Epic Records: Z 52959 Format: 12" LP, Standard Black Vinyl Includes: Original Custom Lyrics & Liner Notes Inner Sleeve Cover Condition: NM, Near Perfect! No flaws.
Always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve. Vinyl Condition: NM! Stunning copy! Lables are NM.
The inner sleeve is also NM!
Island Records: 510347-1 Format: 12" LP, Standard Black Vinyl Includes: Original Custom Graphics/Liner Notes Inner Sleeve Cover Condition: NM! Awesome copy! No splits, cut-outs or ring wear. Always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve. Vinyl Condition: NM! Beautiful copy, clean. Lables are very nice. The inner sleeve is also NM!
Geffen Records: GEF 24444 Format: 2X12" LP, Standard Black Vinyl Pressed in the Holland for U.S. distribution Includes: Original Custom Lyrics/Liner Notes Inner Sleeves Cover Condition: VG++! Slightly softened corners. No cut-outs, ring wear, or any other flaws. Always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve. Vinyl Condition: VG++! Very minor paper scuffing and a couple of superficial hairline marks! All lables are very nice. The inner sleeves are also VG+ with minor wear!
Includes: Original Custom Photo/Liner Notes Inner Sleeves
Cover Condition: NEAR MINT! Flawless! Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: NEAR MINT! Beautiful vinyl! Inner Sleeves also Near Mint!
Time Out of Mind is the thirtieth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in September 1997 on Columbia Records. It is his first double studio album as it was released on vinyl since 1970´s Self Portrait. (It was released also as a single CD).
Near Mint Original Pressing with Banned Cover Art and includes the deleted track "NEW YORK CITY COPS"
Made in the E.U. Rough Trade Records: RTRADELP030 Format: 12" LP, Black Vinyl Includes: Original generic white inner sleeve Cover Condition: NEAR MINT! Flawless Copy! Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve. Vinyl Condition: NEAR MINT! Played Once and still as good as the day I bought it!
Epic Records: E2 87125 Format: 2X12" Double LP, 180g Audiophile Vinyl Includes: BONUS 7" 45RPM - "Float On" b/w "I've Got It All (Most)"...and original high gloss custom inner sleeves. Cover Condition: Near Mint, Awesome Copy!Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve. Vinyl Condition: Near Mint! Hardly ever played! BONUS 7" 45RPM Near Mint! Custom inner sleeves also near mint!
Release Info: Good News for People Who Love Bad News is the fourth full-length album recorded by alternative rock band Modest Mouse. The album was released by Epic Records on April 6, 2004 on both CD and 180g/m² vinyl record. It was rereleased on DualDisc on October 11, 2005. The first two singles from the album were "Float On" and "Ocean Breathes Salty," both of which debuted on American radio stations in the first half of 2004.
Near Mint Original U.S. 1st Pressing Limited Edition Blue Vinyl! Original First Issue Foil Cover
The Control Group: CGO 17 Format: 12" Ltd. Ed. Blue Vinyl LP with Foil Cover Includes: Original generic white inner sleeve Cover Condition: Near Mint, Exceptional Copy! Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve. Vinyl Condition: Near Mint electric blue vinyl! Played Once!
Release Info: Hot Fuss is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band The Killers, released on June 7, 2004 in the United Kingdom and on June 15, 2004 in the United States. The album reached top of the album charts in both the United Kingdom and Australia, and stayed in the Top 50 of the Billboard 200 chart for over fifty weeks. Singles from the album include "Somebody Told Me", "Mr. Brightside", "All These Things That I've Done" and "Smile Like You Mean It". The Album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 2005 Grammy Awards.
Dreamworks Records: DRM2 50052 Format: 2X10"" Gatefold LP, Translucent Blue Vinyl Includes: Original graphics & lyrics inner sleeves Cover Condition: VG++ No ring wear, ever-so-slightly softened corners at top and bottom of spine. Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve. Vinyl Condition: Both discs Near Mint and oh so blue! Still like new, no surface noise - SILENT! Stunning! Inners are also near mint!
