Hey, everyone!
So today, I thought I'd do something a little different, something I really haven't done
before.
Although, it's a theme.
Something I have - I haven't done this before - I've done related things.
But today, I kinda want to take you through my record collection, because I've been collecting
vinyl for a little over a year now.
While I'm pretty thrifty with the way I collect vinyl, and I don't really go out of my way
to like, go through vinyl - go to vinyl shops that much, I do think I've amassed a pretty
good collection in the last couple years.
And I really like what I have and I thought I'd share it with you guys.
And also, there's gonna be a special surprise at the end.
I wonder if it has to do with this box right here.
Let's start with the one we've got up here!
Hayley Kiyoko's Expectations.
I love this album so much.
And she posted this image to twitter, but it kinda - and this is all of the lyrics - a
little packet that comes with it - and when you open it up, It's like, pretty cool, pretty
nice.
It's got some lyrics and it's got some images behind it, but then, aah I can't show this
because male and female beauty standards are different, butI think you get the picture.
Also, you can see this image on instagram now, but I literally screamed when I opened
this up, so, there's that.
And like, look, it's like the album - she's there, she's not!
'Cause, cause that's the progression of the album, it's her, like, leaving to be free
- spoiler alert if you haven't listened to the album.
But that's what it is.
Also, I got the Urban Outfitters exclusive one, so it's green - I don't know if you can
see that it's kinda see-through and tie-dye and green, but it is so cool, and I really
like it, and yeah.
I've been listening to this nonstop because 20gayteen, guys.
It's 20gayteen.
You gotta
But, yeah.
This is Expectations by Hayley Kiyoko.
I really love this album.
And if you follow me on Twitter, and -yeah, mostly twitter- you'll probably recognize
some of the albums and the artists I'm gonna talk about, since I tend to hype them up a
lot on the twitters.
'Cause I really enjoy talking about my favorite things.
Okay!
Next one!
Let's do the teeny-tiny ones first.
These are the first two vinyl little records that I got with my record player for Christmas,
and they were a dollar each and it was a cute little present to go with this really beautiful
lovely gift.
And it's Billy Ocean and Kenny G. Clearly my parents' taste and not mine, but I still
enjoy it and it's still really nice to have something vintage and a little bit older and
nice.
So there's that.
Oh!
Here is something I got on independent record store day.
Indie record store day.
Record store day.
I don't know what it's called, but you know what I'm talking about if you're watching
this video and you're into vinyl.
But this is Snow Patrol's Don't Give In, which is part of their Wildness album.
I don't know if you guys noticed, but I really like Snow Patrol.
But yeah, so this just has two songs off of Wildness, and I was really excited to get
it because the vinyl hadn't released yet - or the album hadn't come out yet for - yeah.
The album hadn't come out yet, so this was a promo little package and while I had already
listened to the songs because I went and saw them in concert beforehand, I just - I needed
something Snow Patrol and physical, and this is my first vinyl from Snow Patrol.
And it's so beautiful.
Also - is it a fun color?
No, it's not a fun color, it's just black, but still looks pretty!
It's really pretty, and look at this gradient!
It's a pretty subtle gradient, on this side it goes from like beige-ish to pinkish, and
on this side it's more pinkish.
I think it's really pretty and I'm just really feeling the aesthetics of this era of Snow
Patrol.
And the music is so good.
More on that later.
I wonder if you guys've solved the mystery of what it is.
This is another little independent record store day one.
It's for the Spongebob Squarepants Musical.
Which my friend Kellie, who you've heard of many times if you haven't seen her, loves.
She loves the Spongebob Squarepants Musical and I was like "I'm at Independent Record
Store Day.
This is in front of me.
I'm gonna get it!"
And it's really cool-looking.
It's clear and it's got this splashy effect.
It has "No Good Control," "The Spongebob Squarepants Theme," and "Just a Simple Sponge," which
is the Panic!
At the Disco song.
I love Panic!, so that was fun to get and was fairly cheap, considering it's an exclusive
vinyl.
And I was like "I'm gonna get it!"
This one is - speaking of Panic! at the Disco, Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat
Out.
I bought this from Urban because I was already buying the Expectations album - 'cause that
green one was an Urban Exclusive - so I was like, I might as well get this.
So I got it.
