Electric Flag - Hobbit (The Trip, 1967) youtube.com/watch?v=-RviUzwGcvUVinyl Communty: Richard’s Vinyl Taphouse’s Celebrate the VC ChallengeChristopher Kibler2025-09-26 | Original video: youtube.com/watch?v=8OxrKNr0Kf8 --------------------- 0:00 Introduction 1:46 Brian / Fly Pan Am 4:16 Steve Carlson / Silos 5:14 Jimmy / Hot Dogs 6:19 Chris Cole / Gerard Sallette 9:07 Michael / Anthony Moore 11:21 Craig / Candi Staton 13:05 Jason / Good Rats ---------------------
Various versions of the Rolling Stones "Satisfaction (I can't get no)", recorded between 1965 and 1978.Vinyl Community: Recent Finds, Outer Space, and UFOs (with Needle Drops)Christopher Kibler2025-07-19 | Some recent finds, and a response to Jonas @Vinyl Stockholm.
Vinyl Stockholm (Jonas) video: youtube.com/watch?v=xvhctybJwDk&t=37sVinyl Community: 30 x 12 Singles a response to Rob Walkers 200th VC videoChristopher Kibler2025-06-16 | To join in Rob's celebration I show approximately thirty 12" singles/EPs. WARNING: they are not all from Manchester!
I had to trim a section that caused viewing restrictions around the 8:40 mark, if you notice a rough edit.
Shiva's Headband - Take Me To The Mountains (Capitol, 1969) Shiva's Headband - Coming To A Head (Armadillo , 1971/1980)Vinyl Community: BOOT-a-licious Tag ResponseChristopher Kibler2025-03-20 | Shawn's original video: youtube.com/watch?v=sn3TL4Ez1QAVinyl Community: Recent Finds & Favorite Finds of 2024Christopher Kibler2025-03-09 | Beaver & Krause - The Nonesuch Guide To Electronic Music (Nonesuch,1968) youtube.com/watch?v=mqhFvITV7kM
1. What do you pick for a Saturday Night Record? 2. What do you pick for a Sunday Morning Record? 3. What do you pick for a Soul Cover Version? 4.What do you pick for a Record that could be the Soundtrack to a Car Chase? 5. What do you pick for a Record Cover where the Artist just looks Too Cool? 6. What do you pick for a Record that features a Horn Section? 7. What do you pick for a Soul Record by a White Artist? 8. What do you pick for a Soul Record to recommend to a Friend who knows nothing about Soul Music? 9.What do you pick for a Soul Record that’s been Sampled? 10. What do you pick for a Record with Sweet Harmonies? 11. What do you pick for A Modern Soul Record? 12.What do you pick for a Soul Record for the Pub Jukebox?Vinyl Community: Acid Archives Diaries Flip Disk Year End Summary for 2024, Part TwoChristopher Kibler2025-01-06 | A flip disk video summarizing my Acid Archives Diaries participation for this year, though I forgot my Sky Saxon album, and the Terry Brooks & Strange albums that I showed, so this is Part Two (2). I also include some albums that others have shown, and some potential future video material.
Seekingathread (Dom) Acid Archives Diaries playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=-sLWo6kUu6o&list=PLi-DyLzlJpciUvFF9dHdo_jMIEKaSBwwj&index=1&t=0sVinyl Community: Acid Archives Diaries Flip Disk Year End Summary, Part OneChristopher Kibler2024-12-29 | A flip disk video summarizing my Acid Archives Diaries participation for this year, though I forgot my Sky Saxon album, and the Terry Brooks & Strange albums that I showed, so there will be a Part Two (2). I also include some albums that others have shown, and some potential future video material.
Seekingathread (Dom) Acid Archives Diaries playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=-sLWo6kUu6o&list=PLi-DyLzlJpciUvFF9dHdo_jMIEKaSBwwjVinyl Community: Christmas Merry 2024Christopher Kibler2024-12-22 | It was supposed to be a Merry Christmas video, but I had the records out of order and didn't realize it soon enough. Background music: Alain Kremski - Exils (Archange Melody, 2001)
C - Mu - Children of the Rainbow (Blue Form, 1985) H - Emmylou Harris - Gliding Bird (Jubilee, 1970) R - Dewey Redman - Coincide (ABC Impulse, 1975) I - Bill Dixon - In Italy, Volume 2 (Soul Note, 1981) S - Jeremy Steig - Flute Fever (Columbia, 1963) T - Keith & Julie Tippett - A Mid Autumn's Night Dream (Dark Companion, 2019) M - Methuselah - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (Elektra, 1969) A - Ash Ra Tempel - Join Inn (Ohr, 1973) S - Patty Waters - Sings (ESP, 1966)
M - Manfred Mann - Plains Music (Intuition, 1991) E - Electric Flag - The Band Kept Playing (Atlantic, 1974) R - Jimmy Reed - At Soul City (Vee Jay, 1964) R - Rivingtons - Doin' the Bird (Liberty, 1963) Y - John Ylvisaker - Cool Livin' (Avant Garde, 1967)Vinyl Community: Acid Archives Diaries - Terry Brooks & Strange (with samples)Christopher Kibler2024-12-06 | Acid Archives Diaries - two (2) albums by Terry Brooks & Strange, which are reviewed in the 2nd Edition of the Acid Archives. They are listed under BROOKS, not Strange. Both albums are very guitar centric.
