After all this time, we’re finally ready for the big reveal of our scores from Taranna Trip 2014!
This was our third annual trip, and we’re 3-for-3 in awesomeness! Folks, these expeditions are so much fun. A whole day, devoted to record shopping! BLISS!
Head on over to Mike’s site and watch the awesome video he’s put together for your edification!
Here’s the loot I brought home:
Shite Photie 1: Stuff Mike Awesomely Gave Me!
Mad Season – Above
Aerosmith – Amazing
KISS – Destroyer Ressurected
Judas Priest – Demolition (w. bonus tracks!)
AC/DC – Stiff Upper Lip
Thin Lizzy – Thunder And Lightning (w. CD-R of extra tracks!)
Thin Lizzy – Renegade
Shite Photie 2: CD Awesomeness (BMV)!
The Who – Tommy
Mastodon – Leviathan (CD/DVD)
Isis – Oceanic
Alice In Chains – Unplugged*
Marillion – Misplaced Childhood
Morcheeba – Fragments Of Freedom*
Beastie Boys – Sabotage/Get It Together
U2 – Rattle And Hum
Shite Photie 3: More CD Awesomeness (BMV)!
Watchmen – Slomotion (2CD)*
Various – One Scene To Another*
Barenaked Ladies – Born On A Pirate Ship*
Ani Difranco – Dilate*
Hayden – The Closer I Get*
Hayden – Everything I Long For*
Roots – How I Got Over
Roots – The Tipping Point
* CDs I got on the 3 For $10 deal at BMV! I got 8/9, Mike got the 9th.
Shite Photie 4: All Ani DiFranco (Sonic Boom)!
Not A Pretty Girl
Like I Said: Songs 1990-91
The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere (w. Utah Phillips)
Reprieve
Swing Set
Not So Soft
Red Letter Year
¿Which Side Are You On?
Shite Photie 5: More CD Awesomeness (Sonic Boom)!
Rheostatics – 2067
Julie Doiron – Woke Myself Up
Barenaked Ladies – Maybe You Should Drive
Cowboy Junkies – Pale Sun Crescent Moon
Moon Socket – Moon Socket
Daniel, Fred & Julie
Street Sweeper Social Club – The Ghetto Blaster EP
Preston School Of Industry – Caught In The Rain EP
Shite Photie 6: More CD Awesomeness (Sonic Boom)!
Ben Folds Live (with DVD)
Live – Throwing Copper
Bad Religion – All Ages
Holly Golightly – Truly She Is None Other
Red Hot Chili Peppers – What Hits!?
Various – West Of Memphis: Voices For Justice
Pixies – Gigantic
Gin Blossoms – No Chocolate Cake
Beastie Boys – Pass The Mic
Beastie Boys – Ch-Check It Out
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Whew! I have got a shit-ton of awesomeness here! I mean, look at all the majesty! BEHOLD! [cue majestic, soaring music]. It’s wonderful. This will definitely keep me going through the winter.
A super-great trip. We found boatloads of yummy stuff, the weather cooperated, lunch was delicious, and our timing was impeccable – the shops were open, and traffic was light. We even got out before we got stuck on the 401 in gridlock.
Very, very much looking forward to next year.
Thanks heaps, Mike!
keepsmealive 
Some splendid stuff there. I particularly like How I Got over and the Alice In Chains Unplugged. Also, the Mad Season album is a winner. One of my absolute favourites.
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Great haul – particularly love ‘Oceanic’. Everyone should own that one.
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Thanks! Yeah, I think that Isis one was $4.99. I mean, for $5 how do you go wrong? But oh man, I came home with so much goodness. Between what Mike SO GENEROUSLY gave me, and what I bought for myself, I am well sorted for a long, long while.
r.e. Isis, I also have In The Absence Of Truth and Panopticon here, and Not In Rivers But In Drops and their split with Aerogramme (In The Fishtank) on the way!
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Holy man what a take in?! That Watchmam disc is great man I was able to see EM live with Big Wreck man moons ago and they were good live. For me U2 Ratttle & Hum as well is excellent for after they relased Achtung I was done pretty much with them as they topped that studio album.
By the way cool music u layer down on Mikes vid,like the chillness of it and than how it ramps up with the good Ol strum action at the end! Well played dude!
Cool you guys swap stuff with each other….I guess that’s the Destroyer remaster eh?
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Yeah Deke, this haul was epic! I was thrilled to see the Watchmen in the 3-for-$10 bin. On sight it was just YOINK! That belongs to ME! And yeah, they ruled live. What a band.
I have a whole post about U2 in my head that I haven’t written yet, inspired by Sarca. It’ll get there.
I’m glad you liked the music well enough. I was in my cups when I did it, so I was prepared for it to be pretty crap when I sobered up.
Oh yes, the annual swap of stuff is a cool feature. Yeah, it’s Destroyer Resurrected. Since I haven’t heard the old Destroyer (I don’t think), I’ll be stepping in with this one!
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I noticed the Rattle ‘n Hum disc in yer pile!
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Yes! That one’s very good. I was replacing my old cassette copy that now has wobbly sound. I was happy to see it, for some reason it’s not one that comes up very often, in my travels. I doubt it’s rare, I just don’t tend to see it, for whatever reason.
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There are some really good tracks on that record!
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Oh absolutely, many. And a bit of the U2 bloat, too!
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Yes, I have to agree with that too. Some skippables, and then some goodness.
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Yup, I used to play it every Sunday morning, like my church music. Which is apt, since there’s some good and some bloat to that, too! Haha.
Hey, today’s Sunday, I oughta go play that today!
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Am I bugging ya man,don’t mean to be bugging ya….
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Oh, Bono bugs me plenty.
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Oh man, I’m looking forward to hearing and reviewing ALL of these records!
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I’ve sort of inspired myself, actually. I really got alot of enjoyment in reviewing U2’s latest…maybe work backwards to reacquaint myself with those albums I didn’t engage with back then, and flesh out why.
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Yes yes yes!! GIVE ‘ER!!!!
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Just wanna say thanks again for all the generosity and doing this with me 3 years straight. It’s becoming one of those annual events that I look forward to like Christmas!
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Oh no, man, thank YOU! Hahaa hey let’s be Canadians and try to out-nice each other! Hee hee hee.
Naw man, it’s a total pleasure. I look forward to it too.
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After you
No after me
NO, I INSIST PLEASE, AFTER MEEEEE
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YEAH! Haha Sarca wins the comments!
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Already looking forward to it next year!
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Cool. So how much did you get from your Grail List then?
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Ummm… not a one, I don’t think. But that’s OK. I got LOTS of other amazingness. 😀
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Ah well. You certainly got plenty of stuff. The search goes on!
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I could have gotten 3x the stuff. I left SO much behind that, given available funds, I would have bought all of it, too! Although, I get the felling that I could go every weekend and find all sorts of stuff I’d want. Suppose it’s a good thing I don’t live there…
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So was it mostly all second hand stuff you got?
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All of it! I didn’t buy a single new disc. And there was all the 3-for-$10 stuff, and just about everything from Sonic Boom was $2.99 each. I wasn’t intentionally bargain shopping, I would have bought those anyway, but getting them for $3 each sure helped!
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