Certainly nothing to compare to many of the collectors here; but I'm still wound up from moving a network today for a foreign company (trying to explain the frustrating nuence to working with telco's with agitated foreign nationals while trying to dance gracefully in a train wreck can be exillerating tio say the least. Hey, but no wounds...overly gregarious today, I am)...
so I updated my music purchase database. It represents last 2-3 of weeks. I'm mostly a catelogue junkie.
Grateful Dead From the Vault 3
Bowie, David Young Americans DVD/A
Silver, Horace You Gotta Take A Little
Prince Planet Earth
Smashing Pumpkins Zeitgeist
Stewart, Rod unplugged
Miles, Buddy The Best of Buddy Miles
McCartney, Paul Choas and Creation in the Backyard
Reed, Lou Live In Italy
Stitt, Sonny "Live" at the Left Bank
Queen News of the World
Hawkwind Cosmic Overdrive
Jennings, Waylon Nashville Rebel

Come on, you uber-collectors...squash me!

Here's the spoils of Jimbo Lunches for the past 3 weeks or so--at least what's still sitting on my desk at work:

NEW CDs

Editors
Polyphonic Spree (deluxe)
Manic Street Preachers
Suzanne Vega
Silverchair
Robert Gordon w/ Chris Spedding
Prince
They Might Be Giants
Raspberries (2 CDs + DVD)
Hairspray (strk)
Simpsons Movie (strk)
Tegan & Sara
Rooney
Smashing Pumpkins
Beatallica
Nick Lowe
Steve Forbert
Spoon
Chemical Bros.


COMPS/BEST OFS

Garbage (2 CDs)
William Bell
Johnnie Taylor
Eddie Floyd
Tracy Lawrence
Nick Drake
Ani DeFranco (early advance, 2CDs)
Frank Black (2CDs)
Elvis Presley (at the movies, 2CDs)
Chet Atkins (2 CDs)
Waylon Jennings (2CDs)

MULTI-ARTIST COMPS

Now! 25
Twang! (Shadows tribute, discussed elsewhere)
"San Francisco Nuggets" (sampler from the forthcoming Rhino box)
We All Love Ella
Holland/Dozier/Holland box set

REISSUES

ELP
Joe Satriani (CD + DVD)
Laurie Anderson
Johnny Rivers
Jennifer Warnes
Doors (live in Boston, 3 CDs)
Slayer (CD + DVD)
David Bowie (CD + DVD)
Bobby Bare (2 CDs)
Waylon Jennings (2 CDs + DVD)
Foo Fighters
Mugwumps

MISC

Pink Floyd: Meddle (MoFi gold)
Eric Burden & Animals: The Twain Shall Meet (import)
Bob Dylan: Blues (Barnes & Noble give-away)
Placebo: Extended Play '07 (8 track EP)

Jimbo, what is the Holland-Dozier-Holland box set? Is it the UK 3-CD Invictus box?

Amazon.com tells me it's a Hip-O 3-CD box, mainly of Motown tracks, but also some HDH-Invictus tracks.

Hey Jimbo, where'd you get that Meddle MFSL? I've been debating whether to get it for awhile, or just stick with my current remastered version...

Yep, that's the one. All stuff that they wrote, produced, or recorded themselves. Released in 2005, but I just noticed it at 'Rama last week.

P.S. Today's bounty at J&R:

Very Best of LIttle Milton
Knife: Silent Shout (deluxe edition, 2CDs + DVD)
Tenpole Tudor: Stiff Anthology (2 CDs; compiles both albums and a boatload of bonus tracks, $11.99)

Knife was recommended by our ICEr friend Steve (a.k.a. Seg) in a thread a couple weeks ago, and I had to try it. He's never steered me wrong!

Can Holland-Dozier-Holland's collected works really fit on 3 CD's only? I'd have thought they created more music than that. Whatever, this box is a must for me. And the Invictus box, which should also cover Hot Wax AFAIK.

Oh, I misread Jimbo's post. I thought he wrote "all the stuff".

