super dense amount of tracks in that song, so maybe it sounds like that in every version. Another way to ask - have you ever heard a version of Shangri-La that you thought sounded lush with every instrument clear - or was it just recorded that

Surprised this thread is dormant. For whatever reason, I feel there would be a decent crossover of Wilco fans that also liked The National.

I was wondering if these are the same songs that the label was posting for free not too long ago? I would like to have the Elliott 7" and the Iron & Wine 7" since it has 2 non-album tracks. Anyone have an opinion on the I&W? Last year, I went to a Hasting's several months after RSD and they had a vastly expanded vinyl section and there were several things that had RSD stickers on them. I don't know if they are able to get RSD on the day or what. I have no independent RSD stores within 2 hours, so I would go through them if possible. I tried e-mailing through their website and the

Song for Zula is getting played on Sirius XMU a lot. I have been wondering if he has to give June Carter Cash songwriting credit for quoting such a big part of the song?