I am thankful for piles of music and towns with more than two good record stores.

Here are the CDs I picked up during my recent trip to Seattle.  I bought fewer discs than I did on my previous trip, but I still need to work on curtailing my spending.  There's supposed to be a depression on, after all.

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1. Badly Drawn Boy - Have You Fed the Fish? (6.00) - I don't really care about Badly Drawn Boy anymore.  His 2006 album, Born in the U.K., left such a bad taste that I haven't listened to him since.  Then why did I buy a second copy of Have You Fed the Fish?  Well, I bought it because this was the Japanese edition with the Live @ Glastonbury bonus disc.  I really wanted to hear a live version of "You Were Right".  I still like that song.
   
2. Belle & Sebastian - The BBC Sessions (12.99) - I had most of these songs on mp3, but it's nice to have legitimate copies of the four rarities from the May 11, 2001 session.  I bought the two disc edition so I could get the Live in Belfast, 2001 disc.  They play "The Boys are Back in Town" on that one.
   
3. the Bird & the Bee - Please Clap Your Hands (2.99) - I snagged this one out of the bargain bin at Sonic Boom.  I bought it for the fantastic cover of "How Deep is Your Love".  The rest of the EP is good, too.
4. Bishop Allen - Bishop Allen & the Broken String (7.99) - I played Homebody's copy of this while I was alphabetizing her enormous CD collection.  I liked it so much, that I went out and bought my own copy.
   
5. Boss Hog - Boss Hog (5.00) - I used to go see Boss Hog all the time, but sold all their CDs many years ago when I finally realized that Jon Spencer wasn't nearly as cool as he thought he was.  I later felt sort of bad for dumping them.  This edition of Boss Hog caught my eye because it had a second bonus disc that I'd never seen before.
   
6. Blitzen Trapper - Furr (9.99) - It has a stupid title and terrible cover art, but the music on this CD is almost as good as that on the band's Wild Mountain Nation.
   
7. Buttercup - Buttercup (3.00) - I've been looking for a Buttercup CD for well over five years.  That's when I first read an article that said they sound exactly like the Jayhawks.  They do.
8. the Byrds - Untitled/Unissued (9.00) - Sometimes I just feel like listening to a 16 minute long version of "Eight Miles High".  I make no apologies.
   
9. Isobel Campbell & Bill Wells - Ghost of Yesterday (11.99) - This is an EP of Isobel Campbell singing seven Billie Holiday songs.  Someone probably should've told her that she doesn't have the voice to cover Billie Holiday.
   
10. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Sunday at Devil Dirt (11.99) - This domestic release has five bonus tracks that weren't on the original import, but the original is still the better buy because the new version has the crappiest cover art ever...especially when compared to the cover art on the import.  I want the version with Isobel Campbell wearing western wear, dammit.
    
11. Carissa's Wierd - I Before E (5.00) - There are no Carissa's Wierd CDs in Ohio, but I'm always on the lookout for them in Seattle.  Basically, if it says "Carissa's Wierd" on it, then I buy it.  I had no idea what this was.  It looked like a three song EP, but there's a live show tacked on at the end.  I looked this disc up on the internet to find out more.  Some jerk is trying to sell his copy on Amazon for $139.93.
12. Carissa's Wierd - Songs About Leaving (7.99) - This one is still in-print, but I bought it anyway.  I'm listening to it as I type this and it's beautiful.
13. Cinerama - Live in Los Angeles (5.00) - I bought this and the two Peel Sessions discs from Kitty.  All the cool kids get their music from her.
    
14. Cinerama - John Peel Sessions: Season 2 (5.00)
    
15. Cinerama - John Peel Sessions: Season 3 (5.00)
16. Lloyd Cole - Like Lovers Do (1.00) - I bought this disc because I needed an undamaged green Rykodisc jewel case for my True Believers CD.  I'd intended to pitch this disc, but it turned out to be really good, so I dragged it home with me.
17. Elvis Costello - This Years Model (9.00) - Elvis Costello's discography seems to get reissued every other year.  The best reissues, though, are the two disc versions that Rhino put out around 2002.  They have more bonus tracks than the Rykodisc versions (both of which are better than the bonus-less 2007 Hip-O editions).  I already had the Rykodisc version of This Years Model, but went ahead and bought this one as a replacement.  It's hard work being this dorky.
18. Counting Crows - August and Everything After (9.00) - This is the Deluxe Edition with the bonus tracks and extra live disc.  I still listen to these guys every now and then and will punch in the jaw anybody who makes fun of me for it.  Got it?
    
19. Liz Durrett - Outside Our Gates (3.00) - I feel sort of bad for Liz Durrett.  I have all of her CDs, but I've never spent more than $3 on any of them.  She's never earned a single penny of royalties off me.  I almost feel like I should mail her a ten dollar bill.
    
