Vinyl Road Rage V Begins…

The annual Turntabling cross-country road trip known as Vinyl Road Rage begins Tuesday morning, June 4, 2013 towards Pittsburgh and elsewhere.

There’s a lengthy itinerary that I’ve decided to reveal as I go, rather than publish in advance, only because the length of the trip depends greatly on how much insanity happens along the way. How rare does the vinyl get? How much can I bring back? Will any of my finds wind up for sale at some point in the Turntabling shop??

All EXCELLENT QUESTIONS.

There will be plenty of updates between this space, my Facebook page and my Instagram account. Join me on all three as I document the cross-country road trip and all the unique, weird, and interesting finds along the way.

It’s going to get crazy from here!

Vinyl Currently For Sale @Turntabling

Here is a little collection of rare and interesting vinyl I’ve got for sale currently–this is not the entire collection, but any means, but these are a sampling of the latest vinyl finds in stock. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch about any of these titles via e-mail (jwallace242@gmail.com) or you can always drop a comment in the comments section.

This post is a bit of an experiment as I’ve not really imported large amounts of info from the Turntabling shop page at Discogs. If you have any display issues or problems with the links, please leave me a comment or drop an e-mail. The “add to cart” links take you to my Discogs.com shop for the appropriate title.

As always, these titles are on sale as a fundraiser for Turntabling–your vinyl purchases keep the site going, so thank you VERY much for your continued support. Turntabling would NOT be here without you.

	Bernard Herrmann – The Night Digger (LP, Album) Label: Cinema Records Cat#:LP-8015 Media Condition:Very Good Plus (VG+) Sleeve Condition:Very Good (VG) Sleeve has some split edge damage. Artwork is not damaged. View Release Page	Rated 5.0 from 1 votes 7 have 22 want	$30.00 + shipping	Add to CartDetails
	Marty Manning – The Twilight Zone (LP, RE) Label: Columbia Cat#:CS 8386 Media Condition:Very Good Plus (VG+) Sleeve Condition:Near Mint (NM or M-) View Release Page	Rated 5.0 from 1 votes 5 have 10 want	$20.00 + shipping	Add to CartDetails
	Barry Gray – Stand By For Adverts (LP, Comp) Label: Trunk Records Cat#:JBH039LP Media Condition:Mint (M) New Copy/Shrink Wrapped View Release Page	Rated 4.11 from 9 votes 63 have 13 want	$20.00 + shipping	Add to CartDetails
	Michel Legrand – The Other Side Of Midnight (LP) Label: 20th Century Records Cat#:T-542 Media Condition:Very Good Plus (VG+) Sleeve Condition:Very Good Plus (VG+) Gatefold LP with pictures from film. View Release Page	Rated 3.0 from 1 votes 4 have 1 want	$20.00 + shipping	Add to CartDetails
	Various – Russ Meyer’s Lorna / Vixen. / Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! – Original Motion Picture Soundtracks (LP, Comp, Gat) Label: Q.D.K. Media Cat#:LP 008 Media Condition:Mint (M) New Copy/Not shirk wrapped/LP008/with booklet/Made in Germany View Release Page	Rated 4.29 from 7 votes 64 have 33 want	$40.00 + shipping	Add to CartDetails
	John Carpenter & Alan Howarth – They Live (LP, Ltd, RE, RM) Label: Death Waltz Recording Company Cat#:DW009 Media Condition:Mint (M) Sealed copy with poster inside. Black vinyl. View Release Page	Rated 4.67 from 12 votes 62 have 19 want	$40.00 + shipping	Add to CartDetails
	John Belushi And Stephen Bishop – National Lampoon’s Animal House (12″, Promo) Label: MCA Records Cat#:L33-1981, MCA 1509 Media Condition:Very Good Plus (VG+) Near Mint – Sleeve has ring wear and letters ‘MM’ written on front. Side 2 also has ‘MM’ on label. View Release Page	Rated 4.0 from 1 votes 2 have 0 want	$26.00 + shipping	Add to CartDetails
	Various – Easy Tempo Vol. 5: A Slammin’ Cinematic Experience (2xLP, Comp) Label: Easy Tempo Cat#:ET 911 DLP Media Condition:Mint (M) New Copy/Not shirk wrapped/In plastic sleeve View Release Page	Rated 4.5 from 16 votes 47 have 53 want	$40.00 + shipping	Add to CartDetails
	Mantronix – Music Madness (LP, Album, Promo) Label: Sleeping Bag Records Cat#:TLX 8 Media Condition:Near Mint (NM or M-) Near Mint View Release Page	Rated 4.75 from 8 votes 39 have 13 want	$18.00 + shipping	Add to CartDetails

