Vinyl Finds #97: Artists' Discographies I've Struggled to Complete?

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  • čas přidán 9. 09. 2024

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  • @mikewest1542
    @mikewest1542 Před 3 měsíci

    Yes James I agree with you on this .Because you buy one or a couple of albums of an artist you like you start buying their whole collection when sometimes you go overboard and buy stuff you don’t even like in the end. I really need to purge my collection!

  • @TheVinylLoungeMtl
    @TheVinylLoungeMtl Před 27 dny

    I have 5-6 Bruce Cockburn, being in Canada he is an artist that was spun quite often on the radio here. A big Environmentalist, human rights activist, respected individual 🎶♥️

  • @d.p.jvandeelen5390
    @d.p.jvandeelen5390 Před 3 měsíci

    Thanks James for all your great content. I try to collect all the Lee Hazzlewood stuff. A couple years ago I borrowed some albums on CD in (what they call here) Central Discotheque and man! I like them all.

  • @LloydBoonworldofmusic2
    @LloydBoonworldofmusic2 Před 4 měsíci

    Hi James, glad you finally got an original of Time Fades Away, i picked up my original copy just a handful of years ago myself. - Lloyd

  • @Paneeks1960
    @Paneeks1960 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Interesting theme James. I kind of stopped being a completist years ago. But with that being said. I guess I would have to count any bands or artists who are still putting out new releases. In a roundabout way. That could be considered completing a band's discography too. If we are talking about a band like The Stones. Or even an artist like Miles Davis or Prince for instance. It gets pretty expensive to complete either one. Time to check in and see which ones you are trying to complete. Good to spend more time with you James. Free time has been tough as of late. Keeping up with everyone's new posts has been challenging~
    Rob/Boston

  • @samglendenning9884
    @samglendenning9884 Před 4 měsíci

    Hi James; hope you having a fantastic Bank Holiday weekend 🤩🍿🙌🎸🎶 I’m like that with most artists/bands where it is challenging to be complete on a discography depending on how much output there is; but not to take away from the amount of sheer gold they brought to the table 👌 Dylan has released some excellent albums later on like ‘Tempest’; ‘Modern Times’ & ‘Rough & Rowdy Ways’; but for a long time I just go to his 60’s/70’s albums 😎🎸
    Neil Young is a wonderful artist indeed mate; but I also find it challenging to be complete on his stuff; like Dylan; I mainly just go to his 70’s work; but he’s still done some terrific albums later on mate; ‘Psychedelic Pill’ from 2012 with Crazy Horse is absolutely fantastic 🙌 He was great live at Leeds Arena in 2016 and I was absolutely buzzing when I picked up ‘Time Fades Away’ at the Leeds Record Fair back in 2014 👌
    Bruce Cockburn released some great albums too mate; I need to get back onto R.E.M’s latter stuff as I only got up to the ‘Monster’ album. I am mostly complete on Elbow & XTC’s work; I need to get the Costello albums I don’t owne on LP; I will say James; I definitely recommend ‘The Boy Named If’ album from 2022; definitely a throwback to his early material with the Attractions 😀👍

    • @jamesgriffithsmusic
      @jamesgriffithsmusic  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Thanks Sam, hope you've had a good weekend. Great comment, thanks! Yep, I have The Boy Named If, great album. Great to hear you picked up Time Fades Away also. Speak soon!

  • @6758pasi
    @6758pasi Před 4 měsíci

    I cannot think of any that i would have tried to collect for decades (or long period of time). Every band that i have decided to buy everything, i have done so. However there have been a number of bands that for whatever reason, i have started to collect and then stopped and then after many many years i have bought all the missing ones. With those i cannot remember originally thinking that i must collect everything until the final years. Whitesnake is a good example of this; I cannot understand why i stopped buying their albums after only getting three albums. I loved those three. After about 20-25 years i finally bought all the rest. No bar one. Then there are bands that i wanted all albums up to a point. Paul Simon, i wanted to get all the albums up to Central Park Live(which was his then new release) and i did except for the Central Park and his first solo album which i conveniently forgot existed until it was reissued. I got the Live album a couple of years ago.
    Pasi

  • @michaeljolly8710
    @michaeljolly8710 Před 4 měsíci

    Thanks for alerting me to that Be-Bop Deluxe release! I had all the studio albums + Air Age, but not “Best & Rest.” Was at a record store, four hours after watching your video, and, presto!, there in the bins was a nice, affordable copy!

