mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 10hA fine record from some legends, but I can't even begin to understand why they had to use a picture of a picture (with the binding showing!) for the cover. It doesn't make a lick of sense. I need a podcast about the decisions that led up to it. 060
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This album sounds so, so good, and I'd wager that this actual copy was never played before I got it. The guy I bought it from said it survived two garage sales with a $5 asking price. Well, OK, then! 080
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 01/10/2026HELLO. I went to see Beck at the Masonic over the weekend, and it reminded me to listen to this, one of my favorite thrift store finds. 0161
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Did I "need" this? No. Is it a "practical" investment? No. Am I "behind on my mortgage?" That's none of your business. But all I know is that I have one more Impulse spine for the shelves and a little extra Television dust in the house, and it's absolutely worth it. 1152
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 13/07/2026This was an instant-buy for me because I love piano-bass duos and because I trust Niels to have good taste and play the heck out of a danged bass. I was not expecting it to be *this* good. I'll need to sit on it for a while, but it's making me think it's up there. This One's for Blanton good. 060
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Drove past an estate sale to go to Amoeba instead. Was rewarded yet again. So much cheap heat there. Not sponsored. (But willing to be.) 0110
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 10/07/2026You can go into 75 percent of the record stores in America and come out with a clean copy of this for $5. More people should do that. 280
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Scientists say that the little strip of cardboard makes the music sound better. It's in several scientific journals. Look it up. 1120
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I've been looking for this one forever, found it in a $1 bin. Shoutout to the people who took this off the shelves, then put it back roughly without damaging the record inside. You're always out there saving me money. (I love Duke in a small combo, and this is an a-plus lineup.) 0150
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I don't know if there's any sense in choosing a "favorite" anything, but when it comes to favorite all-time vocalists ... he's in the conversation. Doesn't hurt that he's the voice of at least two perfect albums, including this one. 1110
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 04/05/2026I pretty much pick up any cheap Pablo record and anything with Joe Pass, so this was a no-brainer, but I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. It's an updated Basie, but not in a corny or forced way – a natural evolution, shown off in a killer combo. 190
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 22/04/2026i lied, i'll keep going to thrift stores because one time out of 100, they pay off every time. I've been listening to a lot of Chico since finding one recently, and EcoThrift got the memo that it was apparently Chico Hamilton Week for me. Every week should be Chico Hamilton Week for folks, imo. 0140
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 19/04/2026catholicism is so hot right now, posting sarah vaughan singing the pope's poetry 0110
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Listening to this, I can understand why he found success in TV and film. He was good at giving you melodies you wanted to hear again and again, which isn't exactly rewarded in jazz. Really enjoy this album. 281
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Record exec: You get that picture for the Chico Hamilton album cover? Photographer: Sure did boss, you can see his pores and every individual mustache hair, just like you asked. Record exec: what 3120
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Found another autographed Marian McPartland. I'd rather use these kind of unlikely odds to win the lottery or find a Honus Wagner T206, but I'll take the small wins when they come. 080
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Feels like Professor Jazz should be its own category. Here are some professors blowing tuba jazz, which is way cooler than it sounds. The guitarist (Jack Petersen) on this rips. 040
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 04/04/2026I'm pretty much done with estate sales and thrift stores. I can scratch the same itch every couple months by going to the best bargain bins around the Bay Area. Look at this beauty. It was in the bargain bins because of a seam split, but the record is in great shape. You don't play the cover. 3192
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 21/03/2026RECORD LABEL: Bobby, do a country album BOBBY WOMACK: No. LABEL: You can take a picture on a horse with a cowboy hat and a pipe clenched between your teeth. BOBBY: 4253
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 16/03/2026One of my biggest musical gaps – a common one – is the era right before the Beatles. Music changed so much after that it's easy to ignore whatever was hot right before. This is so, so much fun. Listen to the crowd! You see it at every thrift store, so it shouldn't be too hard to find a clean one. 180
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I'm so glad I didn't know about ECM when I was a teenager. I probably would have hated it. But I love a lot of what they did, and I'll grab anything with Gary Burton or Eberhard Weber from any era. 160
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 27/02/2026when Dylan's album of welp-gonna-die-soon songs came out, I assumed he was 89, and I refuse to look up how old he actually was 160
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 24/02/2026This would have been an instant classic if it came out in 1965, 1975, 1985, 2005, 2015, 2025, or 2035. Timeless. 0100
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 23/02/2026I would have been obsessed with this album if I'd found it decades ago, when I was deep in the No Depression weeds. It's so good, and it has a Santa Rosa shoutout from Rose Maddox on the back. 040
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 20/02/2026I've been looking for a J.D. Blackfoot forever, and I found one in an Indio bargain bin. It's a little southern, a little prog, a little blues, and the lyrics go pretty danged hard. A really fun listen. 170
