The amount of Six Degrees label stuff still on sale is mindboggling. I have a feeling if I'm even vaguely interested I can get it all for 90% off.
I almost think that the fact that there's so much of it will make people think, "This must not be very good." I do want those Zuco 103 CDs.
― arthritic hand golden fist (RSLaRue), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 13:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― nu_onimo (nu_onimo), Wednesday, 6 December 2006 14:06 (seventeen years ago) link
The Beatles - The Capitol Albums Vol.2Pete Rodriguez - I Like It Like ThatWillie Colon/Hector Lavoe - El JuicioHector "El Bambino" & Naldo Presentan: Sangre NuevaLunyTunes - Reggaeton HitsAdassa - Kamasutra
― arthritic hand golden fist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 7 December 2006 01:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― Baron Von Jigglesworth (Baron Von Jigglesworth), Thursday, 7 December 2006 01:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Ha, while I was in the store tonight I was thinking, "Does Tower own Six Degrees or something?" I want to go back for some of that later. Hopefully not everyone else will do the same thing before I get to it.
― arthritic hand golden fist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 7 December 2006 01:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 December 2006 01:35 (seventeen years ago) link
for the parents:al green - i'm still in love with you (the lower queen anne tower in seattle has an inexplicable amount of al green left still, which m. matos pointed out yesterday with great confusion and anger)chris isaak - heart shaped worldpaul simon - surprise
hey ahgf, i picked up el juicio recently, too. sounds good after one spin. i saw that you pimped it regulary on olde ilm, so i've got high hopes for it. have you heard that cruz/colon album at all?
― Lingbert (Lingbert), Thursday, 7 December 2006 03:12 (seventeen years ago) link
It's the same down here and on the one hand I *don't get it* -- and on the other hand, this is going to make my eventual purchases of it all all the sweeter.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 December 2006 03:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 December 2006 03:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 7 December 2006 03:20 (seventeen years ago) link
(I don't know why but this temporary board makes me want to change names.)
This Pete Rodriguez is pretty good so far, very boogaloo and Latin soul oriented. Two of these songs had hit remakes in the last decade or so (Tito Nieves's version of "I Like It Like That" and Sonora Carruseles's "Micaela," the latter of which I hated for a few years, especially since it was so ubiquitous, at least in certain circles, but was ultimately won over by).
― arthritic hand golden fist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 7 December 2006 03:22 (seventeen years ago) link
Boris, PinkThe Knife, Silent ShoutAretha Franklin, I Never Loved a Man...Mogwai, Mr. BeastThis one random Acid Mothers Temple album (that, happily, I don't have yet).
AHGF, remind me again the name of the one fellow you were broken up about who died earlier this year, Cuban percussionist I think? I think I saw copies of that one solo album of his around, might snag it next time I'm there.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 December 2006 03:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― arthritic hand golden fist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 7 December 2006 03:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 December 2006 03:32 (seventeen years ago) link
there were about 10 copies of this at my tower, plus some more under the racks. not the breakout hit they had anticipated.
― GAWD PVNCH (yournullfame), Thursday, 7 December 2006 03:53 (seventeen years ago) link
ned, which days are you in seattle? was there a fap planned?
re the six degrees stuff, what's good on that label beside bebel gilberto? the tower by me mostly has latin travels comps, which my natural instinct is to avoid, but maybe they're awesome. what about celso fonseca or that suba tribute comp? others? etc?
― Lingbert (Lingbert), Thursday, 7 December 2006 04:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― arthritic hand golden fist (RSLaRue), Thursday, 7 December 2006 04:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― cornyrocker (DC Steve), Thursday, 7 December 2006 04:39 (seventeen years ago) link
Evening of the 14th thru morning of the 17th. Keep an eye on ILE for any FAP talk but actually myspace might be handier for talk on that -- send me an invite if you're on (along with a message saying who you are if that isn't clear). 16th is probably when something bigger might happen depending.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 December 2006 04:54 (seventeen years ago) link
i have an exam the morning of sat the 16, and then my dad is going to be in town after that. i'll see what happens.
