recent vinyl finds
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- Gardener0
These are some of the golden oldies I picked up cheap
at the record fair yesterday, along with some more of the
Irish album haul from the tip-shop last week.
I dug up a secret disc from the former White Stripes fella
as well as some other sweet 78's
A triple album box set of the entire show,
Glastonbury Festival should consider doing the same
s'more Irish albums
- Gardener0
I noticed a BBC Radio 4 programme did a special on
'How To...' records recently and I have plenty of them
as well, so thought I might share mine with you too.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33464…
Teach Yourself Yorkshire - York 1971
Harmonica course (double album) - Hohner 1969
Rod Argent & friends play along to the recorder - MFP 1984
sort yerself out course - LOC 1960
Anna Scher's Drama course, comes with a big book - WLE 1976
Teach yourself to dance - BBC 1970
Teach your bird to talk proper - Philips 1967
John Pearse's folk guitar course, with book of course - BBC 1967
hit a golf ball better course - SC 1963
Two learning opportunities brought to you by Mindpower Records - early 70's
Three learning to drive discs - 1966/78
speedwriting/shorthand course - SI Records early 70's
advice for the sea lover - JB Records 1972
How to sort your stereo out, also available in Dutch - Decca 1967
Learn to play Chess, contains board, book and chess pieces! - Rostrum Records 1958
"thats a big ten four" - Pickwick Records 1976
- Gardener0
a good weekend of car boot finds, nothing more than £5
a great double album of early R&B, 60's Pop and Blues Rock
I was happy to pay £3 for this as it was in lovely nick,
my old one is pretty trashed
not their best but it was missing from my collection and they looked cool even doing their shopping
this doesn't turn up at car boots too often and it's as daft now
as it was then - nice Pepper pastiche, right down to the card insert
well spent 10p for this 60's polythene outer bag,
looks good on the right album!
various 50p singles, turns out some are great and a few
are rubbish but it was worth the punt, I'll pick up any demo's
if they are cheap & the Chinese EP is pretty sweet (not sour, arf)
- Ben990
Article: http://www.stereogum.com/feature…
''Have We Reached Peak Vinyl?
Some worry the format's nearly decade-long revival is a bubble about to burst.''
- Gardener0
weekend finds
a nice pile of Bollywood soundtracks with a live double
album gem lurking within I won all these for £3 at the auction
on Sunday, no-one but me was interested in them,
not to complain but I do wonder why sometimes...
in the same 50p box as the Nirvana 12" below were a load
of old Yes (I am bound to get a couple of quid off someone
for these next time I do a boot!)
despite my lack of knowledge or interest in House music
I could hardly leave this in a 50p box but it's still not my cuppa tea :
- Gardener0
some recent slightly dubious charity shop pickings
great laid back Jazzy mix of electronica and orchestration
with a Sci-Fi twist, shades of Steve Hillage on some tracks
not sure what the hell this is but it is signed and looks
like it might be OK but I'm not holding my breath
it was the same with this really,
I picked it up on the strength of the hair of the guy on the left
again, I just liked the sleeve oh and it was only 25p
also cheap and probably better than the 2 albums above was this 12" of DJ FX
a pretty faithful cover of The Temptations classic but inna reggae stylee
the guy in the charity shop actually asked me
"what the heck do you want this for?"
I couldn't answer him with a straight face and after listening to it he was probably right
- Good stuff. I would have definitely grabbed that Ball of Confusion onescruffics
- scruffics0
I've been finding a lot of good stuff in charity shops lately (my gf probably thinks otherwise). Last few I bought since Thursday:
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Great reggae:
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Instrumental for probably on of my fav hip-hop albums of all time:
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Couldn't resist for £1:
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And this the Russian in me could't not pick up:
- good stuff, Silverhead rarely turns up round my wayGardener
- Gardener0
some lovely records found their way into my grubby hands yesterday,
most were 50p - £1
nice 2 x vinyl, never seen it before - it was in the same box as Mansun below
I was chuffed to find this, I have the CD but to find it on vinyl
(for 50p) made my day!
