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Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
classic. been looking for this one for a while. can't believe it took me about a year to find.
http://www.discogs.com/Fleetwood…
- scruffics0
Bubblegum is back - Compilation
some nice oldschool pop-rocky numbers here
http://www.discogs.com/Various-B…
- scruffics0
Steve Bell - He makes me sing
1975 - some religious stuff. haven't listened yet but hopefully it's some gospel-like stuff. don't know, never picked up anything like it before.
http://www.discogs.com/Steve-Bel…
- Gardener0
I did really well at a HUGE record fair in London yesterday,
didn't buy anything for a change but took a hefty wad which
will keep me in more vinyl for a while
my stall attracts the usual deviants
the best thing I saw however was this Kraftwerk
debut on the spiral Vertigo label, (my copy is the
spaceship re-issue) but whats so unusual about this -
and I have never seen another in over 35 years of
record collecting is that official Vertigo £3 sticker!!
so what you say, it's only a sticker! but I took this pic
as I was so shocked to see it, walked over to a mate
to tell him about it, we walked back to the stall a while
later and the guy said, "oh sorry mate, it's gone"
it was £400
- Gardener0
albums I have found in various tip/charity/2nd hand shops
in the past week
I only have an old best of Donovan LP so was pleased
to come across this box set for a pound, however as I
picked it up without checking it's contents I discovered
it only had 2 of the 4 original discs inside,
still quite a nice find though.
the cover alone caught my eye and despite not knowing
who the composer was I was pleasantly surprised by the
lovely ambient Jean Michel Jarresque sounds on it.
Richard Harvey used to be in Welsh proggers Gryphon.
another LP which I picked up by chance (often the best way)
was this album by possibly the worlds greatest ever George
Formby impersonator, and yes it has When I'm Cleaning Windows
on it!
my best find was this scarce album originally given
to new employees of Dollond & Aitchison Opticians
instructing them how to sell even more spectacles.
among a box of pretty tatty Folk albums was this near
mint copy by The Cheviot Hills released on the blue
Topic label in 1973
although this had seen better days I had to pick it up
as it was only 50p
a truly great compilation of old radio show themes
a Disco(?!) promo 7" had been slipped inside the gate-fold sleeve and was signed too!
- Gardener0
I have a few 8" (and 3") Durium flexi-discs but the
one I picked up today was unplayed. They are card
backed 2 track records released in the 1930's -
this one came with the original flyer!
- Gardener0
Today we had the first big car boot round these parts,
I was wandering around a field somewhere in Northants
by 6.15am but it was just as well as I would not have found
the vinyl booty below.
A whole bunch of them came from the same stall and
nothing was more than a pound. The BIG one starts in
2 weeks time but this was a good start to the booting season.
The stall I found most of the records on had a pile
just dumped on their table and when flicking through
I just decided it was easier to get the lot, this was
probably the best of the bunch, a Woody Guthrie 10"
on Folkways from 1950.
an early Peggy Seeger 10" from the 50's
US Blues radio show on WFMT with Big Bill Broonzy
And Pete Seeger
Folkways album + booklet from 1966
a lovely 1973 Folk album on Topic by Peta Webb
which was stone mint!
A curious oddity, I have not listened to it yet but
the sleeve notes hint at a Spiritualist theme, it was
released in 1973 on White Eagle
A lovely 2 x vinyl issue of one of the best DCD LP's
released in 1993 all 3 This Mortal Coil albums were
in the same box too, I only had this on CD before today
Oddest find of the day was this private pressing
of an album by Ashdon Wait, I couldn't find anything
about this online but another LP by them is quite scarce,
of course that doesn't mean it's gonna be any good though!
- Gardener0
won these Bollywood soundtracks (along with a load of Genesis
& Springsteen albums) for £5.50 at the auction on Thursday
- Gardener0
vinyl finds over the last weekend
one of several albums I found in the same box,
this is a great compilation of Stiffs
and this solo Stiff comes in fetching shade of blue,
but hey it could have been yellow!
very odd Italian compilation put together to promote Lycra,
not a great surprise to see Rod Stewart featured then,
but I wonder if Roxy Music sax player Andy Mackay knew
his image was being used for the cover?
lovely sleeve from Mr & Mrs Fripp
but not heard it's contents yet, released on EG in '86
a quick search on this charity single by the ex ELO
bassist found it to be scarce now, so not enough folk
were prepared to stump up the 89p or whatever it was
in 1985 to help the poor animals, but at least I gave 50p to a charity shop for it!
a few tip-shop finds turned up the LP in it's horrible sleeve
above and a totally bizarre disc of recordings of Futurist &
Dada sound works dating as far back as WW1.
