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Hello. I'm a 20th century wolf. (he/him) Interests are music/vinyl, history, animation, furry, MST3k and ephemeral media (16mm films etc.). I have a strong interest in Japan (Showa/Heisei). I do a monthly all vinyl show on Mixcloud. Mostly harmless. No selfies, no memes, no hot takes.
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I am demi-bi, poly and ASD/dyslexic (mild). :HeartBisexual: :HeartDemisexual: :HeartPolyamorous: :neurodivergent:

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The Roches The Roches US Warner Bros. 1979

The Roches-- Maggie, Terre, and Suzzy- one of those groups that hung around the edge of the music scene, but were never that popular. Maggie started out as a songwriter. Maggie and Terre released album produced by Paul Simon. This album was produced by Robert Fripp. They would go on to work with Tom Waits and Michael Stipe. But it was a Cornelius cover of "Hammond Song" that got me this album.

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Monday Michiru Jazz Brat JP Kitty 1995

One of the first Japanese LPs I picked up, and rare to have a vinyl release in this time period. This album marked the start of Monday's long association with Kyoto Jazz Massive's Okino Shuya and Osawa Shin'ichi. Like the LPs of the time, this release is missing 1/3rd of the tracks from the CD, but the 8 remaining tracks are all solid slices of acid jazz.

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An LP cover on stand over a turntable. The cover features a woman leaning backwards and reaching up to the camera, with "jazz brat" written in a thin white font. Attached to the sleeve is a green obi with the title "jazz brat monday michiru" in lower case. Below the sleeve is a record with a green label, the letter a in a lighter green circle around the spindle hole.
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    Julie Brown Goddess In Progress US Rhino 1984

    Back when Rhino Records was a small indie label putting out comedy records and comps on the side. This EP (mini-album, whatever) has all of the big hits, "I Like Them Big And Stupid", "Because I'm A Blond", "Earth Girls Are Easy" (later made into a movie), and the poorly aged "The Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun". Part of my voice actor collection, since she voiced Julie Bruin (TTA) and Minerva Mink (Animaniacs)

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    Album cover on a stand over a turntable. Against a pink background, a woman with auburn hair wearing a strapless dress and leggings is being worked on by two men and a woman, as if she's emerging from a marble statue. "Julie Brown" is written to her left and at the bottom, "Goddess in Progress Specially Priced Mini-LP" Below the sleeve is a record on a turntable. A yellow label and cartoon rhino in a leather jacket and a record beside the words "Rhino Julie Brown Goddess In Progress."
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    Joey Scarbury "The Theme From The Greatest American Hero (Believe It Or Not)" US Elektra 1981

    Who remembers "The Greatest American Hero"? Created Steven J. Cannell, and running from 1981 to 1983, it was a mix of Superman and Green Lantern. William Katt played Ralph Hinkley, a school teacher given a super suit by aliens and an instruction book that is quickly lost. Hijinks ensue. Anyway, the theme song was a hit, another Mike Post special.

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    Circus (サーカス) 「アメリカン・フィリング」JP Alfa 1979

    "American Feeling" backed with "Hometown Express" was the second most successful single by the vocal group Circus and a good example of commercial tie-ups in Japanese music. "American Feeling" was used as part of JAL "Come To America" campaign, part of a late 70s drive US tourism from Japan. The flip was the theme song for a TV Asahi drama. Both songs arranged by Sakamoto Ryuichi.

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    A white 7" single sleeve with アメリカン・フィーリング and ホームタウン急行 at the top. A portrait of two men and two women and サーカス underneath. An American flag a Circus above it in the corner. Below the sleeve on a turntable is a record with a green label, shaded like a sphere. A yellow 1 on one side of the spindle hole and alfa on the other side.
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    Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells US Virgin 1973

    One of the first records I picked up when I was getting back into vinyl in 2009. I had recently got a turntable cheap (I think because it was being discontinued), so I could listen to records I had. One day as I walking around, I ran across a yard sale that records for sale. I got a bunch of 50s and 60s 45s, this, Men At Work and UK pressing of Songs In The Key Of Life.

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    K.C. & The Sunshine Band "That's The Way (I Like It)" US T.K. 1975

    First big hit for TK records and for KC & The Sunshine Band. TK was started in Miami by Henry Stone in 1972. Stone used the same strategy with TK he used with previous labels he was associated with; set up multiple sub labels to get around limits radio stations would have on songs per label. TK, much like disco, would falter and fade, going bankrupt in 1981.

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    Ollie & Jerry "Breakin'... There's No Stopping Us" US Polydor 1984

    Ollie Brown and Jerry Knight started out as session musicians, and along with Ray Parker Jr., formed Raydio. After Ray Parker Jr became a solo act in 1982, the two continued session and production work. They never released an album as a duo, but they produced music for the infamous Golan Globus films "Breakin'" and "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" in 1984.