DiV 12"
original 12" issue with a great 15 minute version of Deeper on the flip
double album comp of two earlier BB albums
I knew nothing about this LP I just liked the sleeve,
it sounds really lush and downtempo
I like the tune so remixes could be good
God, I remember listening to this on my cassette Walkman decades ago
I have another BBC Young Folk LP like this which is pretty good
so fingers x this is too- Good picks. I'd be at least tempted to grab most of themscruffics
- Gardener0
bits I've picked up in the last 7 days
A nice wallpaper-like sleeve on this Antonio Carlos Jobin album
Sadly not the reggae Pioneers (obviously) but the
debut LP from the Christian Folk types
I was proud my 11 year old son recognised the chap
on these albums straight away!
before...
...after
in case you don't know who that is - it's Father Jack
from TV show Father Ted
Good collection of late 60's early 70's kids TV clips and themes
A curious 7" envelope containing a single, the last time
I came across one of these envelopes it had a Beatles
Christmas flexi in it, but no such luck this time.
James Bond and The Aladdin Mystery!
I was too young for NME in '73 as Popswop was more
my bag but it was nice to finally catch up on what the
rock kids were digging back then.
- mrpt0
Picked up these 45s recently for 25 cents each at my neighborhood thrift shop.
- scruffics0
Went to Bexhill to check out all the charity shops I read somewhere that they have there. Didnt see as much there as I thouht I would, but I did manage to get a few gems.
I already have a copy of this but grabbed another one as a present for a friend. He loves that Hocus Pokus track.
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Sick Stones compilation from 1966. Looks quite beat up but plays wonderfully.
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First press apparently. Same condition as that Stones comp.
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Paid a fiver for this and I am quite please I did.
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Cockney Rebel. Couple of really nice tracks on this actually.
Got the last Alabama Shakes album from an actual record store as well. I quite like that album.
- Gardener0
recent vinyl finds
Not the soundtrack to the recent Channel 4 series
but an album of sound FX featuring sex & violence
and err, auctions.
Ain't nothing going on here but Cornish verse and music,
thankfully these Minstrels are not blacked up.
This album released on Pama in the late 60's features
popular tunes of the day, The Red & White Minstrels
and How To Cure a Nagging Wife
Just when I thought I had every stereo test record ever
made I find one I'd never seen before - released through
a magazine in the late 60's
These were the pick of 3 Chet Baker albums I won in a
local auction at the weekend, both are sealed recent
re-issues - they were in with a lot of other Jazz stuff
but these were the ones I really wanted, £24 well spent
for 15 albums.
This is the Dutch 12" version of the single that was a UK hit
in 1979 it's a bit of a shame that it just has the same 4 tracks.
I took a 50p punt on this as I'd not seen/heard of it
before and it turns out to be quite scarce, but it was
it's B side which I preferred
Along with the 2 school choir albums I found at the
weekend was this 7" which features the best known
UK school choir (at least since 1979) I never knew
they were on another record as I'd always thought
There's No-one Quite Like Grandma was their only release,
so you can only imagine how proud I was to discover this then!
- Gardener0
the weekends car boot vinyl treasures, I picked up
some Pink Floyd/Smiths/Stones bits too but these
were the most interesting (to me haha)
I already have this but have played samples from it
for so long my copy was trashed, this is a handy near
mint replacement - twas released on Saga in 1968
me ol' mucker
This was is the same box as the Cockney LP
In with a load of Jazz albums, I paid £2 for this -
the lady also took my number and said she would
ring me as she had lots more Jazz at home
(fingers x her late hubby collected Blue Note!)
I asked the lady how much her LP's were and she said
£4 each, I told her that was way too high for what she had
in her box but then pulled this out and she laughed and said
I could have it for a quid, it wasn't too hard to haggle with her.
some 7" odds n ends I was happy to part with 50p a pop for
- WhiteFace0
Picked up this 7" for $30, pretty hard to find & one of my all time favourites, well happy!
