Record Collecting Excitement With Some Incredible Finds- Oh Happy Day 

Interesting finds👍🏾 thanks for sharing😁 have a great week ahead

Awesome finds! Happy you rounded it out with some classical too. Another good interpretation of that symphony is Bernstein conducting Mahler. Sonic Youth is definitely a special grab.

I’d forgotten how much I enjoy that Strummer album! Listened to it twice today after watching your video. Thanks Steve!

Hi Steve - Sonic Youth have never clicked with me but I did quite enjoy the clip you played. Nice Joe Strummer, I remember listening to that album when it originally came out. Good luck with the cat interviews...

Hiya Steve! That Shadows of Knight album is a great find! There's so much more to the band than just Gloria, which sometimes gets overlooked. I was floored when you showed the Country Bob album - I don't think anyone else in the VC has talked about them! Those guys had quite a few tongue-in-cheek punk projects, with Almighty Lumberjacks of Death being one of my favorites... name-wise, at least. Thanks for sharing and have a great week!

Great stuff Steve. Thanks.

I've got a missle in my silo! CB&TBF's brings back some amazing memories of college radio from Lansing, MI. :)

That is a beautiful part of the country. To my ears, that is the most accessible sonic youth album. Cool Joe Strummer cover. I love Mahler. I watched many rehearsals; huge productions with all of the augmentation players.

Ooooh, an OG Sonic Youth! Excellent! The Strummer LP is fabulous. Cool finds!

Hi Steve, I've always liked that Shadows of Knight record, a nice find in that condition. Hope your son is able to land a good job in the Denver area in the near future. Take care, thanks!

Nice one on your Joe Strummer & The Mescalero's ! My favorite pick of yours is your Shadows Of Knight record. Mahler No. 1.. Beautiful 🤟

Now this is how I spend the first few minutes of my morning with my Tea . Good luck on finding a co-host. Take care art

HI Steve. Good morning 🌞. Aiden is motoring pretty good. Colorado has so many beautiful places. I liked the sound of Aviator from Art. He knows good music 🎶. FIFO 🎉.

Steve, excellent that Paul visited and could possibly move there for work. The universe works things out. That looks like a great western town. Do you walk around with your six shooter on your hip? Cowboy Bob looked fun. Is that a SR-71 on the cover of Aviator? Have a happy day! Peace ☮️ Namaste 🙏 the Zonkman

I miss cat. 😢. Hope you are well Steve. Colorado is so beautiful. Sonic was awesome. So loud, awesome distortion in a good way for their experimental approach. Some great pick-ups. Enjoy your week, my friend. Cheers, Gordon

Awesome SY find!

Georgetown looks like a lovely town, within a beautiful setting. Superb description of Joe and the Mescaleros work. Back Door Men by SOTK looks like a great buy, now actively searching for it. Southern Gothic death punk what's not to like. Nice ending on the Deutsche Grammophon Steve. Mike

Thanks Steve. Georgetown seemed to have mountains rising on all four sides of the town. Very scenic. Doesn't your other son want to join the family business, pools? - Chris

Some very nice selections Steve, just wanted to mention that Sonic Youth albums Goo and Dirty have a cd deluxe remastering with lots of cool bonus tracks. Those deluxe versions are getting harder to find. Love all the albums from Joe Strummer, I recently bought the one you showed at RSD back in April. ✌️

Those Misfits and Type o negative albums behind you. Oh my...

Hey Steve - didn't I comment on this video a few days ago? lol I think I forgot to press the "comment" button after I typed it out. Thanks for showing the records. I remember when that country/punk thing was a "thing" in the 80's....never cared for it. Very cool that you found Sonic Youth on vinyl. Good luck to your son and wife. I remember when I was a kid and my dad's advice was to find a good job with a good company with benefits, in expectation that you would work there for 30 years. lol Those days are gone now. Rock on Steve!

Hi Uncle Steve. I find it so ironic that The Brits re-introduced the blues to many Americans. It seems that while a lot of UK bands were playing blues, there were only a few American bands doing the same at that time. That Back Door Men album sounds very good. I could get into that. By the way, Georgetown looks like a great place to spend a weekend... thanks for taking us along. Have a great week.

