Pulling out a Hawkwind vinyl... Robert you're the man!

The best 25 cents you ever spent on the John Prine Self Titled debut! RIP Loretta Lynn. Willie Nelson Shotgun Willie is a classic! Great Video!

Wholeheartedly agree on the John Prine album. What a great debut. I really like Fly Like An Eagle despite his earlier material. It has a time and emotional connection for me the others don't.

Nice video Robert Fithen!! Happy new year

the Roxy Music tour was great.. that was religion...

Another great entertaining and informative vinyl tag. I think this year's videos have been the best I've seen 👍👍👍

Enjoyed the tag. Love John Prine. Purple rain poster was great.

Very cool... thanks!

Love it! Keep it up!

Was just gifted John Lee Hooker with Canned Heat. Can't wait to spin it. Always a pleasure hearing your insight.

Blind Mississippi Morris!! Likely at blues city, which in my opinion have the best and most consistent ribs in the city. Maybe I’ll run into you someday on Beale

Hey Mr Fithen! Great TaG man! Love that you chose some classics like The Pretenders! And Jeff Airplane! I’ll never forget that day I walked into your record room and how overwhelmed I was at the vast collection of music in there! Wow! Oh you are so welcome for the turn on to Brown Acid but aI gotta tell ya only the first dose is free after that after you’re hooked it’ll cost ya LoL! 😂 Entertaining as always! Peace ☮️✌️👽🤘☮️

In the UK Oasis is seen as muzak for the lobotomised, with a thuggish bent.

great stuff.. I love walking down beale street and seeing shows that way!!

Repo Man is a classic and very easy to find. Criterion just issued an excellent Blu-Ray of the movie. The album was also reissued this year.

I bought Scary Monsters when it first came out. I was making the transition from the likes of Aerosmith, AC/DC, Black Sabbath etc. into this new world of music (Joy Division, Psychedelic Furs, The Jam, Gary Numan's Replicas album, etc.). I had Ziggy Stardust in my record collection but hadn't listened to it in years and it was my only other Bowie album. I was blown away by Scary Monsters, I absolutely loved it. I remember setting the tone arm down, sitting down, and It's No Game comes on with these great guitar chords and this Japanese woman talking and then Bowie comes in. I just smiled and thought, this is f*#king awesome! 🙂

I watch your videos pretty religiously and your back catalog I'm always surprised at the variety of albums you have I hardly ever comment too so here's a comment

Brilliantly video dude …. I’m so onto that brown acid series 🤪

Great job, Robert. You mentioned two of my favorite albums: Repo Man and Shotgun Willie. My wife is an Elvis fan, and she gravitates towards post-Hollywood Elvis, so you repped her nicely as well. One suggestion for 2023 - another hot sauce vid.

Scary monsters is my favorite David Bowie album! The John prine you showed is one of my favorites of his ✌️

Great video as always.When you said Question 10: Most surprising purchase, the first thing that came to my mind is here comes a $150 Analogue Productions LP. When I saw you pull out something thin, I knew I was mistaken. So my first question would be: What would you say has the least chance of happening? You ever buying a $150 Analogue Productions Lp, or John Cougar Mellencamp winning an Oscar for Best Actor? The character Kevin Malone from the old TV show The Office has $10,000 to 1 odds on Mellencamp. His advice was "If anyone ever gives you 10,000 to 1 odds; take it."..."If he ever wins an Oscar, I am going to be one rich dude." He also said "The only thing I ever really wanted from life was to sit on the beach every day and eat hot dogs." It seems like in the Comments section everybody is pre-ordering Aja. Steely Dan's music structure changed on that album from songs with more of a continuous flow and some good hooks to a very free and loose structure, without concern with hooks. There are "some" songs with rhyming lyrics, but they weren't overly concerned with that anymore either. Would like to have it but not at that price. Give me $150 to go on a record shopping spree, and between ebay, thrift stores and record stores, I can come up with enough new music to last me all year long. Of course the wealthy can afford to do both on a regular basis; and they are lucky....Some of my other questions would be: 2. What is your favorite album of all time? 3. What kind of stere system do you play your records on? 4. Where did you get your great sense of humor and creativity from? Some of your videos like the Memphis record stores and the hot sauce one are absolute classics on here. When Jefferson Airplane named their greatest hits album Worst Of Jefferson Airplane. Was that the first time anyone did that? It was funny somewhat. Grace Slick has done lots of interviews. I remember once on the old Tomorrow Show with the late Tom Snyder, she realized that her car was being followed by the police. She thought to herself, "What am I worried about? I got an Aston Martin. I'm driving a James Bond car," and then floored it. After a lengthy chase she finally stopped and decided to pull over. The officer offered to tear up her ticket if she would let him look under the hood and see the engine. She claims that White Rabbit was not a pro drug song. Even though she was known as the Acid Queen. She tried to get in the White House one time and put some in Nixon's coffee. Sounds like she was only here for fun.

