this is the record my folks would take to every party they ever went to when i was a kid...handclappinsomethingsomrthingfonkybuttlive? the whole first side is like an intro..."geno! geno!"
mine might be the vinyl of parliaments chocolate city 50c aust in ashwoods!
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Charity shops, ahhhh
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$1 in a record store in Key West about 10 years ago. The same store wanted $18 for a Men At Work album. I took the Neil record up to the counter: "You don't want to buy that, it is crap." I begged to differ.
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Looking at You, Chaz Jankel Relight My Fire, Dan Hartman The Best of B.T.O. (So Far)
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Wednesday, 3 September 2008 01:37 (4 years ago) Permalink
Orpheus Records (formerly in DC, currently in Arlington) going out of business sale--vinyl for a buck
Grupo Sportivo- MistakesIan Dury-Lord UpminsterMickey Jupp's legendSkids-Scared to Dance
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 16 November 2008 03:36 (4 years ago) Permalink
Cool! Mistakes was by far Grupo Sportivo's best album (at least of the four or so I've heard), and one of the great lost new wave albums, period, as far as I'm concerned. Pretty sure, though, that it was actually a compilation of the best tracks from a couple import (Dutch, I guess?) LPs I've never actually seen. In the States it originally came with a free 7-inch 6-song EP called More Mistakes tucked inside. Key track on EP: "Disco Really Made It (It's Yucky And I Hate It)." Still have my copy. But the LP's a lot better than the EP.
― xhuxk, Sunday, 16 November 2008 03:56 (4 years ago) Permalink
I got the second God Machine album on CD for £1 once.Had various other good things, but nothing that springs to mind right now.
― MichaelJLambert, Sunday, 16 November 2008 12:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
I found the Cure's Happily Ever After CD in a cutout bin for $1.00 in 1990. Its just a US compilation of 17 Seconds and Faith, which went out of print two months after its release (with, as I recall, 2000 copies outstanding). I sold it in 1997 on Ebay for $125 to some completist fanboy. Probably the best investment I've ever made.
― derelict, Sunday, 16 November 2008 15:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
If the big-swayzak/john tejada-fan-back-in-2001 who sells all his old records to Sonic Boom, who sell them back for 2-3 dollars is reading this, keep 'em coming (although I generally associate Swayzak and John Tejada, much more so than anyone else, with prolific output of particularly mediocre material, you've given me some good stuff!)
― Their time's limited, hard rocks, too (mehlt), Monday, 17 November 2008 05:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
Huh. Someone came up with the exact same thread idea/title five years before I did. Curse you!
― From Russia with Loveless (J3ff T.), Monday, 17 November 2008 06:33 (4 years ago) Permalink
A friend of mine, who's a master digger, chanced upon a copy of The World of Cecil Taylor for pennies in the Salvation Army recently. It's pretty gubbed, but still, that's a rare and valuable record, not least cos it was reissued under a different name.
I've not managed any such finds, but I've picked up some nice stuff in that shop nonetheless, not least some 70s Dylan albums for 25p. Problem is that there are always diggers lurking there, waiting to pounce on any new donations.
My favourite £1 buy was a Rutles picture sleeve ep with Cheese & Onions, I Must Be In Love and A Girl Like You on it. It's not in the Record Collector guide, but it's not something I've ever come across.
― Stew, Monday, 17 November 2008 09:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
quando quango - love tempo 12"space - magic fly lpfrom reckless records in chicagoplus tons and tons of shit from the dusty groove 35 cent bin
― sam york, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 12:40 (4 years ago) Permalink
Crappy record store near the edge of the city that I haven't thought about in years, plays some of the worst music I've ever heard. Got 6 $1 records, including a copy of Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity LP which looks like it hasn't even been touched, and other assorted dance 12's with stuff like Svek, Mike Ink, Remixes by Mad Mike Banks etc.
A pretty who'd have thunk it experience. :)
― This time, or I'll perc you later (mehlt), Tuesday, 9 December 2008 00:44 (4 years ago) Permalink
Vinyl I bought today. (Still like the specificity of this thread more than that catch-all rolling vinyl one.)