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    Earth Wind & Fire "Saturday Night (Noche Sabatina)" MX CBS 1977

    Found this Mexican pressing at Dusty Groove in Chicago. Not one of their big hits, but Earth Wind & Fire are one of those bands that it's hard to go wrong, especially during their 70s and early 80s heyday. Single also notable for having an extended version of the instrumental "Departure", which is only 30 seconds on the LP.

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    The Alarm "The Stand" US IRS 1983 promo

    Welsh band's first major label single, from their self-titled EP. The band was never that popular in North America, with a couple brushes with pop radio, but built a decent following on college and alternative stations throughout the 1980s. This anthemic song really helped put the band on the map.

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    Lt. (JG) Dexter B. Dawes Now Hear This! Sounds Of The Attack Aircraft Carrier USS Coral Sea JP/US Toshiba c. 1961

    This was to be my final selection for December, but delayed due to travel. This one is more personal. I inherited this record from my father, who served in the US Navy. This record was included with a book commemorating 1960-61 WestPac naval cruise, and includes sounds of airplanes, drills and men on the ship. Pressed on red "EverClean" vinyl.

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    Red record label with the following text: NOW HEAR THIS! Sounds of the Attack Aircraft Carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) Produced by LT(JG) R. J. Gilinsky Narrator: LT(JG) D. B. Dawes 33⅓ rpm LONG PLAY Toshiba Records LR-5 Side 1 LPR-109 1- Reveille 2- Replenishment 3-Retaliation 4-Readiness(a) Monaural
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    New year's tradition for me is to visit my partner. I also love going to the local record shop, Apollo Music. I love the place because they always have an interesting selection and it feels like a hidden gem, tucked into an industrial park next to auto body shops and welding supplies. I might have went a bit overboard this year...
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    Array of record albums on a bed: Ray Parker Jr, Greatest Hits; Dolly Parton "Dance With Dolly"; Lionel Richie Can't Slow Down; Doucett Mama Let Him Play; The Family s/t; Toto Hydra; Station Image radio station jingle promo; XTC 5 Senses; Bruce Cockburn Humans; Sarah Vaughn Greatest Hits
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    Album Of The Day, Favorite Pickup Of the Year
    Tatsuro Yamashita Greatest Hits! Of JP Ariola 1982, 2023 reissue

    https://www.discogs.com/release/28175662-Tatsuro-Yamashita-Greatest-Hits-Of

    Runners up:
    *"Mystery Girl" by The Dukes (1982)
    https://www.discogs.com/release/7261878-The-Dukes-Mystery-Girl

    *"Copy / Robot " by The Plastics (1979)
    https://www.discogs.com/release/675057-Plastics-Copy-Robot

    *Sunshower by Taeko Ohnuki (1977, 2021 reissue)
    https://www.discogs.com/release/6167850-Taeko-Ohnuki-Sunshower

    *Secrets by Herbie Hancock (1976)
    https://www.discogs.com/release/868918-Herbie-Hancock-Secrets

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    @justchriswood @vinylrecords Since "For You" just came in 1982 when the compilation was issued, they probably didn't want to include much from the recent album other than the single. I agree, "Sparkle" and "Music Book" are amazing songs.

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    Album Of The Day: Pages Future Street US Epic 1979

    https://www.discogs.com/release/3588189-Pages-Future-Street

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    Schoolmates Play Time Song Album For Advanced Children JP CBS 1968

    The interesting thing about this album is not that it's children's songs done in contemporary arrangements by a Watanabe Pro incubator group; it's how I got it. In February 2015, I found the LP included with a Kyuu Sakamoto children's album at Half Price Books. Later in July, at the same store, I found the sleeve (with obi!). I convinced the clerk to give me the sleeve for free.

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    Album sleeve on a stand: Illustration of children playing instruments with title "Song Album For Advanced Children" in a green arc and "School-Mates" underneath. An obi with orange text partially hides the picture and title. Beside the sleeve is a record with an orange label on a turntable.
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    Album Of The Day:Johnny Mandel MAS*H Original Soundtrack US Columbia Masterworks 1970

    https://www.discogs.com/release/4443114-Johnny-Mandel-MASH-Original-Soundtrack-Recording

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    LP sleeve with M*A*S*H in red and a photo composite of a helmet on hand making a peace sign and a woman's legs in high heels. "Music by Johnny Mandel" "Moments, and Minutes of Music, Madness and Melodrama From "One Of America's Funniest Bloody Films -- Also One Of Its Bloodiest Funny Films" - TIME Magazine. Featuring Hawkeye Trapper Duke Lt. Dish Hot Lips Henry Radar O'Reilly Painless Spearchucker and Radio Tokyo"
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    Album Of The Day: Wipers Is This Real? US Jackpot 1980, 2022 reissue

    https://www.discogs.com/release/25674652-Wipers-Is-This-Real

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    Album Of The Day: Pete Jolly Herb Alpert Presents Pete Jolly CA A&M 1968

    https://www.discogs.com/release/25668598-Pete-Jolly-Herb-Alpert-Presents-Pete-Jolly