Release Info: Electro-Shock Blues is the second studio album by the band Eels, released on September 21, 1998 in the United Kingdom and October 20, 1998 in the United States.
Electro-Shock Blues was written largely in response to frontman Mark Oliver Everett's (more commonly known as E) sister's suicide and his mother's terminal lung cancer. Many of the songs deal with their decline, his response to loss, and coming to terms with suddenly becoming the only living member of his family (his father having died of a heart attack in 1982; Everett, then 19 years old, was the first to discover his body).
Though much of the album is, on its surface, bleak, its underlying message is that of coping with some of life's most difficult occurrences. The record begins with "Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor," a sparse piece composed of one of his deceased sister's final diary entries. Later, the album's emotional climax is reached in two tracks: "Climbing to the Moon", which draws upon E's experiences visiting his sister at a mental-health facility shortly before her death; and "Dead of Winter", a song about his mother's painful radiation treatment and slow succumbing. The album's last song, entitled "P.S. You Rock My World", is a hopeful bookend to "Elizabeth," containing subtly humorous lyrics that describe, among other things, an elderly woman at a gas station honking her car at E, incorrectly assuming he is the attendant, and E's decision that "maybe it's time to live."
According to the Eels official website, the song "Baby Genius" is about E's father, Dr. Hugh Everett III, a quantum physicist who authored the Many Worlds Theory. "Baby Genius" has, as the basis for its melody, the carol "O Sanctissima".
The album was received very well by critics, gaining 4.5 (out of 5) stars from Allmusic. The Los Angeles Times called Electro-Shock Blues "a brilliant work that combines often conflicting emotions so skillfully that you are reminded at times of the childhood innocence of Brian Wilson, the wicked satire of Randy Newman and the soul-baring intensity of John Lennon."
However, fans of the band's heavily promoted hit single ("Novocaine For the Soul") taken from its more pop-friendly first album Beautiful Freak seemed to be put off by Blues's sound and lyrics, sprinkled as they are with phrases such as "radiation sore throat got your tongue" and "they put the flower on the box / that's holding all the sand that was once you", due to which the album sold considerably less than Beautiful Freak.
The record has, though, gained cult status with fans, and is lauded by many to be the best album the Eels have recorded to date. In a 2004 re-review, Dom Passantino of Stylus Magazine included an endnote in which he called Electro-Shock Blues "the greatest album ever put together" and that to disagree or be ignorant of this made the reader an "idiot."
At the time of the album's recording, the only official Eels members were E himself and drummer Butch Norton, as Tommy Walter had left the band. Therefore, the recording features guest appearances by T-Bone Burnett, Lisa Germano, Grant Lee Phillips, and Jon Brion.
In addition to CD and cassette releases, Electro-Shock Blues was also offered on vinyl. This version included two 10" 33 RPM discs on see-through blue vinyl, limited to a small pressing.
"Cancer for the Cure" was also featured in the soundtrack to the 1999 film, American Beauty.
All songs written by E (Mark Oliver Everett) except where noted
1."Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor" – 2:08
2."Going to Your Funeral Part I" (E, Jim Jacobsen, and Parthenon Huxley) – 2:37
3."Cancer for the Cure" (E and Mickey Petralia) – 4:46
4."My Descent into Madness" (E, Paul Houston, Dan Nakamura, and Michael Simpson) – 3:54
5."3 Speed" – 2:45
6."Hospital Food" (Butch, E, and Jim Lang) – 3:23
7."Electro-Shock Blues" (E and Petralia) – 2:29
8."Efils' God" (E and Simpson) – 3:19
9."Going to Your Funeral Part II" (E and Jim Jacobsen) – 1:30
10."Last Stop: This Town" (E and Simpson) – 3:27
11."Baby Genius" (E and Lang) – 2:04
12."Climbing to the Moon" – 3:38
13."Ant Farm" – 2:11
14."Dead of Winter" – 2:59
15."The Medication Is Wearing Off" (E and Petralia) – 3:51
16."P.S. You Rock My World" – 3:08
Auction Link (ends August 26th) Epic Records: Z 47857 Format: 12" LP Black Vinyl Includes: Original custom lyrics inner sleeve Cover Condition: Very Good++ It's solid all around but it does have an ever so slight crease diagonally across the lower left corner (front only). See photo. Hardly ever pulled from the shelf and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve. Vinyl Condition: Near Mint - Only played a few times, still like new, no surface noise! Clean, clean, clean, immaculate!
