Joe Tunis was holding court at Needle Drop Records when I stopped in on Saturday morning. He had already delivered the goods to our house a day before Record Store Day, the new, one sided Nod lp that we had preordered from Carbon Records. Joe Sorriero’s vocals are front and center and the band is in an acquired taste pop mood. I love it.
We were scheduled to gallery sit at I-Square and when our shift was up we walked over to the House of Guitars to pick up a copy of Armand’s 10 inch, “God Made The Blues To Kill Me.” After a lengthy blues rant things get really interesting with a war monologue over drums, guest Viet Nam flashback from John Bartles and Vietnamese lyrics. Personal Effects/Colorblind James bassist, Bernie Heveron, holds down the groove.
Record Archive was packed and they had more Record Store product than anyone in town. I picked up a rollicking live lp by Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, a favorite of ours from the Rochester Jazz Fest. My final stop was the Bop Shop where they were serving beer and Brian Williams was playing with back to back bands. Dan Hanley from Magna Carta gave me a copy of a double disc Terry Bozzio lp, a reissue of a cd that I did the cover for. I put money down for a Sun Ra lp which had nothing to do with Record Store Day, a 1965 recording like the Strange Strings sessions where group members play instruments outside of their comfort zone. Long live Sun Ra!
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