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Maybe my all-time favorite example of “you don’t listen to the cover.” Got this for two bucks today, and while the cover is roached, the record is glossy and clean. It sounds great. 1110
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 10/02/2026i would like to introduce you to my son, Rain Dogs 1192
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Such a good album. I love late-career jazz legends putting their spin on a more modern sound. You won't be surprised to learn that Kenny Burrell is amazing on it. 081
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Today’s afternoon estate sale find. I’m sure two dozen flippers passed on it because it’s not worth much, but the music rules. 1121
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Think that every time I listen to this masterpiece, I'm going to post about it. It should get "Sweetheart of the Rodeo"-type love. 2101
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 05/02/2026The title track is perfect, the album is great, the cover is a minimalist masterpiece, and the color matches my shelves. 10/10. 091
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 04/02/2026It's not all jazz! This is one of the prides of my collection, just because of the promo stuff and the Bay Area roots. 060
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 03/02/2026There's a story with this one, but the short version is that I found it in a Goodwill for $1. Amazing, bluesy album. Love to hear Hawk in a 12-bar kind of setting, just to mix things up. 3130
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 02/02/2026My favorite kind of record store find: an album that I know backward and forward, but never thought to seek out the album. 241
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 30/01/2026All in all, a very good day at Econo Jam Records, especially in their bargain bin. I would have bought this for $3 just to hear what he was doing in the '70s, then I saw the back cover. People talk too much about "Vegas Elvis" and not enough about "Silver Fox Gerry Mulligan" 3131
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 30/01/2026A great way for me to tell if I'll like a record that isn't in high demand is if it was repressed in Japan, especially in the last decade. They know ball, so trombones, vibraphones, and vocals never fell out of style there. Listening now, and it's great. 1122
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 26/01/2026When I take a Miles Davis album out, this is the one before it that I pull out to keep its place. It makes unreasonably happy. The sound I made when I found out this existed while digging through the bargain bin. (And I would have bought it for Henry Kaiser anyway.) 270
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Finally getting around to listening to the outtakes, and ... the dude really wrote an entire album's worth of Wildflowers-quality songs that didn't make the cut, huh 0120
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 21/01/2026I'm not the pickiest guy when it comes to condition in most cases. If it plays without skipping, I can probably deal with it. There are exceptions, though. This copy is perfect other than three short pops on side 2, and I can't wait to upgrade. 170
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 20/01/2026i can't find the journal right now, but there was a scientific study that proved that Japanese obis make records sound better. Don't bother looking for it, but it was definitely a real published study, and I for one agree. 060
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Evans probably isn't in my top five pianists (in terms of how often I listen), and Hall might not be top 10, but I'm drawn to this one enough that I'll probably adjust that. 160
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 15/01/2026[pushes button on broken intercom that isn't even plugged in] Liz, hold my calls for a few hours 070
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 14/01/2026I'm starting to enjoy Ellington's '60s and '70s output as much as anything he ever did. I'm a sucker for duo records, and here are two of the best to ever do it. 130
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Got a shiny new Tone Poet pressing of a favorite. The first chord from Ellington is such an incredible match of energy. It sounds so good here. This replaces a Czechoslovakian pressing that couldn't stand up on its own. I was always rooting for this record in a Li'l Brudder kind of way. 090
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 12/01/2026One of my favorite live albums ever. Play it for the Dead-skeptical folks in your life. Rest in peace, Bob. 070
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 08/01/2026I've always been the freak that likes the Dead's studio stuff way more than most live stuff, especially the '70s albums. 050
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 07/01/2026I've been to the Livermore Goodwill ~ 20 times now. Nineteen of those times, they had nothing, absolutely nothing. But one time, they had this (and about a dozen more stunners, from Weird Al to Jaco). It's shit like this that keeps me going back to the absolute worst thrift stores. 0100
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Really enjoying this one. So many good names. (Also, Cecil Taylor and Ronnie Montrose should have jammed.) 080
mystupidrecords.bsky.social @mystupidrecords.bsky.social · 05/01/2026New year, let's post more. Here's one I got in a record store in Dallas for $2. Nobody buys trombone anymore, and I don't get it. It's just a drunk trumpet. J.J. is incredible, and he's great at letting his sidemen go nuts. No ego. 0141
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Sioux warriors teach your children
The white man's evil tongue
Make them know the name of Crazy Horse
And the battles he has won
So they will know the truth
When it's knowledge that they crave
Let them sing of the Land of the Free
And the Home of the Brave
And of the Great White Father that dug my grave
[Verse 6]
Brown rivers once were blue
Now the fish float upside-down
Ancestral burial grounds
That's where you've built your towns
The smokestacks from your factories
They pollute my skies
You slaughtered all my buffalo
And you left me here to die
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