I really like it.
It's Panic! at the Disco.
You can't go wrong.
I feel like I sound like John Mulaney.
I feel like I have his tone right now.
But that's okay.
It's okay to have his tone.
Ooh!
This one I really like.
It's A Capitol Christmas and it's the Capitol Records Christmas compilation and it is four
massive vinyl records and it has All of the People, all of the classic beautiful Christmas
songs.
And it's lovely.
It's got Frank Sinatra singing Have Yourself a Merry Christmas, Nat King Cole the Christmas
Song, oh my god, so many people.
A lot of people I also hadn't heard of, and it was really interesting to kind of research
them.
But like, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, it's like, ya can't go wrong.
I got this from Barnes and Noble, actually.
Support your indie bookstores.
But, yeah, I got this from Barnes and Noble around Christmas time, and I was very excited
about it.
And I could, like, share it with my family, which was nice because we are hardcore Christmas
celebrators.
And this one, also - what's really cool about this specific packaging is that it has information
on all of the artists, so if there's someone you hadn't heard of, you could read about
them, which is cool.
I've already actually unboxed this for you guys.
You've seen this one already.
This is the blue La La Land that I got from VNYL when I was subscribed to them.
And I did a few VNYL Unboxings on my channel last year, when I was getting them regularly.
So yeah, this is that.
I really love La La Land, it's a great movie.
Great score, soundtrack.
Yeah.
As you can tell, I kinda like the classic stuff a little bit, or things that kinda feel
classic and jazzy.
But then, but then, but then.
(sings) I stay out to late, got nothin' in my brain, that's what people say.
Mmm-hmm.
(Talking) I really really love Taylor Swift.
So, during record store day, I saw that Taylor was doing exclusive clear vinyls of some of
her albums, and don't have her vinyls.
So I was like "Yes.
I'm Doin' It."
And they were quite expensive so I only got two of them.
But, yeah.
Look at it!
It's pink and clear and lovely.
And the other one is white and clear like this - translucent color.
And I really love 1989.
It's like, sonically cohesive, for all you Swifties out there, you know what I'm talking
about.
It's just such a solid album.
And I love Reputation.
I don't have the Reputation vinyl, just 'cause I spent so much money on those tickets that
I can't justify spending more money on Taylor Swift right now.
But this was worth it.
I really love 1989 and it's also my sister's favorite Swift album, and I live with my sister,
so it's nice to share.
It's one of those records I can keep playing even when she comes in.
She doesn't stop me from playing it like she sometimes does with Expectations.
The gay is to strong for her.
But speaking of Taylor, I also got the Fearless Platinum Edition album, which is the album
that really got me hooked on Taylor Swift in the first place.
I remember freshman year of high school, I would listen to Forever and Always (Piano
Version) over and over and over and over again.
It's one of my favorite by Taylor Swift, although my all-time favorite is The Last Time featuring
Gary Lightbody and you guys know why.
It's because the frontman of Snow Patrol is doing a duet with Taylor Swift.
It's amazing.
It's amazing.
But yeah, Fearless Platinum Edition, again, it's like a clear vinyl situation, which is
pretty cool.
Not much that's special about it otherwise, but it's got 2 vinyls again, so four sides.
It's really great, of course, 'cause it's Taylor Swift.
But yeah, this has some of my favorite songs.
Oh, I didn't realize Breathe had the feature on it.
It says "Breathe featuring Colbie Cailat," and on the version that I have in iTunes,
it doesn't say "featuring."
Interesting.
Okay.
But yeah, the Best Day, which is the song about her mom is on here, and the Way I Loved
You, aaahhh such good songs.
Forever and Always Piano Version, Jump Then Fall, oh so these are the exclusive ones,
these first three that make it the Platinum Edition.
And everything else, yeah everything - oh and Superstar - yeah everything else was on
the original album, I believe.
So, that's cool.
And look, since it's the old one, it still has the MySpace website and it doesn't have
any twitter or anything.
Oh!
And I got the 87th one, out of 3750 that were exclusive for Record Store Day.
That's cool.
I'm discovering things along with you.
Oh!
Next one, you guys will like this one.
(sings) I missed you dearly (stops singing) Oh.
That's not a song on here.
Dear Happy is not a song on there.