$2, thrift store, 46th and Queens Blvd, Sunnyside:
Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame I (Atlantic, 1983)
$4 total (= less than 50 cents each), vintage store, 48th and Skillman, Sunnyside:
Automatic Man Automatic Man (Island, 1976)The Stanky Brown Group If The Lights Don't Get You The Helots Will (Sire, 1977) (if the band is stanky and brown rather than Stanky Brown being somebody's name, this should be filed in the S's rather than B's obviously)Hoagy Carmichael Hoagy (RCA, 1981)Desmond Child And Rouge Desmond Child And Rouge (Capitol, 1979)Ducks Deluxe Don't Mind Rockin' Tonite (RCA, 1978) (already had this, but what the heck, I'm sure I'll find use for another one someday)Gazebo Gazebo (Baby Italy, 1983)Puhdys Das Buch (Pool West Germany, 1984)Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes This Time It's For Real (Epic, 1977)Randy Travis Old 8 x 10 (Warner Bros., 1988)
Probably not the first time I've tried those Desmond Child and Southside Johnny LPs. Maybe this time they'll sink in. Or maybe I am just a glutton for punishment.
Passed up a couple other 50-cent '80s Randy Travis LPs, but Xgau gave them worse grades than the one I bought, so maybe that was smart. Passed on a 50-cent 1987 Guadalcanal Diary LP too (what did they sound like?), and a $2 1989 LP by Joe Hardy-produced New York hard rock band Law and Order, though if George advises otherwise, I'll go back for that one.
― xhuxk, Saturday, 24 January 2009 21:08 (4 years ago) Permalink
Automatic Man Automatic Man (Island, 1976)
Don't know if you'll like this. Requires more than one listen. Extension of Stomu Yamashita's Go, sort of, which was an experiment on jazz and middle of the road hard rock, the latter furnished by Pat Thrall, who made a lot more money with Pat Travers later but quit that, too, after co-writing "Smoking Whiskey, Drinkin' Cocaine." Anyway, Automatic Man is nothing like that. It's very spacey, often almost frictionless, sometimes veering into prog. One of the members -- singer/bassist, I think, is now much more famous as a songwriter/producer under another name. Plus Michael Shrieve's in the band as a kind of poor man's Jan Hammer. I like it but was there at the beginning. Definitely an acquired taste but not so convincing that you'd have stuck around for the second album, which was colored pink instead of blue, like this one.
Don't remember a great amount about Law & Order except that I had it on cassette, my band played with them in Allentown, and they were good guys. Kind of in the Circus of Power style but better although not that much so. They were part of the major label wave of second and third tier signings in the late Eighties of metal rock 'n' roll bands that were supposed to be more gritty and from-the-street than the hitmakers. Published about the same times as The Throbs and Vain and were in the same, uh, vein. About six months later, grunge washed them all away. Toss up whether it's worth 2 bucks. Depends on the whether and how much loose change you have in your pocket.
― Gorge, Saturday, 24 January 2009 22:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
$2, thrift store, 46th and Queens Blvd, Sunnyside, today:
The Geraldine Fibbers Get Thee Gone (Sympathy For The Record Industry 10-inch EP, c. '90s I guess)
An extravagance, since I am a total fetishizing sucker when it comes to 10-inch EPs (even though it is impossible to find inner sleeves). Plus I've never liked anything by these '90s indie art roots nerds before (not that I've listened much), and why would this be any different? But I used to be (very) mildly curious about the Fibbers, and I figure, if I'm ever going to like anything by them, this'd be about the correct amount of songs. Plus they cover Dolly's "Jolene" on it; how bad could that be? (Pretty bad, but I'll probably keep it anyway.)
Of the last batch of cheapos I bought, I wound up liking Automatic Man more than George predicted. Also liked Arrington, Stanky Brown Group (its more pompy rocky Tully first side anyway), Hoagy, Desmond Child (a lot actually -- not sure anybody was ever more disco-metal), Gazebo, Puhdys (though '70s LPs I have by them rock harder), Southside Johnny (well that one's pretty darn marginal but I like when the Coasters show up at least), and Randy Travis. Which means I wound up liking the whole pile, I guess.
― xhuxk, Monday, 9 February 2009 19:19 (4 years ago) Permalink
i've been obsessed of late with all Patrick Adams productions and was thrilled to find an original 12" of Universal Robot Band "Freak With Me" for $1.39 at Other Music, of all the places.