This was released on ARK Records in 1985
and comes complete with a booklet.
if this was a souvenir of NYC circa 1967 then I would have
hoped for a more eclectic set of tunes than this fairly safe
selection from 1964 - still, a great pic of Manhattan on the front
- Gardener0
some nice finds at one of the first big boots of the season,
it was bloody cold and damp at 6.30am but seems to have
been worth it - there are several on Monday too but will be
away so will miss them all, oh woe...
a decent compilation of mid 70's themes by the original artists
a nice pair of German lasses, sorry I mean nice Sound Effects records
also in the same box as the German FX LP's was the best find,
an album in a tri-fold sleeve which seems (judging by the
enclosed letter) to have been sent to a Mr. Duncan c/o
Vauxhall in Luton - the record itself tells the story of the Bugatti car.
I have seen many Sergio Mendes albums over the years
but this is the first time I'd come across this live one
another album I had not seen before was this Caravan album
released on Kingdom Records in 1980 (I actually paid £3 for this,
3 times what I usually pay for records, so it better be good!)
I have been collecting unusual 78's for a while now and so
couldn't resist this one
an odd looking comp with an unreleased Billy Connolly track
released on Transatlantic in 1974
it was only 50p but some of these old school recordings
can have interesting tracks on, grim sleeve though
and the only single I have picked up this week was given to me
for nothing by a kind old chap I met at the car boot and after
chatting to him for a while insisted I have it for free!
- Gardener0
Just back from a break in Cumbria with some digging
between fell climbing with a few unexpected finds.
An early car boot turned up some nice 7"s but it was
the charity shops of Whitehaven & Maryport that came
up with the LP's, including this first one which I had only
heard about but never seen before!
in the same box as the Savile LP was this spoken
word adaptation of the 18th Century erotic novel
'Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure' read by Mary Harrison
released on Dial in 1964
bizarrely priced at 29p I would have left it had I not
turned it over and noticed an unexpected special guest
most of these singles below were from the same stall
for 50p each and I was pissed I missed one box of 60's
EP's some the guy cleaned him out as I was standing there...
early Private Eye single - I have most of the flexis
and LP's but this is the first vinyl PE single I've found
great Cook & Moore 7" in beautiful condition
one of the few EP's I did manage to get my hands on,
original unboxed label
I recognised Jah Wobble from the cover but there is little
other info on the sleeve or label as to who this record is by.
The white label has Dan MacArthur on both sides but the
a-side plays Beat the Drum For Me, the b-side is a faded-out
version of Dan McArthur and has JW being cheeky on the rear.
great Glam rocker demo from 1975
- Gardener0
a nice mix of albums at the boots this morning -
nothing more than a quid! this scarce Elvis album
below was £1.50 though and is near mint but not
really my cuppa tea
the best finds were a couple of nice singles including this
EP by Dave (Mudge) + Tim (Clutterbuck) released in 1968
and this Oak EP which I hadn't seen before
this folder/booklet issued by The National Union of Boot & Shoe
Operatives had a flexi-disc by Acker Bilk tucked inside the front
inner sleeve along with an application form, it all looked like it
hadn't been touched since it was released in the early 1960's
- nuggler0
- I am loving the "Dutchman" style of polka
- mg330
My haul from Record Store Day yesterday:
Brian Eno - My Squelchy Life
Manic Street Preachers - Holy Bible Picture Disc
Willie Nelson - Teatro
Bedhead - Live In Chicago 1998
White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Built to Spill - Untethered Moon
Johnny Cash - Koncert V Praze - live in Prague
Sun Ra - Calling Planet Earth
Sun Records - RSD Volume 2
Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy Live at the Barrowlands
Rough Guide to Psychedelic India
Rough Guide to Psychedelic Cambodia
Johnny Marr I Feel You 7"
Interpol - Everything Is Wrong 7"
- Gardener0
a few more things I found over the weekend and earlier today in the charity shops
the last thing I expected to come across
was this CRASS album in the Mind shop
I have a copy of this LP already but what was the
big surprise was the paper strip that originally went
around the outside of the cover hidden away inside!
some old fitness albums can be quite good
but I wasn't expecting to find the inserts in this copy
picked up a whole run of 10 Iron Maiden 12" double packs,
managed to get the lot for £25 the CRASS box set actually
was £5 like the spine demands
always nice to find a some 78's too,
the Basil & Ivor Kirchin one was the best
this advertising 7" for the Peugeot 104 was the only 7"
I picked up today, someone had to!
- I also have that Churchill one (no strip). nice crass too, i found the Nagasaki nightmare 7'' a little while ago - sleeve is amazing (http://www.discogs...scruffics
- Gardener0
I did Coventry record fair over the weekend and picked
up some nice bits and cleared out a lot of old vinyl 2 x boxes,
one £5 the other £10 a pop. These were the albums I found,
I was happy to pay £10 for the ELO as it was blue + complete
with all the bits including an unused spaceship!
some £1 box finds
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the gatefold inner of Loving Awareness shows the band
in class, they soon morphed into the original Blockheads
and some £5 finds
this was only VG condition but plays well and has
a cracking version 9 min version of You Keep Me Hangin' On
- Gardener0
have picked up s'more albums this morning - I could
hardly leave them at 25p each, all released on the
Catholic Record Club label based in Cork, 1960's and
good value at 2 sermons per disc, praise be!
