Your Radio Tay Music Library comment was hilarious. I also agree with you on Sire leaving out the great Ramones track "Don't Come Close" on Ramones Mania. Also agree with you on Descendents "Somery" on CD. You cannot disturb the minute and a half song flow by switching the double album sides. I am honored by the shout-out Harris. Especially when I am mentioned in the same sentence as the one and only Jonathan Richman. Thank you. BTW. Right back at you. Your collection filler bands was brilliant. I always connect with your artist/band appreciations. One of the best responses that I have seen in years. Way to go H~ Rob/Boston
Hey Rob, it’s a pleasure, Always appreciated the support you’ve given my videos with your thoughtful/detailed comments & your stories from the trenches of rock & roll (meeting Morrissey on numerous occasions...actually I’m more impressed with Jo Slee..I’m such a fan) There’s only one reason I do these videos & that’s to chat to others about music! 😊 Yeah don’t come close isn’t an absolute classic, but I think it was ridiculed at the time by punks for sounding like country & Weston..It Definately was their first really poppy, radio friendly moment imo. I love it. Yeah Somerset is my favourite Descendents, I find the individual albums patchy, even the debut.Hope all is well Rob..80 degrees here....it’s unheard of! 😃
Yeah,I remeber buying that around 84? ‘They airbrushed my face!’ 😆 I decided to show The Best Of..as I thought most people would only have it on CD. I’ve got ‘Dead Letter Office’ on Vinyl too...which is hit & miss Cheers mate! 😊
Must check out a Tom Petty Comp as well. Classic example of a band I have no real interest in....but do enjoy the singles from ‘American girl’ up to ‘Free Falling & ‘Dont Come Around Here’
@@Harrispilton22 Ya - Tom Petty might have some good hidden nuggets buried in some obscure album, but for the most part all you need is the greatest hits. Plus, the greatest hits is the only place you can get his song "Last Dance With Mary Jane."
I feel totally honoured to get a such a great response video! And what a video, I was laughing throughout with a big smile! So many great points, like your "avoid filler list", I think I'll add that directly to mine. Spot on! Teenage Fanclub turned me on to Big Star as well. In fact Teenage Fanclub is one of my top bands from the 90s, I saw them opening for Nirvana in Stockholm in 1992, after that my life kinda changed. When it comes to the no compilation rule, I'll try to find the songs on the original singles instead. Why take the easy way and buy a best of-album when you can work hard to track down 10 singles? 😂 Again Harris, thanks for this video, made my day. Cheers!
Hey Jonas! Thanks for taking it in good humour. I thought yours was a great video! Amazing you saw Nirvana!...my Nirvana story is I bought ‘Bleach’ on day of release...on white vinyl! Yeah the weekly press kept saying Teenage Fanclub had ripped off Big Star..I think that’s harsh, Maybye ‘December’ and ‘What You Do For Me’....Grand Prix is one of my favourite albums ever. Yeah I’m a big compilation fan. I think it’s a U.K. thing, where it was very much a singles culture (remember Oasis V Blur, Park-life vs Roll With It) It probably all comes from The Beatle & The Stones who would put out amazing singles with great b-sides, so that carried on with The Jam, The Smiths etc. I think it’s just in the culture. Thanks again my friend! 😊
@@Harrispilton22 That Bleach on white vinyl is a monster. Good buy! And I agree about Grand Prix, I'm glad to have the UK original with bonus single. Such an amazing album. Again, thanks and take care!
Hey man. Great to hear a Scottish voice on the VC! I worked up in Glasgow for a year, the office was near King Tuts, many a happy night spent in my mates pub The Lauriston! Need to head back there again! Thanks for watching, subbed back!
@@Harrispilton22 There doesn't seem to be too many Scots in the VC. I only know of a couple. King Tuts is a magic venue! I've not been in years either. Glasgow as a whole has such a great live music scene.