The version that I am featuring is from the Kirk Nurock album Nurock, released in 1976 on Adamo ADS-9504.
Playlist for this series: youtube.com/watch?v=wn7dcP_xx5A&list=PLvffZgvHzitOEiPa-HfzI0zKf_Z-8HAgjVinyl Community: Acid Archives Diaries - Sky Saxon - Masters of Psychedelia (New Rose, 1984)Christopher Kibler2024-10-23 | Sky Saxon of the 1960's band The Seeds. One of his solo albums, post Seeds, that was mentioned in the Acid Archives. A good hard rock, psychedelic sound.
Playlist for the album: youtube.com/watch?v=ln7U9-HgB48Vinyl Community: A Follow-up to Randall Weavers Howd That Go? - GroovinChristopher Kibler2024-10-13 | Randy played several versions of the Young Rascals song "Groovin' ". I added a few more artists covering the song.
Dubravka Detoni Plays Detoni (Phonomorphia 2) Masayuki Koga - Shakahuchi With Piano in Concert Charlie Haden - Closeness Black Sun Ensemble - Tragic Magic (Celestial Cornerstone) Pat Thomas - Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir (Solar Model/Oud of Ziryab) Bill Vanaver - [self titled] (Lezghinka) Melted Men - Breathe the Gas (Chateau Elan/The Paramators of Zeltor) Laszlo Sary - Snail PlayVinyl Community: Ten (10) Songs About Drinking ThreadChristopher Kibler2024-09-09 | Based upon the @vinylrichie007 thread. youtube.com/watch?v=A1o_Qil9X7cVinyl Community: Acid Archives Diaries - Lacewing (Mainstream, 1971)Christopher Kibler2024-09-04 | Lacewing - [self titled] album on the Mainstream label from 1971. Sort of a west coast sound with female vocals.
Del Shannon - The Further Adventures Of Charles Westover Liberty – LRP-3539, 1968 Stream on Youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=zCtWjpO5aPE
If you were having trouble figuring out what was on the cover, because it is so dark, Del is sitting on a spiral staircase.Vinyl Community: When 2 Threads Collide - John Coltrane Memorial Project / Female Artists SpotlightChristopher Kibler2024-06-21 | I combine Alex's thread with Ed's. All female artists, with one of them dedicating a song to John Coltrane. Links to the playlists below:
Heather Black - [self titled] (Double Bayou, 1970) Homer - Dandilion/I Never Cared For You (Ura, 1969) Swampwater - [self titled] (King, 1971)Vinyl Community: Acid Archives Diaries: Steve TibbettsChristopher Kibler2024-04-10 | Another entry in the Acid Archives Diaries, Steve Tibbetts - [self titled] (Frammis, 1977) & Yr (Frammis, 1980)
Initial background music: Red Crayola - Live 1967 (1998, Drag City) Live at Berkeley Arts Fest (June 30 - July 4, 1967)
I mentioned that Richard Keelan, who wrote two of the tracks on the Jan & Lorraine album, was in the Spikedrivers (1966-1967), with Ted Lucas (who was just featured in an Acid Archives Diaries video by Shawn @the-vinyl-dreamscape5084).
Top Ten (10) lists: [Page 384, Acid Archives, 2nd Ed.]
