Good Reads

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Gretchen

Good vintage reads from the hay days of Melody Maker…….. $25-75.

Funk, Funk, Funk

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Gretchen

Some fun, “Fonky” eight tracks in the Cloud 8 archives.

“Live at the Garden”, this 12 track vinyl is a great dance compilation featuring James Brown & The Famous Flames,with hits like “Night Train” and “Hold It”. Other noteables include The Wobblers, Herb Hardesty, Henry Moore, Clifford Scott, and Hank Marr.

Released in 1978 on Warner Bros., Funkadelic’s, “One Nation Under A Groove”. The inside sleeve artwork is as entertaining as the record itself, including comedic rants like, The Funkadelic DooDoo Awards: “George Puke, Rolling Drones, Donna Bummer, Backstab Dismanagement, Ted Nuisance, Pee Gees, Poot & Fire and those responsible for “Thank Dogs, Its Friday”.

Its Ken Nordine! Instead of giving my two cents…I’ll just quote Ken on himself. “Imagine the imagination as a jazz instrument wailing words, verbal riffs that swing from images to ideas to images……It’s also out loud daydreaming that may be of interest to psychiatrists, amateur, or otherwise…..”

Muddy Evening Heads from Cloud 8

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Gretchen

DJ copy, postwar blues vinyl by Chess records with Elmore James and John Brim. Deep, emotional lyrics from Elmore with relaxed rhythms from Brim. Chess records insert included with vinyl.

If you love King Crimson, you need this 5 track vinyl with Robert Fripp on guitar and Brian Eno on synth. Released in 1975, the cover is a reproduction of a painting by Peter Schmidt titled, (no surprise here) Evening Star.

David Byrne direced and wrote the movie, True Stories. While this is not the actual soundtrack to the movie, (in which most of the songs are sung by the actors), this album contains Talking Heads’ versions of the songs from the film. Released in 1986.

Wedding With Willie!!

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Gretchen

New in Cloud 8 Records! A framed wedding invitiation for one of Willie’s roadies, at which he played one of his infamous private concerts (noted on the invite). Included are six, unpeeled, backstage passes ranging from the 70’s to the 2000’s, one of which is autographed!

Johnny Rotten

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Gretchen

Due to the recent visit of Johnny Rotten and P.I.L. We decided to do a post dedicated to The Rotten himself.

Still Sealed!!

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Gretchen

We carry a rare selection of great classic vintage Lps still sealed in their original packaging. Seriously. Here’s just a small sampling of what we have that is ‘still sealed’.