revisiting your record collection from high school
The_Hook_Up
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feeling nostalgic lately and need to hear guitars, lots of them, no guitar, no spin today....shit I bought in '87 is rocking the warehouse today
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totally unrelated to your comments..but this was one of the records that came to mind when I read the title
What's with Husker Du lately? I hear the name dropped everywhere. Is there a revival I don't know about?
this is actually a rare record. GNRs first release on UziSuicide records, privatepressaxlhairbandrare.
actually, from what i have heard, it is one of the first examples of the "fake indie" label...it wasnt private pressed...Uzi Suicide was a fake indie label created by Geffen to drum up some quick "street cred" for their new signing...they wanted to create a hype within the underground before "Appetite for Destruction" was to be released...but regardless, yeah hard to come by, and a killer fucking rock record...
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Commanding major money.
Polvo, Slint, Halo Benders, Built to Spill, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Stereolab etc.
Still need Beck- mellow gold on vinyl, tape cassette ain't cuttin it.
Wouldn't mind gettin the first Weezer lp or the Rentals on wax.
what are some other examples of records using fake indie labels?
yeah, its still rare regardless of its true pedigree, I think there were only like 10,000 pressed, and when you have millions of fans, thats the equivlent of a thousand funk fans all clamoring for an "Impeach the President"...but yeah, used to see it at Sound Warehouse all the time.
yep.
also listened to hip hop a lot, some 25 ta life, downset, avail, rage, cannibal corpse, sepultura, slayer.
i also was really into bootleg tapes of shows from janes addiction, jimi hendrix, ummmm, who else....
oh, i started getting into ween in high school, that was lsd's fault though.
i was a freshman in high school in 93, so i was all in to rap that was coming out then. i am still filling in holes in record collection from that era. if only i was buying singles then instead of tapes. DOH!
Interscope was a fake indie...soon became its own monster away from Atlantic(I think that was their mommy)...but they started marketing to the underground, Maximum Rock n Roll used to have ads for interscope records, they made no reference to being part of Atlantic(or whatever major spawned them)
Michael Jackson's "Thriller"
"Sesame Street Disco"
Eyes of the Beacon Street Union (my bandmate's uncle was a member, so we used to put it on at band practice)
I was strictly cassettes and- later- cds so the top ten (in no order) was something like:
Meantime - Helmet
Kill 'Em All - Metallica
South of Heaven - Slayer
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em - Eric B. & Rakim
Wanted: Dead or Alive - Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
Mama Said Knock You Out - L.L. Cool J
S/T - Bad Brains
Enter the 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan
Illmatic - Nas
Greatest Hits - The Jackson 5
among lots of others...
Hell yah...
3XDope
EPMD first 2
JBs
Stet
Redhead Kingpin. Coz you know you got to do the right thing
PE
Turd Bass
Plus in the UK, Street Sounds Electro vols. whatever you could get your hands on
Oh, and a bit of
Beck wax was on Bongload via DGC, not very easy to find these days.
1st weezer OG was UK only, tough record (japan/us/euro reissues are rampant tho)
no such thing as rentals on LP, sorry to say...
my highschool:
The Minutemen
The Clash
Run DMC
(dating myself now - didnt even know about PE yet - '86 Beastie/PE/Murphys Law tour came thru my senior year)
other weird/hardcore stuff like the Misfits, Butthole Surfers, COC, Circle Jerks, and the mighty Black Flag.
Chilis - Uplift Mofo Party Plan
Agent Orange - This is the Voice
Still a good album imo
As far as a Husker Du reunion, Bob Mould and Grant Hart played a couple songs together at a local benefit not too long ago. Both said it was a one time thing and wasn't leading anywhere.
etc, etc. etc....... you get the idea I'm sure. Along with heaps of the stuff already mentioned. Good memories.
thats it...
A nice suprise, welcome home