Harry Nilsson - The Point!

Amy: Baby, what the hell is this?

Me: The Point.

Hall & Oates - Private Eyes

Couple things. One: My mom claims to be a Beatlemaniac. But judging by the condition of her Beatles records and Private Eyes by good old Daryl Hall and John Oates, it's clear where her priorities are. This thing is fucking pristine. Flat as a pancake, not a scratch on it. The jacket's a little moldy but the LP looks like it's fresh off the shelves of Sam Goody.

And two: There are a lot of things that stand the test of time. This album is not one of those things. Man, wow, not good. I told myself I was gonna listen to every playable record all the way through at least once. But I'm listening to Philadelphia's finest right now and I don't know if I can make the long hard slog to the end. Back when I was a kid I loved Hall and Oates. But man, I don't know if the nostalgia is enough to help me soldier through this one. Woof.

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The Moody Blues - This is the Moody Blues

I really should be studying so I'm gonna make this one quick:

1. The LP itself was covered in fingerprints and dust and the jacket was mildewed but it cleaned up nicely and plays beautifully.
2. I don't know what the hell my brother-in-law was talking about when he said they were all scratched and none of them played. So far I'm five-for-five.
3. As soon as I heard the opening strains of "Question", the first song on the first side, I wanted to smoke a joint. I really just don't have time for that shit anymore.
4. And: story time.

The Beatles - HELP!

So what I had been doing was posting the pics and the descriptions and my thoughts and what not in the order that I unpacked them and took their pictures, roughly, more or less. But I got a turntable the other day and I finally got it hooked up. I can't clean them and play them in the order I unpacked them because they don't all have inner sleeves. I don't want to clean them and play them until I can put them away properly and I can't do that without an inner sleeve which they don't all have. I ordered some online but they haven't come yet. What all this needless detail that probably no one is ever going to read amounts to is, now I'm going through them basically at random, pulling albums that look interesting, making sure they're in relatively decent shape, have sleeves, cleaning them, and playing them. So. None of this matters and I should probably delete it but I'm not going to.

Anyway, the first album I cleaned up and played was HELP! by the Beatles which would make my mom proud. I probably ought to tell her. I guess I will eventually. Anyway, it had some minor scratches but it played just fine. The cover had some mildew on it that I cleaned up. I cleaned the album, got it to play. My little boy James loved it. He was going around in circles playing with his trucks humming a little tune while I sat and watched him and listened to the music my parents played when I was his age doing the same thing. I'm all verklempt.

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Led Zeppelin - II

BADOWMP-A-DOW-DOWMP, BRICKA-DOWP, BRICKA-DOWP, BRICKA-DOWP, BRICKA-DOWP, BRICKA-DOWP, BRICKA-DOWP, BRICKA-DOWP, BRICKA-DOWP, BRICKA-DOWMP...

By which I mean, this is a good one. Probably so scratched the fuck up I'll never get it to play. WOOO!

Updated Wednesday, April 30, 2014, 8:17 PM