Thank you! Yeah, I managed to avoid listening to Easy Action because I've always heard/read less-than-flattering things about it. Turns out it was all true!
Every time I see your videos I think I'm at the beach, what with the sunburst clock and the deep-blue-sea-colored wall. I love that for a wall color, it's so relaxing. Not at all familiar with Sad Cafe; there's a local band that I don't like called Pink Martini so I'd see that album cover and run. It's cool seeing band that didn't make it big but were relatively local to the person showing it (ie Fantacy Hill) - hard to go wrong with bar/pub rock and it just adds flavor to individuals' collections. Never listened to that Alice album. I don't know After All, but holy shit I think if one were to make a collection of only Canadian bands they'd have some pretty great music. A lot of Canadian bands are little-known in the US outside of border states. I've got a lot of Canadian music on CD because I live in Buffalo (a border city) for ages and listened to a lot of Canadian radio and saw a lot of Canadian bands. Annabella as a solo artist is not something I've listened to. I think the folks into Bow Wow Wow and Adam And the Ants at the time in a musical rather than visual sense were mostly attracted to the Burundi drumming, so I can see how BWW fans would not have followed her to her solo stuff. Funny that you'll be in Scotland in a bit; I'll be in London the second week of September. I don't have a bunch of digging planned, but when I travel overseas I mostly dig for 45s - easy to transport. Have fun! Cheers, Tom
Hey Tom! Wow, thank you so much for the kind words! I hadn't really thought of going for the Margaritaville look, but now that you said something I can see it lol. Really though, that room is my "fortress of solitude" from all of the work/life bs. So we'll still be in Scotland while you're in London, which is pretty cool! I've glanced at what record stores will be in our path but I don't have any solid plans either. A hard to find Nazareth 45 would be a nice score! Oddly enough it was the Windsor radio stations that used to break a lot of bands in the Detroit market - Canadian and American. We used to cruise on over there to see a lot of shows - bonus being the drinking age was 18 at the time. And back then Customs was far less agitated. Anyway, I'm finding that I do have a ton of Canadian music on my shelves, not at all by design. I'll seek out Irish or Scottish bands, but Canadian ones seem to infiltrate the collection organically. Something in the water, I guess. Take care man, and enjoy your trip!!
Hi Steve! I tend to do most of my digging at Flat Black & Circular in East Lansing, Dearborn Music and the Corner Record Shop in GR (though Dearborn's habit of putting those nearly impossible to remove price stickers on the covers irritates me to no end). I love picking up albums from obscure and lesser known bands. I guess it's the thrill of finding a "hidden gem". Thanks for watching!
Pleasure to meet you Dave🤘 great chennel.look forward to seeing your collection/journey
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Interesting albums! I've never listened to that Cooper record, guess I'm not in a hurry to either. Good video!
Thank you! Yeah, I managed to avoid listening to Easy Action because I've always heard/read less-than-flattering things about it. Turns out it was all true!
I'm not familiar with any of the artists except Alice Cooper. I'll have to check out Sad Café. Hope you’re doing well, Dave.
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you're having a good week so far!
Every time I see your videos I think I'm at the beach, what with the sunburst clock and the deep-blue-sea-colored wall. I love that for a wall color, it's so relaxing. Not at all familiar with Sad Cafe; there's a local band that I don't like called Pink Martini so I'd see that album cover and run. It's cool seeing band that didn't make it big but were relatively local to the person showing it (ie Fantacy Hill) - hard to go wrong with bar/pub rock and it just adds flavor to individuals' collections. Never listened to that Alice album. I don't know After All, but holy shit I think if one were to make a collection of only Canadian bands they'd have some pretty great music. A lot of Canadian bands are little-known in the US outside of border states. I've got a lot of Canadian music on CD because I live in Buffalo (a border city) for ages and listened to a lot of Canadian radio and saw a lot of Canadian bands. Annabella as a solo artist is not something I've listened to. I think the folks into Bow Wow Wow and Adam And the Ants at the time in a musical rather than visual sense were mostly attracted to the Burundi drumming, so I can see how BWW fans would not have followed her to her solo stuff. Funny that you'll be in Scotland in a bit; I'll be in London the second week of September. I don't have a bunch of digging planned, but when I travel overseas I mostly dig for 45s - easy to transport. Have fun!
Cheers, Tom
Hey Tom! Wow, thank you so much for the kind words! I hadn't really thought of going for the Margaritaville look, but now that you said something I can see it lol. Really though, that room is my "fortress of solitude" from all of the work/life bs. So we'll still be in Scotland while you're in London, which is pretty cool! I've glanced at what record stores will be in our path but I don't have any solid plans either. A hard to find Nazareth 45 would be a nice score! Oddly enough it was the Windsor radio stations that used to break a lot of bands in the Detroit market - Canadian and American. We used to cruise on over there to see a lot of shows - bonus being the drinking age was 18 at the time. And back then Customs was far less agitated. Anyway, I'm finding that I do have a ton of Canadian music on my shelves, not at all by design. I'll seek out Irish or Scottish bands, but Canadian ones seem to infiltrate the collection organically. Something in the water, I guess. Take care man, and enjoy your trip!!
I interesting how Annabella went the Madonna route. Where do you usually go for records Dave? Most of these groups I did not know
Hi Steve! I tend to do most of my digging at Flat Black & Circular in East Lansing, Dearborn Music and the Corner Record Shop in GR (though Dearborn's habit of putting those nearly impossible to remove price stickers on the covers irritates me to no end). I love picking up albums from obscure and lesser known bands. I guess it's the thrill of finding a "hidden gem". Thanks for watching!