It's my favorite dodie song, but I love Dodie so much.
Bisexual icon.
Queen.
Lovely human being.
Also my age and like so much more accomplished than me and I'm so jealous.
But here's a picture of me and her, meeting at one of her concerts in New York.
The concert that she called the Best Gig Ever.
I don't know if she says that at all of her concerts though.
But yeah, it was like her and Tessa Violet and Jon Cozart and Rusty?
Maybe Rusty Clanton was there?
I don't know.
I don't remember.
He's kinda irrelevant.
Although don't tell Dodie that because one of her favorite songs is by Rusty Clanton.
But yeah, it has six songs - it's her EP, You.
Ooh, Secret for the Mad is also one of my favorites.
6/10 is one of my favorites, In the Middle is, the Instrumental one that feels like it's
out of La La Land, all of these are amazing songs.
Yeah, I just really like Dodie.
And oh, the album itself is white, with yellow.
So sometimes when it's spinning, it reminds me of an egg.
Like a sunny-side up egg.
I don't think that's what Dodie was going for, I think she was going for Dodie Yellow,
but egg.
Sorry.
But yeah.
I love her, I love her music.
I love her personality, too.
I really like that she's doing the thing where she's still - she's not ashamed to be a Youtuber
while being a musician.
Y'know, she's both and she's very solidly both and owns both, which I really appreciate
about her.
So.
Yeah.
Ummm...next one!
Happy 20GayTeen, guys.
More gay stuff.
Tegan and Sara.
I love them.
They're great.
You guys know who they are.
This is also a white vinyl.
Is that a thing?
And it's got purple in the middle and I love these colors together.
This is like a cream white, which I really like, and it's got that marbling effect.
And yeah, this is a really good album by Tegan and Sara.
I don't know what else to say about it.
I listened to Queery podcast, I started listening to that, which is with Cameron Esposito, and
she interviewed Tegan and Sara individually, and it was so cool.
It was so good.
It was just two great hours of listening to Tegan and Sara talk about...just so many things.
Their career, their queerness, their sisterhood, their family, everything.
Like, everything about it was great.
Their activism.
So even more than their music, listen to this interview.
But I really like having this album.
It's just one of those that's just great to have.
And it's not one I listen to as much, just 'cause, like, it's not as dance-y, but.
What's my favorite song off this again?
I really like Stop Desire.
That's a really dance-y song.
And there's some really cool background around White Knuckles that's really interesting,
so if you're interested in that, go for it.
Look it up.
Oooh!
This one is cool.
This, I also got from Record Store Day.This is Tank and the Bangas.
They were featured on Tiny Desk Concert - NPR's Tiny Desk, and I kinda got obsessed with them
and then I saw this at Record Store Day and I was like YES I need this.
But look, look at this.
This is so cool.
I love this packaging so much.
You open it.
Look!
It's got a full design on the inside that you can't see unless you take the album out!
And also the album - the vinyl is the same color as this yellow, this mustard yellow,
which is really nice.
It's a very chill EP.
It's all live.
It was all done live.
And some of it, I think, is freestyle, which is awesome.
But they're like, like the songs are like five to eight minutes long.
And it's just like, it keeps going and going and going and it feels like a modern version
of jazz and I really love it.
And they're awesome.
You should listen to them.
They're amazing.
It's just so much fun to listen to and there's something different happening at every turn.
So cool.
It's like one of those where first you want to sit down and listen but then you start
grooving and you're like dancing by the end of it.
But also feeling things.
And it's really great.
Next one is Marina and the Diamonds, which, I don't listen to this album that much.
I got this off of VNYL, so I got it over a year and a half ago now.
But it's a solid album to have.
And I really love the song Happy.
It's so good.
Yeah, I just really enjoy that song.
It's so heartfelt and it's one of those songs that, like, you listen to in the middle of
the night and you're just like yes.
This is how I feel now, and I can go to sleep now without feeling stressed.
It's a good album.
It's a shame I don't listen to it enough.
We got this piece of trash.
Next!
Oh, this is another one I got off of vinyl.
It's not my favorite.
This is the rock album, and Waves and Cloud Nothings are two *albums who did a collaboration.
I don't know, I kinda liked it, but not my favorite thing in the world.
I don't know.
Oh this the one that's like, hip hop-y.
