Please don't let me be Misunderstood
What to buy, what to buy, what to buy. So little money, so much time. Well, I'm heading into Day 5 of my "Year Without Music", and so far it's been a carefree trip. But, tonight I started to get that familiar itch. You know the one: as my dad would put it, I've got a dollar in my pocket and it's burning a hole. I NEED TO BUY SOME NEW MUSIC. But, I've been doing so good. I posted some records to sell on eBay (no self-serving link, sorry) that I knew I didn't need anymore (Ponys, The Coral, Cinerama, The Agenda!, Bitter Bitter Weeks) and had already planned to funnel that money away for something good down the road. But today...my mind began to wander as it always does with about one hour left on the work clock.
A couple days ago, I was thinking hard about picking up T. Rex's Prophets, Seers, and Sages with my January allowance. However, this afternoon I remembered that there's a new record by San Francisco's The Misnunderstood available on the Ugly Things label titled The Lost Acetates: 1965-1966. You may know The Misunderstood from their stellar psychedelic single, "Children of the Sun," which appears on Volume 2 of the Nuggets box.
The Misunderstood
Reading Richie Unterberger's great write-up of the band (as well as fellow blogger Anti-Rove's ravings about the band's additional material) only wets my appetite further. But, I need to pick up their great "lost" debut from 1966, Before the Dream Faded, first. It was "discovered" and released on Cherry Red in 1982, and I assumed it would be difficult to locate nowadays. Alas, Gemm.com has several copies of it at a very reasonable price. So, I may be in luck if I should choose to go down that route.
In four days I'll know precisely how much eBay booty I have to spend, so possibly there will be enough cash to get both of The Misunderstood albums AND the T. Rex record. That would be quite the January haul!
However, don't think that I've forgotten about my commitment to spend time with the records already on the shelf. I'll have a new Howdy Stranger (the letter E!) posted in the coming days, and I'd like to talk in depth about The Choir, a little-known Cleveland band that recorded one of my all-time favorite pop-rock tunes in "It's Cold Outside".
Until then, enjoy some of the new blogs I've linked to on the right.
N/P—The Flaming Sideburns, "Stripped Down"
A couple days ago, I was thinking hard about picking up T. Rex's Prophets, Seers, and Sages with my January allowance. However, this afternoon I remembered that there's a new record by San Francisco's The Misnunderstood available on the Ugly Things label titled The Lost Acetates: 1965-1966. You may know The Misunderstood from their stellar psychedelic single, "Children of the Sun," which appears on Volume 2 of the Nuggets box.
The Misunderstood
Reading Richie Unterberger's great write-up of the band (as well as fellow blogger Anti-Rove's ravings about the band's additional material) only wets my appetite further. But, I need to pick up their great "lost" debut from 1966, Before the Dream Faded, first. It was "discovered" and released on Cherry Red in 1982, and I assumed it would be difficult to locate nowadays. Alas, Gemm.com has several copies of it at a very reasonable price. So, I may be in luck if I should choose to go down that route.
In four days I'll know precisely how much eBay booty I have to spend, so possibly there will be enough cash to get both of The Misunderstood albums AND the T. Rex record. That would be quite the January haul!
However, don't think that I've forgotten about my commitment to spend time with the records already on the shelf. I'll have a new Howdy Stranger (the letter E!) posted in the coming days, and I'd like to talk in depth about The Choir, a little-known Cleveland band that recorded one of my all-time favorite pop-rock tunes in "It's Cold Outside".
Until then, enjoy some of the new blogs I've linked to on the right.
N/P—The Flaming Sideburns, "Stripped Down"
Dude, you spelled "commitment" wrong.
I changed my mind. The Misunderstood suck.
Ok I'm lying. But I picked up their Golden Glass, against my better judgment. Don't. I still need Before the Dream Faded. But I promise I won't steal your copy on Gemm.
Beeyatch.
--Stiv Bators
By 
Jonathan Wright, at 11:42 PM
Sorry, it's my copy editor's night off. And you better not swipe my copy!
By thenoiseboy, at 12:23 AM
11:42 PMDude, you spelled "commitment" wrong.
I changed my mind. The Misunderstood suck.
Ok I'm lying. But I picked up their Golden Glass, against my better judgment. Don't. I still need Before the Dream Faded. But I promise I won't steal your copy on Gemm.
Beeyatch.
--Stiv Bators
12:23 AM
Sorry, it's my copy editor's night off. And you better not swipe my copy!