- Gardener0
today's car boot finds
With a bit of research on the official Celtic FC website
I discovered this 7" was released in 1964 making it my
earliest football related record. It also came in a picture
sleeve, alas this copy didn't but it was a nice find and was
produced by a young Jim Kerr of Simple Minds (probably)
I couldn't leave this in the box for a pound as it has recordings
I remember from the night itself, specifically the actual sounds
of a weeping Jimmy Savile.
In the same box as the Elvis record was this compilation of early 20th century music.
Listening through to this LP early today it turns out to be
one of the better Stereo Test records I have in my collection,
released in 1970 it came with a wee booklet too.
I dunno why I bought this as it is no doubt as awful as it's subject matter.
This was a much easier listen than the Sean Brady album, nice sleeve too.
An Italian compilation of early Bowie tunes, it was supposed
to have a booklet inside the gatefold sleeve, but doesn't.
A sweet 20p find in a box of rubbish, Creation #9
I kid you not, a guy pulled into the car boot with a van,
I wasn't even first in the back and 2 blokes walked away
shaking their heads so I digged in saw the box of vinyl &
asked him how much they were [i]"it's all dance shit mate,
so 10p each" he replied!
- Gardener0
a couple of 12" singles took my eye, the Beat Squad below,
later morphed into Acid ravers Altern 8
the debut 7" by a very young looking Kirsty MacColl,
this was also issued as a picture disc
curious 7" with a school choir on one side and early 70's
folk rockers group Magna Carta on the flip
my mum found this and was excited when she told me
"look, it's all fully signed" but alas, they were only pretend
signatures, sorry mum - but hey, at least she tries bless her!
this was a nice find, an audiophile pressing in an exclusive
sleeve of the Donald Fagen album so beloved of stereo test
centres, you had to buy some fancy B&W Monitor speakers
to get it
I also picked up a great mixed selection of LP's & 12"s
in a charity shop on Friday, these were 25p each 5 x £1
also there were Husker Du, Rage Against The Machine,
Muse, it was just popping into the right place at the right time.
- Gardener0
vinyl finds from the past few days
I was pleased to find this for a pound, I have his debut
and the Innes Book of Records but hadn't come across
this one, his 2nd LP before
The Tip Shop continues to yield odd irish albums
nice 2 x LP of early 90's Trance & Happy Hardcore
Mid 70's Brass Bands with a kinda Library vibe
I already have this (with the poster) but it's nice to find
a spare to pass on, it has interviews with various 70's
poppers & deviants with the lovely Sally James
phwoar, cor blimey, etc, etc...
Only a couple of singles this week, I saw some guy pull at least
a dozen of these Century 21 EP's from the boot of some car,
but at least he missed this one, sadly I'm not as sharp as I used to be at 7am
I have come across slimming albums by hypnotists before
but this is my first proper slimming aid
- Gardener0
With the car boot season drawing to a close I rely on other
vinyl sources, these are the pick of my recent auction wins
A really nice mix of old Folk tunes including
Oh Dear! What Can The Matter Be? and John Peel
The last Mud album with the original line up
which is apparently quite scarce now, cheeky sleeve to boot
A pretty stunning find in with a huge lot I won at auction
last week for a pittance and have already parted with for
a Kings ransom as it was only in VG condition.
It's a private pressing by Gregory Bright and is titled
A Room By Greg released in 1969.
This ECM album is from 1976
A curious 70's Greek Telecommunications promo compilation
in a die-cut sleeve with booklet
Fine Eastern European Folk from 1966
More Eastern European Folk but this time from 1971
Alan Partridge would be proud of this lovely souvenir from East Anglia released in 1977
Another addition to my football vinyl collection,
and in a match when Man Utd lose is always a win for me
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