But I just think it's too short.
Honestly, like I just, I think when I first listened to it, I was like "Wait, that's it?
Like, where's the rest of it?"
It kinda feels like an incomplete EP.
Because it's like "Intro, the song, Interlude, another song, outro!" and then the other side
is like, "Instrumental, instrumental," like, it just doesn't feel like enough, which is
a weird thing to say about an album.
But pretty cool.
This is Link Up and Suede.
There is this one, which I also got through VNYL, yeah I think we're approaching the stuff
I don't listen to as much anymore.
But yeah, it was a really, it feels like a super experimental album, and I don't think
I've given this one a fair shot, really, 'cause I think I listened to it when I got the vinyl
and then a little bit after, and then never again.
So I kinda need to give it a better shot.
And also it's by someone who I believe is if not South Asian, Middle Eastern?
So that's pretty cool.
Oooh, this is another Record Store Day one that I got.
It's just like one of those that's awesome to have.
Compton's Most Wanted.
Like, if you like hip hop, like, at all, you have to have this album, basically.
This one has things like Use a Bitch, Compton for Life, Hood Took Me Under, things like
that.
Dead Men Tell No Lies.
So, it's a good one to have.
Aah, we're approaching some more stuff I like.
This is Lady Sings the Blues, Billie Holiday.
I'm obsessed with Billie Holiday.
I love everything about her.
This is (sings) Lady Sings The Blues I can't sing as well as her.
(talks) But yeah, this has some really great songs, and it's nice to listen to straight
through, just like, have a cup of coffee and chill.
And I've started listening to more vinyl as I embroider 'cause, like I said in my last
video, I've been embroidering a lot.
It's becoming a thing.
This is one of those things that's just calming, and you're sewing and you're listening to
this kind of jazz, blues, and it's nice, and speaking of Billie, here's another Billie
Holiday.
This one is Billie Holiday at Storyville.
And I really like these Storyville ones because it's a full live performance, so you hear
the clapping at the beginning and the end, you could hear the introduction at the beginning,
and it's just got some amazing songs.
And live versions of these songs, which is really cool.
So yeah, really great album, again.
It's Billie Holiday.
How much more can you say about Billie Holiday that hasn't already been said before?
So...yeah.
Ooh, this is one that was such a steal.
And such a good find.
Star Wars London Philharmonic is the A-side and the B-side is Space Odyssey.
Yeah, including the theme from 2001 a Space Odyssey.
So, it's really cool.
It's, like, the songs we all know and love from Star Wars.
Main title, Imperial Attack, Princess Leia's Theme, which is my favorite.
And it was such a steal, I got this off the street.
And it was in great condition.
And I got it for like 10 bucks.
And it's like a live orchestra doing this.
And it was so cool.
It's so cool that I have this.
I'm obsessed with it, a little bit.
I just think I got so lucky getting it when I did, 'cause you know that it would have
been sold immediately after, too.
I was just like, a little bit early and on the way to class and I just decided to browse
through the records and I saw this one, and I was like, I am getting this.
And then, it was actually the shopkeeper person who was like, Let me show it to you before
you just purchase it.
So he showed it to me and was like "yeah, it's in good condition, you're fine."
And I was like "That is incredibly nice of you."
And I got it for ten bucks.
Like, what a steal.
Some more jazz with Louis Armstrong, which is always great.
Again, it's jazz.
It's Louis Armstrong.
What can I say about Louis Armstrong that hasn't been said?
He's a genius on the trumpet.
And this is another one of those, like, live ones.
I think Black Line Records does these ones.
Like, the Billie Holiday Storyville one and this one is Basin Street Blues.
And it's another live show sort of deal.
And it's really cool.
Yeah, it's recorded in concert, July 1956.
And there's like a Thelonius Monk one, a Miles Davis one, Duke Ellington, that I should get.
I'll get it eventually.
It'll happen.
No worries.
And then my last vinyl in my little vinyl collection is Adele, 21.
I love Adele.
Like, it's Adele.
This also was a gift when I got the record - the record player and the other two vinyls.
And it was also when 25 was just released and I love 25, but like, 21 is how everyone
discovered Adele and fell in love with her and I love Adele.
