recent vinyl finds
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I've had a busy week of driving and digging, with a trip up north
to Arbroath & Dundee (where I will be moving to in the new year)
as well as a local car boot sale down south.
I didn't buy anything in the shops as there was an awful lot
of local music for local people. There were much better things
turning up at my local car boot, I was just lucky to get into a few
boxes first as there is a lot of competition for vinyl. I started by
tramping the streets of Arbroath on a grey and drizzly morning.
The local football ground/amusements.
There is a pretty harbour & lobster pot mountain.
I found one 2nd hand shop selling all manner of stuff but
the vinyl looked very well thumbed, not a good sign.
The prices ranged from the ridiculous to the 'naah yer alright'.
To grade the LP "fair" would be over-grading it despite a VG sleeve.
A surprise to find this lurking among the Jim Reeves but parts
of the sleeve were missing and the condition was VG/VG at best
so I left it as it was priced a round £100.
The charity shops were awash with records featuring bagpipes
The tills of Arbroath never saw my paper and iron, I even
skipped the chance of a smokie (smoked haddock snack)
To rub salt in the wound that a move up north may not yield
good vinyl I went to the mid-week car boot upon my return home
and turned up all manner of delights including a stash of weirdy
albums at £3 a pop. I've never heard or seen any of them in the
wild before so was happy again after my Scottish disappointment.
I also found a bunch of odd singles, this one being the pick of the bunch
- arbroath is a great place. if you like desolation.hans_glib
- and smokies.hans_glib
- which i dohans_glib
- well it's rubbish for records!Gardener
- did you get the cecil mcartney? king om is a local legend, met him a few times on the train. originals were fetching a wild price last time i checked.kingsteven
- bit of an acid casualty but he has some mad stories... last time i met him he said he wrote the first 7 notes of layla :Dkingsteven
- I did pick that up and yes, it's pretty nuts, in a good wayGardener