Short Cuts is a private club of vinyl lovers from Australia and New Zealand.
Great records from all of the world (but predominantly Japan) get disseminated in weekly lists… you can choose to buy or just choose to explore the music we discover in your own way.
A video on this RU-vid Channel highlights what’s available in the coming week, and a price list gets sent at 9pm Sydney time each Wednesday.
If you’d like to see the price list, please email me on shortcutsrecordsaus@gmail.com or message me.
I love Tea for theTillerman - one of those albums I listened to so much that I knownthe order of the songs. A lovely arrangement. Teaser and the Firecat I also enjoyed, but from memory it doesn't hold as many heart and mind gripping songs as the former.
It’s a cracking record. It’s got more psychedelic fringes than Zep, in some respects. The second track, Solitude, sounds like Love for the first couple of minutes… grooving bass, guitar arpeggio, then a pounding beat. But… at the 2 min mark the guitar squawl begins!! Then at the 3 min mark, the harmonica!I absolutely love it. These guys should have been a great cult band. Like Budgie or Stray. open.spotify.com/track/7Hdqty8Bj37dDhsHBf8uIw?si=IOYP05xNT3OKsvCPVK3Zhw
Nice selection. The Indianola Mississippi Seeds is not a 1st UK pressing, that would be on the Probe label. The ABC label indicates a US pressing. And punch holes were almost exclusive to US cutouts.
i love the old elvis album covers as well as the music of his 60's period. i take def leppard for granted growing up in the american midwest of the time you're talking about. they are touring stadiums with journey this summer.
Thank you for such a lovely comment! And yes… those old Elvis sleeves have an innocence to them. I also love that he’s pictured playing the piano on the sleeve when, in reality, he’d broken his finger playing touch football just before recording this record… 😂
@@shortcutsrecords i had nearly all the elvis records at one point but have owned less than a dozen b.b. records or albert king records . there was a john mayall show from 6/18/82 and albert was one of several great guests. it's on you tube! i got to see b.b. twice luckily. presley's 2nd to last show was an hour away!
Hi 👋 Greetings from New Zealand. I like the New York Dolls music. They are crazy good 👍. They werent around long , but they put out fun songs. I like Bauhaus too. They are one of my favorite bands of the 1980s. Good vinyl records there. Thanks from Carl.
I stumbled upon "Works" and also "Hard Promises" at a Goodwill, cost me no more than $3 a pop. And that Zeppelin Mothership (which I received complimentary from Rhino) is one of my prized boxed sets and definitely very well-mastered.
You're right the first pressing of the wall is fantastic and sounds amazing it sounds better than any other press that I've had thanks for the video have a great day
Yes, they’re important to some collectors. But… sometimes the quality of the vinyl and the music itself trumps the aesthetic of the OBI. I would say only 10% of my Japanese collection has the OBI - and I’m perfectly good with that. In saying that, I do love when the OBI blends into the sleeve (like True Blue) or where the colour is a real contrast with the sleeve (like some Japanese presses of Disraeli Gears). But… it’s this order for me. Vinyl -> sleeve -> poster/insert/booklet/other -> OBI.
Mr Big Stuff is a great Jean Knight album. I’ve had a few Grant Green records but got rid of them all. Now, late 60’s early 70’s Miles is right up my alley.
Hi there Richie. I agree re Jean Knight - pretty fabulous. With respect to that Miles era, have you listened to Agharta? It’s a live album from 1975… somewhat of a deeper cut. But well worth diving into…
