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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 8h

This is another one of those elusive vintage psych albums I've always wanted but never found in the wilds. For 2bux in NM-/VG+ condition (a couple small minor surface scuffs, cover fairly pristine), I'm happy to add this into the collection.

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 8h

Another from Saturday's garage sale score: the 1968 first album by San Francisco's AUM, on an early incarnation of Seymour Stein's Sire Records label (then distributed by London in the US).

#musicsky #music 1of2

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 13h

I knew nothing of this artist and her 1977 album found at a garage sale but my gut instinct told me to grab it (just 2$). Glad I did. Now Playing: Kazuko Shiraishi Featuring #SamRivers – Dedicated To The Late #JohnColtrane And Other #Jazz #Poems #musicsky #jazzsky

I knew nothing about this artist when I found this 1977 album at the garage sale Saturday morning but my gut instinct told me -- given the subject matter and guest artists -- to grab it (especially for just 2bux). Glad I did. Now Playing: Kazuko Shiraishi Featuring Sam Rivers – Dedicated To The Late John Coltrane And Other Jazz Poems

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 17h

Haven't compared it yet to my orange UK RCA press but so far it sounds wonderful. Flea market find Sunday for 2$.

Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 17h

Finally found a (as far as I know) 1st press of Dave Edmunds' wonderful 2nd LP, "Subtle As A Flying Mallet." My 3rd upgrade from US to UK RCA to this custom boutique label (dist. by RCA) Rockfield Records, the short-lived label of the like-named Welsh recording studio. 1of2 #musicsky #music

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 18h

Frog rhythms have been strong lately. #musicsky #music #petergabriel #kissthatfrog

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 19h

Easing into Monday w/ #CountBasie. While I'm not a huge Basie-phile, I do appreciate him, especially this period when he featured the great #LesterYoung on sax. Plus: Mr. 5x5 #JimmyRushing on vocals on several tunes here. Clean mid-50s UK compilation. 1$ at the flea market. #musicsky #jazzsky #jazz

Easing into Monday with the good Count Basie. While I'm not a huge Basie-phile, I do appreciate him, especially this period of his career when he featured the great Lester Young on saxophone. Added bonus: Mr. 5by5, Jimmy Rushing is on vocals on several tunes here. Found this lovely condition mid-50s UK compilation at the flea market for a buc.

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 21h

Glad no one was hurt, but yeah, another FAFO moment...
abcnews.go.com/US/marine-co...

Marine Corps shrapnel hit patrol car on California's I-5 freeway during demonstration: CHP

The artillery rounds were fired over Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton in San Diego as part of a military demonstration for the Marine Corps' 250th anniversary.

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 1d

Not as fun as Peter Yarrow's soundtrack to the film "You Are What You Eat," also issued in 1968. Best moment is a cut-up sample of The Beatles Help (how'd they get clearance for that?)

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 1d

Mimics Zappa's We're Only In It For The Money and Lumpy Gravy w/o the street smarts and song/studio craft. None of the creative muscle The Monkees delivered on Head in 1968. None of the on-the-fly inspiration of John & Yoko's Revolution #9.

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 1d

Another from Saturday's garage sale bonanza, I'd heard of "Rock and Other Four Letter Words"but never saw/heard it. Now I know why. Is it a major label attempt to cash in on the so-called 'underground" which was by 1968 hitting the Top 40? Perhaps..

Cont'd #musicsky #music #zappa #stockhausen

Another from Saturday's garage sale bonanza, I've long heard of "Rock and Other Four Letter Words"but never saw/heard it. Now I know why. Is it a major label attempt to cash in on the so-called 'underground" which was by 1968 hitting the Top 40? Perhaps. Mimics Zappa's We're Only In It For The Money and Lumpy Gravy w/o the street smarts and song/studio craft. None of the creative muscle The Monkees delivered on Head in 1968. None of the on-the-fly inspiration of John & Yoko's Revolution #9. Not as fun as Peter Yarrow's soundtrack to the film "You Are What You Eat," also issued in 1968. Best moment is a cut-up sample of The Beatles Help (how'd they get clearance for that?)

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 1d

I once considered collecting Paul Revere & The Raiders promo LPs but they weren't a priority. Yesterday I found 1967's Revolution! at that garage sale w/ the Hendrix/Axis/Mono I posted about earlier. Not as rare, of course, but I still dig 'em. Been a fan since I was a little kid. #musicsky #music

Years ago I contemplated collecting Paul Revere & The Raiders promo LPs but they weren't a priority. And, then like that they sort of disappeared from "the wilds." if you will. Until yesterday when I found 1967's Revolution! at that same garage sale with the Hendrix/Axis/Mono I posted about earlier today. Not as rare, of course, but I still dig 'em. Been a fan since I was a little kid

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 1d

For me, this is a neat find: a promo of my favorite Doors album, The Soft Parade. Wish it was a white label promo (usually sent to radio), but given this is the first I've ever seen a promo of this LP in any form, anywhere, I'm not complainin'. 5$ at the flea market this morning. #musicsky #music

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 1d

www.discogs.com/release/7233...

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis Bold As Love

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1968 Vinyl release of "Axis Bold As Love" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 1d

I think I can now purge the 2017 reissue (Sony Legacy/Experience Hendrix) but I will probably hold onto to the 2002 Classic Records 200 gram reissue on the Track Records label a while longer.

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday I found a unicorn at a garage sale. Pretty much mint condition. 2bux. This may be the 2nd time its being played, I suspect. Now Playing: The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Axis: Bold As Love. Mono. White Label Promo. Cont'd

#musicsky #music #hendrix #mono

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

Cancel SPOTIFY.

They are running ICE ads.

F them.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

Is Spotify running ICE recruitment ads? Here are the facts

The advertising "is part of a broad campaign the US government is running" across various platforms — not just Spotify, a spokesperson told Snopes.

www.snopes.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

This week:

-Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact
-Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video
-30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions

The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 3d

I had this at one point, the first album by Billy Paul, on Gamble Records (pre-Philadelphia International). You can hear the roots of his future hit style on "Me & Mrs. Jones." straight ahead cabaret #jazz album is its own swing thing. Glad to have this again. Flea market find. #musicsky #jazzsky

I had this at one point, the first album by Billy Paul, on Gamble Records (pre-Philadelphia International Records). You can hear the roots of his future hit style to come on "Me & Mrs. Jones" but this straight ahead cabaret vocal jazz album is its own swingin' thing. Glad to have this again. Flea market find.

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 3d

Love this! While I'm not a heavy collector of Archie comics, I was a fan of the TV show as a kid and have all the albums (and many of the singles including a couple signed by Ron Dante, the voice of Archie on the records)! I even found a Mexican press of their first album some years back.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 4d

I urge our nation to use this weekend's No Kings marches as a declaration of independence against the tyranny and lawlessness currently running this country.

Use your voice. ACT PEACEFULLY. Protect yourself and your community.

THERE ARE NO KINGS IN THE UNITED STATES.

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 3d

yes!!

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

GOP state party leaders will vote today to disband the NYS Young Republicans, so they can choose new leadership. This comes after Young Republican groups nationwide exchanged messages with racist and antisemitic comments, including about raping their political enemies & placing them in gas chambers.

After Racist Texts, New York G.O.P. Is Set to Disband Young Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Smotroff @marksmotroff.bsky.social · 3d

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