― beta blog, Monday, 9 February 2009 21:48 (4 years ago) Permalink
An extravagance, since I am a total fetishizing sucker when it comes to 10-inch EPs (even though it is impossible to find inner sleeves).
78" sleeves are 10 inch. http://www.bagsunlimited.com/cart/browse.asp?subcat=42 I guess I bought myself a lifetime supply several years ago.
― james k polk, Monday, 9 February 2009 22:55 (4 years ago) Permalink
The Geraldine Fibbers Get Thee Gone (Sympathy For The Record Industry 10-inch EP, c. '90s I guess)An extravagance, since I am a total fetishizing sucker when it comes to 10-inch EPs (even though it is impossible to find inner sleeves). Plus I've never liked anything by these '90s indie art roots nerds before (not that I've listened much), and why would this be any different? But I used to be (very) mildly curious about the Fibbers, and I figure, if I'm ever going to like anything by them, this'd be about the correct amount of songs. Plus they cover Dolly's "Jolene" on it; how bad could that be? (Pretty bad, but I'll probably keep it anyway.)
This record sounds like a frog being choked while someone laboriously puts a guitar out of tune, but I love it; only thing I ever liked by them. Bought it when it came out & would buy a nearly infinite number for $2 each, or half of infinity for $4/ea. It was around the time of Uncle Tupelo's breakup and we were all looking for a new hip alternative country act. Didn't find it; found a choking frog. Still!
― staggerlee, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 01:54 (4 years ago) Permalink
I just have to put in a good word here for the Fibbers' two proper albums, the 1st of which is a favorite of mine.
You think finding inner sleeves for 10" records is hard? Try finding OUTER sleeves!
― sleeve, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 02:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
Outer sleeves, what? (I think I have maybe three of those, out of several thousand albums. Never really understood what purpose they serve, unless the record cover is made out of paper. Though I actually think I own a 10-inch somewhere where that's the case.) Will look into those inner ones, though...
― xhuxk, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 02:57 (4 years ago) Permalink
I always find great records at salvation armies in Queens. Lots of old-school italian outer-borough disco DJs who've moved on.
But tonight during dinner I listened to Joe Jackson's Night and Day, one of THE most ubiquitous dollar-bin records, at least in these parts, and I think it's a pretty wonderful record.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 04:02 (4 years ago) Permalink
Jesus, I was just looking at craigslist for used CD's, and it's astonishing to think that people actually think they're going to be able to offload all their regrettable mid-late 90's junk (Backstreet Boys et al), for $5 a disc, but there's dozens of these people. One person was selling the Lion King Soundtrack for $10.
― mehlt, Tuesday, 10 February 2009 04:06 (4 years ago) Permalink
75 cents each, Value Village, Houston, this afternoon, all vinyl:
Ray Charles Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music (ABC Paramount, early '60s) (I used to own a late '80s reissue, but this one's the original pressing. Looks pretty scratched up though.)Gulliver Gulliver (Elekta, early '70s I guess?) (Don't think I ever even heard of this before -- Daryl Hall's pre-Hall & Oates band)Stacey Q "Shy Girl" (On The Spot 12-inch, 1985) (pre-debut LP indie-label single; already own the 7-inch.)(Various) Every Which Way But Loose (Elektra, 1978) (w/ Eddie Rabbit, Charlie Rich, Mel Tillis, Hank Thompson, and lots of instrumentals about orangutans, apparently)
― xhuxk, Sunday, 1 March 2009 22:53 (4 years ago) Permalink
gulliver album is JUST about worth 75 cents. musically, that is. but i only played my copy once years ago. maybe i would like it more now. these things happen.
― scott seward, Sunday, 1 March 2009 23:14 (4 years ago) Permalink
I've got the Gulliver CD. I got real excited about it about two years ago for about 20 seconds then realized it wasn't all that great.
