I starting rummaging through my CDs and LPs, looking for something cool and unusual and precious.
But then I realised that I had a much more recent precious thing.
This is the tape release of the dungeon synth soundtrack to the indie RPG Moonring - it's also one of my favourite DS releases of last year.
And I honestly love the fact that I can get tape, CD, or even LP releases of fairly obscure modern things (I have cassette decks and a turntable), produced on a small scale by people who care about putting them in the hands of enthusiasts.
I have always adored Queen, they are my favourite band of all time and I have all their studio and live albums up to “Made In Heaven”.
That said, my favourite album of all time, from the vinyl my father played when I was very young, to the CD I ordered from eBay, is not a Queen album.
“The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast” is a ‘70s concept album written by Roger Glover after he left Deep Purple. Several great artists are featured on the tracks, notably:
• Glenn Hughes of Trapeze, Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath.
• Ronnie James Dio of Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell.
• Jimmy Helms of Londonbeat.
• David Coverdale of Deep Purple and Whitesnake.
• John Lawton of Lucifer's Friend, Uriah Heep and the Les Humphries Singers.
• and several other great ‘70s talents!
The album follows a story based on a poem by William Roscoe, written in 1802, telling the story of a party for insects and other small animals.
The album cover design is from Alan Aldridge's design for a 1973 book based on the poem.
I've got a lot of CDs and a fair amount of vinyl, but this one just jumped out at me. EN's meditation on World War I that premiered on that war's 100th anniversary is a gorgeous collection. Favourite tracks are Der 1. Weltkrieg (Percussion version) and All of No-Man's Land Is Ours.
This week, we have been asked to post our favourite album on physical media as suggested by @satsuma for @Kitty 's #TuneTuesday#MyPreciousMusic
This is a hard one, being a massive record collector with thousands of choices. This is not my favorite album of all time, but it’s the one I’m happiest to own. A promo copy of #1 Record by Big Star.
Today's #TuneTuesday is about your favorite album on physical media.
This one is difficult...
A couple of weeks ago, I visited my father's home and entered my old room. I could see many of the CDs I owned in my early 20s, mostly heavy metal/hard rock.
I'm not sure if this is the one from all the favorites, but part of the music I like nowadays has a strong vibe of Black Sabbath.
...and talking about art, one of the best cover arts I owned was "Lateralus" from Tool."
I bought this CD at a gig. I love Amorphis and this is one of my favorite albums of theirs. It was also signed by the entire band.
And then I lost it on some cube-shuffling at work.
#TuneTuesday is all about #MyPreciousMusic this week - the physical copies of our favourite music. I'm going with this homemade compilation that was my introduction to the music of Chris Knox, which was sent to me by someone I met on Usenet back when I was in university. While I don't listen to the actual tape anymore, and I own all the albums that these songs come from, I do have this set up as a playlist and listen to it from time to time.
This week, we have been asked to post our favourite album on physical media as suggested by @satsuma for @Kitty 's #TuneTuesday
I'm going with An American Prayer by Jim Morrison with music by the Doors. My copy is on vinyl ❤️ I always notice something new with each listen. #MyPreciousMusic
#TuneTuesday asks us to celebrate our favourite album on physical media which is an impossible choice .. I love all my very expensive KPop cardboard! 😂 :blobmeow_heart:
So, I'll just go with the first BTS comeback album I was around for. It's a gem and the art that came with it is so pretty! 💗💟
Well, since I left my room in my parent's house years ago, I didn't retrieved my CD collection yet. Neither I bought a decent stereo to play them.
So, as suggested by @Kitty , I will just post the album cover.
I love Edge Of Sanity's "Crimson II" cover. It really caught my eye when I saw it on the music shop shelf before buying it, with it's retro style and vivid colours.
Daphne and Celeste is my most owned physical release - I have the cassette, a signed cd, the single, a standard black vinyl and a special edition pink translucent vinyl. It’s gorgeous!
Nat Johnson always puts a lot of thought and care into her physical releases. The Lonesome Lake cd has an individually hand drawn cover and the Liberty System has a unique insert complete with a magnifying glass to read the tiny writing.
I buy or have bought a lot of physical media in my life, so there is a lot of #MyPreciousMusic on my shelves: PF's "Meddle", Eluveitie's "Slania", ERR's "Marked for death", etc. But the hashtag calls for something more special and there is only one album, on CD, that I have scratched only due to extended overuse. It was my first CD ever, and therefore is my treasure.
Well, I still buy all my music on CD (hoping for the same kind of renaissance vinyl had) for ripping later. So, I'm going with the first digipak album I bought: -
Otep's 'Sevas Tra'. I saw this advertised on daytime TV in Woolworths. Arguably Otep has outlasted both, largely by flying under the radar, remaining resolutely nü metal and staying cool in spite of that.
A particularly well-loved piece of physical media in my life would be Step One by Steps. In 1999, I played the CD so much, all the teeth in the middle of the case eventually fell off! This song was my favourite and shows my love for haunting-sounding music started young.
… hmm, I’m not just late on the topic, I am pretty old too, I think. Born in 1977, the year „Heroes“ was released.
David Bowie of course … one of the best. Rest in peace. #davidbowie
A big hat tip to @Kitty and @The_KamikaZEN for bringing together people from their 20s to the their 60s with a common love of great music yesterday on #TuneTuesday !
We're joining today's #TuneTuesday as Thunderbird! Today's theme is #MyGenerationMusic and we're going back 20 years (!) to 2004 when Thunderbird 1.0 came into the world. To us, this song still sounds as good as it did two decades ago!
What was playing when you made your debut? (Fellow open source project socials, we're looking at you!)