recent vinyl finds
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- Gardener0
I had a nice albums and 78's score at the car boot today,
luckily 2 of the regulars are on holiday so I almost had the
pick of the field! One bloke had literally hundreds of cheap 78's
and singles and when the other diggers wandered off to look
at other cars the stall holder told me to go and have a look at
the stuff he hadn't unloaded from his transit van, he had several
big boxes which had mostly Elvis in which I couldn't be arsed
with to be honest but he did have some lovely Hank Williams
78's and some sweet 60's LP's at a pound a pop,
this is the pick of the bunch.
I had not found a Scott 2 with it's insert before today.
Lovely Hank UK 78's and a 10" album
I was pleased with the T.Rex as it had the sticker on the front
and the poster, which I'd not seen before, the Johnny Cash
was a UK London front laminated original in beautiful nick.
a whole bunch of Stones LP's including 2 early UK mono's
and a stereo Aftermath
Upon further investigation I discovered this zipper sleeve
had a sad message inside the cover...
- Gardener0
Not many singles have found their way into my grubby paws
in the past few weeks but some nice albums have, such as...
This album #3 in an edition of 8 copies came my way when
I met the Basingstoke based artist at a record fair and he had
a bag of his handmade releases, the lathe cut vinyl came with
an SD card with 100 extra tracks, a great way to spread the
good grooves, and they are really good!
more info : https://www.discogs.com/Raz-Frie…
A bloke at the car boot sale had a box of these beautiful,
one sided gold discs, I am kicking myself for not buying the lot
as they were only 3 for a quid, I still don't know exactly what
I am going to do with it as there is no music on them.
Strong double album compilation of songs played on an
Oklahoma based radio station in the late 60's early 70's.
a nice pair of picture discs were in the same box, along with
some other heavy metal ones but these were a bit erm, sexier
this Japanese one is excellent!
I got this one for The Good, The Bad & The Ugly track
and that cheesy grin (inner sleeve was signed To Hilda)
A budget re-issue of an earlier album by a band who
released an album on the spiral Vertigo label in 1971
In the same box was this album from 1965
- great finds! wtf is up with those golden ones. really cool...scruffics
- Gardener1
tramping across the fields ear-lie in the mornin'
has turned up some odd things including these albums
A strange one this (I liked the cover) and a really pleasant listen
mix of choir and string quintet.
This was in the same box, not had a chance to listen to it yet
but it had me by the warning on the front.
This nice pair of BBC LP's I didn't already have were cheap in a charity shop
I wasn't aware that there was a TV show called
The Comet Is Coming I had assumed the new band
of the same name had come up with it.
A tatty sleeve but the record was fine and a great selection
of themes including Record Breakers!
Now I know where Pink Floyd got their inspiration for the
heartbeats at the start of Dark Side Of The Moon (probably)
some curious singles
The first two releases on the Reflection imprint
Two signed sevens
Three releases by 70's 'comedy' legends
I've three inch 7"s, square 7"s and all manner of picture disc 7"s
but now I have the worlds first holographic 7" - and it was bloody
difficult to photograph!
- Gardener1
with the car boot season in full swing allsorts of vinyl delights
are beginning to turn up
I just liked the sleeve of this 12" which turns out to be someone
called Dubble D and sadly not the inspiration for the Police tune
Walking On The Moon.
The sound of lots of old cars driving very...very... slowly...
from London to Brighton including BBC TV's Blue Peter team .
The 2nd LP by Ivor Biggun aka Doc Cox from the 80's TV show
"That's Life" features a whole host of erm, stars.
I have had this guy's How To Lose Weight album for years
but until I found this one I never knew he had done one on
smoking too, nice touch on the rear of the sleeve
where there is a cigarette burn!
Various cover versions arranged by the dad of the 4AD
record boss released on the Pinnacle label in 1974.
