Basement Vinyl

From the End of the World to Your Town | Episode Six

Annie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:15:33 +0000

The first record Annie ever bought, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy from Elton John is a concept album that tells the story of the musical partnership between Elton and his lyricist Bernie Taupin.

The package it came in was pretty impressive!

Buy Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy on Vinyl at Amazon

Hotel California (Episode Five)

Annie — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:10:52 +0000

For years this was Annie’s favorite record- and hearing it again, it may still be! With Hotel California the Eagles departed from their earlier country-influenced sound and created one of the most enduring records ever made.

Darkness on the Edge of Town (Episode Four)

Annie — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:18:07 +0000

After a long hiatus, we’re back!

We both count Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness on the Edge of Town among our favorites, but it turns out we have some very different opinions on what it’s all about!

Trying something a little new with this episode-
let us know what you think .

Money for Nothing (Episode Three)

Annie — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:25:42 +0000

Brothers in Arms, released in 1985 by Dire Straits, was one of the last HUGE LPs before CDs came along and changed the game forever.

The videos created for this record were some of the more adventurous of the time.

Embedding is disabled but go to You Tube to see Money for Nothing video, Brothers In Arms, and Walk of Life.

The Man’s Too Strong live at Wembley Arena in 1985

Special Message About Record Store Day

Annie — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:29:25 +0000

Record Store Day is April 18, 2009. We recorded a special (non)episode to remind our listeners to patronize their local record stores! And we got a little silly doing it. Twitter shout out!

Head over to the Record Store Day site for more information and a list of participating retailers!

It’s been such a long time… (Episode Two)

Annie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:59:04 +0000

We pull out the debut album by the band Boston. This is was what Album Oriented Rock radio was invented to play. For a look at the tight chart competition in 1976 check out this list of the Best Albums of the Year created by an Amazon user.
Original album review from Rolling Stone.

Listener Daniel Edlen does original artwork on vinyl records and has offered to donate some of the proceeds from the sale of one of his pieces to the Community FoodBank of NJ. Mick on a copy of Goats Head Soup! You know you want it!

Shadoobee (Episode One)

Annie — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:32:01 +0000

On our first episode we talk a little about who we are and what Basement Vinyl is. Then we dive into the stacks and pull out Some Girls from the Rolling Stones. (By the way, Annie was right, it was the White Sox.)

Buy Some Girls on CD or mp3 or maybe it’s available on vinyl.

A little video preview thing

Annie — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:52:34 +0000