Release Info: Ten is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band Pearl Jam, released on August 27, 1991 through Epic Records. Following the disbanding of bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard's previous group Mother Love Bone, the two recruited vocalist Eddie Vedder, guitarist Mike McCready, and drummer Dave Krusen to form Pearl Jam in 1990. Most of the songs began as instrumental jams, to which Vedder added lyrics about topics such as depression, homelessness, and abuse.
Ten was not an immediate success, but by late 1992 it had reached number two on the Billboard 200 chart. The album produced three hit singles: "Alive", "Even Flow", and "Jeremy". While Pearl Jam was accused of jumping on the grunge bandwagon at the time, Ten was instrumental in popularizing alternative rock in the mainstream. The album has been certified diamond by the RIAA in the United States, selling over 9,800,000 copies, and remains Pearl Jam's most successful album.
San Diego musician Eddie Vedder acquired a copy of the demo in September 1990, when it was given to him by former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons. Vedder listened to the demo, went surfing, and wrote lyrics the next day for "Dollar Short", "Agytian Crave", and "Footsteps". "Dollar Short" and "Agytian Crave" were later retitled "Alive" and "Once", respectively. Gossard and Ament heard the demo with Vedder's vocals and lyrics, and were impressed enough to fly Vedder out to Seattle for an audition. Meanwhile, Vedder had written lyrics for "E Ballad", retitled "Black". Vedder arrived on October 13, 1990 and rehearsed with the band (now joined by drummer Dave Krusen) for a week, writing eleven songs in the process. Vedder was soon hired as the band's singer, and the group signed to Epic Records shortly thereafter.
The band, then named Mookie Blaylock, entered London Bridge Studios in Seattle, Washington in March 1991 with producer Rick Parashar to record its debut album. A few tracks were previously recorded at London Bridge in January, but only "Alive" was carried over from that session. The album sessions were quick and lasted only a month, mainly due to the band having already written most of the material for the record. "Porch", "Deep", "Why Go", and "Garden" were first recorded during the album sessions, everything else had been previously recorded during demo sessions at some point. McCready said that "Ten was mostly Stone and Jeff; me and Eddie were along for the ride at that time." Ament stated, "We knew we were still a long way from being a real band at that point."
The recording sessions for Ten were completed in May 1991. Krusen left the band once the sessions were completed, checking himself into rehabilitation. According to Krusen, he was suffering from personal problems at the time. Krusen said, "It was a great experience. I felt from the beginning of that band that it was something special," and added, "They had to let me go. I couldn't stop drinking, and it was causing problems. They gave me many chances, but I couldn't get it together." The band joined Tim Palmer in June in England for mixing. Palmer decided to mix the album at Ridge Farm Studios in Dorking, a converted farm that according to Palmer was "about as far away from an L.A. or New York studio as you can get." Palmer made a few additions to the already-recorded songs, including having McCready finish up the guitar solo on "Alive" and tweaking the intro to "Black". Palmer overdubbed a pepper shaker and a fire extinguisher as percussion on "Oceans".
Ten initially sold slowly upon its release, but by the second half of 1992 it became a breakthrough success, attaining an RIAA gold certification. Almost a year after its release, the album finally broke into the top ten of the Billboard 200 album chart on May 30, 1992, reaching number eight. Ten would eventually peak at number two. It was held off the top spot by the Billy Ray Cyrus album, Some Gave All. By February 1993, American sales of Ten surpassed those of Nevermind, the breakthrough album by fellow grunge band Nirvana. Ten continued to sell well two years after its release; in 1993 it was the eighth best-selling album in the United States, outselling Pearl Jam's second album, Vs. As of April 2009, Ten has sold 9.6 million copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan, and has been certified thirteen times platinum by the RIAA.
