Russ Likes Records
@recordrainbow.bsky.social
EST 2025 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Life’s too short for boring vinyl.
Life’s too short for boring vinyl.
Well, folks, it seems my record collecting days are done for 2025. Wanna see how it shook out?
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December 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Well, folks, it seems my record collecting days are done for 2025. Wanna see how it shook out?
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Artist: Flight of the Conchords
Album: S/T (Season One)
Bought: Xmas gift from my wife
Notes: 2008 pressing
What a great show but I can’t for the life of me figure out why “Mermaid” is not on this album.
Album: S/T (Season One)
Bought: Xmas gift from my wife
Notes: 2008 pressing
What a great show but I can’t for the life of me figure out why “Mermaid” is not on this album.
December 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Artist: Flight of the Conchords
Album: S/T (Season One)
Bought: Xmas gift from my wife
Notes: 2008 pressing
What a great show but I can’t for the life of me figure out why “Mermaid” is not on this album.
Album: S/T (Season One)
Bought: Xmas gift from my wife
Notes: 2008 pressing
What a great show but I can’t for the life of me figure out why “Mermaid” is not on this album.
Artist: Various
Album: The Bob’s Burgers Music Album
Bought: Xmas gift from my wife
Notes: Bonus (white) 7” with the best songs
Album: The Bob’s Burgers Music Album
Bought: Xmas gift from my wife
Notes: Bonus (white) 7” with the best songs
December 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Artist: Various
Album: The Bob’s Burgers Music Album
Bought: Xmas gift from my wife
Notes: Bonus (white) 7” with the best songs
Album: The Bob’s Burgers Music Album
Bought: Xmas gift from my wife
Notes: Bonus (white) 7” with the best songs
Artist: @thekilograms.bsky.social
Album: Strike A Match
Bought: Bandcamp
Notes: 25/100//Clear w/ red & yellow splatter//YES, it’s got a functional strike strip
RIP, Kilograms. Thank you for the great music. You will be missed.
Album: Strike A Match
Bought: Bandcamp
Notes: 25/100//Clear w/ red & yellow splatter//YES, it’s got a functional strike strip
RIP, Kilograms. Thank you for the great music. You will be missed.
December 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Artist: @thekilograms.bsky.social
Album: Strike A Match
Bought: Bandcamp
Notes: 25/100//Clear w/ red & yellow splatter//YES, it’s got a functional strike strip
RIP, Kilograms. Thank you for the great music. You will be missed.
Album: Strike A Match
Bought: Bandcamp
Notes: 25/100//Clear w/ red & yellow splatter//YES, it’s got a functional strike strip
RIP, Kilograms. Thank you for the great music. You will be missed.
Artist: Linkin Park
Album: Hybrid Theory
Bought: Collector’s Choice
Notes: 1276/3000/Because Sound Matters one-step pressing
I know Collector’s Choice isn’t a real record shop BUT I’m not willing to spend one HUNDRED dollars on one record - even if it sounds great. Are you serious? Get fucked, bro.
Album: Hybrid Theory
Bought: Collector’s Choice
Notes: 1276/3000/Because Sound Matters one-step pressing
I know Collector’s Choice isn’t a real record shop BUT I’m not willing to spend one HUNDRED dollars on one record - even if it sounds great. Are you serious? Get fucked, bro.
December 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Artist: Linkin Park
Album: Hybrid Theory
Bought: Collector’s Choice
Notes: 1276/3000/Because Sound Matters one-step pressing
I know Collector’s Choice isn’t a real record shop BUT I’m not willing to spend one HUNDRED dollars on one record - even if it sounds great. Are you serious? Get fucked, bro.
Album: Hybrid Theory
Bought: Collector’s Choice
Notes: 1276/3000/Because Sound Matters one-step pressing
I know Collector’s Choice isn’t a real record shop BUT I’m not willing to spend one HUNDRED dollars on one record - even if it sounds great. Are you serious? Get fucked, bro.
Artist “The Ataris”
Album: Hang Your Head in Hope
Bought: Discogs
Kris has always been best behind an acoustic and this album’s good, but the older I get, the more this “nice guy” punk makes me cringe a little.
Album: Hang Your Head in Hope
Bought: Discogs
Kris has always been best behind an acoustic and this album’s good, but the older I get, the more this “nice guy” punk makes me cringe a little.
December 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Artist “The Ataris”
Album: Hang Your Head in Hope
Bought: Discogs
Kris has always been best behind an acoustic and this album’s good, but the older I get, the more this “nice guy” punk makes me cringe a little.
Album: Hang Your Head in Hope
Bought: Discogs
Kris has always been best behind an acoustic and this album’s good, but the older I get, the more this “nice guy” punk makes me cringe a little.