― Still More Goth Than Your Cat's Asshole (Bimble), Sunday, 1 March 2009 23:29 (4 years ago) Permalink
FULL MOON RECORDS, Atlanta, GA
$1 LPs (even 3xLP ATMP was same price)
Randy Newman "Live"Randy Newman "Sail Away"Randy Newman "Good Old Boys"Steely Dan "Aja"Beach Boys "Love You"Joe Cocker s/t 1972Beatles "Yesterday and Today"Vangelis "China"Peter Murphy "Should the World Fail to Fall Apart"Talk Talk "It's My Life"Quincy Jones "The Dude"Brian Ferry "These Foolish Things"George Harrison "All Things Must Pass"
$1 45s
The Tornados "Telstar"
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 19 November 2012 17:01 (6 months ago) Permalink
just found this for £2 in an oxfam music, perfect quality original pressing
― Jamie_ATP, Thursday, 27 December 2012 18:27 (4 months ago) Permalink
At thrift stores (each for $1, all CDs):
Branford Marsalis - The First TimeThe Fall - Your Future Our ClutterPhilip Glass - GlassworksTwin Peaks SoundtrackLuscious Jackson - Electric Honey
Also Topo! which is an "interactive" map of many So Cal counties' National Forests on CD. I haven't tried using it yet.
― nickn, Sunday, 30 December 2012 18:02 (4 months ago) Permalink
RECYCLED READS, Nov 17
Army of Lovers – Army Of Lovers (Giant 1990 CD) - $1Jurassic 5 – Jurassic 5 EP (Interscope 1999 CD) - $1Hal Ketchum – Past the Point of Rescue (Curb 1991 cassette) – 25 cents
CHEAPO, Dec 8 – CDs $2, LPs $1 (going out of business sale, don't think I'd ever bought anything there before)
Banderas – Ripe (London 1991 CD)Niños Con Bombas – Di Tiempo En El Momento De La Explosión (Grita! 1997 CD)Rubber Rodeo – Scenic Views (Mercury 1984 LP)Sherbet – Magazine (MCA 1977 LP)Dionne Warwick – Soulful (Sceptor 1969 LP – German pressing)*Walk The West – Walk The West (Capitol 1986 LP)Wildlife – Wildlife (Swan Song 1983 LP)
WATERLOO, Dec 8, $1 each
Artful Dodger – Rave On (Ariola 1980)Henry Badowski – Life Is A Grand… (IRS 1981)Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch – s/t (Apa 1977)Michael Henderson – Wide Receiver (Buddah 1980)Mylon – Holy Smoke (Columbia 1971)*Q – Dancin’ Man (Epic 1977)Visage – Visage (Polydor 1980)
ESTATE SALE ON BUELL ST., Dec 15, $1.50 or so each (i.e., I paid $5 total for these two LPs plus two books, including a good-as-new hardcover Dictionary Of American Slang from 1960)
Gian Carlo Menotti – The Unicorn Gorgon And The Manticore (Angel 1957 - boxed but only one disc, very goth/prog cover though)(Various) – Shut Down (Capitol 1963)
BREAKAWAY Dec 29, $1 each
The Bluebells - s/t (Sire EP 1983)David Geddes – Run Joey Run (Big Tree 1975)Helmet Boy – s/t (Asylum 1980)Patrick Juvet – Got A Feeling (Casablanca 1978)Idris Muhammad – Boogie To The Top (Kudu 1978)Glenn Phillips Band – Live (Shanachie 1985)Jeannie C. Riley – Things Go Better With Love (Plantation 1969)J.D. Souther – You’re Only Lonely (Columbia 1979)*(Various) – Cruisin’ 1967 (Increase 1984)
* -- Probably not worth keeping (which might go for a couple others, too.)
― xhuxk, Friday, 4 January 2013 02:47 (4 months ago) Permalink
My ex-wife was really into that Glenn Phillips album when we met, I haven't thought about him since. Good lord, David Geddes...
xhuxk, how do you find time to listen to all this stuff? And store it? I love this thread, but it makes me realize how selective I'm becoming about bringing home tons of vinyl.
― Rocking Disco Santa (Dan Peterson), Friday, 4 January 2013 15:11 (4 months ago) Permalink
Army of Lovers! Seem to recall they were a subject of contention in one of the early Radio Ons.
― clemenza, Friday, 4 January 2013 18:07 (4 months ago) Permalink
Were they? Who wouldn't like Army Of Lovers?? Anyway, I'm not sure why I ever got rid of that CD; wrote them up in both the Voice and Spin back then. ("Crucified," which I assume is their most famous song, isn't on the album, but I still have a CD single of it.)