The album's cover art features the members of the band at the time of recording in a group pose and standing in front of a wood cut-out of the name "Pearl Jam". The wood cut-out was constructed by Ament. Ament said, "The original concept was about really being together as a group and entering into the world of music as a true band...a sort of all-for-one deal." Ament is credited for the album's artwork and art direction, Lance Mercer receives credit for photography, and both Lisa Sparagano and Risa Zaitschek are credited for design. Ament stated, "There was a bit of headbutting going on with the Sony art department at that time. The version that everybody got to know as the Ten album cover was pink and it was originally intended to be more of a burgundy color and the picture of the band was supposed to be black and white." Pearl Jam's original name was taken from the professional basketball player Mookie Blaylock. It was changed after the band signed to Epic Records, as record executives were concerned about intellectual property and naming rights following Blaylock's inking of an endorsement deal with Nike. In commemoration of the band's original name, the band titled its first album Ten after Blaylock's jersey number.
Cover Condition:Near Mint - Purchased brand new by me, pulled from the shelf only a few times and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Near Mint - Only played a few times, still like new!
Release Info: Sea Change is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock artist Beck and was released in September 2002. Inspired by the dissolution of a relationship, Sea Change received glowing reviews upon its release.
Sea Change peaked at #8 on Billboard's Top 200 chart and was eventually certified gold in March 2005. In the UK charts, it peaked at #20. As of July 2008, Sea Change has sold 680,000 copies in the United States.
On Sea Change, much of Beck's trademark recondite, ironic lyrics were replaced by more sincere, simpler lyrical content. He also eschewed the heavy sampling of his previous albums for real, live instrumentation. In interviews, Beck cited the breakup with his long-term girlfriend as the major influence on the album.
In 2002, Sea Change was one of only two albums to receive Rolling Stone magazine's highest rating of five stars, the other being Bruce Springsteen's The Rising. The magazine went on to call it the best album of 2002. The next year, the album was ranked number 440 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It was ranked number 17 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 best albums of the 00s.
Sea Change was released with four different album covers, each version containing distinct artwork on the CD and the booklet. There were also different hidden messages (lyrical snippets) written under each version's CD tray.
The original cover art for the album was used as an effigy in the music video for lead single "Lost Cause".
It is said that the album sound concept is inspired by the sound of Serge Gainsbourg's album Histoire de Melody Nelson. Beck would later produce an album for, and record with, Gainsbourg's daughter Charlotte.
All songs written by Beck Hansen.
1."The Golden Age" – 4:35
2."Paper Tiger" – 4:36
3."Guess I'm Doing Fine" – 4:49 4."Lonesome Tears" – 5:38 5."Lost Cause" – 3:47 6."End of the Day" – 5:03 7."It's All in Your Mind" – 3:06 8."Round the Bend" – 5:15 9."Already Dead" – 2:59 10."Sunday Sun" – 4:45 11."Little One" – 4:27 12."Side of the Road" – 3:23
Includes: All original inserts! Tri-fold poster, Bong Load Sticker, and Merchandise Order Form Cover Condition: Near Mint - Pulled from the shelf only a few times and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Near Mint - Only played a few times, still like new!
Release Info: Odelay is the fifth studio album by American alternative rock artist Beck, originally released on June 18, 1996 on Bong Load Records. After the mainstream success of "Loser", Odelay featured several hit singles, including "Where It's At", "Devils Haircut", and "The New Pollution". The album peaked at #16 on the Billboard 200 chart and eventually sold over 2 million copies in the United States. It was also Beck's first hit album in the United Kingdom, making #17; it has since gone platinum in the UK.
The sessions for what would become Odelay originally began as a subdued, acoustic affair. In 1994, Beck started to record tracks for his follow-up to Mellow Gold with Bong Load producers Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf. Hansen had recently experienced a number of personal tragedies (including the death of his grandfather, Al Hansen), and the tone of the songs as well as their production were considerably somber. Only a handful of tracks from these sessions have been released: "Ramshackle", "Feather in Your Cap", and "Brother". All three of these songs are acoustic, sparse, and melancholic, and have a haunting sound very different from the more upbeat, "party" style of Odelay. Beck would eventually return to this downbeat style with his 1998 album, Mutations.
