First Christmas Gift!

hearingimpared
hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
edited December 2007 in The Clubhouse
Well my older son "Big Joey" and he fiance' Erin were here tonight as we did the Feast of Seven Fishes.

We exchanged gifts and he gave me three LPs. One of which is a new band, at least to me called The Decemberists and the LP is The Cranes Wife.

It is very good and these guy are special like the Shins.

Here is what the double LP set looks like;

Anyone else get and early present?
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited December 2007
    Congrats Joe. Save them all for the morning with the little guy.
    Michael ;)
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited December 2007
    I got a Cal Tjader LP...."Funky Quarters"

    From my neighbor up the street...I give her rides into the city each week, and she has that system (onkyo, B&W) that she wants me to help sell...

    anyway, I looked for this copy (in mint condition) on CDNOW and a couple of other places and can`t find it....she said it was hard for her to find

    I don`t even have a TT, and my LP collection is still growing !!

    MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL....
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited December 2007
    I just finished using my new "Gillette Fusion Power" razor. Apparently, even with five blades, you can still cut yourself! :p

    But I also had quite a discussion about music with my brother in law about a lot of groups I really know nothing about. We talked about REO Speedwagon, Genesis, Chicago, Boston, Styx, Tom Petty, Motley Crue, Black Crowes, Poison, Foreigner, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, etc. Man, there's a LOT of great music out there I need to hurry up and discover!! :p
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited December 2007
    You're lucky, they're one of the best bands ever.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Well my older son "Big Joey" and he fiance' Erin were here tonight as we did the Feast of Seven Fishes.

    We exchanged gifts and he gave me three LPs. One of which is a new band, at least to me called The Decemberists and the LP is The Cranes Wife.

    It is very good and these guy are special like the Shins.

    Here is what the double LP set looks like;

    Anyone else get and early present?

    Nice gift.. i want to find me this album by the Decemberists too.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2007
    beardog03 wrote: »
    I don`t even have a TT, and my LP collection is still growing !!

    MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL....

    PM'd Addy!!!:D
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2007
    Demiurge wrote: »
    You're lucky, they're one of the best bands ever.

    I really like it! There are some bands out today that are just good old fashioned special and I think these guys are one of them.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,065
    edited December 2007
    Sounds like you're enjoying the new tunes...nothing like a great early present.

    PS-how'd those fish sticks turn out???
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2007
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    Sounds like you're enjoying the new tunes...nothing like a great early present.

    PS-how'd those fish sticks turn out???

    Ha ha ha, everything turned out great . . . BTW I'm loving this CD 168 man great bass response, details, and no digital grunge.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,480
    edited December 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »

    Here is what the double LP set looks like;

    I like the cover art!
    Anyone else get and early present?

    Yeah! I got a whole bunch of shiny rocks!:D
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited December 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    We exchanged gifts and he gave me three LPs. One of which is a new band, at least to me called The Decemberists and the LP is The Cranes Wife.

    The story of The Crane Wife

    The Crane Wife is an old Japanese tale. While there are many variations of the tale, a common version is that a poor man finds an injured crane on his doorstep (or outside with an arrow in it), takes it in and nurses it back to health. After he releases the crane, a woman appears at his doorstep with whom he falls in love and marries. Because they need money, his wife offers to weave wondrous clothes out of silk that they can sell at the market, but only if he agrees never to watch her making them. They begin to sell them and live a comfortable life, but he soon makes her weave them more and more. Oblivious to his wife's diminishing health, his greed increases. He eventually peeks in to see what she is doing to make the silk she weaves so desirable. He is shocked to discover that at the loom is a crane plucking feathers from her own body and weaving them into the loom. The crane, seeing him, flies away and never returns.

    Band leader Colin Meloy found a version of this story and decided to write music based on it.
    Carl

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2007
    Ha ha ha Rich, at least it will keep you warm.
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