Anticipation

By Mr. Moderator on Feb 8, 2008

Real simple: Here's an opportunity to discuss at least two issues related to today's poll.

  • What's the last album you recall so greatly anticipating the release of to the degree that you made sure to buy it the day it came out?
  • Can you share a particularly memorable story about a highly anticipated album release and first-day purchase?

I look forward to - no, I eagerly anticipate your responses!

Comment from: andyr [Member] Email
I greatly anticipated rhe release of the Dukes of Stratosphear "25 o'clock" EP.

We were fortunate at GW to have a brand spanking new Tower Records open *on campus* in '83 or '84. I bought the EP there and quickly went back to the house I was living in and probably listened to it with mwall and chickenfrank
02/08/08 @ 21:05
Comment from: sammymaudlin [Member]
I greatly anticiptated 25 o'clock as well and was not disappointed. More recently though I anticipated and purchased Smile on the day of release and was thoroughly satisfied as well. I think I also bought Apple Venus vol.1 day of release and still dig that as well.

I vividly remember buying Speaking in Tongues on the day of release and trying desperately to like it. I must have listened to it 4 or 5 times straight, determined that I must be missing the greatness but alas...
02/08/08 @ 23:36
Comment from: BigSteve [Member] Email
I don't believe I've ever bought an album on the day of its release. With direct ordering from artists and labels, I've recently done some 'pre-release' ordering. I think the recent Robyn Hitchcock box was last example.
02/09/08 @ 00:22
Comment from: 2000 Man [Member] Email
I was just all psyched for Black Mountain and Drive By Truckers January 22nd. I'm not disappointed in either and I like them both a lot. I also grabbed Times New Viking's new one, which also came out that day but I wasn't waiting for, I just stumbled into it. So I have three albums that came out this year already.

Now I'm eagerly waiting for Ladyhwak's new one the first week in March. Plus, I hear there's supposed to be a new Greenhornes album and a new Raconteurs album this year. I love getting new stuff. I always have.
02/09/08 @ 11:57
Comment from: mwall [Member] Email
I don't think I've ever bought a record the day it was released either. In recent years I bought the Jayhawks Rainy Day Music a week or two after it came out. No particular story about that, though it's a record I like and have played quite a bit.
02/09/08 @ 12:36
Comment from: Al [Member] Email
A couple of months ago I read an article about Shelby Lynne doing an album of Dusty Springfield songs. Just from the headline I thought "What's the point of that?" but something in the article intrigued me and I kept it in the back of my mind that the disc was to be released in late January.

So last Sunday I saw it featured in the Best Buy flyer (which was a surprise) for $9.99 complete with "exclusive bonus DVD" so on Tuesday I picked up a copy.

A day trip to Philly on Friday for a funeral provided 8 hours in the car and an opportunity to listen to some recent acquisitions and first in at 5:00am was Shelby Lynne's "Just A Little Lovin'" and I was stunned at just how great it is. Nothing is radically different from Dusty's originals but neither does it feel like kareoke. There is next to nothing lost in the vocal category, if forced to pick I'd still give the nod to Dusty. But the arrangements are really terrific.

I'd never thought that the originals were over the top, although they come dangerously close. But having listened to these new versions, I'm having second thoughts. These are much more restrained, much more low key and I'm on the fence as to whether they might be better suited to the material.

Unlike 95% of most CDs I've purchased in the last few years, I fully expect to be spending a lot of time with this one and I'm looking forward to that.
02/10/08 @ 15:23
Comment from: the great 48 [Member] Email
Been playing the crap out of the new Magnetic Fields, which I not only got on day of release, I actually went into a store and bought it instead of getting it from Amazon!
02/10/08 @ 18:25
Comment from: dr john [Member] Email
I was in Denver the weekend the new Arcade Fire CD came out. Bought it and played it the next day on the drive back. My friend and I agreed that the songs that worked
best for us had heavier bass parts.

It was an interesting experience. I'll never forget some of the more downbeat songs playing while driving through the desolate landscape of Wyoming.
02/11/08 @ 12:00

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