A nice pair of stereo originals, I have a friend in China
who'll have these off me!2 x compilations, the first is bands on the Bomp! imprint
including The Flamin' Groovies
and a pretty good mix of Avon based new wave and indie bands
a few nice singles turned up today, this electronic sounds
one is excellent and I like the copyright credit on the label
this 7" with it's signed sleeve has a great flourish on the signature!
I could hardly leave this oddity in a 50p box, a 10" album
in the back of an A3 sized book released in 1970 which
includes a history of the London drinking holes, I wonder
how many of these pubs are left today
- fooler0
Matt Talbot of HUM personally reissued his bands 1998 Downward is Heavenward recording as a double record on 180-gram vinyl with a 5 color 12x12 hand-printed poster.
The first pressing immediately sold out but I had to have it. Even though I was wallet raped on eBay it was well worth it.
- Gardener0
a mix of the groovy LP's and 7"s that have made their way
into my cellar the past few weeks, including...
A nice pair of hippy self help albums,
I never realized thought was such a menace.
I've always loved the title tune so was very pleased
to come across the long player.
I knew nothing about this so bought it on the strength that it
was on Island Records from '66 and should have guessed
from the rear that the title tracks were not the usual stuff that
Island were releasing at the time, it turns out to be quite pleasant
easy listening, sung in Italian.
some of the singles
- nocomply0
Pulled out of the $1 bin:
I bought it for the cover but I actually really like the music too.
Never heard of Herbie Mann before, but I looked him up and apparently he's a really prolific and pretty well known improvisational jazz flautist.
Love discoveries like that!
- https://upload.wikim…wagshaft
- #yazzflutewagshaft
- Herbir Mann is the shit. I am on a mission to collect all of his stuff and I’ve never seen this one before. good work!scruffics
- The one wagshaft was the first album I found in a charity shop and much like nocomply I bought it for the cover but kept for the musicscruffics
- *postedscruffics
- Gardener1
nothing more than a pound!
I first heard this when my dad used to play it at parties when
I was growing up in the early 70's - I always loved the cover too.
A good compilation I'd not come across before which was
alongside a pile of their original 70's albums, I picked them
up as well but this is a keeper.
A should I/shouldn't I? dilemma as it's still sealed.
An original Jamaican pressing in single sleeve, my UK copy
has a much smarter gate-fold but it's weird how it's only now
I have noticed that the background on it is all coloured in with felt-tip!
some odd singles
The music from various adverts for the ciggy company.
Dutch electronic band EP from 1980 and came with a poster.
The Swedish soprano + pianist on her only EP released in 1969.
A pair of old BBC library white labels, shame I couldn't find
a few that were actually really good.
An unusual release I had not seen before - a clincher was
that it came in this cool old sleeve, I dig the flip side more.
One of 3 copies in the same box of this Smiths cover version, still sealed.
- Gardener1
vinyl finds in a few charity shops and one bought in...
a record shop!
This took my eye, not listened to it yet but it was cheap as chips (small bag)
Not sure quite how many times I will sit ALL THE WAY through,
but I will try...
Sweet charity shop find and it's playable but is pretty scratched
A nice pair, fnarr fnarr, of belly dancing LP's from the 60's -
I just love the inner sleeve of this one
this pair of middle east related 7"s were in the same box
this bunch of albums were unsurprisingly in the same box but different shop
I bought this brilliant album new, I've had the CD since 1997
but it's such a personal fave it's lovely having it on vinyl
- Gardener0
Picked up a pile of 7"s in a local charity shop that had
just come in and at 4 for a quid seemed reasonable,
a lot of mostly 80's double packs and limited editions
- I didn't take the lot as there was a lorra, lorra pop!
Fresh OJ disc still enclosed in it's paper bag
3 artists fighting for a summer hit came complete with car sticker!
The Spanish waiter from Fawlty Towers released a few
singles but this was the first one I'd found out in the wild,
the B side is Waiter, There Is a Flea In My Soup, haha.
