In Search of Vinyl Part II: The Loot

Armed with my list of recommendations, I headed to Twist & Shout in Denver yesterday with my friend Maya. Fortunately, she is a kind and patient soul who enjoys record stores almost as much as I do. This meant I had ample time for perusing the racks.

I did my best to find each of the recommendations on my list, but they didn't have everything. Twist & Shout is one of the best record stores in the city and they have a pretty wide-ranging selection; however, the store's popularity made it a little less likely that I was going to find a good used version of an in-demand album like At Folsom Prison. It worked out nicely though--I still managed to hit my limit for the day.  

Here's what I got:

-The low spark of high heeled boys, Traffic. Based on Adam's recommendation, I decided to give this one a shot. I know little of Traffic other than "Dear Mr. Fantasy," but the album cover is cool so I figured it be a good addition to the collection. No dice on either of Adam's other picks, Remain in Light or Raw Power.

--Abbey Road, The Beatles. I found a copy in decent condition. I'm excited to listen to the medley on side 2. 

-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco. I'd had my eye on getting this album for a while and this was the perfect opportunity. The album packaging is excellent and I'm excited to experience listening to it as four sides rather than one CD. 

-After the Gold Rush, Neil Young; Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Neil Young with Crazy Horse. Inspired by TJ's recommendation of Harvest, I ventured to the Neil Young section. While Harvest wasn't to be found, I did find After the Gold Rush, one of my favorite Neil Young albums.  I also picked up Everybody Knows... because the title track has been floating in my head since I watched Almost Famous last week.

-Hank Williams' Greatest Hits, Hank Williams. Like TJ, I am also not normally a greatest hits fan--if they really deserve a greatest hits, then you should probably just buy the original albums--but I'm new to Hank Williams so this seemed like a good starting point. It was cheap too.

-Bookends, Simon & Garfunkel. I'm also new to Paul Simon so I thought I'd start small instead of going for the Anthology that Joz recommended. Bookends has "America" (also from Almost Famous) and "Mrs. Robinson" so I picked it up.

-Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin. Houses wasn't on my recommendation list, but it's a rockin' album with one of the coolest covers ever.

-Johnny B. Goode, Chuck Berry. I read the Dylan cover story in RollingStone recently. He went on at length about the greatness of Chuck Berry and I was drawn in. This seemed like a good place to start.

No Exile On Main Street was to be found. I did listen very closely to a copy of Sticky Fingers. I wanted it pretty badly; this one had the working zipper on the cover. Sadly, "Wild Horses" was badly scratched so I passed. 

Thanks again to my friends for their picks! As I mentioned earlier, I searched out each one of them, but many weren't available. I'll be looking next time though.