Amoeba san francisco Staff
New Drifters (LP)
The American Analog Set
The American Analog Set were an under the radar indie band out of Austin Texas that got it's start in the mid 90s. This box set covers their first 3 albums and a whole double LP of singles and bonus tracks. After this period their sound really changed and lost a lot of it's initial magic. One might say it was the departure of organist Lisa Roschmann that caused them to jump the shark. The first 2 records are old favorites of mine. I love the droning farfisa sound, the drums played with brushes, the kinda twangy guitar... it's all great. I was introduced to them in college by a good friend who said he listened to them on repeat while playing the Sega Master System game Fantasy Zone. This has to be the most stoner thing I've ever heard from someone who didn't smoke and I still think about it when I listen to these records 26 years later. This new Numero box looks amazing and I hope it finds them a new audience and gets them back into that pre 21st century groove.
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Emmy
Amoeba San Francisco
Vinyl DJ, Sandiwich Enthusiast Tip: Clean your records!
The Wedding Singer OST (LP)
V/A
The 80's classics are fun and cute, but you really wan this album for Adam Sandler performing the awesome breakup song, "Somebody Please Kill Me".
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Where Did You Sleep Last Night (LP)
Leadbelly
Before there was Elvis and Nirvana, there was Leadbelly, and he does it best!
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Jon Voight
Amoeba San Francisco
Jon Voight's role as Joe Buck in the groundbreaking film "Midnight Cowboy" earned him an Oscar nomination and launched his career into the big-time.
Crazy Horse Never Died (LP)
Roxy Gordon
Your favorite poet's favorite poet. Like if Terry Allen fronted Crass
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Everything Harmony (LP)
Lemon Twigs
Hooks, looks, emotion. A working model for the next decade of Rock and Roll.
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Fairweather Friend (LP)
Umbrellas
I love this record because it makes me happy and sad at the same time.
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Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (LP)
Lucinda Williams
This record blends country, pop & rock in a manner so tasteful, so perfectly contextualized, it can be paralleled only by the genre-defining seminal work of The Byrds' "Sweethearts of the Rodeo"
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The Narrow Gate (Cassette)
Bridge Gamble
The indentation left on modernity by nature's mystery leads to high weirdness in the high desert while mama and papa pray for their child from back home.
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Joaquin
Amoeba San Francisco
*Turns to face the strange*
Good Time/Hard Time (LP)
Teleman
Even more well written lyrics set to the same perfect blend of synth and guitar pop delivered by Teleman in their first full length album since 2018. A bit more personal at moments than their previous work, but certainly no less danceable.
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JJUUIICES (LP)
TTRRUUCES
Harmony rich and heavily (though not overly) produced psych-pop fills the sophomore album by TTRRUUCES. Welcome is the scattering of genre-bending tracks throughout.
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The Days of Wine and Roses (Expanded Edition) (LP)
The Dream Syndicate
An expanded edition of the 1982 paisley classic. Though it is well worth a listen in its original form, the 40th anniversary edition is full of welcome additions (with 54 total tracks!) A plethora of very well recorded live songs and some fantastically loud, fuzzy backstage rehearsals (including some surprising but very well done covers) fill out the bonus content.
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Lovelife (2023 Remaster) (LP)
Lush
Remaster and re-release of (I'll add a "probably" here to protect my future self) the finest Lush album. Wonderfully constructed tunes with lots of jangle in the guitar and excellent hooks, what more do you really need?
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Lemon Lights (LP)
Seablite
The newest LP from the San Francisco group is filled with stellar vocal production and some classic dreamy guitar sounds. Give it a go if you need your fill of some high energy, reverb-laden shoegazey pop.
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Let’s Stomp! Merseybeat and Beyond 1962-1969 (CD)
V/A
This is a new three CD compilation box set from Cherry Red sublabel, Strawberry Records. A great listen from start to end; with 93 songs stretching tactfully from the classic to the obscure (and a rather nice full-color, track by track booklet), there’s more than one sitting of great British R&B to be had here. Two standout tracks are Ian and the Zodiacs’ cover of “Beachwood 4-5789” (with some clever lyrical alterations) and the original US version of the Ray Davies penned masterpiece “All Night Stand” by the Thoughts. Several previously unreleased songs also feature, including some from Joe Meek’s so called “Tea Chest Tapes.” If you’re on the hunt for a fantastic collection of merseybeat, freakbeat, and British blues, you need look no further!
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Nadja M
Amoeba San Francisco
The Great Puccini - Deutsche Grammophon (CD)
Johathan Tetelman tenor,
Mr. Tetelman, a young Chilean-American tenor, is a standout opera star of his generation. In this gorgeous collection of Puccini's tenor arias, his singing displays both a miraculous breath control in quieter moments, as well as a brilliant tone and impressive power in the upper range. This fine young singer is a pleasure to hear, in this beloved standard repertoire.
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10 Album Classics - Sony Classical (CD)
Leonard Bernstein
This CD set showcases 10 of Maestro Bernstein's most seminal recordings on the Columbia label. His musical versatility is clearly evident, whether as the piano accompanist to the great baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, in a set of Mahler songs, or when conducting The New York Philharmonic or The Columbia Symphony, in master works of Haydn, Beethoven, Dvorak, or the definitive recordings of his own compositions such as 'An American in Paris', 'Candide' and 'West Side Story'.
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'Childhood Tales" - Decca (CD)
Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano
Isata, of the accomplished Kanneh-Mason family, has already made a great name for herself, both as recital partner with her cellist brother Sheku, and as a piano soloist. This collection of works, the titles all pertaining to children, is not easy or elemental piano at all. The artist does perform them with a warmth and facility that is a treat for the listener, and the Debussy "Children's Corner" set is particularly charming in her rendition.
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