This Welsh singer had previously tried to cash-in on
Charles & Di's wedding, 4 years later he's at it again
doing a medley of songs to celebrate the end of WW2
complete with fold-out poster sleeve.
The most curious one of the lot was this cover of The Undertones classic by Radio 1 + 6Music DJ Liz Kershaw
(sister of Andy) who released a few records before she started
spinning them. The fold-out sleeve features her in the middle
but the oddest thing about this is the bassist,
check those credits, that can't be right can it?!
There was also a promo Tizer drink flexi-disc I had not
come across before, complete with T-Shirt offer + stickers
My lizard laid claim to this double pack, damn.- The Dawn Chorus 7" is intriguing, it's not belong the realms having the TW Duke on bass : )Eighty
- Gardener0
An unusual Xmas related 7" on a great looking label I had no
knowledge of, I had kinda hoped the John Carr Quintet might
be somehow related to the legendary Jazz man Ian Carr but
despite Ian actually having a brother it turns out his name is
Chris, damn... and I couldn't find out anything online about this.
Original UK EP from 1958
I have Yin & Yan's album which has some great spoken word
samples, this promo 7" has the same 2 tracks on each side for
shops to give vinyl the hard sell from your local friendly record pusher.
UK promo from 1973
An obscure 60's TV theme from the guy behind Jason King, The Avengers etc
great old card sleeve from the early 60's -
I assume it is as it had Gerry & The Pacemakers in it!half a dozen odds 'n' ends
Mildly amusing record from 1982, signed by the band of merry men
Sadly not signed but on nice clear vinyl and a poster sleeve
with a bloody great un-removable sticker on the front!
- Gardener0
There was no way I was ever gonna leave this 12" in a 50p box,
but it made me smile (once) it is actually pretty annoying though.
South African Disco album which didn't have the outer sleeve
but it was cheap!
I kinda hoped this cover version compilation might be
reggae versions, but sadly they are not, so what's the point?
Unusual UK promo version of The Lady Sings The Blues s/t
by Diana Ross for a London clothing retailer, I could not find
anything more about this specially pasted over sleeve edition
so if anyone knows more?
One of the gems I have been listening to that was
from the boxes of albums I picked up the other week.the pick of the 7"s that have come from charity shops this week
This E.P. from 1970 is signed inside by the vocalist, but the
stand-out track on it is the organ heavy version of Soul Finger.
- kazoo trolls ffs! pretty things are deadly (and still great!) any other nice stuff in those boxes? or still sorting through? looked like quite the haul on fbkingsteven
- i've got that kazoo one too. staying alive is great on it.scruffics
- sleeve notes are hilarious tooscruffics
- more bits are revealing themselves kingsteven, cheers!Gardener
- Gardener1
odds and ends that seem to have come into my possession in the past week or so
There were a whole bunch of 30's and 40's Jazz records
in a charity shop box but as most of it was before my time
(just) I dunno what's hot and what's not so plumped for a
couple of compilations and soundtracks including these 2 LP's.
This kind of weird album and demo single stuff is just catnip
A real treat to find this re-issue of Ivor's debut album unplayed!
I do have a tatty old copy of this somewhere but this one
is shiny nice and comes with the original poster, it features
so many great tracks all under 1 minute long from Residents,
and Andy Partridge to Robert Wyatt
I picked this up for the Dracula Cha Cha track but never
even realized it was signed on the back until I got home.
A mid 70's pop tune by someone who's real name is
Stephen Jameson, I seem to remember the Two Ronnies
doing a similar joke on this name, it's probably as bad as this 7"
Also hard on the ears is this tune from 1981 - I liked the sleeve
Odd Indie single I'd not heard or seen before.
I was most pleased finding this pair of original sheet music,
the bloke who sold me them at a car boot took my email and
said he had loads more so fingers x he gets in touch.