20. Firefox AK - Madame, Madame! (3.00) - I originally bought this CD up in Columbus, OH, but that version didn't come with a booklet, so I bought this one so I could have a booklet.  I wouldn't have bothered, except the booklet featured 192 tiny pictures of Andrea Kellerman on the inside.  She's got cute hair.
    
21. the Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Wins: Live Radio Sessions (7.99) - This is an eight song promo full of covers and radio sessions.  My favorite is the "Can't Get You Out of My Head" cover.  It's originally by that short lady who dances.  I can't think of her name right now.  [UPDATE: It's a Kylie Minogue cover.]
    
22. Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience (14.00) - This is the Deluxe Edition.  See Counting Crows, above.
23. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - The Blue Trees (8.00) - I bought these two Gorky's CDs to replace the illegal downloads I swiped a few years back.
    
24. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - How I Long to Feel That Summer in My Heart (3.00)
    
25. Sebastien Grainger - Sebastien Grainger & the Mountains (6.00) - I thought I was getting a good deal with the price, but this CD isn't worth half what I paid for it.  It's surprisingly boring.  I expected much more from the voice of Death From Above 1979.
26. John Wesley Harding - Trad Arr Jones (1.00) - I picked this one up because I needed a replacement case for my Flaming Lips disc.  I might keep it, but I haven't decided yet.
27. Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - Greatest Hits (8.50) - This is the disc I really wanted when I first started getting into Robyn Hitchcock.  Unfortunately, it's out-of-print and I never could find it.  I've got lots of Hitchcock now, but still picked this up when I found it.  It features some good rarities like the cover of Roxy Music's "More Than This".  It also features a version of "Eight Miles High". 
    
28. Robyn Hitchcock - A Star for Bram (7.00) - Homebody bought this one for me.  According to her, you can't have too much Robyn Hitchcock.  Her CD collection is a testament to that philosophy.
29. Lambchop - OH (ohio) (11.99) - The cover art on this release is a painting of two people getting it on while a gang of hoodlums beat up a guy on the sidewalk outside their window.  The painting is buy an artist named M-----l Peed.
    
30. the Lucksmiths - First Frost (11.99) - The Lucksmiths have the worst distribution of any band I like, so I always pick up any new release I happen to stumble upon. 
    
31. Map of Wyoming - Trouble Is (3.00) - I have no idea who these guys are, but I remember looking for their CD about six or seven years ago and never being able to find it.  Well, I found it now and bought it.
32. Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight (2.50) - I bought a promo copy of the new Mercury Rev album.  I could have spent an extra $10 to get a copy with proper black bunny cover art, but I went the cheap route.  I think I made the right choice.  This is not good Mercury Rev.  $2 is an appropriate price.
33. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies (18.99) - I bought the fancy schmancy two disc edition of my favorite New Order record.  I wish I hadn't.  The remastering job is a joke and the bonus disc is full of inappropriate blips and bleeps.  I got scammed on this one.
34. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Room at the Top (1.00) - This CD single features a song called "Sweet William".  It's one of the rarest Tom Petty songs and apparently there's a market full of weirdo Tom Petty fans who will pay big bucks for it.  $116 seems a bit excessive.  I'd rather pay $1, thank you.
35. the Postmarks - By-the-Numbers (8.99) - This is a covers record by a group that is mostly famous for a song called "Goodbye" and the fact that they have a female vocalist named Tim.  This CD also features a cover of "Eight Miles High".  Did I mention that I like that song?
    
36. Spain - Spirituals: The Best of Spain (8.50) - I don't know why I bought this.  I probably don't really need any more Tinderstick-y sounding tunes.  I already have the Willard Grant Conspiracy, the National, Richard Hawley, Cousteau, etc.  I like what I like, though, and Spain fits in nicely with the others.
    
37. True Believers - Hard Road (6.00) - This was the find of the trip.  I'd just been bemoaning the fact that I'd only ever heard one song by Alejandro Escovedo's old band.  Well, this long out-of-print collection features everything the group ever recorded.  I hurried up and bought this before Easy Street could up the price on me.
    
38. Uncle Tupelo - The Long Cut + Five Live (2.00) - This is one of the rarest Uncle Tupelo promos.  In fact, I'd never seen a copy in real life before finding this at the Easy Street in West Seattle.  It's a bit scratched up, but still worth the $2.
    
39. Various Artists - Live at KEXP, Volume Three (8.50) - I have Volume Four of this series and it's excellent, so I decided to pick up a used copy of the previous volume.  I shouldn't have bothered.  There are good songs by the Long Winters and the English Beat, but this one has a disproportional amount of duds.  Ghostland Observatory?  Lady Sovereign?  I really could've gone my entire life without hearing those two.