And I love a lot of these people and a lot of these artists and albums and I'm just really
enjoying the journey of being a record collector, a vinyl record collector.
It's really cool to experience something and, like, be a collector and sort of, learning
more about the art of collecting something.
The only other thing I collect is books, and that I don't really care about the condition
as long as it's new.
And if I have a signed copy or something, that's a different story.
But that's what I do for a living at the moment.
I'm a bookseller.
I work at a bookstore, so it's like one of those things I know about and I buy books
sometimes, and like I have way too many of them.
But this is something new.
This is something I haven't done all my life.
And I've always loved music, so it's really nice to experience a different side of music
and a different side of something that has so much history behind it, which records do.
And also, it makes me feel a little bit hipster, which is mostly a bad thing but sometimes
a good thing.
So yeah, what are your thoughts on these albums?
Are there any suggestions you have?
Anything I should listen to or be on the lookout for to buy next?
Oh!
I forgot about the surprise.
So.
One last thing before you go.
I have one more album that is the newest thing that I have.
And I haven't opened it yet 'cause I wanted to open it on camera.
And I think some of you already know what it is.
You guys caught the hints at the beginning of the video.
But let's open her up.
I'm so excited for it.
Yeah, so I haven't actually given this vinyl a listen since it came in, but - come on.
Come out!
Come to me my record.
Oh, there's tape here that I could've cut.
I'll be right back.
(clears throat) And I'm back.
Okay.
There's tape here that I can cut, and then it'll open up easily, which I should have
thought of beforehand.
Yup, there it is.
There it's not.
Okay, here it is.
I'm wondering if you can see it already.
I think you know what it is now!
Aah!
It's Snow Patrol's Wildness, the full album.
It's blue!
It's so beautiful and ooh, there are four sides, and it's got all of the Wildness songs
and I really love it.
And I'm gonna open her up a little bit.
Let's see - I pressed too hard and it kinda chafed.
Oh no.
Oh well.
If it wasn't gonna happen now, it was gonna happen later because I'm gonna listen the
heck out of this one.
Oh yeah, it's got like a really - it's not a smooth feel.
It's kind of like a matte paper feel, which is interesting.
It's a choice.
Let's see how the vinyls look themselves.
So this is all the lyrics.
And here is one of the vinyls.
It's so blue!
It's so blue.
It's so pretty.
So my favorite song off of this is What If This Is All The Love You'll Ever Get, which
is on side B, it's one of my favorite songs.
I also really love Life on Earth and Youth Written in Fire.
Don't Give In is alright, too.
I'm sure I'll have new favorites as I go on, like I do with all of Snow Patrol's songs.
But if you want to know all of my all-time favorite Snow Patrol songs, or my favorite
lyrics from Snow Patrol songs, definitely check out that video.
Let's see if the other one looks any different.
It'll probably be the same.
Let's see, oh!
No, it's not!
It's white!
Oh I really like that.
This one's white.
It's got side C, which is the deluxe versions of Life on Earth and Don't Give In, which
are acoustic and better, in my opinion.
And then we've got Side D, which is Heal Me Acoustic, What if this is all the Love You'll
Ever Get Acoustic, and Soon Acoustic.
Cool!
This is awesome.
I'm so happy I got this.
I really love the lyrics of Life on Earth, so I'm really excited that I have the vinyl
for this album now.
And it's my first full Snow Patrol album vinyl, and this era is just the era of Snow Patrol
for me.
Snow Patrol vinyl.
And it was 20 extra dollars to get it signed, so I didn't get it signed by the band, but
Gary Lightbody, Johnny McDaid, Nathan Connolly, Johnny Quinn, if you guys are watching, for
some reason, ummm, hit me up.
Maybe I could send this to you.
Maybe you could sign it.
Maybe something could happen.
I know you guys are super busy touring Europe instead of America, but maybe I'll see you
at one of Ed Sheeran's concert.
I'm still not sure if I'm going, since I've already seen them live and there's only a
finite amount of concert money I have.
But I really want to.
'Cause I like Ed Sheeran.
No matter how much shade I throw him for being super pop.
He's Taylor Swift's best friend and also these guys's best friend.
Like, it's hard for me not to like him.
But yeah, okay.
So I finally opened that.
And I'm gonna give it a listen.
So I will see you guys next time.
Bye!
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