recent vinyl finds
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Some recent album finds.
A beautiful US copy of a stereo disc in a mono sleeve with stereo sticker added on afterwards.
It would be a question too hard for most pop quizzes, but bizarrely these 2 albums are connected to the furry litter pickers of Wimbledon Common. To look at the one above by Richard Hittleman released on CBS in 1973 and the one below by folk duo Thoughts & Words in 1969 it seems they couldn't be more different from each other. But both were produced by none other than the king of The Wombles himself Mike Batt, who also composed the music for the yoga record which was featured in a popular TV series, AND unbelievably The Wombles and Yoga For Health were released on the same label, just WoW.
I came across a box full of albums with no sleeves which all had 50p written on the plain card covers, there were reggae, folk and some odd jazz but most intriguing was this late 60's prog rocking debut by Jody Grind in minty clean condition. I had a copy years ago when I ran a market stall and let it go for peanuts but it wasn't in such nice condition, however it did have a sleeve.
Another bunch of prog rockers with a record on the same label (but with a later design) was this album by Skin Alley. They released only 4 albums and their debut is by far the rarest, but this is the final one from 1973.
New Zealand cheesecake, yum.
This is another flavour of cheese that caught my eye, with it's bold claims to fame in the sleeve notes and spooky echoey vibes to the whole album sound it kicks off with a track called 'The Wonderful World of The Young' in which he sings about himself, I have to assume so.
Best spoken word album I've come across for a while was this one featuring a pair of Scottish poets going head to head, perfect title too.
I thought it best to start with a yoga disc at the top and an exercise one at the bottom (arf) which originally came out in 1978 but never actually got a proper UK release until 1993.