Brilliant Harris! First time I’ve watched a one of your vids, but not the last. I’m lying here with Covid for the 5th time! I am vaccinated x5 too! Feeling very grubby and you’ve got me laughing out loud ! 😂. Thank you 🙌👏👏👏
Harris Pilton videos & Covid.....a lethal combination! 😆 Thanks for your kind comments, I only do these to chat about music, so I really appreciate you taking the time to watch! Get better soon. If Covid doesn’t get you then my videos will! 😂
Hello! I actually see that comp a few times a year, it seems to fall into the category of not easy to find....but also not that expensive..which is odd? 😊
I watched the video by Jonas and I really enjoyed it even though I mostly don't collect records the same way he does. I think Swedes sound so sincere to non-Swedes that some people missed the humour and irony in his presentation of his "manifesto". A similar thing happens with us Canadians. Many non-Canadians think we're very polite, but we're incredibly sarcastic bastards a lot of the time, even when it sounds like we're being nice. I have to admit that there's merit in his restrictive approach to collecting. I'm running out of space to put records because of my casual approach.
I love Sweden. Wonderful country, & like many Nordic countries the governments fund the arts.....which used to happen in the U.K...but things are rapidly going downhill..since Brexit not coincidentally. I’ve always found Nordic people incredibly kind & open minded. Yes the U.K. is pretty famous for its sarcasm..which I think occasionally comes over in my videos, but it’s all done in love! If the Brits take the piss out of you, then it normally means you’ve won us over! We’re simple folk over here..give us alchohol & an excuse for a knees up..and we’re pretty happy! 😂
Strong, strong points, Harris! I'm still not giving up on Greatest Hits compilations, also...I'm with you on that one strongly...and you have just made a classic line comparing Human League's The Lebanon vs Blowing in the Wind by Bob Dylan....CLASSIC LINE😂!!!! GREAT VIDEO😅!!!
Your section of good comps / greatest hits was awesome ! Sometimes that's what I pull out of all of my records. Such a nice My Bloody Valentine 12" I Jonathan is excellent and.. Yeah now KC And The Sunshine band ! Cool video 🔥
Hey JT. I remember buying that My Bloody Valentine 12” in HMV in 88 for £2.99, wish I’d bought multiple copies..the price of that thing...particularly over your side of the water! Yeah ‘You Made Me Realise’ is a tremendous song, very Sonic Youth meets Dinasaur, meets Mudhoney...perfect combination. Yeah I tried to pull out comps on Vinyl that were from the CD era, thought it. Made it more interesting!
I'm getting creative with finding records.. guts that buy out storage units and sell in bulk. Hope to find some titles from the 80's and 90's next dig. I don't have any My Bloody Valentine on vinyl, only Cd ! Cheers from Lake Tahoe 🌈 See you, Harris
Yeah.. If we could only go back and know to buy up a lot of 90s titles.. I did fairly well at Tower here in Reno, back in 2002, although I could have really raked in the goodies, and I remember thinking that it's a good idea to buy these records.. STP, Sunny Day Real Estate, Soundgarden.. on and on !
@@jtsrecordroom3963 ha,ha.JT I bought a lot of nineties vinyl in HMV for £7.99 a record. Vinyl was still a going concern in the U.K. until about 94. I probably sold about 200 of them for £2000 about 8 years ago...those records would now be about £15000! Ah well I still got more than I paid for them. 😊
I don’t really care too much about pressings. If I have a good sounding version for the most part I’m done. The best greatest hits is the Sly and the Family Stone. It is the only place to get Thank You Fa Lettin’ Me Be Myself Again unless you buy the single. Ambient is a bit of a snooze but I’m sure it works best on CD. Classical is also best on CD for the same reason. Those are the only KC albums I need.
Hi Ritchie, as long as they aren’t objectively’Bad’ pressings then I’m ok. But continuous surface noise is something I’ve had to put up with over the last few years & warping seems to be more common? Yeah I’ve got that Sly ‘Everybody Is A Star’ is my favourite, think that may have just been a single? It’s an almost perfect greatest hits. Cheers Ritchie!
Hilarious, I laughed out loud a few times. KC and the Sunshine Band - the Ramones of disco, classic line. Don't diss the Wurzels though, they have done some hilarious cover versions, give them a listen. Cheers, Paul
Cant beat a bit of Divine Madness, this came out around the 92 Finsbury Park comeback gig, which I’m happy to say I was at....crazy day..especially for Morrissey!
