Albini was an iconoclast. He got the sounds he wanted. He did what he wanted. He made raw and abrasive music. What a catalogue to leave .

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I don’t have a lot of records that Albini produced. Big Black is one of my favorite 80’s bands.

A big chunk of my record collection is thanks to this man. R.I.P.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

It was surprising to me that this skinny abrasive dude in Big Black became such a renowned producer.

@invisibleray6987

2 ай бұрын

Nonesense 😂

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

@@invisibleray6987I forgot. The most important news of the day is that Let It Be is being released on Disney+.

@invisibleray6987

2 ай бұрын

@@vinylrichie007 I'm overwhelmed by all this Beatle news.....time for a celebration

It's a bummer he passed so young. Steve was married to my cousin Heather besides the fact that I grew up listening to Big Black, he was a great producer and musician and the world lost something special today... R.I.P. Steve Albini

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Steve Albini was unique.

Steve produced Page and Plants 1998’s “Walking To Clarksdale”.He stated in an interview that they were the easiest two he ever work with. He said, unbelievably, that they had no ego. He seemed like a good guy. RIP legend.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I remember him saying that about Page and Plant.

Hi Rich, thanks for doing this video. Steve Albini was a major artist and his passing is a great loss to contemporary music. The first Shellac album 'At Action Park' from 1994 is a minimalist rock masterpiece. I hope the new Shellac album does come out and becomes a good legacy for Albini's devotion to non-mainstream artistry.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I bought the first two Shellac 7”s. I have never listened to any of their albums. Sadly the Shellac will most likely sell more now that he has passed.

It's been a blow hearing about Steve. Man what a bummer. RIP you pipe cleaner of a man.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Pipe cleaner of a man is funny.

Awesome collection. How cool would have been to see him live. Love the "Headache" record bag.

Great video Richie, and great showing on the Boreden show last night. You , at least a small part of the time, managed to shut him up for a bit. Kudos! Don't forget the punk comp video.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I wish I had gone on the Borden stream a little prepared. If I had been I would have brought up Fauci’s emails.

@thesixthbeatle

2 ай бұрын

@@vinylrichie007 The emails Fauci aide concealed? I think Boreden was a real jerk to Darrin. That's because RG was there. They all ganged up on Darrin who is not good at defending himself. George was a real sht about it.

@thesixthbeatle

2 ай бұрын

@@vinylrichie007 The emails the Fauci assistant had hidden on a private computer? Yes. George was a real jerk to Darrin, a guy who cannot defend himself.

@thesixthbeatle

2 ай бұрын

@@vinylrichie007 That would have been interesting, the ones his assistant hid? George was a real jerk to Darrin I'll tell you. Yo know Darrin can't defend himself.

Great collection, Ritchie. I have some of the Big Black albums, but I really know him more for his production work.

Very nice tribute, Richie. R.I.P. Steve

A great loss. Nice selection of his work, Richie. My cousin Phil (of Far West Record Supply) recorded an album, with his band Distortion Felix, at Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago. They also opened a couple times for Steve’s band Shellac. My cousin said Steve was a great guy. I just subbed you up. Steve

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment and the sub.

Thanks for sharing your excellent Albini collection. R.I.P. Mr. Albini sadly he probably had high blood pressure or something, he might be still with us if he got his stubborn ass to a doctor! There’s a video on Conan O’Brien‘s podcast of Steve, Dave Grohl, and Chris Novoselic talking about Steve’s music, guitar playing, and the back-and-forth before recording in utero. That’s pretty good. anyhow Richie your wisdom, collection and wealth of Punk records is always a great video ride. We’re all “getting on in years”, as a Gen X guy was talking to a friend about doctor visits and I said we sound like a couple of boomers LOL! I’ll be 57 in June, but as you said at the end, it’s always good to remember, Mazzy loves you too 😂❤🎸✌️

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I have a doctor’s checkup on the 15th.

@RussShawTV

2 ай бұрын

@@vinylrichie007 glad you’re keeping up with that stuff Richie! Lost my buddy a few years ago of a heart attack age 50 he was concert buddy in the 80s. We were friends up to the end kept telling him he needs to take care of himself 💙🤘🎸💙

My favorite big BLACK record atomizer. How can you like mazzy and still be cool??? It’s like a magic trick.