- Gardener1
I've picked up some nice albums recently including a
whole collection of Beatles from a guy I'd met over the
summer at a car boot and had given my card to then 3 months
later he actually rang me up! Other stuff included...
Signed by the band who sound like an unfunny,
low budget Barron Knights, but at least the sleeve is hilarious
A great German pressing of a compilation of 60's R&B.
Sealed but it's all up there on Youtube anyway.
The sleeve alone was enough to part me with a pound,
but it turned out to be soft Hong Kong pop, damn
I was more than happy to part with 100 pennies for this
first vinyl outing by John Cleese & two Goodies
Best buy of the week, by some distance was an entire Beatles
collection along with various solo stuff, I probably have them all
on vinyl or CD somewhere but this lot were in such beautiful
condition there are keepers and there were some pretty scarce
issues in there.
Some issues of the US 'Trunk sleeve' had the cover pasted
over the withdrawn 'Butcher sleeve', but judging by the small
tear to the bottom someone had tried to find it underneath,
without much luck.
There were 2 different issues of Abbey Road one with the
mis-aligned Apple sleeve.
Although it was a later issue to the first top-opening editions,
a numbered White Album with all the bits was nice to find.
- Gardener0
A midweek charity shop trawl has turned up some very odd
unexpected vinyl. I can only assume it's because most folks
are at work that these records were either still in the racks
or waiting by the counter (a smile and a bit of cheek can go
a long way with ladies of a certain age)A fresh batch of albums had "just been put out this morning"
at 49p a pop, how could I resist?
I had no idea what this was but it was cheap and I liked the
sleeve so I took a punt, turns out to be a lovely Brazillian LP
A box of records that had just been put out was full of
Bowie/Prince/Tangerine Dream albums along with a
shit load of picture discs...
...along with this Joy Division double album which I was
very surprised to find as it still had it's ribbon and outer sleeve,
there was a bit of water damage to the front of it but I was
hardly going to put it back now was I?!
- Gardener1
3 mysterious cases offered to me unopened at a garage sale,
I couldn't resist so took a £20 punt on them, with mixed results...
Among an awful lot of rubbish I dug out a few gems
including these 3 decent compilations.
The title of this turned out to be better than the Dutch band's music.
A nice early solo album by the great Bonzo's & Python's singer.
Along with dozen Slade & Elton John albums
was this nearly mint copy of just the one T.Rex album.
I thought this selection of Stones albums might be the best
of the bunch until I turned up an album in a plain white card sleeve.
A private pressing from '73 featuring various folk acts
I contacted my friend Wild Willy Barrett who features
un-credited on the last track on side 1 and he replied
"it was recorded at Turville Heath folk club run by Len Harman.
The club was held on a Dutch barn full of hay and straw bales
with milk churns full of hot water for heating."
- Gardener2
I won several interesting boxes of mixed vinyl for £55
at the auction over the weekend.There was a lot of chuff
but some real gems tucked away including original Stones, Dylan etc.
Although there was a Satanic Majesties with it's daft 3D sleeve
I was most pleased with this 1st UK mono pressing of my 2nd
favourite Stones album (there was sadly no first issue of Let It Bleed
not that I'm complaining, honest)
I knew nothing about this until I noticed it was on the
Sarah label and then a nice surprise to discover it's stupidly rare.
This was a lovely listen, old folk just rabbiting on about
sheep and thatching and working with oxen, etc.
Out of a really odd mix of albums this Todd Rundgreny album
of Power Pop stood out with some strong tunes.
A private pressing by a raucous local covers band, couldn't
find much online about them except that their drummer is dead.
There was a whole bunch of unused flexi-disc greetings cards,
probably from the late 50's.
Not a flexi-disc but tucked inside this EMI Xmas card sleeve
was the comedians debut from 1968, but I definitely have an
earlier disc by him though in the shape of a flexi in a
'Do-It-Yourself Comedians Kit', somewhere...
On the same label and in the same box was this early 7"
by Leonard Cohen, someone certainly had eclectic taste.