No comp’d?!?! Madness is correct. Wasn’t familiar with that source video, but agree with many of your takes here HP. Killer, not filler is what we all aspire for. 🤘🏻
Hey Chance. There were actually five 90’s pressings in that parade of comps....kept Duran Duran...sold ‘Siamese Dream’.....will I ever learn!!! Thanks my friend, hope all is good, really enjoyed your last stream btw..very entertaining! 😊
I made 1 of the comments he responded to. My comment pointed out 2 or 3 “rules” that I think are detrimental to collecting records or cds, hence music. I have collected for over 55 yrs now and I have never lived in any major massive cities where OG’s are all around. I do love OG copies but also love new fresh remastered versions. 90% of my jazz collection would not exist if I waited for an OG press. These new “top tier” or well made remastered and 45’s are amazing and a huge part of my enjoyment. I believe that when you own higher end audio and appreciate quality reproduction then you understand the value of reissued recordings. Then there is the “no Greatest Hits or Compilations”, well that’s silly too as those can ignite or introduce you to new artists and music plus they are handy to have. Then last is simply NO RULES. We live with enough rules and laws thank you, don’t need any more. I am fortunate that most my records are OG because I bought them new decades ago or used decades ago 😝. Cheers. 🥂
Intersting thoughts about high end audio. I remember when I first started buying second hand vinyl in about 88. I was in a classic dump of a record shop, in the cities red light district...records stacked vertically everywhere, the sun blazing on the vinyl in the milk crates outside the shop. Run by washed up hippies. I was talking to the owners about hi-fi when this old Pink Floyd fan suddenly emerged and said ‘Once you’ve found a sound you’re happy with ...stop!’ then he sort of disappeared again! It was the best advise I’ve ever had. What you see behind me is an old battered Technics 1210, propped on a entry level Onkyo A9010 amp & two cheap Monitor audio speakers. That’s about a high end as I’m getting! Thanks for you comments, much appreciated! It’s the only reason I do these videos. 😊
Always wonderful to see/hear you. Many of those greatest hits you showed I have on cassette, one is in the car. Kc and sunshine band was really big where I grew up. take care
Hey Shaun. Good to hear from you! I intentionally showed greatest hits that I didn’t think most people would have on vinyl, especially in America....(in the U.K. Vinyl was a pretty solid concern until about 93, I think in America the shutters went up around 88?) Love a bit of KC , underrated really, at their peak they were a pretty well drilled band, the horn section on these two albums is dynamite. Cheers my friend! 😊
OK, I started your video, stopped, made a proper cup of English Breakfast, and then started watching again. "You never have to explain yourself to the VC" should be one of the pillars of VC posts. Just think of all the sad, angry, and easily-offended old white dudes in this community of ours! If you have to explain yourself to the likes of them, you'd never be able to stop making response vids! Great vid - I agree with you on every count.
Hey M! Funnily enough I don’t drink tea....in fact not that many in the England do in my experience...we’re definitely a coffee nation. Luckily I don’t get too many negative comments & thumbs down...but ultimately I can’t rationalise every person in the VC...sometimes you’ve just got to let it go! Cheers M!
Another superb video. There should only be a few points about any record collecting manifesto. 1. Get the best version you can afford. 2. By all means blind buy, but only keep stuff you like. 3. Don't buy stuff you have no intention of playing. 4. Manifesto's are for Futurists and Communists not vinyl collectors.😂
Intersting Mike, as I have a bit more disposable cash at the moment (not for long) I am thinking of treating myself to a couple of first press grails..which chimes with your point 1. Scott 4 by Scott Walker & The debut by The Sound are two I’m eying up. But I’ve barely ever paid more than £30.00 for a record...those two go for some serious cash. Point 3 is a good one. I see it in the VC all the time. If I buy a record the intention is I would want to play it at least 20 times..doesn’t always work but that the intention. I think that’s why I buy the 12” singles now. Pretty cheap & I do tend to play them a lot!
Hey Madame Cyn...we do seem, to like a knees up in the U.K. VC...hopefully we can all get together and have one in real life one day! Would be great to say ‘Hi’ Yeah I’ve got that Donna Summer on a 12” , timeless stuff. KC were great...until the coke took hold. There’s a video of ‘Keep It Coming Love’ on RU-vid the singers eyes are like dinner plates!
I agree with you about the new reissues, outside of a few good ones that come out, most are not good. I always prefer original pressings, most of the records I’m selling from my collection are reissues where I found the og’s that sound better. One exception is the 2012 Smiths reissues, I think these are pretty good, I like the bottom end and they sound fuller than the US og’s. The US Sire label pressings were a little on the thin side, too bright sounding. I have almost a complete set of the 12” single eps from the UK and a few UK albums. The first two Smiths albums I think still sound very thin including the UK pressings that I own. Just my opinion, long time Smiths fan.
