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PARASOL
STAFF TOP PICKS OF 2008
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ROY
PMO Buyer
New Ruins Drummer
Old Soul
Ultimate Fighter |
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1.
The Band - Self-Titled
and Music
from Big Pink [vinyl re-issues] |
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2.
The Flying Burrito Bros. - Burrito
Deluxe [vinyl re-issue]
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3.
Gene Clark - Self-Titled
(White Light) [vinyl re-issue] |
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4.
Swervedriver - Ejector
Seat Reservation [expanded re-issue] |
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5.
Meneguar
- The
In Hour
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6.
Skaters - Physicalities
of the Sensibilities of Ingrediential Stairways
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7.
Unbunny - Sensory
Underload: Uncertain Trks 1996-2008 |
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8.
Pocahaunted - Chains
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9.
The 1900s - Everybody's
Got A Collection |
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10.
Ida - Tales
of Brave Ida [re-issue] |
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PAUL
PMO Micro/Macro-Manager
New Ruins Multi-Instrumentalist
Matthew Sweet Sideman
Globetrotting Yahoo |
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2.
The Notwist - The
Devil, You and Me
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3.
Mick Lowe - Jesus
of Cool [re-issue] |
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4.
Matthew Sweet - Sunshine
Lies
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5.
Dr. Dog - Fate
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6.
Dillard & Clark - The
Fantastic Expedition of... [re-issue]
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7.
Unbunny - Sensory
Underload: Uncertain Trks 1996-2008 |
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8.
Gram Parsons & The Flying Burrito Bros - GP
Archives Vol. 1 [re-issue] |
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9.
Bon Iver - For
Emma, Forever Ago
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10.
Three Hour Tour - B-side
Oblivion |
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ANGIE
Parasol Distribution/Direct Retail Sales Queen
PMO Quality Control Officer
Parasol Greeter/Befriender
Dreamer/Storyteller |
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Winner! Jolie
Holland - The Living and the Dead CD |
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Band
of Annuals - Let Me Live CD
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2.
Lucinda
Williams - Little Honey CD
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3.
Beaujolais
- Love At Thirty CD |
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4.
Tractor
Kings - Homesick CD |
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5.
Toadies
- No Deliverance CD
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6.
Neilson
Hubbard - I Love Your Muscles CD |
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7.
Aimee
Mann - @#%&! Smilers CD |
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8.
Notwist
- The Devil, You + Me CD |
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9.
Montys
Loco - Farewell Mr. Happy CD
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10.
The
Smiths - Sound of the Smiths [Deluxe Edition] DCD
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JIM
Parasol Publicist
Centaur Member
Nordic Music Enthusiast
Gimp |
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1. Motorpsycho - Little
Lucid Moments and Haircuts
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2. The Soundtrack of Our Lives – Communion
[import version] |
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3. Black Angels - Directions
To See A Ghost |
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4.
The Twilight Sad – Here,
It Never Snowed, Afterward It Did |
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5. Headlights - Some
Racing, Some Stopping |
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6. Mattias Hellberg & The White Moose – Out
of the frying pan, into the woods |
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7.
{{{Sunset}}} – Bright
Blue Dream and The
Glowing City |
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8.
Fleet Foxes – Self-Titled
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9.
Mercury Rev – Snowflake
Midnight |
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10.
Paper - An
Object
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Jim's
Favorite Re-issues of 2008. |
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U2
- Boy,
October,
War
and Under
A Blood Red Sky |
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New
Order - Movement;
Power,
Corruption & Lies; Low-Life
and Brotherhood |
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Mission
of Burma - Signals
Calls and Marches |
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Mercury
Rev - Yerself
Is Steam/Lego My Ego/DVD |
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The
Replacements - Hootenanny,
Let
It Be, Tim
and Please
To Meet Me |
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GEOFF
Owner-Operator
All Weather Cyclist of the Apocalypse
Pop-Culture Renaissance Man
Devout Sardonist |
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1. Beaujolais - Love
At Thirty |
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2.
Fleet Foxes – Self-Titled
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3. Ric Menck - Hey
War Pigs |
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4.
The National - A
Skin, A Night...
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5.
Paper - An
Object
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6.
The 1900s - Medium
High |
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7. The Soundtrack of Our Lives – Communion
[import version] |
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8. Mavis Staples – Live:
Hope at the Hideout |
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9.
Matthew Sweet - Sunshine
Lies
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10.
Three Hour Tour - B-side
Oblivion |
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Geoff's
Favorite Re-issues of 2008. |
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U2
- Boy,
October,
War
and Under
A Blood Red Sky |
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Gram Parsons & The Flying Burrito Bros - GP
Archives Vol. 1 |
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Creedence
Clearwater Revival - 40th
Anniversary Re-issues |
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Neil
Young - Sugar
Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968
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Genesis
- Genesis
1970-1975 boxset
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JIM (THE INTERN)
Oklahoma Transplant
Part-Time Penninsula
Had twenty inches of hair...
Campfire Enthusiast |
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1. Why? - Alopecia
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2.
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Real
Emotional Trash |
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3. Mt. Eerie, Julie Doiron, & Fred Squire - Lost
Wisdom |
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4.
The New Year - Self-Titled
(Orange Album) |
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5.
Lake - Oh,
the Places We'll Go |
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6.
The Dodos - Visiter |
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7. Beck – Modern
Guilt |
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8.
Fleet Foxes – Self-Titled |
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9.
Little Wings - Soft
Pow'r
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10.
Okkervil River - The
Stand Ins |
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| PARASOL
CUSTOMERS' TOP PICKS OF 2008 -
COME ON PEOPLE, SEND 'EM IN! |
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Edward
Higgins - Parasol Mail Order Customer
1. Deerhoof
- Offend Maggie CD
2. Asteroid
#4 - These Flowers Of Ours CD
3. Portishead
- Third CD
4. Montys
Loco - Farewell Mr. Happy CD
5. Dodos
- Visiter CD
6. Broken
West - Now Or Heaven CD
7. Oneida
- Preteen Weaponry CD
8. Walkmen
- You and Me CD
9. Duke
Spirit - Neptune CD
10. (tie) Mercury
Rev - Snowflake Midnight CD
10. (tie) Jolie
Holland - The Living And The Dead CD |
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Kurt
Lathrop – Parasol Store Customer, New Ruins Roadie,
Hugger.
1. Matthew
Sweet – Sunshine Lies CD
2. Fleet
Foxes – S/T CD
3. Hold
Steady – Stay Positive CD
4. Sigur
Ros – Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust CD
5. Bon
Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago CD
6. Ry
Cooder – I, Flathead CD
7. Dead
Meadow – Old Growth CD
8. Drive
By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation's Dark CD
9. R.E.M.
– Accelerate CD
10. Black
Mountain – In The Future CD
Top
10 Reissues:
1. R.E.M.
– Murmer CD
2. Youngbloods
– Elephant Mountain CD
3. Q65
– Nothing But Trouble CD
4. Warren
Zevon – Warren Zevon CD
5. Replacements
– Pleased To Meet Me CD
6. U2
– Boy CD
7. Hank
Williams – The Unreleased Recordings CD
8. Nick
Lowe – Jesus Of Cool CD
9. Beck
– Odelay CD
10. Various
– Thank You, Friends - The Ardent Records Story
CD
BOX SET: Chuck
Berry – Johnny B. Goode: his Complete 50’s
Chess Recordings
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