Thanks again to Alienware for sponsoring the giveaway with the AW2725DF Monitor! Wishlist now for a chance to win -> echoes.games/pc-giveaway Echoes of Elysium launches into Early Access Dec 4.

Roughly six years of Games with Gold/Game Pass Ultimate are about to come to an end this Monday. I liked having access to everything, but the price increase just made it more logical to just buy a game every few months instead of maintaining a subscription.

I like how Googles AI flags its own emails as spam.

Starting today with a budget bin find. Pretty good condition despite being from 1966. Ella Fitzgerald - The Best Of Ella Fitzgerald. #vinyl

Listening to another shelf worn record that was pressed before I was born. The Beatles - Abbey Road. #vinyl

Starting today with another record that I have a hard time removing the shrink wrap from. I just enjoy the old stickers on some of their packaging too much to completely remove it. Warren Zevon - Transverse City. #vinyl

After troubleshooting a black screen from a game capture device where the solution turned out to be ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ after doing the same thing like three times in a row... I decided to listen to another of the Parking Lot Records. Alberta Hunter - Remember My Name (Original Soundtrack Recording) #vinyl

Starting today with a "happy accident" record that got shipped to me by accident when ordering something else. This is the 2015 Music on Vinyl Limited Edition "Black/White Marbled" release. No idea how many of these were pressed. Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry. #vinyl

Starting today with one of the Parking Lot Records. I'm guessing this pencil signature on the back belongs to the previous owner. Feel free to tell them I have it if anyone recognizes their name. The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go. #vinyl

One of the more interesting blind buys I picked up. I guess this could be called "Electronic Blues." Nicolas Repac - Black Box. #vinyl

Haven't used the turntable in a few days, so today I am listening to some Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin fame to make up for that. Robert Plant - Pictures at Eleven. #vinyl

Listening to another soundtrack, but this one is mostly just Simon & Garfunkel. And despite knowing of this movie, I can't say that I have seen it from start to finish (I'm sorry). The Graduate (Original Sound Track Recording) #vinyl

Starting today's listening with a soundtrack to a film I've never watched and is like 80% Sting. Brimstone & Treacle (Original Soundtrack Album) #vinyl

Time for some more modern listening (this one is only 20ish years old) of some Austrian downtempo electronic music. MUM - The Szabotnik 15 Mission. #vinyl

Giving one of the older Parking Lot Records a first listen to this morning. The crate I found was mostly late 70s stuff, but it had a few things from the 60s in it. Gene Pitney - It Hurts To Be In Love. #vinyl

Now listening to something a wee bit more modern. DJ Scientist - For Better, For Worse. #vinyl

Listening to another heavily shelf worn record. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland. #vinyl

Listening to this now, and I was curious why the vocalists sounded oddly familiar. Turns out it's the same people from a band I listened to last week (Ian and Sylvia). Great Speckled Bird - Great Speckled Bird. #vinyl

From early 70s bleep-bloops, to 2010 Heavy Metal. The Sword - Warp Riders. #vinyl

Starting today with one of the least Kraftwerk looking Kraftwerk albums. Kraftwerk - Ralf & Florian. #vinyl

And another 2xLP to listen to this Saturday, but this time one that went overboard with packaging and released in a book format. Pretty Lights - A Color Map of the Sun. #vinyl

I am not the biggest fan of the trend where double LPs had both records slid into a single sleeve like this release. Album is still good despite cheaping out on the packaging, though. RJD2 - The Colossus. #vinyl

Now for some early Raymond Watts of KMFDM fame. I don't often come across Waxtrax (Pre TVT) records in the wild. Pig - A Poke In The Eye... #vinyl

I should probably remove the decaying shrinkwrap from some of these budget bin finds, but I sort of enjoy the old stickers on them. The Cars - The Cars. #vinyl

Now listening to an album with one of the more readable black metal band names: Borknagar - Quintessence. #vinyl

Listening to the not "crazily expensive" version of this next: Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run. #vinyl

Up next is the solo album from Jimi Goodwin of The Doves. Jimi Goodwin - Odludek. #vinyl

Another Parking Lot record. I was going to try this one out yesterday, but the record was incredibly filthy and I just left it out to dry instead. I think this might be the first time I've heard the original version of I Am Woman. Helen Reddy - I Am Woman. #vinyl

Up next is the second to last album put out by French pop star Jacques Higelin before he passed in 2018. Jacques Higelin - Beau Repaire. #vinyl

Time for something a little bit more modern. I forgot this was the 45 RPM Misprint version and thought my turntable was malfunctioning again. Ghost - If You Have Ghost. #vinyl

Some late 1960s Folk is up next: Ian and Sylvia - So Much For Dreaming. #vinyl

Someone in marketing thought it was a good idea to release a confusing compilation album that combined tracks from his first two albums while giving it the album title of his second album. Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends. #vinyl

Up next is something that needs to be played loudly: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? #vinyl

Starting today with a heavily shelf worn copy of: Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends. #vinyl

I'm going to finish off today's listening with some prog rock. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King. #vinyl

Another Parking Lot Record. Unfortunately, Side B looks heavily scratched. Hopefully it isn't too bad once I flip it over. Don Ho - Tiny Bubbles. #vinyl

Anyways... a record from the Parking Lot records that isn't horribly warped: The Charles Daniels Band - Million Mile Reflections. #vinyl

So far, this is the most warped record from the Parking Lot records. I foolishly tried to see if it would even play without skipping... It doesn't seem to be anything note worthy (J. Geils Band - Nightmares), so I don't know if it's worth the effort to try and flatten or not. #vinyl

Gambling on another Mystery Parking Lot record that was still in its shrink wrap. Anne Murray - Somebody's Waiting. #vinyl

Another Parking Lot record. It sounds like the album cover so far. Dave Mason - Split Coconut. #vinyl

This is a little bit different than the last Herbie Hancock album I listened to (Future Shock). Herbie Hancock - Blow-Up (The Original Sound Track Album) #vinyl

Starting today with one of the handful of records I've collected more than one of. At least in this case it's because one is Mono, while the other is Stereo. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Changes. #vinyl

I forgot that this one was a novelty pressing. I also realized that white vinyl makes it nearly impossible to tell if there is any dust that needs to be cleaned with more than just a brush... Washed Out - Within and Without. #vinyl

Changing genres for my next listening with: John Lee Hooker - The Real Blues. #vinyl

One of those albums I feel the need to play excessively loud. Journey - Escape. #vinyl

And now to listen to some classic rock (mainly because I pulled it out since I couldn't make out the name on the sleeve spine.) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II #vinyl

Some post David Crosby The Byrds Folk Rock. The Byrds - Byrdmaniax. #vinyl

This always reminds me of Aqua Teen Hunger Force (which is also probably why I picked it from a used record store). Foreigner - Double Vision. #vinyl

Most of my record collection was free or found in the budget bin at a random record store, so I don't have too many novelty record pressings. At least for this record, it was probably because I think it only came in Violet. EMA - The Future's Void. #vinyl

Starting today's record listening with a double LP. Editors - The Weight of Your Love. #vinyl