It turned up at Bleecker St. Records, I'm sure we must've shopped there during one of your NYC trips (a couple blocks over from 'Rama). One of the few places left that doesn't charge an arm and a leg for used collectables--I got the Floyd MoFi for $15.

The store stocks fewer used CDs than they used too, but the turn-over is high, and once in a while I find a goodie. Got a Japanese 2-CD pressing of Angel's Live Without a Net there for about 12 bucks, sure it would command much more on eBay.

The only cd's I got this past weekend were Modest Mouse's We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank and Billy Ray Cyrus's Home at Last. They were both first time purchases for me from either of them but are well worth it in my opinion since both are great.

Well, let's see if I can be competitive with the master...Most of these bought w/in the last 3-4 weeks

New Releases:
Paul McCartney-Memory (reg version and import LP) (already had Deluxe)
Wilco-Sky Blue Sky (LP and CD/DVD)
Ryan Adams-Easy Tiger (Orange vinyl and CD)
Tommy Womack-There, I Said It
Velvet Revolver-Libertad
Rush-Snakes & Arrows (DVD box and LP)
Southern Culture on the Skids- Countryploitan (LP and CD)
Southern Culture on the Skids- Double Wide & Live (LP)
Los Straightjackets- En Espanol (LP)
Golden Smog- One Fine Day (LP already had CD)
Golden Smog- Blood on the Slacks (LP and CD)
Bruce Springsteen- Live in Dublin
Adrienne Young- Room to Grow
Josh Stone- Introducing (deluxe ed w/dvd)
Amy Winehouse-Back to Black

Comps/Best of's:

Beach Boys-Warmth of the Sun
The Police
The Clash-The Singles
Elvis Costello-RnR Music
Elvis Costello-The Best of the 1st 10 yrs
Alan Parson Project-The Essential
The Band-Best of a Musical History (deluxe w/dvd)
Paul Simon-Essential (deluxe w/dvd)

Multi Artists Comps:

Freeway Jam-To Beck & Back
New Wave-Gold
Montery Int Pop Festival (2 disc reissue)
Mullets Rock Too
Jimmy Buffett/Alan Jackson/ George Strait-Live in TX
Heartworn Highways- Sdtk/comp
British Invasion-Gold

Reissues:

Pretenders-I, II, Get Close & Learning to Crawl
Monty Python- Another,Previous, Life, Meaning
Jethro Tull--Little Light Music, Rock Is & Roots to Branches
Willie Nelson--Complete Atlantic Rec (3cd box)
Gram Parsons- Complete Reprise box
Traveling Wilbury's-Deluxe box
Elvis Costello-new digi's of Get, Trust, Goodbye & King
Alan Parsons-Eye in the Sky
Willie Nelson-Tx in my Soul
ELO-Out of the Blue (deluxe) & Balance of Power
John Lennon-Walls & Bridges
John Mellencamp-Mr Happy Go Lucky

That does it for today. I go out again tomorrow.
Getting ready to get that new Son Volt LP only of The Search with lp only bonus tracks as well as the new Garbage

Rich

I'm not even going to try to compete, but my most recent purchases are:

Dale Hawkins - Daredevil (rare acetates compiled on CD)
The Drifters - Featuring Clyde McPhatter/Rockin' & Driftin'
The Drifters - Up on the Roof/Under the Boardwalk
Miles Davis - Cookin'
Captain & Tennille - Songs of Joy - The Complete Captain & Tennille Collection

The mighty Captain & Tennille made some of the best pop of the '70s. I haven't listened to all six albums yet, but so far hardly a duff track! And this box is great value for money, as it's mid-price. Next up is The Complete Tony Orlando & Dawn box, also six CD's at mid-price.

Your arteries are going to clog from all that cheese!

Ah well, you only live once - and if I want to rock out, I can put on some Dale Hawkins!

Ba da da dump bang.

What does this mean?

My bad attempt at a drum hit and cymbal clang. Sorry it sucked as did the lame joke. No fun points for me this Friday, right?

I thought you were imitating the beat of "Suzie Q" by Dale Hawkins! If you like CCR's cover, try the original as well.