Black Flag – Who’s got the 10 1/2 inch? – Live LP

Black Flag – Who’s got the 10 1/2 inch? – Live LP

My favorite live album by far, this was recorded “on a starry night in Portland on August 23rf, 1985.”

This is punk rock in every sense of the word. The music and Henry’s volatile voice rage. The songs are perfectly played with on the spot improvising that are pure punk. Of course, the question, the album title, is the apex of the set during Slip it in and Gimme Gimme Gimme which is another favorite song on here, My War is awesome, Bastard in love, oh hell the whole album kicks ass! I wore this cassette out back in the day. Have it on cd too.

Other great snippets; ” Do you believe in the hereafter? Then you now know what I’m here after.” “Here’s a song about drinking and driving, it’s called ‘drinking and driving'”. All the songs are memorable and smashing awesome. This album is in my top ten of some list. This came with a folded SST records catalog, which I always love to look at.

Black flag

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Black and White – Rainbow Bar and Girls 12″ Single

Black and White – Rainbow Bar and Girls 12″ Single

There are a lot of myths about this record. When it came out it was said that Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Axl Rose and Slash came into a studio with members of the LA gangs the Bloods and Crypts and recorded this song. Others say that it is actually Lizzie Grey of London that wrote and recorded the song and promoted it with those ‘Special’ guests singing. Atlantic supposedly pulled the plug when they found out of the scam Lizzie had pulled. Only the players know the real story. Read the liner note story. The credits list “mystery studio and someone’s garage” as the studios. I always liked to believe the Axl and Vince version of the story but I doubt it’s true but fun to believe.

Black and White

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Dead Boys – Young, Loud and Snotty LP

Dead Boys – Young, Loud and Snotty LP

Classic punk from Stiv and the band. The band manager, Hilly Krystal got Genya Ravan to produce the record to the delight of Stiv though the rest of the band couldn’t understand this. Ended up being a classic punk record.

My favorites are I Need Lunch and Hey little girl.

L7 – Hungry for Stink – Blue Vinyl

L7 – Hungry for Stink – Blue Vinyl

Lone of our favorite records to drink to. Heavy grungy guitars. Play it loud. Fuel my fire and Shirley are my favorites. Shirley, is about Shirley Muldowney the only words being “Cha Cha” herself sampled in answering the question “what’s a beautiful girl like you doing in a place like this? ” with Shirley answering…”Winning” over and over under heavy guitars.

 

Turbonergo – Scandinavian Leather LP

Turbonergo – Scandinavian Leather LP

I don’t know a lot about these guys. A lot of releases. I think we bought this for the song FTW but it could be cause of the cool cover. ‘Ive had that cover image as my Microsoft avatar since the record came out. Lead singer Hank is a freaky lookin dude.

Turbonergo - Scandinavian Leather LP

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Aerosmith – Rocks LP

Aerosmith – Rocks LP

My favorite Aerosmith record and in my top ten all time great list. Great from first song to last. Perry later said he was high as hell on heroin when he write Back in the Saddle that the riff ‘floated through him’.

As the cover of this copy may indicate, this is an original ’76 pressing of the record. Love the inner sleeve painting of the band.

Rocks

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Die Hunns – Long Legs Limited Edition Picture Disc

Die Hunns – Long Legs Limited Edition Picture Disc

This was the first Hunns record to feature Corey Parks on bass and vocals. This is one of my favorite records of all time. The cover of “Time has come today” is great. I’m talking really great. Duane and Corey share the vocals and they are incredible. Her high voice with Duane’s signature growl make it a classic. Two other cover songs, some Hunns classics and a few new tunes make up the rest.

The vinyl version has 3 bonus tracks not on the cd. This picture disc is a limited edition number 148 of 666 made. How Rock and Roll is that? Great heavy slab with great graphics. Those guys at “I used to fuck people like you in prison” records in Germany know quality.

Hunns

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The Hunns – You Rot Me LP

The Hunns – You Rot Me LP

The Hunns, originally, “Duane Peters and the Hunns” formed in 2000 with a rotating band with Peters the only constant. After Duane and Corey Parks met and married in 2002, they released “Long Legs” in 2004 and then You Rot Me in 2006. More on Long Legs later.

We went to see Duane’s other band the US Bombs in Atlanta in May 2006. I got to meet Duane and tell him what a huge fan I was. He had read my reviews on Musicfiler.com and even announced to the crowd that “hey, that cool cat from Musicfilter is here tonight!”. After the show Duane told me The Hunns next album was almost finished and it “was fucking out there man!”. In August I was very excited to recieve an advance copy of the new record from Duane himself. Read my obviously excited review on Musicfilter here. That review pretty much sums up how much I love this record. Great original Rock and Roll. There is no better voice in Rock and Roll than Duane Peters.

This is a limited edition clear vinyl album released on “I used to fuck people like you in prison” records.

 

 

Vinyl and Technology

I love to hear a record playing. The enjoyment of pulling a record out of its sleeve, laying the needle down, the full rich sound that follows, the cover itself usually a work of musical art. I also love how I can hear virtually anything I want or can imagine through a Denon X5200 reciever via Internet radio, Bluetooth, Sirius, media server, Pandora or Spotify. I love the technology. It’s endless fun. Love my records too though. Love it all.

3 main areas.

Living room system: Denon reciever, 2 zones. Main zone 2 tower speakers, 2 in ceiling speakers. Zone 2, 5 in ceiling/wall speakers – 2 guest bedroom, 2 house office room, 1 bathroom.  2 outdoor speakers on back deck. 2 vintage round speakers in office/shed. All sets with volume controls. Sony Blu-Ray player with streaming video, old Panasonic laserdisc player, PS3, Amazon Fire tv. Reciever has sirius, Pandora, Spotify, Internet radio, and media server connectivity.

Master bedroom system: Denon receiver, 2 zones. Main zone, bi-wired tower speakers. Zone 2, 6 outdoor speakers. 2 under deck, 2 on side yard, 2 towers in office/shed. All sets with volume controls. Apple TV, Rega turntable, PS3, Olive Musica 500 gb hard drive for music also media server connectivity.

Office/shed system. Denon receiver. Cassette deck. Dvd/cd player media streamer, turntable. 2 tower speakers.

Guest bedroom also has Amazon Fire tv with 32 inch white tv.

Gramaphone vertical turntable. Third man records turntable. Marshall Bluetooth speaker. Amazon Echo. Nest thermostat. Phillips Hue bulbs in master bedroom, guest bath and lamps in living room with 3 hue taps. Ring doorbell.

Internet radio

Iggy and The Stooges – Ready to Die LP

Iggy and The Stooges – Ready to Die LP

The Stooges fifth official album released in 2013. This may not be the best Stooges album but it’s a damn good album in general. Call it an Iggy project if you must get past it as a Stooges release. Great songs on this one. “Job” has great lyrics that will make you smile every time you hear it. “Gun” rings true with its words. The title track is awesome. I have many favorites on this one. Gun, Job, Unfreindly world, Ready to Die, DD’s and Beat that guy. More than enough reason to own this great record. Every song is memorable and worthy. Iggy and the Stooges sound great. Perhaps different than Raw Power but certainly different in a good, moving forward way.

Iggy pop

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