That’s interesting I’ve heard about those 2012 pressings being good. I bought Meat Is Murder on release, Definately the worst Smiths pressing I own sound wise., but my favourite Smiths album. I did something I never do & bought it again on a Portuguese pressing .a bit better. My repress of ‘Louder Than Bombs’ is hit & miss too, some of the tracks sound like they came from a dodgy source! I would have bought the first album year of release...certainly not amazing, but I always found it a bit disappointing anyway, as the hype around that album was huge after me & my mates had taped The Peel Sessions & had got caught up in the buzz, side one is a real mess imo, side 2...classic. Thanks for your comments! 😊
Totally agree, the Pandas have had the easy life for far too long, Its time they got a job instead of sitting on their backsides chomping bamboo!! This isn't a manifesto, its a contract with the VC people ; ) Just seen on Zurich's internal noticeboard 'can the person who stole the notepad pls return it'.
Ha,ha I left my municipal about 10 years ago....so god knows why I’ve still got this pad...well spotted! ..coincidentally they’ve just send me a letter saying they cocked up my redundancy pay...more coming my way! 😊 Pandas have had it too easy too long Stevie...time to raise awareness of that!!! I leave that to you!
This is academic Harris, as I’ve already decided that Count Binface has THE definitive manifesto. It includes the Grade 1 listing of Claudia Winkleman’s fringe, the reintroduction of Ceefax and 99 Flake Ice Creams to be capped at 99p. I sense I have captured your attention young Harris. But yes, piss off Bob Dylan and the KC’s disco Ramones…..not arf! Nice manifesto but it’s no Binface. Mike
Vote for me Mike & I promise to bring back the strip of cardboard in Bounty Bars!...that’s my platform! A vote for Pilton is a vote wasted.....that’s my catchphrase!...it worked for Trump.
@@Harrispilton22omg……what have they done with our Bounty cardboard strips?? It’s the deep state again!! Give us back our Bounty cardboard strips you Bastards!!
Ha,ha,Cheers Derek. Rush have become a bit of a running joke on my videos...truth is I don’t think I’ve ever heard them bar Tom Sawyer which some of my mates liked back in 1980?, while I was in Soft Cell & The Associates...it just never sounded like my sort of thing! Thanks for watching 😊
@@derekgordon6511 Thanks for taking it in good humour...I can be a bit tongue in cheek, but people who watch these tend to let stuff slide....apart from the time I wore a badge that said ‘Vinyls’....that upset a few. I was like Michael Caine in the final scenes of Zulu fighting off the vinyl purists! 😂
Hi Harris - I've never even considered buying releases by DJ Shadow , Thievery Corporation , Seefeel , FSOL , Death In Vegas & Harold Budd on vinyl. They are meant to be enjoyed uninterrupted & even Pure Phase by Spiritualized is best on cd with all the interludes. Scotland beat Hungary & they probably progress but problem is they probably won't beat Hungary. England look like a sure out in the quarters but of course could make " adjustments " On July 5th say .. Hello Labour 🌹!
Hi David. England have just battered America in the cricket World Cup!!! It’s coming home!! Yeah agree with all you’re choices above. I bought Ladies & Gentleman on Vinyl & regretted it....it’s an average pressing too! Looking forward to tonight’s winner takes all clash with Scotland ...England are timing their run to perfection....watch us explode off the final straight! 😂 Thanks as always David! 😊
I am a huge fan of Best of albums, I don’t want to buy a whole bunch of albums just to get the hits, a best of Elton John saves me from buying 15 albums! Best of and comps are great. Thank you for your love of the Panda’s, all of China thanks you and will no longer try to hack and steal your identity. A lot of people don’t like Greatest Hits, not me, I don’t want to listen to their filler stuff haha. Buy a single from the King of 12 inch. Nice response and great hand writing, give you an A minus, a few extra swirls in the handwriting would have given you an A
Hi Steve. Compilations are very much a U.K. thing imo. We just seem to have a singles culture that didn’t really exist in the U.K. Probably because The Beatles & Stones were popping out endless singles & EP’s with incredible b-sides. Then you had The Jam & The Smiths who would often put their best songs on the flip side. Most of the big British bands bought on incredible b-side compilations, I can’t think of many American bands who have done that? ‘Singles Going Steady’ by The Buzzcocks has all the b-sides on side 2....& they are just a notch below the a-sides. It just seems to be something in the culture.