@sjbang5764

2 ай бұрын

How can you not like Mazzy, and still be cool?

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Separate the man from the myth.

@thesixthbeatle

Ай бұрын

@@vinylrichie007 That would make the man even worse than we see him now

@corporalcornealiaspheffer8296

Ай бұрын

@@thesixthbeatle 🤣

Thanks for the tribute, learned more about the man. Cheers from Morten

I heard about this yesterday and still I'm feeling that it can't be true. This is a huge blow. Bands he was in. Bands and artists he produced. So many classics. First two Breeders albums. He produced one of my fave metal albums of 00's. High On Fire: Blessed Black Wings. Rest In Peace Steve Albini

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I haven’t heard many of the albums Albini produced.

Great history of Big Black. Thanks - I don't think I knew anything about Albini. That cover for Atomizer is great. Well, a lot of those covers are great, come to think of it. Thanks for showing the records.

Thanks to the video thank God I saw a big black like 8 times and slack once wow that's crazy he was pretty young have a great day

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I wish I had seen Big Black. They are one of my favorite 80’s bands.

Distorted Pony- Punishment Room around 93 is one of the best lesser known early 90s Albini productions. He did big stuff to pay the bills and the smaller ones were what he really respected

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I have the Distorted Pony.

Bummed and beyond

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

What is scary is that he was almost 7 years younger than me.

@BeeAyeSueRah

2 ай бұрын

@@vinylrichie007 humbling huh? I can only speak for myself but his sudden passing at his age pushes mortality a little closer to a stage that I am on as well and it’s hard to comprehend at times.

RIP to the great Steve Albini, what an incredible mind, great ear. Bummer.💔

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

His ear was unique.

Thank you. Saw Rapeman and Shellac twice in concert. Remember seeing a fierce, brutal and wild performance by Shellac and straight after they finished Steve Albini comes out to pack away the gear.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I wish I had seen Steve Albini live.

Thanks for doing this - those records are not so common in the U.K. - I love the sound Albini engineered .. and he was so prolific- I love the letter Nirvana published this week outlay his thoughts on making In Utero - I’ve done a video myself showing a couple of U.K. bands he worked with that made fantastic albums with him

You’re still one of the few true music lovers of the VC. Most of the others are just show-offs. No patience for that. I like your passion and your attitude. And great taste, of course. Thank you. I saw Shellac several times. The last time was in a small club here in Lisbon last June. Albini was great! He will be missed.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I have noticed that many of the vc are now more concerned with branding their channel than the actual music.

A couple of weeks ago I bought my first Big Black album, Songs About Fucking, and was totally blown away. So, it was a bit of a shock to hear of Albini's passing. I really enjoyed his work as an "engineer" as he preferred to call it. The Pixies Surfer Rosa just sounds awesome, and the job he did on Nirvana's In Utero was incredible. A great loss of a truly unique individual.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Songs About Fucking is such a hard hitting album. It is so different from the first EP Lungs.

Great video. I'm going to see Stiff Little Fingers tonight. I hope it's a fun show.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

RIP Mr. Albini. Big Black was a sonic thrust. Produced one of my favorite High on Fire albums. He also wrote some great stories for Forced Exposure.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

If I remember right there was a Big Black 7” that was included with an issue of Forced Exposure.

@briggscharleton6139

2 ай бұрын

@@vinylrichie007 I had a 7 " compilation from Chemical Imbalance fanzine. Happiness is Dry Pants - BB doing Burning Indian Wife. YoLa Tengo/Kilslug and Moving Targets were also on it. Etched on the ungrooved vinyl was "FUCKED FORCED EXPOSURE MAN." I don't know why bit some people hated FE. The Freeze also bitched about them. To, me Forced Exposure was the best fanzine of the mid 80s.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

@@briggscharleton6139 I don’t know If I’ve heard Burning Indian Wife.

@briggscharleton6139

2 ай бұрын

@@vinylrichie007 kzread.info/dash/bejne/d3-KsKmfqpfgmc4.html

Oh no. I met Steve once because of poker. We had a friend in common and had drinks with him one night. He was a great musician & engineer & poker player and was cool to me.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I completely forgot to mention the poker player Steve. I remember you mentioning Steve the poker player. In fact I was unaware of that before,

@RekkidTalk

2 ай бұрын

@@vinylrichie007 Steve won 2 World Series of Poker bracelets and was friends with some of the best Chicago based pro players. He specialized in 7 card stud and razz, unfashionable and non mainstream versions of the game as opposed to Texas Holdem.

