Yo La Tengo stopped by Amoeba Records on a recent trip to California, and were filmed picking out some of their purchases during their time in the store. Ira Kaplan seems confused over whether he owns a copy of Teenage Fanclub’s Bandwagonesque so he just decides to buy it again, and the singer also sites his displeasure at reissues that don’t come with bonus tracks. Meanwhile, James McNew fingers a “Stakes Is High” 12-inch by De La Soul, and the pair also reveals the inspiration for one of the fake record covers on the inner sleeve of I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One.
Head over the Amoeba site to see all of Kaplan and McNew’s purchases in the store.
Yo La Tengo make me feel guilty that I don't have a more expansive knowledge of esoteric music