In Search of Italian Library and Soundtrack Vinyl

Turntabling seeks vinyl at all times, but right now we are especially interested in purchasing large numbers of Italian library and soundtrack sounds–the bigger the collection, the better. We are also interested in individual titles, such as the vinyl edition of Barry 7′s Connectors pictured here (Volumes One AND Two).

If you have library music and soundtrack vinyl to sell, please get in touch as we’d be happy to discuss your collection. Turntabling is NOT interested in Broadway/Show Tunes, Classic Rock, Hip Hop made after 1992 or Country collections…thanks for your interest but we aren’t buying any of those genres.

If you have vinyl to sell, please feel free to send an e-mail with as much detail as possible to jwallace242(at)gmail.com.

WTF Album Cover Vs. House of Whipcord

I’ve been staring at this album cover for quite some time trying to remember what it reminded me of…

I have never listened to Come to The Chapel, but I can only imagine that it’s totally dreadful–LOOK at this and try to convince someone, anyone, that it’s worth five seconds of needle-drop time. Just TRY.

But that’s besides the point. I could NOT get it out of my head what it was this LP cover was reminding me of in all its wretched glory. And then it popped into my head like the distant drunken memory of touching a party guest inappropriately after one too many glasses of wine…

This album cover is creepily reminiscent of Peter Walker’s 70s Brit-sploitation magnum opus House Of Whipcord.

If you’ve never seen the film, that reference will mean NOTHING to you…but if you HAVE seen House of Whipcord, doesn’t this poor old born-again crooner lady bear the faintest resemblance to the creepy whip-loving matron of the private dungeon in the Pete Walker flick?

She just projects the VIBE of someone who would be inclined to keep “wayward girls” locked up in an illegal detention center waiting for the chance to put ‘em on trial or lay down the whip, either way.

If you have not seen the movie, you owe yourself a look at this obscure 70s retro classic of Brit moral terror. Click the pic to go buy it right this effing instant from Amazon.com.

–Joe Wallace

Christmas With Colonel Sanders

I’ve been eyeballing this album for weeks, and finally bought it yesterday at Laurie’s Planet of Sound in Chicago. I finally broke down and bought this because of the burning questions the album raises for deep thinkers like me.

“Who the hell wears a sting tie?” and “Fried chicken for Christmas?”

Most importantly, “Do I really need to have the leering face of Colonel Sanders peering down at me at 3AM on Christmas morning? Complete with that ‘let’s open presents’ gleam in his eye easily mistaken for the more sinister ‘don’t tell your parents we’re doing this’ leer…”

I am afraid to put this record on the turntable–buried in my sleep-deprived brain I am sure there are coded instructions that will activate some sort of post-hypnotic suggestion telling me to chop up the neighbors for firewood and to make festive sausages out of goldfish–the fish, not the crackers.

The Colonel doesn’t seem to sing on this LP, which is a kindness, really.

I imagine his voice would sound like a cross between a drunken Anthony Hopkins in his best Hannibal Lecter moments and Vincent Price whooping it up on nitrous oxide.

In other news, I’ll likely be featuring this LP in a spoken-word rant at an open mic night near you sometime soon. Vinyl Road Rage V might be crammed full of appearances like that, stay tuned for announcements on that…

–Joe Wallace

Vinyl Road Rage Update

It’s been a while since there were any serious updates here…but I’m looking to alter that, especially in light of the developments with Vinyl Road Rage V as of late.