@hurkamur1

2 ай бұрын

​@@RekkidTalkEven his poker style was anomalous? 💯

R.I.P......i like his production of P.J. Harvey's original band on the "Rid Of Me" lp

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I like the music but I don’t like how the vocals are buried in the mix.

I remember the Jordan MN incident but I never heard it had been thrown out. I have that album, I need to relisten to that. Obviously the judge had some type of involvement. I do have some of these albums. I always loved the art work, bold and eye catching. He seemed too young to die especially when we think of our age!

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

He was almost 7 years younger than me.

Jordan Minnesota is the next city over from me. I grew up around here. I remember when that happened. RIP SA

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I’ve never been to Minnesota but I did spend a summer in Wisconsin.

Had to skip some videos to see this one. 😢 I don't think I need Wikipedia when I have Vinyl Richie. "Atomizer" is soooooooooo good. Probably my favorite. Big Black was the first "punk" group I ever heard that that redefined the idea of "punk" for me. Such a big loss and I was looking forward to a new Shellac tour. I did a moment of silence for him on my Teenage Rehab video if you're interested. Cheers!

This was cool, glad you just highlighted the music and not the beef that many had with Albini. Send me your discogs link. Cheers

Nice video Richie. Definitely an in your face guy. I’ve passed on the headache OG. Too tough for me. Feels like bad juju. But I do admire his contributions

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I understand

“I’m getting on in age, I don’t know, do I really want to listen to Who’s Next anymore.”

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I recently played side one. It is a great album but I don’t need to hear it again.

Word coming from his employees. He had a heart attack at his Recording studio. In a weird way if there was a place to go, i'm sure he'd probably want it to happen at his studio that he built & loved. He was preparing for an upcoming Shellac album & tour.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I believe the Shellac album is due to released on May 14th.

There's kerosene around .. 🔥

@user-vh5ge5pu5d

2 ай бұрын

There's vaccine around...

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Set me on fire.

I recently went to a record show I haven't been to one in 28 years it was all geezers including me wow where are the young vendors I had a good time

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

In my 40+ years while living in LA I went to the OC Record Show 3 times.

Nice tribute Rich

@vonzipper7854

2 ай бұрын

Couldn't say it any better.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Thank you kindly

Ahl-BEE-NEE. He was not an albino.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I know.

@FFGG22E

2 ай бұрын

He was pretty white though

@highrantdistrict

2 ай бұрын

@@FFGG22E 🤣🤣🤣

@moc5022

2 ай бұрын

Nah you don't

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I thought it would be funny to mispronounce his name. Then followed by if you want facts go to Wikipedia or one of the leaders of the vc.

Nice one, Richie

@vinylrichie007

Ай бұрын

Thank you.

I will be posting a video about him shortly but need to collect my thoughts. Immense loss. Cool to see some of those banned covers.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

It would be good to see a thoughtful angle.

Pig Pile is a great live album. As for his guitar playing and sound, pretty sure he was a P-90 pickup man.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I will take your word for it on the P-90 pickup.

This one felt like a real punch in the gut. The U.K. weeklies loved Steve Albini...until his band Rapeman, then people started picketing his gigs. He’s admitted since that was a bad idea (it’s a good album actually) Outside his own bands I love The Jesus Lizard’s ‘Goat’ and The Breeders debut. His video talking about his dealings with Page & Plant is fascinating.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I have the Rapeman album but only played it a few times. Steve Albini later regretted the name of the band. It was actually named after a Japanese comic.

Holy shit🤯. He wasn’t even old Richie?! Crazy.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

He was almost 7 years younger than me.

This is a bolt out of the blue 😮

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Yes

Well said. You and I both beat Mazzy, but I don't think he's a Big Black/Shellac kinda guy. Steve will be missed.

@highrantdistrict

2 ай бұрын

To be fair, I do believe I saw him show the album Songs About Shilling a while back.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Most likely Mazzy has never heard Big Black. I enjoy messing with Mazzy. All in fun.

