A day at the record store (III)

I had a little time on Thursday so I decided to stop by at the record store to grab a copy of the new album by German punk rock superstars Die Ärzte. And this is what I got.

Die Ärzte Jazz ist anders LP
This band is by far the best when it comes to putting out unique records. You can imagine the fun they must have when they think of the things they want to have for a vinyl release. They had double 10" records in gatefold sleeves, they had wonderful "normal" double LP releases with heavy vinyl, they had one record the put into a blue flokati rug thing (unfortunately that one is missing in my collection). And now they came up with a pizza box. Yup, that's right, a pizza box. The thing looks like what you get when you order a pizza to your home. But inside is not something to eat, although it looks like it. The picture LP inside has a normal pizza on the front (A) side and the bottom of a pizza on the B-side. A bonus 7" looks like a tomato slice and the lyrics sheet is just covering the floor of the box. This looks brilliant. A hilarious idea. And to round it off it comes with a coupon for the free download of the LP and 7" songs from their website. This is fan service at its best.


The music is just your usual Ärzte kind of silliness. Wonderful pop songs with lyrics in between the range of hilarious nonsense to wonderful love songs. The single "Junge" describes what most of us had to listen to when we were 16 years old and when you take into account that the members of Die Ärzte are now in their mid 40s it's rather funny to listen to such lyrics. This is a must have.

Pelican Pink Mammoth 10"
I just happened to come across this record while flipping through the stands. And since I'm a sucker for 10"s I just had to take this along. Although I just can't get into the mood to listen to their latest release this one is slightly better. Their new record "City Of Echoes" is a bit too widespread when it comes to trying out new things like changing the tempo in a song and so on. So what you get here is one song of pure and classic Pelican heavyness and the flipside will give you a nice remix of two of their songs. All this in a nice cover sleeve with a nice inlet. Not something one has to have but it sure is a nice record.