From Dirty to Mahler nice 😊😊 I've just started reading Kim Gordon's autobiography so I wasn't aware they were married. I think like you as I've gotten older I'm up for a bit more experimental music but I like a tune too. Classical music I listen to alot whilst driving with work as it sits nicely in the background. There's few stations here including BBC radio 3 that's all classical 24 hours a day. Cheers

I also got the Strummer. An extra copy turned up at Repo.

Hi Steve, nice find with the Dirty album - one of my favourites from Sonic Youth. Give Murray Street a listen, a it superb later album. Glad you are now settled in Colorado, looks a beautiful place totally different from our Sleepy Suffolk. No hills here even but at least we have the Norfolk Broads and a lovely coast. Cheers, Paul

That was an excellent review of the Sonic Youth Real Steve. That nailed it, I picked up several things I didn’t know. Goo is also my favourite. Country Bob, now that’s an album cover! A little more info on Joe Strummer for you. Joe’s favourite football team was Arsenal. Their very successful Captain in the 90’s was Tony Adams. He suffered some personal issues and was dumped, Joe thought it was a terrible injustice and wrote that song ‘Tony Adams’. Great show as always. Mike wanabee Steve.

Hi Steve I enjoyed your video. (as always) I only have Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea which is I suppose a 12 inch single but it is over 30 minutes in length. The b side version of song is over 20 minutes in length. I agree with you daydream nation, Goo and Dirty are the essentials for me that I would like to add to my collection. I liked the Joe Strummer snippet you played so will explore that record some more. The same with Shadows of the night on enjoying the snippet.

I quite like Sonic Youth, but have never bought one of their records. One of those bands I could do with a 'Best of'. I'm completely devoid of Strummer/Mescaleros too. I found them too random. Back Door Men nice. Country Bob... not sure about that. Aviator sound interesting. And more classical! Nice. Good vid, Steve

Hi Steve, Love that Sonic Youth album, I remember seeing them on David Letterman when that album first came out, and they did 100% and Sugar Kane. Great album by the Shadows of Knight, one of the best garage bands of the 60s. Country Bob and the Blood Farmers looks interesting, so I'll be checking that one out. I have yet to get into Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, maybe I'll stream some of their music to see if I really like it. Thanks for sharing your picks for the week.

Hey Steve. That would be fantastic if your son got hired and moved to Denver. Ideal. Very cool town in the footage. Maybe next Sunday you could go and check out Golden, another great town. Robert Christgau has called many a wrong call. I’m definitely a melody guy, brother the records you feature make me look like like an old fart (hey which I am). You’re so cool. Love that Strummer!! Great garage rock, sounds like the Doors to me. Great gift from Art, such a great guy. Aiden loves those bubbles. Going to Vancouver tomorrow to see my new little one Shya. Cheers.

Beautiful shots of Georgetown, looks like it's remained that way for generations. ' Borrow' a 🐈..lol!!.. can't understand why any feline worth their salt wouldn't want the honour of co hosting, Steve. I blow hot and cold with Sonic Youth..i recall Sugar Cane got lots of airplay over here. Joe Strummer was hugely talented as a songwriter and musician, and i liked his eclectic approach and influences. Liked The Shadows of Knight, some great Doors ish keyboards there. Prog rock is a minefield, some of it is adventurous and musically interesting yet it can also be interminable and boring..i think the Canterbury artists like Caravan and Steve Hillage hit the sweet spot for me. Still dipping my toe with modern classical..Mahler is certainly dramatic!. Hope you're having a great weekend Steve..good luck with the Cat interviews.

HI Steve. Hope everything is rockin. I forgot to tell you that you prononced my last name really good last week. I like Sonic youths cover of I wanna be your dog. country bob sounded good. The shadows of knight is awsome, Take care. Jimbo

I never got into Sonic Youth. I had some friends try and turn them on to me when I was in high school in mid to late 90s. The Shadows of Knight is one of those bands for me that I know more than a few of their songs but not the band. I give you a ton of credit for keeping these videos coming throughout your move. I struggle to get one video out a month. Thanks for the work and keeping my Sunday morning coffee company.

I love that Sonic Youth album. Yeah, it was quite different from their first couple of albums, but still very cool. Amazing to find it on vinyl! It was the first cd that I played in my car after my dad had a CD player installed in my car. So lots of good memories!