I think "Atomizer" was probably their best, but all of it was great. The Jordan, MN story turned out to be fake, thank God. For as much as an edge lord as he was in the 80's and 90's, based on his Twitter, he ended up pretty "woke". Sucks he died. He was a hero of mine for decades.

@screaminglordmabuhayka

2 ай бұрын

He is a big loss, is influence from new projects and jobs he would of done will be missed. Everything he has done is really good.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I don’t do Twitter. I did see an interview where he expressed regret for the band name Rapeman. I have heard accounts that the Jordon story was fake and others from people in the area that it was true.

I cant name one bad record that steve albini has done, been a big fan since the late 80s. My favorite record by him is the Rapeman full length. I think the Shellac stuff is his beet work though. A huge influence on the music I mostly listen too-a big loss.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I bought the Rapeman when it came out. I only listened to it a few times. I will give it a listen this weekend.

a friend lent me a cassette of a live big black concert in Vancouver in the early 80,s. i bought atomizer + fucking the next day. looking forward to the new shellac.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I have a feeling the new Shellac will get a boost in sales.

"Songs about Sleeping with the Ladies" was a fave in the 80's. I wanted to be Gary.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I’m not sure how fave it is.

No, are you serious? Shellac’s new record is just about to be released! I have tickets for their concert at the Paradiso! So sad to hear!

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

It is a bummer.

WTF! Rip I've been listening to Om -God Is Good album every day for the past few months (he recorded and engineered it).

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I am not familiar with Om.

@BSIII

2 ай бұрын

@@vinylrichie007 I love the recording and engineering on that album. It's organic (best way I can describe it.) Bummed to hear Albini passed

I’m not to sure of him but I know his name….I hope your bid will fill in my huge blanks. The cover art on the first two is really interesting. The story behind the second one is tragic. I think you’ve shown that Songs about F’ing before. The autopsy picture was gruesome. Oh, you filled in the blank at the very end!

I will play both the "Atomizer" and "The Hammer Party" 12 inches tonight. Maybe "Racer X" and "Songs About Fucking" also if I can find the cassettes. Thanks for informing the VC community in a timely matter.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

This is only the 2nd time I’ve done a video like this.

Richie.master the master. Gino vanelli the gist of the gemini. Please. Friend. Lima peru.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Gino?

RIP Steve. I think his best work was with Big Black. Especially Atomizer.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I agree.

RIP LEDGE.

I have been meaning to buy some big black, now I’m sure it’s all gonna shoot up in price. I’m seeing all these articles about him saying “genius or jerk” but it seems more like just some dude who was a contrarian and made good music. What’s your Discogs name?

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Albini was no doubt a contrarian.

What is your Discogs handle, Rich?

damn only 62...too young

RIP. His instructional video on mic placement is hilarious, he keeps sliding into the frame out of nowhere. I guess you have to see it. Can’t say Albini didn’t have a sense of humor. It’s scary, though. I’m about his age.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

He was almost 7 years younger than me. I will find the mic placement video.

@Russell.S

2 ай бұрын

@@vinylrichie007 kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaGmxsZuXcjOkps.htmlsi=cED2zW3rVxV2D1bQ

@Russell.S

2 ай бұрын

Electrical Audio How-To: Microphone Techniques for Speaker Cabinets

I didn’t know that he died

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

A bummer.

😢

"Mazzy loves you" 😂

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching till the end.

@davidatkinson-lifematters4826

2 ай бұрын

@@vinylrichie007 Always. 👊🏻

Wow. So sad.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Bummer.

❤❤

Sad news 😣

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

A bummer.

I’m reluctant to jump on board all the Albini praising having read about the kind of dodgy shit he was into. Still, you got your tribute up before Norman had his chance, so fair play to you

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I’m not sure about the dodgy crap but I know he was a contrarian.

"Nirvana for mice"

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Mice for nirvana.

The rumor is that I always post tributes. But in fact, I do very few.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

You protest too much.

Don’t see that coming.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Bummer.

If you have nomeansno wrong on vinyl I’ll buy it.

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

I preordered the reissue last year on Alternative Tentacles. It still hasn’t arrived. I don’t have an original.

Richard Tandy 😂😂😂😂

@vinylrichie007

2 ай бұрын

Is Richard Tandy a Beatles vinyl nerd?