I’ve been contemplating doing an experiment–a spoken word tour of open mic nights along the vinyl road rage route that would have me on stage talking about the weird and wonderful vinyl finds I make on the journey. Vinyl Road Rage has always felt like some kind of band tour for me, but I never performed in any capacity along the way.

This year I’m looking to change that. I’m trying to find venues to hit on the route between Chicago and Pittsburgh, then from Pittsburgh to Minneapolis and beyond. Open mic nights are free-for-all, come one-come all type events (so it seems to me) so it will be interesting to do and even more interesting to see if there’s any interest in some form of fun discussion of vinyl records that involves weirdness, snotty humor and bad album covers.

I’ve got about 20 albums all set aside for the first of these experiments, which I plan to do here in Chicago very soon. I’ll keep you posted on that and will be posting dates and times soon.

In the meantime, I do plan on resurrecting the WTF Records posts here and yes, the BOOK version of WTF Records is NOT dead…it’s just been a bit dormant lately as I’ve been swamped with school (I’m doing coursework in the Sound Design program at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Academy) and paying the bills….

Stay tuned for Vinyl Road Rage dates as well as the spoken word dates and times–Chicago is first, I plan on hitting one a week (at a minimum) to warm up for Vinyl Road Rate. Stay tuned!

Joe Wallace

Vinyl Road Rage V: Milwaukee, Madison, Minneapolis and More

It’s that time again…Turntabling’s annual voyage across the United States in search of the best indie record shops, the weirdest vinyl, the most amazing and noteworthy finds. Yes, VINYL ROAD RAGE FIVE is in the planning stages now and set for a June launch.

This year, for some reason, the M cities are getting special attention. It wasn’t by design but I’ll be hitting Milwaukee, Madison, and Minneapolis just to name a few. There are a staggering TWENTY FIVE record stores on the list this year including some “secret” stops and a lot of wonderfully well-known places as well.

Vinyl Road Rage is something that does not like to repeat itself–I try to hit places I’ve not been, hence the journey towards the Twin Cities, but this year there are some early scheduled stops at some favorite stomping grounds of Viny Road Rages past including the mighty Jerry’s Records in Pittsburgh, PA.

I will be posting a tentative list of all the record store stops along the way which is SUBJECT TO CHANGE, and also be running down a few interesting items about Vinyl Road Rage in the days to come. It’s worth pointing out that this insane road trip is on a schedule that juggles a bit of paying freelance work (oh, yes, I’ll be doing some work from the road, believe me…), driving time, hardcore record store buying and more…I say that in advance by way of apology to my friends and colleagues I might not have a chance to stop and visit with while I’m passing in or near certain cities.

It seriously bums me out to have to keep to a schedule as such, but being a hardcore vinyl blogging indie record store road warrior does have it’s price–and paying heed to the clock and the calendar is definitely it.

Vinyl Road Rage will feature video, podcasts, blog posts and tons of photos from the road. Stay tuned, record store lovers…this particular Vinyl Road Rage is one for the record books. Or at least A BOOK of some kind.

–Joe Wallace

The Mood Mosaic: The Hashish Party Vinyl LP

This album is truly awesome. It’s a collection of music appropriate for the sorts of parties referenced in the title–oh, yes.. Bob Crewe, Serge Gainsbourg, even Nelson Riddle gets a look in on this and it’s a long play trip-a-delic excursion perfect for fans of the funk, Easy Tempo sounds, and the types of groovy, happening tracks implied by that awesome cover.

Is that photo lifted from William Klein’s Who Are You, Polly Magoo? Or just inspired by it? Either way, just looking at this you get the idea. Check out the opening scene from the film below to see what I mean…that movie is HIGHLY recommended if you’re a fan of the music, fashion and general vibe of the era.

I do have, at the time of this writing, a sealed copy of this awesome record for sale. You can buy The Mood Mosiac: the Hashish Party at my Discogs shop, and don’t forget that every purchase goes directly to support the website.

–Joe Wallace