Hey Sorin! Welcome to the world of the annual VC Vinyl Tag LoL! The Vinyl Tag was my first video almost 7 yrs ago now Man I’m old! Glad to see your take on these questions. That July find is outstanding! One of the first psych adjacent LPs I ever bought was in high school when I picked up an early press of Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced? I was so drawn to the cover and then I was completely blown away by the music within! Wow how did I forget Rush Neil Peart on drums?!? He had one of the coolest drum kits I’ve ever seen! Ya know how some guys put together these huge drum sets and only use like half of it? Well NP utilized every piece and he’s magnificent! That Moving Pictures album was one of my go to albums also back in high school. I remember hearing Tom Sawyer on our college radio station all the time back then. And Witch Hunt always freaked me out Haha! Matt Sands is an awesome guy! He’s part of the VC in my area around St Louis He lives just a bit on the Illinois side and I’ve been to his RS a couple times You may want to send him some positive vibes as he had another super bad health issue recently with an Aortic Aneurysm or dissection It’s his 2nd Some of us pitched in and got him a record cleaner Yeah keep him in your thoughts and prayers! Loved your tag vid Sorin! ✌️👽

I just started my channel, so mine will be arriving “late” as well. Cheers! 🍻

That's an all-star cast of channels at the end. Same circle of folks I look forward to watching myself. I appreciate that man! I'll be back posting regular videos later this year.

Sorin - great video! Just discovered your channel and have subscribed. I also chose the Who Live at Leeds for best live album. All the best for 2025 - cheers Bill

Great stuff Sorin ! If I remember correctly Frank Sinatra owned Reprise and sold 2/3 of it to Warner Bros . Agreed great label

Awesome picks man. I did this vinyl tag for the first time too this year! And #beatlesforever

Good Job Sorin!!!!!

Hi Sorin. 👋 I like Parliament too, I remember dancing at the Disco to their hit song Flashlight. It was released in late 1977 , so it will no doubt be on that record you have. I love the Doors as well , my favorite song by them is Touch Me from 1968 / 69. It would give me goosebumps in a good way when I would hear it coming out of the radio then. The Who are so good , their first single Can't Explain from 1964 is one i loved when i heard it in my childhood. There is a cool video of the Who performing the song in black and white on youtube. Great archival clip with young Mods dancing to it. I agree with you on the Beatles . 😊😊😊😊 . You are a musician , what instrument do you play ? I liked the early part of the 1980s for music. Especially what was coming out of the UK. Bands such as Aztec Camera , Simple Minds , Heaven 17 , Bauhaus , The Associates, to name a few. I like She's a Rainbow from the Rolling Stones. I'm looking forward to seeing the movie A complete Unknown , it starts here in New Zealand this week. Yes Bob Dylan is certainly a mysterious man. Good video hearing you talk about your likes. From Carl.

Awesome 👌. I need to check out Tomorrow again, I heard it a while a go but didn't think to much of it. The Jimi hendrix and Bob Dylan picks would seem kinda obvious but they are spot on, and you gave great reasons for them.

July mono white label promo is pretty hard to beat. Doors is a great pick for best US band but not quite as great as the Byrds. Rush are great musicians but they kind of suck. Thanks for the mention.

Cool shirt.

I think Hendrix would have gone Funk Rock.

Frank Sinatra started Reprise Records. My pick for a label is Columbia Records. I don’t think i’ve ever heard a record pressed by Columbia that didn’t sound fantastic.

Just wanted to add that I saw Dillon run through the same questions about favorite bands and favorite labels and the question regarding if you found a bag of weed. I’m with you on the favorite band question! My favorite label would be the RCA Victor label (1954-64). As far as the weed question, I don’t do that and I would probably throw it away! But the related album might be the Beatles “White Album”. Keep rockin’ on! Walter

Another great video, Sorin! You showed some awesome picks such as Pink Floyd and Fraction as well as July, even though I have never heard the latter two at any time in my 62 years! I do know they’re rare, though! I love pretty much all of music by The Doors, with the exception of “The End”; I find that track very disturbing! I never listen to it. But in any event, you have a truly spectacular vinyl collection for your young age! Keep up the good work 😊 Walter

Nice picks!! The thing that strikes me when viewing your videos is the nostalgia. You choose a lot of music that I collected as a kid and am now reaquiring as a near retiree. Difference is the cost is getting crazy now. Cheers.

