One of the first purchases I made when I moved to Lisbon a couple of months ago was a turntable (slash radio slash cd and mp3 player) for I wasn’t in the mood to bring my whole hi-fi from home.
The first sign arrived when I was looking for an appartment and the one I ended up choosing has shelves especially designed for vinyl records that seemed to have been constructed four ou five decades ago – which, I may add, is a visible sign of a music lover when you are talking about an appartment as small as a studio. Then, slowly, I began to bring some of my records and, obviously, made some new, interesting purchases.
So this entry is a micro-catalogue of what is on those shelves the moment I write about it. I therefore present you about 10% of my collection.
Imagine, John Lennon (1971),
EMI 2000 digitally remastered edition
The Velvet Underground and Nico, Velvet Underground (1967),
Verve 2000 yellow vinyl remastered edition (ltd 500 copies)
Portishead, Portishead (1997),
1997 Go! Beat edited by Polygram US double LP edition
MTV Unplugged in New York, Nirvana (1994),
2008 Geffen Records European release (part of the Back to Black series)
Waiting For the Sun, The Doors (1968),
2009 Elektra reissue 180-gram vinyl US edition
A Arte Maior de, Elis Regina (1983)
1983 Polygram Discos double vinyl edition
Abbey Road, The Beatles (1969),
1995 Capitol Records Yellow Apple US Release
Transformer, Lou Reed (1972),
Undated Portuguese RCA – Polygram release
Disque d’Or vol. 1, Edith Piaf (1980)
1980 Portuguese Columbia edition
Ralph Burns, Cabaret OST (1972),
1977 ABC Records US edition
About Love, Plastiscines (2009),
2009 Nylon Records US Edition
Back To Black, Amy Winehouse (2007),
2007 Universal Island Records Europe edition
Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, Leipzig Philharmonic Orchestra (1982),
1982 Spanish Phillips, brazillian edition
Pulp Fiction OST, V.A (1991),
2008 MCA Records Europe (part of the Back to Black series)
Big Brother & the Holding Company, Big Brother & the Holding Company (1967),
2008 Sundazed Records US mono edition
Falco 3, Falco (1985),
1985 A&M edition, US promotional use only release
The Big Black & The Blue, first Aid Kit (2010),
2010 Wichita Recordings Ltd UK edition
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts’ Club Band, The Beatles (1967),
1967 UK EMI/Parlophone first edition with cutout insert
Serge Gainsbourg ft. Brigitte Bardot, Bonnie and Clyde (1968),
2009 4 Men With Beards US edition 180 gram vinyl
The Singles, Pretenders (1987),
1987 WEA Records European edition (Spain)