I can feel it. This… itch. It claws at me. Makes me sweat and fidget. I check my watch all the time and look at my planner.
It’s coming. I can FEEL it.
It’s almost time to order a new record.
#vinylsky #recordcollector
It’s coming. I can FEEL it.
It’s almost time to order a new record.
#vinylsky #recordcollector
December 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I can feel it. This… itch. It claws at me. Makes me sweat and fidget. I check my watch all the time and look at my planner.
It’s coming. I can FEEL it.
It’s almost time to order a new record.
#vinylsky #recordcollector
It’s coming. I can FEEL it.
It’s almost time to order a new record.
#vinylsky #recordcollector
@shadowtodd.bsky.social I’d love to get some book recommendations on music… I don’t know, appreciation? Review? If you’re willing, I mean. I think you mentioned that a Sean Nelson book helped make you a better reviewer?
I want to develop the quality of my music appreciation if possible.
I want to develop the quality of my music appreciation if possible.
December 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
@shadowtodd.bsky.social I’d love to get some book recommendations on music… I don’t know, appreciation? Review? If you’re willing, I mean. I think you mentioned that a Sean Nelson book helped make you a better reviewer?
I want to develop the quality of my music appreciation if possible.
I want to develop the quality of my music appreciation if possible.
Not to bum anyone out, but I just read that @thekilograms.bsky.social are done. They released one last EP (the jacket is folded like a matchbook and even includes a functional strike strip) and bid adieu.
If you want to buy it, here’s the link: radgirlfriendrecords.bandcamp.com/album/strike...
If you want to buy it, here’s the link: radgirlfriendrecords.bandcamp.com/album/strike...
Strike A Match, by The Kilograms
4 track album
radgirlfriendrecords.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Not to bum anyone out, but I just read that @thekilograms.bsky.social are done. They released one last EP (the jacket is folded like a matchbook and even includes a functional strike strip) and bid adieu.
If you want to buy it, here’s the link: radgirlfriendrecords.bandcamp.com/album/strike...
If you want to buy it, here’s the link: radgirlfriendrecords.bandcamp.com/album/strike...
Apple Music replay is in and guess what?
December 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Apple Music replay is in and guess what?
Can we talk about Rage Against The Machine (the album)? Specifically “Wake Up.”
Credits give songwriting to Zach, but I think there’s a lot of Tool in it. So much that I thought Adam Jones was playing with Tom. It’s in drop-D and breaks from the one-guitar sound in most of the rest of the album.
Credits give songwriting to Zach, but I think there’s a lot of Tool in it. So much that I thought Adam Jones was playing with Tom. It’s in drop-D and breaks from the one-guitar sound in most of the rest of the album.
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Can we talk about Rage Against The Machine (the album)? Specifically “Wake Up.”
Credits give songwriting to Zach, but I think there’s a lot of Tool in it. So much that I thought Adam Jones was playing with Tom. It’s in drop-D and breaks from the one-guitar sound in most of the rest of the album.
Credits give songwriting to Zach, but I think there’s a lot of Tool in it. So much that I thought Adam Jones was playing with Tom. It’s in drop-D and breaks from the one-guitar sound in most of the rest of the album.
Artist: Dead Kennedys
Album: Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
Bought: @skeletunesrecords.com
Notes: UK import // Orange // gatefold jacket with lyrics
A required buy for any punk.
Album: Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
Bought: @skeletunesrecords.com
Notes: UK import // Orange // gatefold jacket with lyrics
A required buy for any punk.
November 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Artist: Dead Kennedys
Album: Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
Bought: @skeletunesrecords.com
Notes: UK import // Orange // gatefold jacket with lyrics
A required buy for any punk.
Album: Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
Bought: @skeletunesrecords.com
Notes: UK import // Orange // gatefold jacket with lyrics
A required buy for any punk.
I just ordered a one-step record.
For testing purposes, you see.
It’s weird because I want it to sound good (because of the price) but I also DON’T want it to sound good (because of the price).
#vinylrecords #recordcollector #recordcollection #records #vinylcollector #vinylsky
For testing purposes, you see.
It’s weird because I want it to sound good (because of the price) but I also DON’T want it to sound good (because of the price).
#vinylrecords #recordcollector #recordcollection #records #vinylcollector #vinylsky
November 28, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I just ordered a one-step record.
For testing purposes, you see.
It’s weird because I want it to sound good (because of the price) but I also DON’T want it to sound good (because of the price).
#vinylrecords #recordcollector #recordcollection #records #vinylcollector #vinylsky
For testing purposes, you see.
It’s weird because I want it to sound good (because of the price) but I also DON’T want it to sound good (because of the price).