Albums shown: Red Crayola - Parable of Arable Land (1967) [Page 272, Acid Archives, 2nd Ed.] Friendsound - Joyride (1969) [Page 126, Acid Archives, 2nd Ed.] Ron Elliott - The Candlestick Maker (1969) [Page 100, Acid Archives, 2nd Ed.] Rising Storm - Calm Before... (1967) [Page 276, Acid Archives, 2nd Ed.] Randy Holden - Population II (1970) [Page 150, Acid Archives, 2nd Ed.]Vinyl Community: Vinyl Update - Mostly Piano (Classical, Improvisational, Avant Garde)Christopher Kibler2024-02-29 | Showing and sampling some recent (?) acquisitions. The titles include:
Connie Crothers & David Arner - Spontaneous Suites for Two Pianos (RogueArt, 2011) Roger Woodward - Various Australian Artists (His Master's Voice, 1972) Bela Bartok - Bartok Plays Bartok (Turnabout, 1967) Florence Price - Althea Waites Plays Florence Price (Cambria, 1987) Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte - Performing Her Own Works [Vol. 1 of 4] (World, 1998) Masahiko Sato & Yosuke Yamashita - Piano Duo (Columbia, 1974) Irene Schweizer & Rudinger Carl - Die V-Mann Suite (FMP, 1981) Keith Tippett - Mujician (FMP, 1982) Nicra - Listen/Hear (Ogun, 1977)Vinyl Community: Americana (mostly) Vinyl Tag 2024Christopher Kibler2024-01-26 | Response to Sam St John's original video "Ep. 430, Americana Vinyl Tag, 2024" youtube.com/watch?v=SKL8rHolO_E
I try to respond to 20 prompts posed by Sam, and fail to produce 20 vinyl records though I think that I answer everything.
Special thanks to Hedley, Another Fat Bearded Man Talking About Records, for calling me out. youtube.com/watch?v=aIkWKaKR92QFamily Tree Vinyl Tag 2024 - 2023 Wrap-upChristopher Kibler2024-01-11 | Inspired by Madam Cyn's 2024 Vinyl Tags, I created my own based on what I purchased in 2023.
Cates Gang/Cates Brothers Cates Gang - Wanted (1970, Metromedia ) Cates Brothers - In One Eye and Out the Other
Mike Kennedy - Louisiana (ABC, !972) Los Bravos 1972
The Jaggerz (1970) Donnie Iris (1980)
The T-Bones (1966) Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (1971)
Wiggy Bits (Polydor, 1975) The Illusion (Steed, 1969-1970) - Richard Cerniglia, Mike Maniscalco, Mike Ricciardella. Blues Magoos (Mercury, 1968) - Emil Thielhelm
New York Dolls (Fan Club, 1974) Johnny Thunders - Que Sera, Sera, Resurrected (Jungle, 2019) Johnny Thunders - In Cold Blood (New Rose, 1983)
The Samplers - In Person (Kapp, 1961) Sandy Bull - Essential (1974, Vanguard)
Thomas Jefferson Kaye (1973) White Cloud (Good Medicine, 1972) Laramie (Mercury, 1970)
Tuxedomoon - Desire (Ralph, 1981) Blaine Reininger - Bzantium (Les Disques Du Crépuscule, 1987) Steven Brown - Music for Solo Piano (Another Side, 1984)
Dave Swarbrick - Swarbrick (Transatlantic, 1976) Fairport Convention - Moat on the Ledge (Woodworm, 1982) Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick - Prince Heathen (Topic, 1977)
The Knowbody Else - The Knowbody Else (Hip, 1969) Black Oak Arkansas - If An Angel Came To See You, Would You Make Her Feel At Home? (ATCO, 1972) Black Oak Arkansas - High on the Hog (ATCO, 1973)Thread Response for Rob Walkers 10 of my favourite illustrated album coversChristopher Kibler2023-10-30 | I show five (5) LPs and one cassette in response to Rob's initial video, with some supporting documentation on the cover illustrators.
Records shown: Sergey Kuryokhin - Pop Mechanics No. 17 (1988) - quintet Sergey Kuryokhin - Introduction in Pop Mechanics (1987) - ensemble Sergey Kuryokhin – Popular Zoological Elements (1987) - solo Anatoly Vapirov & Sergey Kuryokhin – Sentenced to Silence (1983) - from solo to quartet Anatoly Vapirov – De Profundis (1988) - ensemble Sergey Kuryokhin & Boris Grebenshchikov – Subway Culture (1986) - duo Sergey Kuryokhin & Boris Grebenshchikov – Mad Nightingales In The Russian Forest (1986) - duo Jaki Byard & Howard Riley - Live at Royal Festival Hall (8/29/1984) - duo Sakis Papadimtriou - Piano Plays (4/28/1983) - solo Amina Claudine Myers - Song For Mother E (1980) - duo Marilyn Crispell - Quartet Improvisations (1987) - quartet Akemi Kuniyoshi-Kuhn - Motion-E-Motion (4/12/1987)Gimme Ten! Steeplechase RecordsChristopher Kibler2023-09-18 | None of my Steeplechase LPs come with a Rick Ballard sticker!