    • @jamesgriffithsmusic
      @jamesgriffithsmusic  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Great, hope you enjoy it!

    • @michaeljolly8710
      @michaeljolly8710 Před 3 měsíci

      @@jamesgriffithsmusic Definitely. “Speed of The Wind” is a gorgeous track. Will be on the lookout for a UK copy with the printed inner sleeves.

  • @TommyBurton75
    @TommyBurton75 Před 3 měsíci

    It's so hard to be completist, but I try. There are some (like Dylan) where I have a compulsive need to "have it all." There are others.
    I made a conscious effort to grab the Thin Lizzy discography a while back and have been lucky. I have been able to find everything but the first one. I even have UK OGs of Blue Orphanage and Vagabonds. Those records seem to be harder to locate here in the States where Jailbreak runs rampant.
    I love listening to Cockburn. Most of his songs are questioning instead of preachy, which I enjoy. I suppose there's not much ambiguity in wishing for a rocket launcher....
    Great video!

  • @retromusings
    @retromusings Před 4 měsíci

    I'm one of those who isn't into having a complete discography of an artist or band. Found this video very interesting all the same.

  • @nicksvinylbutty5488
    @nicksvinylbutty5488 Před 4 měsíci

    Very interesting James 🤔
    I'm also trying to complete my Stranglers album collection.
    There's plenty of other artists too.....Ian Dury/The Damned/Bad Manners/The Selecter/Gary Numan/The Who/Slade.
    I've got all of the MADNESS studio albums but I'll never consider that collection complete until i get their Madstock live album.
    I really need to make a list of what i need etc... and just stick to finding them.
    Have a good bank holiday James 👍

  • @edvonblue
    @edvonblue Před 4 měsíci

    Fun episode - thanks for sharing

  • @vinylwood
    @vinylwood Před 4 měsíci

    Great idea for a vinyl video. I found it original and refreshing against so many “same, same” VC videos. I am a fiend for pursuing catalogue completions. I get frustrated when I’m having trouble finding that last one or two albums. Oh and to complete the Neil Young catalogue you are looking at 48 lps. I live in Canada and have all but four and that’s taken nearly 5 decades. Lol 😆

    • @jamesgriffithsmusic
      @jamesgriffithsmusic  Před 4 měsíci

      48, wow. And here's me thinking it was 43!

    • @vinylwood
      @vinylwood Před 4 měsíci

      @@jamesgriffithsmusic Well I maybe wrong or off by a few but I had heard last yr he released his 47th then there was another after so …. Either way it’s a lot of albums to find.

  • @TomFazzini
    @TomFazzini Před 4 měsíci

    I love Time Fades Away too James. A great loose feel and not a weak song there. I only really like his 70's output and this is definitely in my top 5. Have a great w-end!

  • @philharding3289
    @philharding3289 Před 4 měsíci

    Great idea for a vid! I tend to oscillate between being completist and then thinking 'why don't I just get the good ones?'😅 A few artists come to mind- I'll never get all the Guided by Voices albums (100+) not that I ever see them in the wild. It's also impossible to find most of The Kinks from the 60s, even at high prices. Where are all the copies?? Price and scarcity are two different factors but The Kinks have both!

    • @jamesgriffithsmusic
      @jamesgriffithsmusic  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Hi Phil. The Kinks is another one! I find their records at the rate of about one every two years. I started streaming the GBV albums a while ago but I didn't get very far!

  • @robwalkerletthemusicplay
    @robwalkerletthemusicplay Před 4 měsíci

    Hi James .. I have that Neil record and I totally agree with you it’s such a great album .. I only have the hits of thin lizzy on vinyl. That’s enough for me. Sometimes a greatest hits is all you need .. I’d like to have more fall records and I’d like more Lana del ray records those are work in progress ..

  • @vinylmartini3377
    @vinylmartini3377 Před 4 měsíci

    James, by coincidence I just got that Be Bop record this year and it completes my discography which I’ve had for awhile to be honest. Cockburn is so fantastic, and I’ve seriously overlooked him for so many years. I did see him in concert many years ago now, and he put on a great show and such a deep catalogue. I’ve also decided to try and collect his discography, which is easier here in Canada obviously. He’s found here in the cheapie bins all over. I’ve also had Palmer’s entire discography for years, great artist. Time Fades Away recorded in the studio?? You can only just shake your head and smile. Off the top of my head I am trying to complete my discography of Laura Nyro, Fred Neil, Tom Rush, Doug Sahm, Nazareth etc. I never buy online, only look for stuff out in the wild. So satisfying when you stumble across something at the right price and in good condition. Enough of my rabbiting on. Cheers.

