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I have a copy of Bowie's "Let's Dance" LP autographed by Bowie and Stevie Ray Vaughan. 

I cannot think of one $60 double LP that stayed $60, but I can think of tons of 180 gram, tip-on-sleeve, premium LP's that were under $30.
 

I left at 9:30 this morning, first store I hit up opened at 10.  Got there about 10 minutes before they opened and 1 other guy was sitting in a chair.  I couldn't believe how dead it was this morning, which was awesome.  I ended up grabbing the following:
 
South Park - Mr. Hanky's Christmas Classics.  It smells like a cheerleader farted a ball of perfume.  Stoked to have this, though.  The songs are all hilarious classics.
Erykah Badu - But You Cain't Use My Phone
Iron Maiden - Brave New World
Porno For Pyro's - Good God's Urge
Death By Stereo - Into The Valley Of Death
Deicide - To Hell With God
 
I also picked up a Death Grips for a buddy as a surprise Christmas present b/c he has Pneumonia and can't make it out today.

I could have sworn ONCE (and this was a year or 2 back) I received a download from them and it was 320 and I was psyched, thinking they'd changed their ways. Sure enough every download since has been 192. 
 
They are nice to have around though, I just threw a couple of King Gizzard downloads my sister's way as she is back in Aus and considering going to Gizzfest.

Yessssssssssssss these tapes are all soo good. I know they're hard to find but I have ripped versions of them all if anyone wants them. Microphone, Xray Means Woman, Wires + Cords, and Tugboat.

2nd pressing /2000 is up:
https://flightlessrecords.com/products/king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard-flying-microtonal-banana-blue-toxic-mustard-edition-pre-order-2

2nd pressing /2000 is up:
https://flightlessrecords.com/products/king-gizzard-the-lizard-wizard-flying-microtonal-banana-blue-toxic-mustard-edition-pre-order-2

When I get the other three in I will do a full, out of sleeves photo.

 

Is it The Mars Volta?

A week later @Polyvinyl Record Co. checks up on the thread...

(I guess this is kind of directed at the teens.)
 
It took a few years for their self titled to really sink in for me. At first listen it was ok, just another album that wasn't really that special to me. I think I was 17 at the time. Just a normal kid, with normal shit to deal with I guess. It's life experience that really made the album evolve and grow for me, just as I was starting to in my early 20s. One day I put it on and it just made sense. I finally heard what was being said. So when people say 'give it a couple years' I totally get that. That really isn't an insult. It's a simple, and accurate statement. No one said teenagers' opinions are invalid just because they are teenagers, but you need to look at the bigger picture; humans are complex. To complain when people use the variables of 'time' and 'age' as a counterpoint is ironically childish on your part, cause it's true. I can name so many albums that meant so much more to me after I had experienced heartache, loss, depression, etc. Music is emotional, so life experience comes into play A LOT. More ironic is that in a few years the ones complaining about their age will get it. There is going to be music that you can listen to at 16 and it won't mean that much to you on a personal level. Then years later you get a job, have your own place, meet a nice girl, date, fall in love, are happy, and out of nowhere the 'love of your life' rips your fucking heart out. You're in a city where everything reminds you of her, you wake up every morning with chest pain, spending all day playing it all over and over in your head trying to figure out what went wrong. Then you put on that American Football album you used to listen to all those years ago, and suddenly it all makes sense, and you remember when someone said 'give it a couple years', and what they meant becomes a little more clear, as does the album itself. Sometimes age is a legitimate reason for something. We were all in the same age as you, so it's not like it's some put down. It's just the way it is. Just how like a 40 year old could tell me 'just give it a few years', and I'll understand because it's true; time will tell.
 
Take 'I Need a Drink (or Two or Three)' for example:
[Verse 1]
I need a drink... or two or three
To fall asleep without you
I’ve had the longest day
I'm as blue as the sky is grey
[Verse 2]
I need a drink or two or three or four
To spend any time alone with me anymore
Every day, a chance to change
But the devil will find a way
As sure as the sky is grey
I’m gonna die this way
[Verse 3]
Oh, how I wish that I were me
The man that you first met and married
I’m tired of fighting
Endless thunder and lightning
I can’t break this bender
To it, I surrender
 
I especially feel connected to 'I've Been Lost For So Long', and I bet a lot of other people love this album do as well.
[Chorus 1]
If you find me
Could you please remind me
Why I woke up today?
[Verse 2]
I feel so sick
Doctor, it hurts when I exist
This isn't the pain I'm usually in
I hope it's not contagious
[Bridge]
Maybe I’m asleep and this is all a dream
I can’t believe my life is happening to me
[Chorus 2]
If you find me
Could you please remind me
Why I should wake up tomorrow?
 