Thanks to the video check out this band called the dummy Club pretty good rockabilly psychability from Milwaukee from back in the day

You didn’t mention the personnel of Aviator. They were actually quite the supergroup, with Clive Bunker from Jethro Tull, Jack Lancaster from Blodwyn Pig, John G. Perry from Caravan, and Mick Rogers from Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. Love Mahler; I’m going to hear the 3rd Symphony in San Francisco on the 30th.

Great vinyl review. I love Sonic Youth (one of my favorite bands) I prefer their albums Goo & Daydream Nation. I'm trying to listen to more Classical composers, other than Bach, Beethoven & Mozart. Mahler seems like a good place to start. How are the Rockies & the Avalanche doing ? I'm a fan of MLB & the NHL. Watching from 🇬🇧

Hi Steve, Hell of a find, that Sonic Youth. For me possibly their last great album, although they produced some quality product after. Their run from Bad Moon Rising to Daydream Nation has to be one of the best four album runs in rock history. The Joe Strummer I've been curious about off and on, especially since The Clash are my favorite band of all time. Anything by The Shadows Of Knight must be pretty rare by now. Gothic Country Punk? Who woulda thought? And I've never given Mahler a listen. Maybe I will. Appreciated the video, will check out more.

Glad to see you are still getting 🔥 from Jim on that Sonic Youth OG. Did you have that in the collection before, or first time after a long time looking?

I've tried so many times with Sonic Youth, and I still just don't get it. My good college friend was a HUGE fan. That clip might have been the first thing I could see myself listening to. That's probably the best Shadows of Knight album. Loved hearing the Mahler synopsis!

SY Dirty is a great one, and a very key record for me growing up. I only recently got a copy myself, a European press sometime last year. I think the only one I dont have now is Goo which for me, is not one of my favorites. But I dig it all the same. I am very tired of "Hey Joe" and yeah, every damn band did it. But I do dig that Shadows of Knight lp, very excellent. Cheers Steve!

Hello Steve; Sonic Youth, around the music goes where it begins nobody knows. Joe Strummer, an underrated artist the Clash reggae sound is evident. Shadows Of Knight, 2nd LP in mono, with the track I'm Not Talking on the cover & not on the record. Blood Farmers, new age country with a rock beat. Aviator, with David Bowie style Sax. Take care, Tina & Pat!~

Hi Steve. I don’t know how I never heard of sonic youth in my teens because I was a diehard KROQ fan. I discovered them later in life. That’s a beautiful clean dirty copy or dirty clean copy lol. Let’s just say it’s downright bitchin! Nothing like a good multi-genre band. Shadows Of The Knight have a great sound! Aviator has a great sound. Mahler Symphonies No 1 the Joy Division of classical music 😂. I’m very picky when it comes to symphonies. They are a very small part of my 300+ classical record collection. Mahler No. 1 is a fantastic piece! Those Digital DGG pressings sound amazing.

Don’t do it Steve! Don’t become a progger! Stick with the garage rock! lol

Hi Steve - Saw Sonic Youth on Goo Tour & new labelmates Nirvana opened. On Dirty tour , the two traded spots. After Nevermind , Andy Wallace & Butch Vig did Dirty & then Andy did Grace for Tim Buckleys son Jeff & Butch got a band of his own with a Scottish muse Shirley Manson & they called themselves Garbage 🗑.

You just don't see a lot of people on here showing cowboy death punk, you had to be the one Steve. Nice finds on the Shadows and Sonic Youth, I heard they got the Youth part from Big Youth (who I did a three part video series on) though you can't tell from their music that they were listening to him. Joe Strummer on the other hand was a reggae fan from the early Clash days and you can hear it in their songs. Have a good week Steve, glad you are starting to get some time to relax

Robert Christgau wrote some of the most asinine record reviews. I love the song Sugarcane. And the needle drop song is killer as well. I also picked up that RSD reissue of Strummer and the Mescaleros, great record.

i know a place in florida that rents out dogs for a day. not sure bout cats? i havent listened to SY in years. i have 5 or 6 of their lps i will check our cowboy bob. have you heard blind willie c**t ? i cleaned up the last word family show and all...

Hello, interesting albums as always. Today we vote for EU election and now I must try this Joe Strummer one,like his music not so much his voice....

Please stop saying Shadows of “THE” Knight. Makes me cringe! One of my favorite 60’s bands I saw with The Outsiders when I was 13. Possibly my very first concert! Yes I’m an old guy.