#vinylrecords #recordcollector #recordcollection #records #vinylcollector #vinylsky
Anyone know of a mailing list I can get on that sends out the upcoming vinyl releases and their release dates? I’m tired of being caught unawares.
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Anyone know of a mailing list I can get on that sends out the upcoming vinyl releases and their release dates? I’m tired of being caught unawares.
Artist: Danger Days
Album: S/T EP
Bought: @skeletunesrecords.com
Notes: 35/200 // Clear w/ etching on the B-side (that you can barely friggin’ see in this picture!)
Always like it when a band DOESN’T include older songs on subsequent releases.
Congrats to Skeletunes on their first release!
Album: S/T EP
Bought: @skeletunesrecords.com
Notes: 35/200 // Clear w/ etching on the B-side (that you can barely friggin’ see in this picture!)
Always like it when a band DOESN’T include older songs on subsequent releases.
Congrats to Skeletunes on their first release!
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Artist: Danger Days
Album: S/T EP
Bought: @skeletunesrecords.com
Notes: 35/200 // Clear w/ etching on the B-side (that you can barely friggin’ see in this picture!)
Always like it when a band DOESN’T include older songs on subsequent releases.
Congrats to Skeletunes on their first release!
Album: S/T EP
Bought: @skeletunesrecords.com
Notes: 35/200 // Clear w/ etching on the B-side (that you can barely friggin’ see in this picture!)
Always like it when a band DOESN’T include older songs on subsequent releases.
Congrats to Skeletunes on their first release!
Artist: Joe Pass
Album: For Django
Bought: Overland Records, Oberammergau, Germany
Notes: ZERO clue when this was made.
Seriously. The internet has no idea and the only thing I know for certain is that it isn’t a first-pressing because it says so on the back. Beyond that? Who knows?
Album: For Django
Bought: Overland Records, Oberammergau, Germany
Notes: ZERO clue when this was made.
Seriously. The internet has no idea and the only thing I know for certain is that it isn’t a first-pressing because it says so on the back. Beyond that? Who knows?
November 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Artist: Joe Pass
Album: For Django
Bought: Overland Records, Oberammergau, Germany
Notes: ZERO clue when this was made.
Seriously. The internet has no idea and the only thing I know for certain is that it isn’t a first-pressing because it says so on the back. Beyond that? Who knows?
Album: For Django
Bought: Overland Records, Oberammergau, Germany
Notes: ZERO clue when this was made.
Seriously. The internet has no idea and the only thing I know for certain is that it isn’t a first-pressing because it says so on the back. Beyond that? Who knows?
It’s getting to be that time of year when there’s not enough natural light to photograph records.
So now I have to wait for sunny days and then batch-photograph them.
It’s cool, though. I’ve never been a fan of the inconsistency of temperature that comes with sunshine in the fall/winter.
So now I have to wait for sunny days and then batch-photograph them.
It’s cool, though. I’ve never been a fan of the inconsistency of temperature that comes with sunshine in the fall/winter.
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It’s getting to be that time of year when there’s not enough natural light to photograph records.
So now I have to wait for sunny days and then batch-photograph them.
It’s cool, though. I’ve never been a fan of the inconsistency of temperature that comes with sunshine in the fall/winter.
So now I have to wait for sunny days and then batch-photograph them.
It’s cool, though. I’ve never been a fan of the inconsistency of temperature that comes with sunshine in the fall/winter.
The Living End
“I Only Trust Rock N Roll”
Bought: @skeletunesrecords.com
Notes: pink
TLE is a foundational band for me and I really wish they hadn’t built me up by saying this was the older brother of their debut. I might grow to like it, but it’s a LOT more mellow than their S/T.
“I Only Trust Rock N Roll”
Bought: @skeletunesrecords.com
Notes: pink
TLE is a foundational band for me and I really wish they hadn’t built me up by saying this was the older brother of their debut. I might grow to like it, but it’s a LOT more mellow than their S/T.
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Living End
“I Only Trust Rock N Roll”
Bought: @skeletunesrecords.com
Notes: pink
TLE is a foundational band for me and I really wish they hadn’t built me up by saying this was the older brother of their debut. I might grow to like it, but it’s a LOT more mellow than their S/T.
“I Only Trust Rock N Roll”
Bought: @skeletunesrecords.com
Notes: pink
TLE is a foundational band for me and I really wish they hadn’t built me up by saying this was the older brother of their debut. I might grow to like it, but it’s a LOT more mellow than their S/T.
I’m not gonna lie: if this one YouTube is even HALF right, I am blown away by the thought and care Marilyn Manson put into Antichrist Superstar.
November 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I’m not gonna lie: if this one YouTube is even HALF right, I am blown away by the thought and care Marilyn Manson put into Antichrist Superstar.