And Dan, finding listening time is not a problem at all -- Downstairs stereo is reserved for vinyl, so that's pretty much all we play during meals (both cooking and eating), and some turntable use occurs during reading and calisthenics sessions as well. Don't only play new dollar-bin purchases, either -- pull down records off the shelves all the time too, and lots of Christmas records get spun in December. Vinyl used to pile up for years, but I haven't had that problem in a long time -- Just keep a running stack, work my way through it, and don't let it stress me out. LPs get played a few times then filed away (sometimes in a sell pile) fairly quick.
Storage is more of an issue, but not a huge problem yet. Vinyl mid-H's (Headboys to be exact) through Z's plus compilations are on shelves in my home office (as are CDs -- cassettes in plastic pull-out file drawers of just the right depth); A's through H's on a shelf at the top of our walk-in bedroom closet. All the vinyl is admittedly packed pretty tight now (so I've been looking around for more shelves and talking to my wife who's much better at such things about how to reconfigure my office furniture to accommodate them), and I've been starting to think of weeding out more marginal records one of these days. But so far I've been able to get by.
And yes, David Geddes -- Good lord is about right. Album looked too potentially interesting to pass up for a buck, though, plus I guess I have a soft spot for records on Big Tree. (Sounds way less interesting than it looks, though now I'm wondering whether he paved the way for Meat Loaf.)
― xhuxk, Friday, 4 January 2013 21:34 (4 months ago) Permalink
I always assumed "Blind Man In The Bleachers" was on that Geddes LP too, but I'm researching (why?!) and it's not.
― Rocking Disco Santa (Dan Peterson), Friday, 4 January 2013 22:00 (4 months ago) Permalink
WATERLOO, Jan 12, $1 eachLive Wire – Live Wire (A&M 1979) -- sounds like dire straits crossed with herman brood.Tex and the Horseheads – Life’s So Good (Enigma 1985) -- wish they had better tunes, playing, and singing, but I'll probably keep this anyway.
BREAKAWAY Jan 26, $1 eachPeabo Bryson – Crosswinds (Capitol 1978)Andrae Crouch & the Disciples – Keep On Singin’ (Light 1972) -- already had this, but with a different cover; both look really cool.Tim Curry – Fearless (A&M 1979)ZZ Hill – Thrill On The Hill (Rare Bullet 1984)
RECYCLED READS Jan 26 (books), $1 eachBill C. Malone – Country Music USA (2002 – second revised edition)Dave Marsh et. al. – The Rolling Stone Record Guide (1979 – first/red edition) -- my second copy; am still using other one, though, which is pretty much torn to pieces.
END OF AN EAR March 2, 2013, 50 cents each (LPs unless noted otherwise)B.T. Express – Do It ‘Til You’re Satisfied (Yegrin South Korea 1974) -- in green Xeroxy bootleggy looking cover.Central Line - Don’t Tell Me/Walking Into Sunshine/Shake It Up {Larry Levan Mixes} (Mercury 12” 1981)Chip Chip – Never Say Goodbye (ZYX 12” 1987)Sparky “D” – Sparky’s Turn {Roxanne You’re Through} (Nia 12” 1985)Sparky Dee Vs. The Playgirls – The Battle (Nia 12” 1985) -- she sure changed the spelling of her name fast.El Roacho – The Best Of El Roacho’s Greatest Hits (Columbia 1973) -- "debut recordings...never before released," ha.The Evasions – Wikka Wrap (Sam 12” 1981) -- had this already; will give this copy away; there was actually one more in the bin, too.Foundation – Voyage (Fartblossom Enterprizes EP 1986) - produced by Brian BakerCynthia Gooding – Queen Of Hearts: Early English Folk Songs (Elektra 1953) -- VERY thick pressing; was that common then?Head East – A Different Kind Of Crazy (A&M 1979) -- they sure did like pancakes.Hubert Laws – The Chicago Theme (CTI 1975)MFSB – MFSB (Philadelphia International 1973) -- w/ presumably instrumental versions of "Freddie's Dead," "Family Affair," "Back Stabbers."Roger Miller – 1970 (Smash 1970)T.S. Monk – Human (Mirage 1982)The Motors – The Motors (Virgin 1977)Elliott Murphy – Night Lights (RCA 1976)Plastic Bertrand – L’Album (Attic Canada 1980)Maryla Rodowicz – Sing-Sing (Pronit Poland 1976) -- w/ provocatively posed gatefold.Roxanne Shante – (Cold Chillin’ 12” 1989)Trooper – Two For The Show (MCA/Legend 1976) -- still "sealed for your protection," but I'll probably open it anyway.Dwight Twilley – Scuba Divers (EMI 1979)Ben Vereen – Ben Vereen (Buddah 1976)(Various) – Danae Jacovidis – At Midnight Medley/Tantra – Hills Of Katmandu (Disconet promo 1979) -- first side is DJ mastermix of '70s songs by spinners, lamont dozier, bionic boogie, timmy thomas, george mccrae, love unlimited orchestra, buddy miles, t-connection.(Various) – New Rock New Bands New Albums (Phonogram West Germany 1980) -- w/ the kids, faith band, original mirrors, duke jupiter, ian mclagan, def leppard off their debut LP, etc.; includes swell-looking german-language promotional zine about all the bands.
