12 Inch Vinyl Record Made From…WOOD GLUE

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YouTube is turning out to be quite a repository for vinyl weirdness. Enjoy my latest discovery in the Twilight Zone of turntabling–the gent in this video purchased a vinyl record stamper via eBay and decided to see what would happen if he tried to press a record with it using a whole mess of wood glue.

A vinyl stamper isn’t the machine that cranks out the LPs, it’s the “mold” for an individual record–the recorded music etched into the metal surface, ready for a load of melted vinyl to be poured into it and pressed. Since theoretically any liquidy substance that dries into a hardened form could be used, why not try making a 12-inch LP with wood glue? The results? Edisonian, but interesting nonetheless.



 

Soundtrack CDs for Sale

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If you’ve been to the Turntabling Discogs.com store you know there are a LOT of soundtrack sounds for sale there. I am a rabid collector of Morricone, Bruno Nicolai, Piero Umiliani, and plenty of other Italian soundtracks so I run across a great deal of interesting finds in my search for new-to-me discoveries.

Here’s a sampling of some of the things currently for sale from Turntabling via Discogs.com. I am trying to list more titles for sale through this site here, but the inventory process is slow going so in the meantime I want to direct your attention to these…


A super-trippy excursion into sci-fi prog(?) and loungey sounds...this French oddity is well worth the time–the opening track is worth the entire price of the album, in my opinion. This sort of thing needs more exposure in the USA, for sure.

The spoken portions of the record are in French, but for non-speakers like me, it just lends an exotic tinge to the whole thing…super sample-able for DJ sets to be sure. There are some great instrumentals here and this little experiment works–fans of Air and Mello should definitely explore this CD.

You can buy Je Suis Vivant, Mail J’ai Peur by Gilbert Deflez from Turntabling via Discogs.com

 

The Morricone soundtrack for La Donna Invisible is one of his most haunting and sentimental (in a good, melancholy way) of his entire career. I’ve never seen the movie this soundtrack comes from, which is a shame–now I’m sure it could never live up to the expectations I’d have knowing the soundtrack inside and out the way I do.

Like his work on Verushcka, this music stands firmly in its own musical zip code, a completely unique sounding collection of tracks. I HIGHLY recommend this soundtrack, especially if you’re already hooked on the work of Ennio Morricone and are looking for more.

You can buy this CD from Turntabling via Discogs.com.

 

Goblin is well-known for their horror soundtrack work for Dario Argento, but the band also did work for other directors including the film Notturno. If you liked the sounds Goblin worked up for George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, you will hear a continuation of some of those motifs on this soundtrack.

For Notturno, Goblin drew more on its prog roots–this is a long way from the synth-fuelled Itallo Disco sounds of Tenebre or the creepy overtones of Buio Omega…but this soundtrack really works when it’s firing on all cylinders, so to speak. A nice one from the same lads who did Contamination, Deep Red and so many others…

You can buy this Italian import CD by Goblin from Turntabling via Discogs.com.

 

Crippled Dick Hot Wax is an import label I’m completely addicted to. For a long time they were putting releases like Popshopping and the sequel featured here, Popshopping 2, out like there was no tomorrow.

Popshopping and Popshopping 2 are collections of German tracks from radio and television commercials–a fun set of time capsule tracks featuring some legendary names including the Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra–Thomas was responsible for the then-famous track, “Opium” which was a seriously lounge/disco take on parts of the 2001 A Spacey Odessey theme.

He also did the soundtrack for Chariots Of The Gods…that goofy “UFOs Brought Life To Earth” psuedo-documentary.

I highly recommend the Popshopping series, I’ve got a copy of Popshopping 2 for sale over at Discogs that would be a great addition to your next groovy party playlist.

When I was a young kid seeing Empire of the Ants for the first time (at the drive-in, no less) it fairly scared the crap out of me. How little I suspected about how cheesy the movie truly was or the cast of has-beens, about-to-become has-beens and B-listers that show up for this.

Seeing this on a double drive-in bill with Food of the Gods was priceless. Now the soundtrack is here with that deliciously lurid cover art that I’d like to get as large as possible for framing…because, well–LOOK at that!

The only thing I am even capable of thinking of when I hear the music for this movie is the bugs-eye-view scenes of Joan Collins screaming her head off. This is a great six-pack movie and deserves its own special shrine in a cheese factory someplace, truly.
You can get your mitts on my ONE COPY of this soundtrack CD for sale from Turntabling via Discogs.com.

This is just a small sampling of what’s for sale from Turntabling via Discogs.com. I sell there to raise funds for Turntabling, Vinyl Road Rage and related fun that gets posted here, so remember–when you buy from Turntabling you’re supporting the site and being a patron of the arts as it were–and I truly appreciate that support!

If you find one of these releases has sold out or get a Page Not Found, please have a look at the main Turntabling inventory at Discogs for the latest additions to the vinyl and CDs for sale there.

–Joe Wallace

Silicon Teens Music For Parties Vinyl LP

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Daniel Miller, head of Mute Records, put this little gem out after Warm Leatherette by his other synth project, The Normal. This is a completely different aesthetic but still has the squared off synth noises. Absolutely fabulous fun and yes, the album lives up to its name.

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Tim Larson and the Owner Operators: A New Deal

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I just got my copy of A New Deal on vinyl–the new record by Tim Larson and the Owner Operators. This Chicago band has been toiling away in and out of the Windy City for quite some time now and the new vinyl is, quite frankly, a triumph.

A full review of the vinyl is coming, but for now let me just say that Larson and company have perfected something I like to call Economic Noir. It would not be unfair to compare the lyrics to the storytelling and world-weariness of Stan Ridgeway, but the music is in its own league altogether.

A New Deal is a combination of dark, brooding southern sounds (without sounding corn-fed or just off the Dukes of Hazzard farm) with some excellent swampy guitar work, plus more than a hint of Angelo Badalamenti. I am sure that’s not intentional, but it certainly is welcome. If you’ve ever seen the evil barroom scene in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, you’ve got a good idea of the vibe that comes off some of these tracks.

The album is a flat-out commentary on life in post-Bush America, with the 2008 housing crisis firmly in mind. But this record does not preach or climb up on a soapbox whatsoever. A lot of that sort of thing (from lesser artists) can be tiresome, but A New Deal writes from the trenches and sounds a lot more like looking for hope in the middle of the chaos rather than rolling over and waiting for the wolves.

I’ll save the full review of A New Deal for later, but here’s some of my favorite work from that album, live in Chicago. This stuff is HIGHLY recommended. The video doesn’t even do it justice, but consider it an apertif for the main course. Tim Larson and the Owner Operators play The Double Door in Chicago 8PM on Wednesday August 24, 2011.