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    Album Of The Day: The Guess Who The Greatest Of The Guess Who US 1977, 1980 reissue

    https://www.discogs.com/release/15252992-The-Guess-Who-The-Greatest-Of-The-Guess-Who

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    Roy Rogers with The Sons Of The Pioneers "Pecos Bill (from Walt's Disney's Melody Time)" US RCA Victor 1949

    When RCA introduced the 45rpm format 75 years ago next January, one of the early gimmicks was all records were color-coded by genre, showing off the versatility of vinyl; yellow for children's. This Pecos Bill set is the oldest in my collection, and was part of RCA issued Disney titles during the first year. 3 78s reduced to 2 45s.

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    A gatefold sleeve with a yellow background and illustrations and a story, showing a Western themed story. Next to the sleeve is a yellow seven-inch record on a turntable with a blue label.

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    If I have an annual ritual, it is reviewing all the music I had picked up throughout the year. I used to play everything, but it wasn't long before it just got to be too big.
    So here's all of the LPs, EPs, 12", 7", CDs and even a 3" CD, from US, Canada, Japan, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
    I will be allowing myself an extra post everyday as I play them all through, featuring one release, starting tomorrow.
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    A collection of vinyl 12" and 7" singles and EPs and CDs on and around a couch.
    LPs on a love seat. Top row: Rusty In Orchestraville The Church - Starfish The Wipers - Is It Real? X-Ray Spex - Germ-Free Adolescence Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables Beatniks - Exitentialism Gryff - Calypso Drip FM Second row: Taeko Ohnuki - Grey Skies Tatsuro Yamashita - The Greatest Hits! Tomoko Aran - Fuyü-Kükan Anri - Coool Mayo Shouno - 逢・愛・哀 R.E.M. - Reckoning Third row: Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle - One From The Heart soundtrack The Honeydrippers - Volume One John St. John - Dimension 1 MASH original soundtrack Lily Tomlin - This Is A Recording Huey Lewis and The News - Fore! Bottom row: Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay Pete Jolly - Herb Alpert Presents Pete Jolly Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band - Insights Herbie Hancock - Secretes McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy Level 42 - World Machine Alan Alch - That Agency Thing

    Collection of LPs on a love seat. Top row: Audy Kimura - Looking For The Good Life Garo - Garo 2 Pages - Future Street Little River Band - First Under The Wire Brooklyn Bridge - Brooklyn Bridge Phoebe Snow - Phoebe Snow Second row: Santana - Welcome The Carnival - Carnival Casey Rankin - Silver Moon Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees Stylus - Stylus (aka The Best Kept Secret) Deniece Williams - Niecy Third Row: Marco Valle - Marcos Valle (1983) Brooklyn Bridge - Brooklyn Bridge Taeko Ohnuki - Sunshower Burton Cummings - Burton Cummings Kimiko Kassai - Kimiko Yasuko Agawa - Night Line Bottom Row: Guess Who - The Greatest Of The Guess Who Paul Williams - The Best Of Paul Williams Little River Band - It's A Long Way There (Greatest hits) Marc Jordon - Blue Desert Jake H. Concepcion - "J" Mackey Feary Band - Mackey Feary Band
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    The Dialect Of The Black American US Western Electric 1970

    Issued by the manufacturing arm of AT&T, this album advocates the radical idea that African American Vernacular English (AAVE) follows consistent internal linguistic rules, and thus should be treated as a valid dialect for instruction. Reportedly narrated by an uncredited Morgan Freeman, it gives examples of AAVE speech, grammar, and how discrimination based on speech impacts lives.

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    A blue record cover with "The Dialect of The Black American" in the upper left corner. An illustration of an African American boy with a photograph of a slum over his mouth. Underneath the cover is an insert with headlines "Linguistics, Education and Black Dialect" and "Focus On An Educational Failure" visible. On the turntable is an LP with black, white and blue striped label.
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    Glenn Miller and His Orchestra Limited Edition, Volume Two US RCA Victor 1954

    Ever since RCA introduced the record in 1949, they tried to push notion of entire albums of music on the new format. Albums of 78s started showing up in the 1930s. But for longer releases, the LP just proved more popular. But RCA kept trying. Witness this compilation of Glenn Miller radio recordings, released on 5 LPs or, in this case, 15 7" EPs.

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    Open spiral bound book with envelopes for 7" records. The records have RCA Victor at the top with a picture of a dog listening to a gramophone (Nipper and his master's voice) on a black background. Small white text underneath.

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    Bo Diddley "Walkin' And Talkin'" b/w "Crawdad" US Checker 1960

    Bo Diddley does a riff on "Along Came Jones" by The Coasters, taking on a Western theme but a lot more cynical. The B-side "Crawdad" is a more typical blues boasting song on how he got "the biggest crawdads of them all". Note: this copy has two A-side labels.

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