I had not come across this disc before, released by the
Crackerjack 70's TV show star, alongside him is an early
sighting of Lenny Henry who doesn't actually feature on
the record, with it's cheeky b-side.
Locally stamped sleeve for the only release by the
R&B band who would turn into Family a few years later.
This UK demo is signed on the label but am damned if I can
make out who's name it actually is, it doesn't look like Cissy's.
One of the stranger discs in the boxes was this Swedish
kinda proggy oddity by Ola & The Janglers.
This is the only 7" I have ever come across with it's own Zoetrope!
- Gardener1
I picked up some nice original pressings at the car boots this morning
The final album by The Move who had been reduced to Roy, Bev and Jeff by 1971
A double compilation album from 1970 on Blue Horizon
A lovely laminated UK first pressing with a numbered booklet
It's unusual to come across a record that I can't find anything
about online or the mandolin player John Dorsett or indeed
any of the other folk on it, but this is one of those albums,
unless anyone knows more?
I am old enough to have a soft spot for Kojak on Saturday night
TV as a kid, but still wish I'd come across a Star Trek or Batman
edition of this comic/album edition
Best find of the week for just a £1 was this Sci-Fi movie s/t
composed by David Campbell, I checked out his CV and he's
worked on so many records from Adele to McCartney and
composed soundtracks from Boogie Nights to World War Z,
and he's also the father of Beck! I am too tempted to find a
download of this to be honest and keep it as I found it, sealed!
- Great finds this time around!scruffics
- full Night of The Comet movie
https://www.youtube.…Gardener
- Gardener1
Found some nice bits on a trip east to Peterborough yesterday
including some nice summery Jazz including Brubeck and
Quincy Jones, but I'm digging Sergio's groove today.
It was fate really, I go to see the new Mission Impossible film
and then pop into a charity shop on the way home and bingo!
a Lalo Schifrin album I have not seen before, the track-listing
is intriguing too.
A pair of old folk albums by a singer who used to be on Harvest Records
In the same box was this signed album by 60's star PJ Proby,
his message on the front reads :
'Steve, I personally can't stand my voice, but if this album gives
you some pleasure I'm happy, keep it - all my best PJ Proby Jim'
In a tip shop in Peterborough I came across this old acetate,
I gave it to a friend to sell as it's not my cuppa tea but is a rare
thing indeed.
I met an old punk at the tip shop and we got chatting and he
told me he only lived around the corner and asked me if I wanted
to go and see some of his old records, which of course I had to do.
We were walking to his house when we started chatting about
this & that and he suddenly announced he had just come out
of prison. Oh aye, I said, what for? "Armed robbery" he replied,
haha I said with a slightly nervous laugh and decided there and
then not to delve deeper. He had a few boxes of really scratched
singles but a handful of albums and he wanted a fiver for these 2,
hey I wasn't gonna argue! He was a nice chap though, probably just took a wrong path...
- I had no Idea ENO did a version of the wimoweh song!fooler2
- Gardener1
this weekend's vinyl car booty
7" in a hand stamped sleeve from my dad's old shop,
he actually paid me in records to stamp sleeves in the 70's!
I really love the way his name is in SUCH LARGE LETTERS
(as it should be really) it's a non-album track too
almost poppy version on the B side of a scarce 7"
a very nice copy of the original UK EP
http://i144.photobucket.com/albu…
late 60's rocker, the band would soon feature
a pre-Sweet Andy Scott and his brother
this is the version I grew up with in the 70's
obscure country folk signed by the great man himself!
cheesecake alert, the LP is pretty rubbish but love that sleeve!
excellent early 70's compilation of Buddah stuff,
check that tracklisting
Milton Keynes proggers who once had the distinction
of playing Reading Festival, making the front cover of
top music rag Sounds which featured (if you look really hard)
on the sleeve of the debut Marillion album
it's signed inside by the violinist
