Revisting old cd's

[maarts]

Going a bit further back here....

Pere Ubu- Dub Housing

Working in a music store can dull the senses, especially if a large part of your colleagues are so difficult to ween from their habitual listens. Imagine my surprise when I popped in this classic in my stereo before I went to place some orders and have one colleague asking me what I was playing and if he could have the disc afterwards....
Ah, that's why I love working in a music shop!
And that while at first I just couldn't get Pere Ubu. It's still an uncomfortable listen. It scratches. It squeaks. It's pre-punk pretentious madness. And in a decade where all these qualities are so underdone it sounded like a refreshing album, if you know what I mean. They don't make albums like this anymore. There's no David Thomas these days who bellows his intentions straight into your skull. I have a feeling that if this album was released today Pitchfork would be creaming their jeans in superlatives to describe this release. I still don't get the album but hell, it was good to hear it.

[madmike4]

Talk about revisiting old cds.......I recently bought the 3 most important cds of my youth;

The Beatles '65
Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush

I had not listenend to any of them in 30+ years. They sound great to me today and take me back in time.

[phil]

All my CDs are old... !!

[maarts]

I bought my first CD in 1988....

[phil]

I bought my first 45 rpm in 1964... !!

[maarts]

That was 1976 for me....

[Kensterberg]

I bought my first cd in 1985. My first 45 would probably be '76 as well. First LP was '77.

[Thorngrub]

Here is an old CD I would truly love to revisit someday (having lost my original copy long ago):

[Rit]

Pere Ubu- Dub Housing

Working in a music store can dull the senses, especially if a large part of your colleagues are so difficult to ween from their habitual listens. Imagine my surprise when I popped in this classic in my stereo before I went to place some orders and have one colleague asking me what I was playing and if he could have the disc afterwards....
Ah, that's why I love working in a music shop!
And that while at first I just couldn't get Pere Ubu. It's still an uncomfortable listen. It scratches. It squeaks. It's pre-punk pretentious madness. And in a decade where all these qualities are so underdone it sounded like a refreshing album, if you know what I mean. They don't make albums like this anymore. There's no David Thomas these days who bellows his intentions straight into your skull. I have a feeling that if this album was released today Pitchfork would be creaming their jeans in superlatives to describe this release. I still don't get the album but hell, it was good to hear it.
IP:

i bow down to the fluent wisdom of Maarts the Third.

[poseidon]

One I know JAC loves..."The Definitive Collection."

[rockkid]

45 now there’s something I haven’t heard said in ages!
My first was The Stones……… A side Brown Sugar B side Wild Horses.
Played the shit out of it on one of those little players that looked like a small hard side suitcase.
I was 10 or just turned 11.

Preferred Brown Sugar & I still have a soft spot for that tune.
Despite the constant dissection of its lyrics.

[JACkory]

rockkid said:

My first was The Stones……… A side Brown Sugar B side Wild Horses.

They must have released a different 45 in Canada.
"Brown Sugar" was one of my first 45s, too, but the b-side was "Bitch" on my copy.
I think they might have released "Wild Horses" as an A-side in the States after "Brown Sugar".
Believe it or not, the first 45 rpm record that I ever purchased with my own money (as opposed to having them given to me) was by the Carpenters.

[Adam]

I purchased my first cd in 1992 after receiving my first cd player for my birthday.



I should've picked another title, in retrospect.

Actually, Michael Kamen's score is terrific but I could've done without that fucking Ryan Adams song.

[phil]

Ryan ... ? LoL ?

[Ayinger]

thorny said:

Future Games, by Fleetwood Mac

!NICE! overlooked outing of the Bob Welch days!