He would eventually abandon work with Rothrock and Schnapf, opting to work with the Dust Brothers instead. The Dust Brothers' production style was notably more upbeat and hip-hop-focused; their résumé included work with The Beastie Boys and Tone Lōc.
The title is a phonetic English rendering of the Mexican slang interjection "órale." The phrase "odelay" is repeated in the lyrics during the outro of the song "Lord Only Knows".
The album's unusual cover photo, which has been misinterpreted as a mop head jumping over a hurdle, is actually a real photo of a Komondor, a rare Hungarian breed of dog with thick matted hair. The image was chosen at the last minute after Beck failed to decide on an album cover. The image was presented to him by his girlfriend and was chosen almost out of desperation. The typeface was chosen by a record company worker.
Odelay won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1997, as well as a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Where It's At'. It was ranked 16 in Spin's "100 Greatest Albums, 1985-2005". It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, and also in the NME's annual critics poll. In 1998, Q magazine readers voted Odelay the 51st greatest album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 305 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Voters in Channel 4's 2005 "100 Greatest Albums" poll placed it at number 73. The music website Pitchfork Media ranked it at #19 on their top 100 albums of the 1990s.
All songs written by Beck, John King and Michael Simpson, except where noted. All tracks produced by Beck Hansen and The Dust Brothers, except where noted.
1."Devils Haircut" – 3:14
2."Hotwax" – 3:49
3."Lord Only Knows" (Beck Hansen) – 4:14
4."The New Pollution" – 3:39
5."Derelict" – 4:12
6."Novacane" – 4:37
7."Jack-Ass" – 4:11
8."Where It's At" – 5:30
9."Minus" (Beck Hansen) – 2:32
Produced by Beck Hansen, Mario Caldato Jr. and Brian Paulson.
10."Sissyneck" – 3:52
11."Readymade" – 2:37
12."High 5 (Rock the Catskills)" – 4:10
13."Ramshackle" (Beck Hansen) – 7:29
Cover Condition: Near Mint - Purchased brand new by me, pulled from the shelf only a few times and always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: Near Mint - Only played a few times, still like new!
Release Info: Heartbreaker is the debut studio album by alternative country musician Ryan Adams, released September 5, 2000. The album was recorded over fourteen days at Woodland Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. It was nominated for the 2001 Shortlist Music Prize. The album is said to be inspired by Adams's break-up with music-industry publicist Amy Lombardi.
According to Adams, the album's title originates from a poster of Mariah Carey: "My manager called and said, 'You have 15 seconds to name this record,' "My eyes focused on this poster of Mariah wearing a T-shirt that said HEARTBREAKER. I just shouted, 'Heartbreaker!'"
English DJ Mark Ronson remixed the song "AMY" for his 2007 album Version. The song "To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)" is featured in the 2006 film "Accepted", the 2002 film "The Slaughter Rule", and the 2003 film Old School, a cover version of this song was also released in 2009 by David Rawlings on the Dave Rawlings Machine album "A Friend of a Friend." "Come Pick Me Up" is featured in the film Elizabethtown (which also featured two other Ryan Adams songs) and in a Series 2 episode of Skins. It was also named #285 on Pitchfork Media's "Top 500 songs of the 2000's.
1 (Argument With David Rawlings Concerning Morrissey) 0:37
2 To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High) 3:04
3 My Winding Wheel 3:13
4 AMY 3:46
5 Oh My Sweet Carolina 4:57
6 Bartering Lines 3:59
7 Call Me on Your Way Back Home 3:09
8 Damn, Sam (I Love a Woman That Rains) 2:08
9 Come Pick Me Up 5:18
10 To Be the One 3:01
11 Why Do They Leave? 3:38
12 Shakedown on 9th Street 2:53
13 Don't Ask for the Water 2:56
14 In My Time of Need 5:39
15 Sweet Lil Gal (23rd/1st) 3:39