Its never too late and nice picks! ✌🏼😎

Interesting to see your fave choices! The Doors are my fave band too. Have you listened to the post-Morrison albums? Patchy, but they do have a few decent songs on 'em. Can't go wrong with the Reprise label. The 'Prunes, West Coast Pop Art..., and Nancy Sinatra!! Mentioning Matt, did you see his latest upload? He's had some pretty bad health issues, but seems to be on the mend, fingers crossed.

Good stuff! Subbed! Nice finds with the Velvet Underground and Easter Everywhere. Can't believe you scored that for $15! There are some G+ condition copies of the first 2 Elevators albums at a nearby record store and they want like $400 each! I am still digesting the S.F. Sorrow reissue I found last summer.

I have a lot of Latin jazz records, Sonny Sharrock, sun ra, and John Coltrane records.

Sorin - I love to see a young person “nerding out” just like I did at the same age - these are great years as you discover new bands, genres and eras. You will eventually become an old nerd like me and rediscover bands and listen to the gems you missed “back in the day” or even better didn’t like, but do now. Enjoy. If you don’t have “12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus” by Spirit - just get it. In fact I am going to listen to it now with my OG copy on the yellow Epic label.

Sweet finds again man, happy you got yourself a copy of Revolver, totally essential album to own. How do you like the original stereo mix? I’ve got an original UK mono

Hi 👋 again. I was thinking back to the past and particularly the 1970s soul / funk and disco of the time. Three groups came to mind that i thought I'd mention to you. They are Average White Band , Ohio Players , and Heatwave. I like their music , and they are worth buying if you haven't already .

Ah man that’s super cool! If you want more stickers I’ll give you some next time you come by, I just ordered another 5,000 of em!

The cellist! How cool is that. Love the fire albums🔥🔥🔥

When Easter Everywhere for $15 was only the second-best score of the year, you know you had a hell of a year! Everything is incredible. Marge Simpson singing folk songs? Yes, I will check Karen Dalton out.

"The World is a Ghetto" was a smash hit, all over Top 40 radio in late 1972-73 (the main way we used to hear music before we bought it). The album reached #1 on the Billboard album charts and by the end of 1973 had outsold Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" and Stevie Wonder's "Talking Book". (The music biz magazine "Cash Box" had it at #4 for the whole year, after "Dark Side," Led Zeppelin's "Houses of the Holy" and Seals & Croft's "Summer Breeze.") There was a shorter AM radio "single" edit of the title track, which was more than ten minutes long on the album -- and free-format FM stations even played the jazzy 13-minute-plus "City Country City." I envy you getting to discover this record now!

That Paupers record is fairly common here in Canada, however it’s always trashed for some reason. I still haven’t found a cheap clean copy. I picked up that Neon record a couple of years ago and I like it as well. I haven’t heard that Skid Row before (I’ll have to stream it) but your enthusiasm makes me interested in hearing it. Congrats on that Plus record. I’ve had that on my want list for many years now. Looks super clean too! Revolver is definitely my favourite Beatles record by far. Great pickups!!!

Great finds again! The Paupers Ellis is super inconsistent but has some great tracks 🔥Never heard of Fargo record Picked up a copy of the Blue Jays record but didn’t click with me Cool family connection to VOA! Watched some of Nobles VOA auctions but man were people over paying $$$ Apparently there’s a bunch of those records in Virginia thrift stores 😂 Probably the lower value stuff. Skid Row with Gary Moore ? He rips! Cool Revolver copy wonder how many times I’ve listened to that album? Take care Brian ☮️

Holy smokes! That connection with your grandma and your mom's uncle to V.O.A. is amazing. And yes! Tomorrow Never Knows is the best. I have the Revolver box that was reissued a few years ago and they have demos and alternate takes. There is one version of Tomorrow that is my favorite alt-track I've ever heard.

Hi 👋 nothing oddball about the group War. I like their music , especially the songs Summer from 1976 , and Low Rider from 1975. I was digging them in my teens in the 1970s.

Hey man. New year, new finds. That Foxx lp is interesting for sure, it takes many spins to click. The Paupers other lp is better, in my opinion, but that one's opener is crazy good. They should of made it the last track. That Legend cover reminds me the two Orpheus lps, which look crazy psychedelic but doesn't measure up musically. Map City is a great label. Neon is solid find, Paramount is another great label. That Plus lp is another one that has to grow on you; the cover appears to have a dark, occult influence, but doesn't fully match the music. I have been looking for that Skid Row, can't land one. Kudos! Revolver is probably my favorite Beatles record as well. Great start to the new year. Peace.

