Eugene Record Convention

Got up this morning and left Portland at 6am to hit up the early admission to the Eugene Record Convention. To be honest I was expecting more, and don't get me wrong I found some good deals on a lot of records, but I was expecting a lot more rare stuff. Most of what I saw were things I could find in Portland. And the way it was talked up online I had the impression I could go in and check off everything on my list. Thought I would be swimming in Captain Beefheart which was not the case.

But here is a little recap of my finds.



Frank Zappa- Over-Nite Sensation 1973



Frank Zappa- Apostrophe 1974



Joe Walsh- But Seriously Folks 1978



Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited 1965



Beatles- Rubber Soul 1965



Beatles- Abbey Road 1969



Yes- Yessongs 1973



Grateful Dead- American Beauty 1970



Jimi Hendrix- In the West 1972



King Crimson- In the Court of the Crimson King 1969



Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior 1976



Neil Young- Tonight's the Night 1975



Traffic- John Barleycorn Must Die 1970

So I guess it was a pretty successful trip and I shouldn't really complain. But what else is the internet for besides whining?

Funkadelic

The hardest thing in the world is to stop a delic from funkin.

SteppenWolf

Steppenwolf!

John Kay is one bad mother shut your mouth! Here is proof.

Audience

Audience, House on the Hill, 1971

This a really awesome band for many reasons. Perhaps the biggest is that the guitarist classically picks all of his parts. The second best reason is how they progress from genre to genre not only within the album as a whole but specific songs such as this one...


This is my other favorite track from the album.

the Kinks

Ray Davies, you get me every time.

Neil Young

It's been a Neil Young marathon with me the last couple of days. When in doubt, I turn to brother neil.









Round and round and round we spin,
To weave a wall to hem us in,
It won't be long, it won't be long.

How slow and slow and slow it goes,
To mend the tear that always shows.
It won't be long, it won't be long.

It's hard enough losin'
the paper illusion
you've hidden inside,
without the confusion
of findin' you're usin'
the crutch of the lie
to shelter your pride.

Now you're movin' too slow
and wherever you go
there's another beside.
It's so hard to say no
to yourself and it shows.
that you're losing inside,
when you step on your pride and you cry.

How the hours will bend
through the time that you spend
till you turn to your eyes,
and you see your best friend
looking over the end
and you turn to see why,
and he looks in your eyes and he cries.

Round and round and round we spin,
To weave a wall to hem us in,
It won't be long, it won't be long.

Crabby Appleton

Crabby Appleton, 1970
This is a really great video. Really cheese, but the song is awesome.



This is pretty cool too.