The Road - The Road (Kama Sutra, 1969) - rock version The Kingston Trio - Children Of The Morning (Decca, 1966) - folk version The Hassles - The Hassles (United Artists, 1968) - psych version Ran Blake & Jeanne Lee - Free Standards - Stockholm 1966 (Fresh Sound Records, 2013) - jazz version
Not versions of the song, but a group called A Taste of Honey. Boogie Oogie Oogie/World Spin (Capitol, 1978) Sukiyaki/Don't You Lead Me On (Capitol, 1980)Vinyl Community: Black & White Album Covers (Norman Maslov Thread)Christopher Kibler2023-07-06 | I cannot presume to call these the best of anything, but they do have a B&W component on the cover. Half are recent finds, and half are LPs pulled from the shelves. A lot of keyboard forward music.
David Hemmings - Happens (MGM, 1967) Aki Takahashi - Valentines Out of Season (Toshiba, 1977) The Merry-Go-Round - Merry-Go-Round (A&M, 1967) Curt Newbury - Half a Month of May Days (Verve, 1970) Marilyn Crispell - and Your Ivory Voice Sings (Leo, 1985) Snakefinger - Who Do You Love (Secret, 2020) Jan & Lorraine - Gypsy People (A&M, 1969) Mitty Collier - Shades of a Genius (Chess, 1965) Kathy Smith - Songs I've Saved (Stormy Forest, 1970) Yusef Lateef - The Blue Yusef Lateef (Atlantic, 1968)Vinyl Community: Mostly Jazz and Classical Music with an emphasis on Piano, with needle dropsChristopher Kibler2023-05-08 | A variety of records that are new to me, at least on vinyl.Vinyl Community: Howd That Go Randy? featuring GloriaChristopher Kibler2023-04-29 | Randall Weaver's thread "How'd That Go" youtube.com/watch?v=HsL1Cn1QZQs&t=2s
Gloria, originally written by Van Morrison in 1965.
Here's a good version that I forgot to include. An organ in place of the vocals! Sandy Nelson - Superdrums! (Imperial, 1966) youtube.com/watch?v=MBjSANGpuHcArtists With the Most Albums in my Collection - Top 20Christopher Kibler2023-03-20 | Artists With the Most Vinyl Albums in my Collection. A previous version of this list included all formats contributing toward the rankings. Back then the top 10 were: 1. Led Zeppelin (125) 2. Deep Purple (102) Tie 3. Jimi Hendrix (93) / Richard Thompson (93) Tie 5. Jeff Beck (92) / Keith Jarrett (92) 7. Pink Floyd (87) 8. King Crimson/Robert Fripp (82) 9. Rolling Stones (81) 10. Grateful Dead (80)
Initial background music: Zsigmond Szathmáry - Orgulje Zagrebačke Katedrale (1981, Jugoton) Another sample from the album: youtube.com/watch?v=dA9Y45jW3_UVinyl Community: My Wagner Collection (in honor of Alan and Dave)Christopher Kibler2023-01-31 | Inspired by Dave's recent batch pf flip-style videos @VC Ambassador, and Alan's recent video in which he talked some about Richard Wagner @Static Traveller.
This video starts with my Richard Wagner on vinyl, mostly solo piano pieces, and then moves onto other Wagners.
David Wagner of the band Crow. He is sometimes listed as David Waggonner. Dick Wagner of the band Frost and then Ursa Major. He also was in Alice Cooper's post Alice Cooper Band band. Walt Wagner, a pianist from the Pacific Northwest.Vinyl Community: How’s That Go? Other Artists Doing Light My Fire by the DoorsChristopher Kibler2022-12-31 | A response to the Randall Weaver video showing other artists doing versions the Doors “Light My Fire “.
Link to Randy's video: youtube.com/watch?v=mcdrtEaZWBkVinyl Community: My Top Ten Potentially Most Valuable Albums Per DiscogsChristopher Kibler2022-12-28 | My top ten most valuable albums where the Discogs Max price is greater than or equal to tens times the Median price.Vinyl Community: Gimme Approximately 12 Days of Christmas - CD Piano Version & a Stick Figure?Christopher Kibler2022-12-21 | A possible stick figure for Shawn_Reviews_EVERY Record (Shawn)
Solo (mostly) piano albums from around the world.
Argentina Armenia Brazil Canada China Greece Iran (Persia) Ireland Israel Korea Lebanon Russia Switzerland Ukraine