To someone has experienced it, it means everything. To someone who hasn't it doesn't mean anything personally. To someone who has experienced it, it is their life, their story. To someone who hasn't it's just a story. Each of those words are like a fucking punch in the stomach for me. Without diving into too much personal shit, I've lived that song, I am that song to a degree. I need some way to be ok with who I am now, but 'I feel so sick', and isn't how I'm not who I used to be; how I wake up every morning 'blue as the sky is grey' and 'why did I wake up today' / 'why should I wake up tomorrow', knowing that 'I'm gonna die this way'. So yeah, at 16 that song wouldn't mean much of anything to me. At 29 I am that song. Sometimes you just gotta "give it a couple years". No one likes being stereotyped ( just ask Descendents), but it wasn't really a stereotype or an insult. It was just a general statement. No one is saying your opinions are invalid because you are younger, or that you've never experienced loss, pain, etc., but with life comes experience, with experience comes understanding, with understanding comes clarity. Music like this gives me solace when waking up each day is hard.
 
I didn't real mean to write all that. No one reads long shit on here.
 
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Anyways, I'm glad I'm able to appreciate the follow up right out of the gate. It was still a grower for me, but after a week I was madly in love. I'm just glad the heartbreak I'm feeling listening to this is some sort of solace. So yeah, this is album of the year material for me (and that's coming from someone who doesn't care for any other of their projects).
 
As far as LP1 vs. LP2, to me they're both their own thing. I hold LP1 in very high regard, and love LP2. So I'm very happy. American Football is lovely.

And that's why, you never PO from out of the country just to try to get a more limited variant.
 
 
(not you mattallurgist - the non-UKers.)

Here's my Grouper collection:
 

 
Top left copy is the clear /100 variant of Way Their Crept, Cover The Window And Walls is the black marbled variant. Bottom right is the artist edition of Helen's last LP /75.

Thanks all! 
@Dave Grohl I picked it up from Liz at a show in 2010, I believe it's a 3rd (total) pressing but 2nd self released press.
I still need to find the funds for an original pressing + the first self released variant on goldenrod vinyl. If anyone is looking to part ways with one of those or the more recent "print" edition bundled with The Man Who Died On His Boat (kicking myself for missing out on that one but $100 for 2 records wasn't doable at the time), by all means don't hesitate to get in touch!

Oh my.. Just got a promo CD copy of this. Been avoiding the leaks and was all set to wait until my copy arrives, but that's over now.
 

 
The cat and I are beyond excited for them cuddles to some new American Football.

Here's my Grouper collection:
 

 
Top left copy is the clear /100 variant of Way Their Crept, Cover The Window And Walls is the black marbled variant. Bottom right is the artist edition of Helen's last LP /75.

Here's my Grouper collection:
 

 
Top left copy is the clear /100 variant of Way Their Crept, Cover The Window And Walls is the black marbled variant. Bottom right is the artist edition of Helen's last LP /75.

Here's my Grouper collection:
 

 
Top left copy is the clear /100 variant of Way Their Crept, Cover The Window And Walls is the black marbled variant. Bottom right is the artist edition of Helen's last LP /75.

Here's my Grouper collection:
 

 
Top left copy is the clear /100 variant of Way Their Crept, Cover The Window And Walls is the black marbled variant. Bottom right is the artist edition of Helen's last LP /75.

Here's my Grouper collection:
 

 
Top left copy is the clear /100 variant of Way Their Crept, Cover The Window And Walls is the black marbled variant. Bottom right is the artist edition of Helen's last LP /75.

Here's my Grouper collection:
 

 
Top left copy is the clear /100 variant of Way Their Crept, Cover The Window And Walls is the black marbled variant. Bottom right is the artist edition of Helen's last LP /75.

Here's my Grouper collection:
 

 
Top left copy is the clear /100 variant of Way Their Crept, Cover The Window And Walls is the black marbled variant. Bottom right is the artist edition of Helen's last LP /75.

Here's my Grouper collection:
 

 
Top left copy is the clear /100 variant of Way Their Crept, Cover The Window And Walls is the black marbled variant. Bottom right is the artist edition of Helen's last LP /75.