OK. Everything was set for my trip to India except for the leg from Delhi to Agra to Varanasi. This would involve trains. Now trains cannot be booked direct by internet via the US, unless you have an Indian Tel #. … read more >>
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Path 2 Nirvana
Backtracking: Last frantic day in Delhi was spent frantically searching the rumored record shop of the elusive Mr. Shaw. First you go to the cotton market sign in Chowdni Chowk, and into the cotton market, where there is no cotton, only piles… read more >>
Beatles + Elvis + India
Well the Beatles Made-in-India 78 was not affordable (there’s still a chance if you all make a donation!) at $1000, but I did muster the lucre for these swell 45s. In Rajasthan now on the music tour organized by the American Institute… read more >>
Paaning the Music
Last night of the IASA Conference here in Delhi, and a farewell dinner @ the Sangeet Natak Akademi. Began with: Ended with: Above qawwali group Meraj Ahmed Nizami & Party and below the after dinner ‘paan’ stand – the paanwala loads a betel… read more >>
Magic Mitts of India
The IASA Confab is winding down and one thing about the presenters of papers from small archives in India is – they all sing. So I’m asking that in the future, when an American presents at one of these shindigs, they MUST… read more >>
Spare Change for Indian Insects
In my fervid quest for audio’s best, I spied this gem – a Beatles 78. India kept making 78s into the early 1970’s and there are a lot of Sir Cliff Richard’s and Ricky Nelson’s to be had. Not so many Beatles… read more >>
MY Bed of Roses INDIA
First day in New Delhi, and today spent the morning on Old Delhi looking for old LPs – not a lot out there and ‘flea markets’ here are pretty much permanent vendors, so unlike Brazil, where there were corner vendors on every… read more >>
70 Years From NOW!
VS Yesterday Sandra Coutinho from Globo News did an interview here with Beco and B. about Brazilian Music Day. One thing we showed them was a copy of Saludos Amigos, an album of songs from the Disney film of… read more >>
Beatles; Beetles
Recently ARC moved our 124 Beatles parody and novelty records to a new location, and then noticed that we were only skimming the surface of a vast insect pond. Witness the treasures discovered by an ARSC member, the venerable, mobile, Insect Circus… read more >>
Make Something Great
Our pal, Eilon Paz, is ‘so close’ to getting his book funded on Kickstarter <http://tinyurl.com/Dust-and-Grooves> He’s taken some great shots of the ARC, and the book will feature a world-wide cast of collectors, crazies and champions of vinyl record collecting. Eleven days to… read more >>
Running Low on CDs – Donations Needed
By the time the 4th of July rolled around the ARChive had cataloged over 8,000 CDs since the begining of the year. This landmark has never been reached before in the annals of the ARChive. It helped that we received so many… read more >>
Musica Joyaria!
Change is good. Right? Well a blog name change is long overdue, so as of NOW, we are, Musica Joyaria! This is inspired by a trip across 207th St in uppest New York City, where there’s a row of Joyeria’s (Jewelry stores),… read more >>
Summer Fun d’ARC + computer needs
Weds night began the summer season for me as I sauntered (walkwise) / sautéed (heatwise) down to Rockefeller park for my first outdoor concert of the season , the Philip Glass Ensemble. Here’s the review; ist piece, 1985-ish, fab; 2d, drab, 1968?;… read more >>
FINAL DAYS + FATHER’s DAY at the ARC sale
Final Days – not quite the apocalypse, the reaping or the rapture, BUT, it means that it will be a bleak six months till our next sale! Here’s one nice LP, like so many others, still for sale. This is by Jeremy &… read more >>
Bossa 4 Sale
ARC’s cool SUMMER hot Record + CD SALE Sat, June 9 and runs through Sun, June 17 – everyday, 11am – 6pm. Come by for some tasty 60s bossa CD, all donated by Verve Records. $8 each – cheaper than downloading! You… read more >>
Touch A Star
Ok, even thought I should be writing about the ARC sale (June 9 – 17) and not fooling around with ‘prose’ or ‘ideas.’ But… There has been a recent thread on the ARSClist, (Association for Recorded Sound Collections – record collectors, audio… read more >>
Mom’s Sly Dwarves 4 Sale!
Chicago garage/punk band the Dwarves is just one of the thousands of recordings for sale at our next sale @ the ARC! This is a sealed copy, 1st pressing on Coxx Records, $25 ($85 on Popsike, not sealed – over $100 on… read more >>
In the Indie Eighties…
Here’s a sample of some of the emerging, alternative and simply swell 80’s music that we will be having at our Summer Sale @ ARC beginning June 9. So if you need great vinyl at WAY BELOW e-bay + Popsike prices, featuring… read more >>
ARC’s cool SUMMER hot Record + CD SALE
Well its Summer Sale time again, details below. Thought we would highlight some rare-ish mint Punk books that we will be selling, beginning Saturday June 9! First, of course, is my book, Volume One: The International Discography of the New Wave,… read more >>
Blue Post
Its been a long time since we offered info on our Blues recordings here at the ARC and the Keith Richards’ Blues Collection. We hope to make the metadata on the whole 10,000 plus discs available online soon, so stay tuned. For… read more >>