    • @jamesgriffithsmusic
      @jamesgriffithsmusic  Před 4 měsíci

      Thanks Jack! Great that you are a Bruce Cockburn fan too and are collecting his records. I'll have to keep an eye out for your updates. I've pretty much stopped buying online now too, apart from the odd thing here and there. Thanks for your rabbiting, it is always appreciated!

  • @Russell__Smith
    @Russell__Smith Před 4 měsíci +1

    James,
    I believe it was me that suggested/recommended you the "Best and the Rest of Be Bop Deluxe", glad you dipped for it at last and like it. Spooky tho', I played it last night, not knowing you had done a video about it. I not long ago replaced the copy I got in Boots in Lincoln in 1978. I always wanted one with a better sleeve as there was a printing error on my OG and it had a really distinct green hue not black back ground on the front.
    The 2nd disc is not just outakes from Drastic Plastic, but includes none album tracks for other periods; "Lights" (1975), "Shine" (1976), "Japan" (1977), and "Blue As a Jewel" (1978). I seem to recall "Japan" getting good airplay upon release. Speed of the Wind is a great track in my opinion.
    You need to seek out the 3LP expanded version "Live in the Air age", if for nothing else the wonderful "Mill Sreet Junction", which I seem to recall is on one of the BBC collections as well. How that did not get released at the time is one of life's great mysteries and may have reversed the bands fortunes and given them the break through track they needed at the time.
    Brgds.
    Russell

    • @jamesgriffithsmusic
      @jamesgriffithsmusic  Před 4 měsíci

      Apologies Russell...I wanted to namecheck you but I couldn't even remember which video you'd left the original comment on. Thanks for the info on those extra tracks, I searched and searched online for some info on them but came up empty. Great comp anyway, thanks for alerting me to it.

  • @robison5396
    @robison5396 Před 4 měsíci

    Really interesting video idea James.
    It took me a while too to find a copy of ' Time Fades Away'..love Journey Through The Past.
    I think I'll keep on picking up Thin Lizzy
    Albums bar Renegade and Thunder & Lightning ,as I wasn't keen on their final metal phase.
    I guess the obvious artist for me is Roy Harper, for whom I now have all his studio and live albums up until 1985..I've then got his last 2 but those in-between records are particularly difficult to get but to be fair albums like Loony on the Bus and Burn the World aren't favourites and I won't go out of my way to acquire them.
    I could easily fall down a Cure rabbit hole, or any number of alt 80s artists, but even then wouldn't probably be completist.
    Interesting ' Best of the Rest' of Be Bop Deluxe, I'd never heard of that and sounds like an essential purchase, so will keep an eye out for that one.

  • @gatefold33
    @gatefold33 Před 4 měsíci

    Interesting James. I'm no longer interested in collecting entire discographies and happy to purge (even Floyd has started to go!). I'm in it for the music I enjoy most, so that's the key criteria for me these days. Artists I'm complete on currently are probably those who burned bright for a few albums and then disappeared, or new, smaller, artists I am following and support (financially). I realise the last category could soon become a contradiction...cheers Dale

    • @jamesgriffithsmusic
      @jamesgriffithsmusic  Před 4 měsíci

      Hi Dale. Which Floyds have you been discarding? To be honest I could have gone a stage further into this video and made the point that you can be a completist with an artist and then at a later date start discarding the ones you don't want. But getting them all in the first place still seems important.

  • @markmclaren7577
    @markmclaren7577 Před 4 měsíci

    There is loads of artists who I only buy their 45s as I’m not interested in anything beyond a few songs

  • @BeatlesEddieV
    @BeatlesEddieV Před 4 měsíci

    Danish band The Sandmen, have all the studio albums , but still Needs the livealbums and best with some new songs

  • @joemorgan4740
    @joemorgan4740 Před 4 měsíci

    Hi james great idea for a video. Im trying to complete on Squeeze and 10cc. Squeeze has been difficult just found frank yesterday im only missing a few squeeze same as 10cc found two of 10cc yesterday including are you normal with poster great condition. Will be complete of pet shop boys by end of next week. Great video and finds . Take care joe

    • @jamesgriffithsmusic
      @jamesgriffithsmusic  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Hi Joe. Which Squeeze LPs are you missing? I'll keep an eye out for you!