― Lingbert (Lingbert), Thursday, 7 December 2006 05:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 7 December 2006 06:52 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 December 2006 06:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaq (jaq), Thursday, 7 December 2006 07:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 7 December 2006 07:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 December 2006 13:39 (seventeen years ago) link
and Greil Marcus's Dead Elvis for $7.
― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Thursday, 7 December 2006 23:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 December 2006 23:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― deep space nine (deep space nine), Thursday, 7 December 2006 23:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Thursday, 7 December 2006 23:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 December 2006 23:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 7 December 2006 23:50 (seventeen years ago) link
i grabbed
get physical - "comp vol 2" - $5booka shade - "in white rooms" - $6chelonis r jones - "dislocated genius" - $4dj t - "boogie playground" - $5osunlade - "five years on" - $6dj food - "jazz brakes v 4" - $4ammoncontact - "with voices" - $4sun ra - "other planes of there" - $4gong - "magick brother" - $4"big apple rappin" - $2"soul gospel" - $8"soul gospel 2" - $10
all told the damage came out to about $75. not bad!
still waiting for bigger markdowns on reggae, which is the only section left with anything respectable in it. jazz is pretty shot, and new age is completely picked over! not a single tangerine dream or schulze disc anywhere. int'l and latin sections are also pretty dead. rock has BEEN dead for a while now, but inexplicably there are like 5 copies of this suburban base comp in the rock comps section.
― vahid (vahid), Friday, 8 December 2006 01:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 8 December 2006 01:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 8 December 2006 03:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Haha, we have about ten of those! I'm waiting for the price to collapse further. Still at a general 60% for everything except rap at my store but I made some good finds tonight -- rock is definitely starting to hit the skids but all sorts of oddities are turning up with inspection.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 8 December 2006 03:58 (seventeen years ago) link
this is the mountain view store! there are still several copies of most of the soul jazz discs and get physical discs. if you are into mersh house there are a ton of discs from labels like azuli and ministry. there is also quite a bit of rephlex stuff floating around ... multiple copies of amen andrews, kerrier district, dj shitmat, grime, etc etc
― vahid (vahid), Friday, 8 December 2006 04:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― cornyrocker (DC Steve), Friday, 8 December 2006 05:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― josh (josh.), Friday, 8 December 2006 05:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― arthritic hand golden fist (RSLaRue), Friday, 8 December 2006 12:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― arthritic hand golden fist (RSLaRue), Friday, 8 December 2006 12:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― arthritic hand golden fist (RSLaRue), Friday, 8 December 2006 12:54 (seventeen years ago) link
it's the ipoddening of music and culture. also too much disposable income = willingness to pay $15 for nothing but some electrons.
― GAWD PVNCH (yournullfame), Friday, 8 December 2006 13:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 8 December 2006 13:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― henry s (henry s), Friday, 8 December 2006 15:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― GAWD PVNCH (yournullfame), Friday, 8 December 2006 15:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 8 December 2006 16:03 (seventeen years ago) link
x-post
Well, Amazon and other online retailers will still be selling cds for awhile. But I guess some folks will never have the experience of being in a large bricks and mortar establishment with all kinds of diverse cds to flip through (yea some mom and pop operations are holding on). Borders Books and Barnes and Nobles prices for cds aren't much better than Tower. I wonder how their music-selling practices will change in the immediate future. I do not see Best Buy and Circuit City and Target and Walmart deciding to expand the range of their cd offerings.
― cornyrocker (DC Steve), Friday, 8 December 2006 16:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 8 December 2006 16:16 (seventeen years ago) link
Hip hop is practically a wasteland now. Everything else varies by store, but at 60% MOST of the good and non-expensive stuff is gone (some very interesting imports remain, but Tower's insane import prices will keep 'em around for a while.)
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 8 December 2006 16:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 8 December 2006 16:45 (seventeen years ago) link