― xhuxk, Saturday, 2 March 2013 22:58 (2 months ago) Permalink
Oops -- The Roxanne Shante 12-inch is "Live On Stage."
― xhuxk, Saturday, 2 March 2013 23:05 (2 months ago) Permalink
Same old record convention. Slowly but noticeably getting more expensive--what was $2 when vinyl was at low ebb a few years ago is now $5, what was $5 in now $10, etc. So I didn't buy much. (Truthfully, I only hit the same three or four tables every year, although I found a good soul/R&B this time.)
$2: Elton John: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (popular guy from the '70s)Elton John: Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano PlayerGolden Hour of Donovan (no hits--likely all folkie)Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Life (the only Neil vinyl I didn't own up until the Budweiser album, so I was happy about this)
$5: Dionne Warwick in Valley of the DollsDionne Warwick: Very Dionne (sealed)The Supremes (Jimmy Webb produced LP from '72, sealed)
$7: Mister Little Willie JohnLittle Willie John: Talk to MeAnnisteen Allen: Give It Up (never heard of her--last three all Dutch pressings)
― clemenza, Sunday, 14 April 2013 16:33 (1 month ago) Permalink
Been buying cassettes at thrift stores for a a couple reasons:1) Placeholders until I can find certain stuff on CD (or vinyl preferably) and 2) They are dirt cheap! Most thrift stores around town have them two for a quarter (some places even have them ten for a dollar!).
Been finding lots of good ambient stuff this way (including five Harold Budd albums!) and, every once in a while, you'll run into someone's old Elvis or Roy Orbison collection and there's inevitably the great early stuff in there.
One thing I haven't been able to bring myself to do is buy classical on cassette. Just can't do it.
― Austin, Sunday, 14 April 2013 17:06 (1 month ago) Permalink
I got a kickass SQUARE DANCE CALLS LP by Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys.I got a great 2xLP comp from the 60's called "Them Old Country Songs".I got Herbie Mann's "Mississippi Gambler" which has a cool cover and it's some weird flute-based 70's fusion so it's the odd man out. It's a little cheesy but I may end up getting into it.
All for $1 apiece at Atlanta's Full Moon Records. I didn't have enough cash so i just told him to charge me $5. The Square Dance record is amazing, I probably played it 6 times yesterday.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 14 April 2013 17:25 (1 month ago) Permalink
Thrift shopping in rural Georgia yesterday, look at this LP score:
Miles Davis "Filles de Kilimanjaro"New York Dolls s/t (heavily water damaged cover, but it was a dollar)Tommy James and the Shondells "I Think We're Alone Now"Various Artists "The Concert for Bangladesh" (3xLP, includes booklet)Gary Lewis "A Session With Gary Lewis and the Playboys"Paul McCartney "McCartney II" (ok, this was actually $2 but Bangladesh was $1 for 3xLP, so it counts)The Rader Family "Ocean Opry: Most Requested Show Songs" (vintage Panama City Beach, FL country)
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 15:44 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Also found "Lady Sings the Blues" the autobiography for 50 cents.
Cool, were you near the GA/FL border? I've tried hitting some thrifts around there when I was in the area but didn't find much.
― los blue jeans, Saturday, 4 May 2013 03:34 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
It was conyers/covington.
FL is thrift dreamland.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 4 May 2013 17:07 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
So I hear
― los blue jeans, Saturday, 4 May 2013 18:36 (2 weeks ago) Permalink