Oh my god, how have I gone this long without realizing slurs were muted in “Money For Nothing”?
Fun fact: they don’t mute bad words in… well, at least Germany and Spain.
They’re also not scared of playing RATM.
Regardless, instances like this are shocking.
Fun fact: they don’t mute bad words in… well, at least Germany and Spain.
They’re also not scared of playing RATM.
Regardless, instances like this are shocking.
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Oh my god, how have I gone this long without realizing slurs were muted in “Money For Nothing”?
Fun fact: they don’t mute bad words in… well, at least Germany and Spain.
They’re also not scared of playing RATM.
Regardless, instances like this are shocking.
Fun fact: they don’t mute bad words in… well, at least Germany and Spain.
They’re also not scared of playing RATM.
Regardless, instances like this are shocking.
Ever wish you could reposition music chronologically?
I REALLY wish we could move Andrew W.K.’s “I Get Wet” from releasing in ‘01 to now.
Feels like we could all use some upbeat motivational rock & maybe a positive vent like a good party.
But it seems like even the great W.K. couldn’t stand this.
I REALLY wish we could move Andrew W.K.’s “I Get Wet” from releasing in ‘01 to now.
Feels like we could all use some upbeat motivational rock & maybe a positive vent like a good party.
But it seems like even the great W.K. couldn’t stand this.
November 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Ever wish you could reposition music chronologically?
I REALLY wish we could move Andrew W.K.’s “I Get Wet” from releasing in ‘01 to now.
Feels like we could all use some upbeat motivational rock & maybe a positive vent like a good party.
But it seems like even the great W.K. couldn’t stand this.
I REALLY wish we could move Andrew W.K.’s “I Get Wet” from releasing in ‘01 to now.
Feels like we could all use some upbeat motivational rock & maybe a positive vent like a good party.
But it seems like even the great W.K. couldn’t stand this.
Blue Sky is like the ocean washing up the weirdest stuff with the tide: suddenly an influx of skeets focused on one thing, then it’s all gone, and then the next thing washes up. It gets weird, too.
Right now it’s Sonic Youth and I wanna say: another miss, Bluesky. I don’t like Sonic Youth.
Right now it’s Sonic Youth and I wanna say: another miss, Bluesky. I don’t like Sonic Youth.
October 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Blue Sky is like the ocean washing up the weirdest stuff with the tide: suddenly an influx of skeets focused on one thing, then it’s all gone, and then the next thing washes up. It gets weird, too.
Right now it’s Sonic Youth and I wanna say: another miss, Bluesky. I don’t like Sonic Youth.
Right now it’s Sonic Youth and I wanna say: another miss, Bluesky. I don’t like Sonic Youth.
I know everyone has soft spots for The Trooper, 2 Minutes to Midnight, and Number of The Beast.
I get it. They’re great songs.
But I’m gonna say that Maiden’s best might actually be The Evil That Men Do. That song has hooks for days and a fantastic building melody.
I get it. They’re great songs.
But I’m gonna say that Maiden’s best might actually be The Evil That Men Do. That song has hooks for days and a fantastic building melody.
October 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I know everyone has soft spots for The Trooper, 2 Minutes to Midnight, and Number of The Beast.
I get it. They’re great songs.
But I’m gonna say that Maiden’s best might actually be The Evil That Men Do. That song has hooks for days and a fantastic building melody.
I get it. They’re great songs.
But I’m gonna say that Maiden’s best might actually be The Evil That Men Do. That song has hooks for days and a fantastic building melody.
I know people roll their eyes when someone talks about the “genius” of Tool. There are a LOT of quasi-intellectuals itching to explain deeper meanings, hidden track structures, seriousness V satire, etc.
I know they can be insufferable to deal with.
But.
I heard that everyone plays ÆNima wrong…
I know they can be insufferable to deal with.
But.
I heard that everyone plays ÆNima wrong…
October 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I know people roll their eyes when someone talks about the “genius” of Tool. There are a LOT of quasi-intellectuals itching to explain deeper meanings, hidden track structures, seriousness V satire, etc.
I know they can be insufferable to deal with.
But.
I heard that everyone plays ÆNima wrong…
I know they can be insufferable to deal with.
But.
I heard that everyone plays ÆNima wrong…
Not gonna lie: I was sold when The Living End said their new album was basically a direct successor to their S/T. But listening to it for the first time, I think it’s MUCH more fair to say if it’s a direct successor to anything - any album’s older brother - it’s “Roll On.”
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Not gonna lie: I was sold when The Living End said their new album was basically a direct successor to their S/T. But listening to it for the first time, I think it’s MUCH more fair to say if it’s a direct successor to anything - any album’s older brother - it’s “Roll On.”