Always entertaining and always a great variety of different artists and styles featured on your channel.

Yes to the Jefferson Airplane. I have a complete collection of the Airplane, bought new as they came out. Great prices back then!

Before I look further, I love the latest '22 Muse.

Great video Rob with some hilarious commentary mixed in as always! Not familiar with Loretta Lynn, as I haven't really dived deep in Country but I will certainly check her out, I have a great interest in empowered female musicians. Happy New Year!

I’m glad that I share the same excuse as you as leaving comments. Hahaha Nice tag! Cheers, Brian☘️

Watched and enjoyed some of your vids You may have mentioned these bands but if not should really give them a listen Be Bop Deluxe,Camel, and City Boy

Another entertaining video!!!! Obviously I'm glad that you enjoyed First Aid Kit. That's their 5th full studio album plus they had an ep when they were like 14 & 16. I agree with you that they're not master lyricists, but actually a lot of their songs on earlier albums were about other things than love. They have lots of really beautiful songs. Check out the song Emmylou. I think you may like that one. I love Loretta Lynn too and I grew up with Elvis' Aloha from Hawaii drilled into my brain. I always finish your videos completely entertained.

Great tag response. I may be in the minority but my favorite John Prine album is Bruised Orange. I enjoyed your three album run. Fine 80's soundtrack and The Criterion Collection has a Repo Man DVD. I'm glad you showed Loretta Lynn. I was hoping someone would. Elvis in space. Cheers.

Scary Monsters is the Shite!! Thank you Mr F.!!👽❣

Nice tag! That Purple Rain poster is phenomenal. Wow. Nice choice on The Pretenders too. 👏🏻

Happy new year, Robert. Gee, did I just see Supernaut on the VC??🤣 They did have another chart song Too Hot To Touch, as well as the I Like It Both Ways. I think the Lolly song is the B side to Too Hot, from memory. Cheers from Oz. John D

Picked up learning to crawl recently. Love Pretenders & Chrissie. The new Pistols biopic was great

Tough to argue that John Price debut. Utterly fantastic. Throughout the 90s, WXRT in Chicago was giving him a lot of love. His single "Picture Show" (with Tom Petty) was in pretty heavy rotation there. And Chrissie Hynde's "I shot my mouth off" line was on "Tattooed Love Boys".

Scary monsters is a great fucking record, teenage wildlife is a masterpiece of a song imo

Fun video. Can you do more frequent "20 Questions" videos? Got one for you.

Hey great video. Most hilarious moment was your choice of Supernaut for your Australian act. They were a one hit wonder band here in Oz in the mid-late 70's with "I Like It Both Ways" but amounted to nothing otherwise. Were featured on "Countdown" which was an Australian pop/rock show shown on a Sunday night at 6pm on the ABC (government owned station). They did try reinventing their look & style to follow the punk movement and even called themselves the Nauts. I saw them at a Northern Sydney pub, (I think supporting the Divinyls or it was just them?). I think there were 20 people there. The song was just your typical 2-3 chord rock. Loved your choice of Elvis for your 'space album cover'. Love the channel too. You have a dry wit which I like. Cheers mate.👍

I almost showed Loretta Lynn in my video, but there were too many choices for that question.

First Aid Kit us a great band. Their first two albums are great too.

