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Meat Beat Manifesto - Satyricon LP (Mute Records) 1992
^ A MBM classic. I have everything he ever did (almost) and this one is one of the best of his long list of albums. For those unaware Jack Dangers is the man. His Meat Beat albums and singles are so signature sounding they are almost unclassifiable as a genre. If I had to force it into a genre, I guess I'd call it proto-industrial techno rock. That doesn't really matter, it's just dope music.
Various - Django Unchained: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack LP (Republic Records) 2013
^Not disappointing by this even though it cost way too much because it was a LE (blood splattered vinyl) import. I'm way past being impressed by the colored or multicolored vinyl pieces that seem to be the rage nowadays, so obviously that wasn't the reason I bought it. I'm a Tarantino fan and an old western fan so obviously this nagged at me to buy it. Really diverse soundtrack that includes movie vocal bits, some of the orchestral arrangements, but most importantly The Django theme song (cleaned up and remastered nicely!) some Ennio Morricone scoring, a little James Brown and 2 Pac, and a few more artists that I knew nothing of. This one is easy to recommend.
The Flesheaters - Forever Came Today LP (Ruby Records) 1982
^One of the good punk albums I have. A great 80s punk band with a singer that has his own voice cracking-yelling-singing style. A great album, but a little too long IMO. I think there is only so much of that harsh raw singing that even the biggest punk fans can put up with before punk fatigue sets in. Still, there are plenty of joints on this for my next punk comp.
Thee Headcoats - Time Will Tell 7" (Sub Pop) 1990
^Speaking of punk, time to show off a few of the punk sevens I got from a great discogs seller yesterday. Quality seller, quick to communicate and talk music, and in a nutshell, the dude knows an impressive amount of punk music. After having a little bit of back and forth emailing about what punk records are good I was so impressed with the discussion that I tried (and failed) to talk him into joining here. He admitted he doesn't know much about Hip Hop which I'm guessing was probably the main intimidation factor that made him pass on becoming a member. Oh well, who knows maybe he'll change his mind. I'm hoping he does because we could use more music specialists like him. Anywayz, oh yeah, about this record, it's great.
Iowa Beef Experience - Trailer Court 7" Noiseville (Unknown Year 1980s)
^The first 400 of these 7" singles came with a piece of real beef jerky! Now that's how you sell records, put perishable food in the sleeves! This one, as you can see, has the gross 30 year old piece of beef that now has little white mold pinhead sized dots on it. The jerky stained the sleeve and the plastic cover too. I knew this was a good one to get based on the research I did on punk 7s, and it turned out to be as good as I hoped, but bonus, I didn't know it came with rotten meat too. I usually try to keep the record company's packaging and extras with the records I buy, since future buyers may want it in original condition with all the stickers and promos and what not, but as soon as I took this photo I decided to throw out the beef jerky and make an exception in this one instance for the sake of sanitation.
Didjits - Lovesicle 7" (Touch N' Go) 1989
^Sorry about that pic, it's gross. but I did you all a solid by showing the back and not the front which is even more disturbing. I don't know what it is with punk covers, but many of them seem to be shameless displays of what they consider art. So the cover isn't art IMO, but the music sure is. DOPE punk.
Various - Teriyaki Asthma Volume III 7" EP (C/Z Records) 1990
^Nice compilation of late 80s early 90s chick punk. Every single track on this is great, especially the L7 track. So punk heads keep an eye out for this volume.
Lazy Cowgirls – Loretta 7" (Sub Pop) 1989
^Also, I am not sure why a lot of punk bands opt for the feminine sounding name when they are all male either. Then you got straight men calling themselves the Violent Femmes or the Queers
(Not that there is anything wrong with that!). I know it's all just to add to their outcast status they embrace, but the point is never judge a punk band by it's name. This one is doublesided niceness.
Minutemen – Paranoid Time 7" (SST Records) 1980
^The new best punk 7" single I own is by the highly rated 80s punk band the Minutemen. Years ago I remember hearing Zach De La Rocha saying that this is one of his biggest influences and that (paraphrasing) "No one should even talk about good rock music if they don't know who the Minutemen are." Well, I didn't know, now I do. And now I'll keep an eye out for the rest of their stuff because this is DAMN good punk music.
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