Hi Harris. I would've put KC in the filler category, but i have to admit that Get Lifted and Boogieman, still today make my rusty hips moving. Greetings
Hey SC! Long time no see. Hope all is goo mate! 😊 I’m a bit of a sucker for KC, although dancing is no longer a realistic possibility. Just putting my socks on is something I have to plan in advance nowadays! 😂
@@Harrispilton22 Yes Harris, long time no see. Everything is fine. Thanks for asking. I see you are doing well. Chatting with you always cheers me up. Wish you all the best.
You have the Human League's Greatest Hits? I accidentally turned my dinner plate over! It's on me want list but there's never one in the States! Oh the humanity and etc.
Hey Dewey, Really? That’s not a particulaly tough one to find over here. Maybye a bit like Dexy’s they were considered a bit of a hit wonder in America, while in the U.K. they were top ten monsters! Even Robbie Williams covered ‘Louise’ as a single...although it bombed! 😆 Thanks my friend! 😊
Hmm. No compilations. Many of my favorite albums are original compilations with tracks not released elsewhere... i don't have fillers from your list... hmm shoyld I change channel to Vinyl Helsinki?
@@Harrispilton22 You are late.. I lived in Porvoo 83-86, but you're wellcome. By the way, there is no record stores in Porvoo... few flew markets for 2nd hand stuff.
Quite agree Ed, absolute travesty! There’s a really sweet video on RU-vid where she mimes and comes in too early! She was an absolute looker too! Need to investigate her Career a bit more, don’t know if she just disappeared into seventies AOR hell?
@@Harrispilton22 Her 50s and most of the 60s stuff is worth having. There's a CD of her Liberty label 45s that is pretty excellent. I have it, some 45s and several albums. After the 60s I lose interest.
Ha,ha, that’s quite astute Joe. I’ve been wanting to do a ‘greatest hits’ video for a while, so this gave me a good chance to combine tow videos...I’ve got about another 200 of this things! 😂
Aw, man! Don't make me question my record collecting regime, I doubt if my tattered mind would be able to cope with gazing into that abyss of self reflection. As Popeye sagely put it, I yam what I yam. I can't change now. Can't make me! Rules are for losers... and the smooth running of any functional modern civilisation. Do I need all three volumes of Chas & Dave's Jamboree Bags? ...Maybe I don't!!! Help me. My mind's unravelling...
Ha, Ha,. I’m sensing the meds are wearing off Headley. Grab the tuba! TBH it was just a way of nicking someone else’s idea & basking in the glory! ...& I haven’t bought any record for two weeks. It was nice to show some comps that probably most people only have on Cassette/CD. I may be able to help you sourcing those Jamboree Bag comps...they’re currently sitting the The Heart Foundation shop for 99p....they’ve been there for 9 years...they’ve actually manage to withstand the vinyl revival & remain unsold! 😂
@@Harrispilton22 But...But...But...I have all three! When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer. I knew how he felt 😥
@@anotherfatbeardedmantalkin5893 what is it they say? Two things survive the apocalypse..Keith Richards....& a milk crate full of Chas & Dave Jamboree bag albums in the Heart Foundation shop!
''I, Harris Pilton, vow to collect every 12inch pap muzak single circa 1985-1995 whilst having the audacity to wear a Dolly T Shirt without impressive mammaries''. My hazy recollection of Big Star was the tunes were dull as dishwater. I'm a big fan of the Buzzocks, or their lyrics. I'd put Going Steady in a top 10,000 List, unlike the other ones you showed. Bangles>, are you a 12 year old girl?
You say I’m wearing a Dolly Parton shirt without impressive mammaries. Mike...as far as I’m aware you’ve never seen my mammaries? Yeah I knew you’d hate Big Star!..I’m actually amazed you like The Buzzcocks..small victories at channel Pilton! That Bangles album holds magical memories for me Mike!
@@Harrispilton22 Witty lyrics wth a deep, absurdist, melancholic bent and more musically advanced than most punky bands. With your new utube stardom it migh be an idea to have Big inked on one nipple and Star on the other. If ''magical memories'' are linked to Bangles tunes you are probably referring to times aged 10-15 when you lusted after young harlots in your hood du jour.