Roger Waters performed John Prine's "Hello in there" at the New port folk festival a few years back. I still haven't decided what blows me away more. Roger playing New port, or Roger covering John. I loathe Oasis too! BTW The Bears on the GD Throw aren't dancing. They're marching. Enjoyed, thanks!

i was surprised too when u showed that First Aid Kit vinyl in ur other video. 😮 i listened to the viagra boys album based on ur last video and i think that was much more ur style. 🎶🎸 holy f that Hawkwind is in tatters! 🗑 i liked that u showed ur willie at the end. 😘😂

Even when I was going to lots of concerts the stadium shows were far and few between. Small gigs are the way to go. I actually showed socks in my vinyl tag. The English Kaleidoscope is a grail. Elvis was a great choice for space album. I always preferred the windowpane acid. When I watch vc videos on the tv I open up the video on my phone to make comments.

Wow! That was the first Elvis record I ever heard! You, Cosmic Bryan and I should show up at a record convention together and make a video. Loretta Lynn is the greatest. Great show!

You're not missing much by not having oasis on vinyl. I think that just transferred the cd mix to vinyl. The brickwalling is prevalent on thr vinyl so just feel free to keep your oasis cds.

Pretenders run of three. Yes yes yes!

If I found Hawkwind like that cheap at a yard sale or flea market, I'd be trying not to yelp in happy excitement. But online for good money...? I'd hope their fire hydrants only spray dog pee. Video contests aren't my thing. Besides if you've seen my mug on screen, I think it's my good service to safety of the VC screens that it rarely appears. Seriously though, thanx for all the great listening suggestions and content. All the best in '23!

Oh man!! Love that Repo Man soundtrack. Need that on wax. Cool movie too. Ive never got into Pretenders that much. I like a few songs like Chain Gang one yku mentioned but dont own any of the albums. Oddly enough I used to mix up Patti Smith and Chrissy Hinde sometimes. Was that Hawkwind copy from Ebay or Discogs?o Great responses man! Cheers

Elvis in space

Here goes: What major band / artist do you feel fell the furthest regarding their quality of work in comparison to their high water mark? And how long did it take? For me, it's the band Chicago. From Chicago Transit Authority, etc. to late-'70's-early- ''80's stuff in a little over a decade. Thank you.

Australian artists- King Gizzard!

scary Monsters is awesome

I did some experimenting recently. I have been comparing vintage 50's & 60's vinyl to vinyl of the last 10 years or so. It seems that the old discs fly much better than the newer ones. I gave my 9 grandchildren a bunch of my albums to see which the kids thought made the best frisbies. The MoFi from the '80s are pretty good. Beatles era not bad. Best were the oldest. An elvis album from 1958 could really fly! RCA LSC's are good but Dynagroove's are bad.

Good video. Show a grail? If you ask me grail is one of the most overused words in the VC. How many grails can a person have? Happy new year!!!

what New Zealand bands do you like?

King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava was the best new album of 2022, in my opinion of course

War on Drugs put out a great album in 2022

Fun fact: the original bass player from The Pretenders OD'd at a party at my ex-girlfriends house in Spring Hill Brisbane Australia. I don't think this was the one that finally killed him though.

Hello did you know that it exist only 300 white version of Palomino or that Iggy Pop got a lot of money with the Polar price in Sweden recently, a swede....

Stadium shows are mostly for suckers. Small venues are where it's at.

I threw a party. Nobody came. I bought all the tickets. They cancelled the game. John Prine. Be My Friend Tonite.

You lost points in my book for the Oasis slander 😐 Beatles purest

I am ashamed to admit that Scary Monsters was one of my big disappointments. I loved Bowie, saved that buy for last in my collection. It got to be the best, 80 my favorite year in pop (with 79), Ashes to Ashes on it, Townsend playing on one track, album artwork, right after Berlin trilogy and all. It just got to be great. And it was such a letdown for me. Nothing else sounds like Ashes, funny studio live sound, inconsistent mix, partially awkward singing (seemingly by design to add some new wave). Kingdom Come (by Verlaine), Scary Monsters and Fashion are great but the rest... Fripp's lead guitar sounds like a screeching door. Why let Fripp play so much when you have Alomar/Hammer/Townsend? Drums like recorded in a warehouse. Maybe it was time to part ways with Visconti. And yes, you can dispute the actual influence of Brian Eno on many album "produced" by him. But he was certainty much missed here. The B-sides from the album singles? Even worse as far as I'm concerned...