Yeah, Herman's Hermits!! Top draw U.K. psych!😵‍💫The Paupers album is very so-so. Did you get the insert with it? Legend went on to Vertigo Records, so folks go after 'em simply for that reason. War were cool!

Nice post, very cool with your family history with the Voice of America. I finally snagged one of my own Voice of America collection (affordable 😉) from Dillion on Whatnot (since I live in PA) A nice Soul album / band called The True Reflection. Noble Records is on my Road Trip hit list 🙂

Hi there - Used to live in Northern VA for much of my life and acquired Basement Floor in 2016 from Red Onion Records when they were in Adams Morgan, DC, cool obscure private press!

On the corner is sick!!! Look at who's playing on it and what they accomplished in the jazz world. I know the 69-72 lineup can't be beat But this funk fusion I can jam all miles efforts at this time. 3 double live albums....and the outtakes are sick . On the corner....thumbs up!

A fine selection there to end off 2024 Sorin. That's a result on the Pretty Things. I can see that record and sleeve looks really clean. My sleeve annoyingly has some damp residue on the reverse although otherwise looks great but it does bug me. I agree that Tangerine Dream is better than Faintly Blowing but as I have an OG FB but not TD it still ticks the box for top UK psych classic in my world 🙂. I bet in the future you'll end up owning a OG for CA Quintet. The copies held in the hands of the older collectors will leave their collection, whether that's through funding their retirements or the more depressing final outcome! The question is will there be a market of younger collectors willing to pay 4 figures or will the majority of collectors in 2040 not care about such records and you'll be able to pay 3 figures for an OG. Result on the VU as well. Always been difficult to find in the UK sadly. Cheers Nige

HI,Sorin that Beatles #2 is part of a numbered series bearing the UK flags,American,Japanese,maybe Netherlands too.They are all amazing Obi's and posters inserts as well issued from 1976 to 1980's

Nice haul. What are the matrix runout numbers on the WLP/Radio demonstration copy of JULY on Epic? My stock stereo copy has side A): XEM137850-1A 1 P and side B): XEM137851-1A 1 P

Sorry for the late response Sorin, my YT messages have not been saving for some reason. Stellar set of buys this year mate....absolute quality stuff. Top tier psych and great that you're discovering the jazz funk as well. I made mention of the Marge Simpson comparison but thankfully it hasn't ruined the LP for you....haha. Very jealous of the July, 13th Floor and a few others. I'm sure 2025 will be even more productive for you. All the best for the New Year....cheers Nige

that cult album is gothic

Hi 👋 I remember the pop group the Box Tops , especially their hit song from 1967 Neon Rainbow. I like the lyrics of it and i would be preparing myself for school back then and the song would come on the kitchen radio. I would go off to school with the song buzzing around in my head. I had the pleasure of seeing Miles Davis in concert here in New Zealand back in the 1980s. He was in his sixties in age at the time. I was in my twenties, I'm in my mid sixties now. I have been listening to Sonny Boy Williamson , and he did the blues. Love his music. It's good to hear a young fellow such as yourself listening to old style music.

Happy New Year, Sorin. All the best for you in 2025!

Great finds as always!! Cool you got Faintly Blowing 🔥 I picked up a 2011 reissue and really enjoyed it almost as much as Tangerine Dream 🍊 Got into the Velvet Underground recently and still need Loaded great record Take care Brian ☮️✌️🤘🏻

Excellent finds again! I love your taste in picking great records when you're out in the wild digging. I gotta say I'm super jealous of your "Pretty Things original Get the Picture" Import! I have only ever found a 80's Norton Reissue of it and their first album. Keep up the listening and looking for these great rare records!!

Could you recommend me any melodic jazz record, something that is ear catching and not overly improvised? I only have Kind of Blue and Love Supreme, and I'd like to expand my modest jazz collection. Thanks

I love that Junior Wells record! I picked that up at a store years ago in Chicago that is sadly gone now-- The Jazz Record Mart, which was such a cool spot. I learned a lot about jazz and blues just from shopping at that place. But yeah, Junior's harmonica is completely killer. Everyone should hear him.

Many people consider El Patio from Triana the best spanish prog album.

Always great stuff!

The LeGrande album is wonderful. He is noted for his score for the Summer of 42 movie.