    • @joemorgan4740
      @joemorgan4740 Před 4 měsíci

      @@jamesgriffithsmusic hi james that’s brilliant of you im missing ridiculous and difford and tilbrook is listed as a squeeze album? So only these two thanks would love to complete. Kind regards joe

    • @joemorgan4740
      @joemorgan4740 Před 4 měsíci

      @@jamesgriffithsmusic sorry james i need domino as well . Im grateful you offered to keep an eye out . I will send you money if you do . And if anything i can help you with let me know . Kind regards joe

    • @jamesgriffithsmusic
      @jamesgriffithsmusic  Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@joemorgan4740 Ridiculous and Domino never came out on vinyl so no chance with them! I will keep an eye out for the Difford and Tilbrook!

    • @joemorgan4740
      @joemorgan4740 Před 4 měsíci

      @@jamesgriffithsmusic thank you james didn’t realise about domino not being on vinyl. Kind regards joe

  • @keenear6341
    @keenear6341 Před 3 měsíci

    I too don't have an incomplete beatles vinyl collection just because of Yellow sub. I just don't want it because i know I'll never listen to it. The Thin Lizzy discography is worth doing because there's not that many and there's no real stinkers. Thanks

  • @SoIMarriedARecordCollector
    @SoIMarriedARecordCollector Před 4 měsíci

    Mudhoney. Way too many limited edition singles from other countries and many compilation appearances of unique songs. There is always something I'm missing.

  • @Foul_Quince
    @Foul_Quince Před 4 měsíci

    Laura Nyro. That's a tough ask.

    • @jamesgriffithsmusic
      @jamesgriffithsmusic  Před 4 měsíci

      I have Eli on CD...don't think I've ever seen one of her albums on vinyl.

    • @Foul_Quince
      @Foul_Quince Před 4 měsíci

      @@jamesgriffithsmusic I have the Eli, Tendaberry, Christmas and the CBS debut reissue on vinyl. Nested and the original debut are very hard to get.

  • @BluesGuyVinyl
    @BluesGuyVinyl Před 4 měsíci

    Hi James. Ry Cooder... Ry Cooder has been my bugaboo. Just when I think I've scooped up all his albums, I find out about another movie soundtrack and/or collaboration he's done. Eric Clapton is another. Bruce Cockburn was/is huge here owing to him being Canadian so I see his albums all the time. Let me know which of his LP's you are really aching to get and I'll scoop them up for you. (I know the thrill of the hunt is a factor, but if I can ease your search, please let me know.) Completing Neil Young is a huge task... even here in Canada. Have a good weekend. Cheers!

    • @jamesgriffithsmusic
      @jamesgriffithsmusic  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Very kind offer Chris, thank you - though I wouldn't like to have you posting records off to England again, it is very pricey these days! I'm happy to plug away at the Bruce collection at my usual snail's pace. Hope all is well with you, catch up soon hopefully.

    • @BluesGuyVinyl
      @BluesGuyVinyl Před 4 měsíci

      @@jamesgriffithsmusic I totally get where you're coming from. No worries. Cheers!

  • @TheDreamtimezzz
    @TheDreamtimezzz Před 4 měsíci

    Stealing fire was a great album. I have been collecting for decades and only go “complete” on a few groups. I have more focused on a time period vs artist. I found going complete (including solo) of Genisis and Fleetwood Mac challenging.

  • @TheVinylOrchard
    @TheVinylOrchard Před 4 měsíci

    Completing a discography isn’t difficult nowadays. Affording it is though!! The ones I always want are inevitably the hardest to find and therefore cost the most. I am a completist with very few bands. Deep purple are one of those. It’s an expensive hobby!!
    Great vid James. Hope all is well my friend, Chris

  • @Thevinylscavenger
    @Thevinylscavenger Před 4 měsíci

    Hi James, good question. Could cheat and get overpriced reissues or substandard copies but where's the fun or challenge in that? I don't even have all the church albums and some of those are Megabucks or never put out on vinyl. I admit I'm not much of a completist and this stems from record shop days and following the pack of not getting the uncool, lesser acclaimed ones. Blame Q magazine. I think like you I have all Beatles bar yellow submarine. Availability is a big stumbling block. Not sure I've answered this very well but just interacting. Take care, Martin.

    • @jamesgriffithsmusic
      @jamesgriffithsmusic  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Thanks Martin....Yes, Q magazine does have a lot to answer for.

  • @SQUEEZEFANTV
    @SQUEEZEFANTV Před měsícem

    Testing