What Did You Buy on Record Store Day 2013?

Music Trader (A.K.A. Indie-Rock Central)
Purchases: Titus' Andronicus' Local Business (new, $17.99), The Motors' Greatest Hits (used, $8.99)
Store quality: Hipsterific!
Buyers' Remorse: Low on the Titus, a highlight of 2012 but medium on The Motors which is an imperfect distillation of an imperfect band.
Clerks irritated: One (out of two).





The Folk Festival Music Store (A.K.A. Your source for classic rock, folk music and zithers)
Purchases: Undertones Positive Touch/The Sin of Pride ($18.99) The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem ($21.99).
Store quality: Folktastic,
Buyers' remorse: Very low for Positive Touch, which I love more every year but higher for Sin of Pride which is a pretty tepid affair and non-existent for The Clancy Brothers since it includes their first four, and probably best albums on two CDs.
Clerks irritated: one (of one)





Entertainment Exchange (A.K.A. Where the 90s go to die)
Purchases: The Methadones - Ill at Ease [$3.99]
Store quality: Entertaining with a high quantity of the Blues.
Buyers' Remorse: Low, I mean it's my least favorite album by Dan Vapid (ex-Screeching Weasel) and The Methadones but for less than four bucks – steal!
Clerks irritated: Less than one but there really wasn't sufficient time...





White Star Diner
Food Purchased: Pulled Pork Sandwich with Bacon, Tomato and Cheese.
Store Quality: Clean, well-lit and tasty.
Buyers' remorse: Two steps closer to death...
Clerks irritated: Too hungry to tell...

(P.S. Yeah I also bought the new double-CD re-issues of the first two albums by The Boys last week from the Folk Store and neglected to mention that!)

Needless to say the albums kick-ass and are in a far better format than the old both-albums-on-one CD I used to have.





So readers, tell us what you bought on (or near) Record Store Day in the COMMENTS section!

The Yobs: Xmas II

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Roberto's Rarities:
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"Hi Jeffen, here is the long time out-of-print Yobs (a.k.a. The Boys) Xmas II from 1991.Yes, it's stupid and childish (take a look at the lyric sheet...) and full of stinkers ("Yob Rap" and "Xmas Guantanamera" are particularly appalling) but at its best it's a great Pistols-Swindle-era sound-alike for us aging old punks..."

So let us know what you think of the offense-for-offense's sake style of The Yobs in the COMMENTS section (which is where you'll find the Xmas II link).

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Pete Stride and John Plain - Laugh at Me 7'' (1980)

 
Roberto's Rarities:
An irregular MRML series powered by the wild generosity of our reader, Roberto: Enjoy and don't forget to leave our benefactor a thank-you comment.

A joining together of Pete Stride from The Lurkers' and John Plain of The Boys led to the highly enjoyable 1980 album New Guitar in Town (which can be found over at the delectable PowerPopCriminals). One of the highlights of the album is the cover of Sonny Bono's "Laugh At Me" that was released as the album's sole single.

The spiffy bonus here is the extremely rare non-album B-side, "Jimmy Brown", which sounds a bit like the Ramones covering a Bruce Springsteen outtake.




Let us know what you think of the work of Stride & Plain in the COMMENTS section (where the Laugh at Me 7''link can be found).

Update: for another Boys-related version of "Jimmy Brown" go HERE.