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Picked up Sir Army Suit by Klaatu today so I can play "Mister Manson" when I DJ. Fifty cents. Probably overpaid.

shortbread, offal and heroin (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 27 October 2013 03:41 (ten years ago) link

xpost. Microdisney have a few great tracks scattered around (Birthday Girl, Peel version of Everybody is Dead, etc.) and the idea that they were the new Steely Dan might have seemed appealing at the time...that's my guess. At this point I feel as if it was a good concept for a band, but the music needed to be better. And either I don't get the nuances of the lyrics because I'm from the wrong country, or they aren't as good as people thought they were either.

dlp9001, Sunday, 27 October 2013 11:18 (ten years ago) link

Love Love Love Microdisney. Love Your Enemies/We Hate You South African Bastards! has turned up on spotify recentley.

this is how a punch sounds, like ditch, like quich (soref), Sunday, 27 October 2013 11:34 (ten years ago) link

Ha -- Only in England could a band with no discernible vocal personality or aptitude for rhythm whatsoever be anointed "the new Steely Dan." (Except, I thought the new Steely Dan was already China Crisis! Who weren't much better, judging from the dollar LP I bought by them a couple years back.)

Scott -- One of the $1 Firesign LPs I passed on yesterday was definitely How Can You Be Two Places At Once.... Oops.

xhuxk, Sunday, 27 October 2013 16:41 (ten years ago) link

bands i never listened to: stump, microdisney, cactus world news, screaming blue messiahs.

scott seward, Sunday, 27 October 2013 17:26 (ten years ago) link

I actually like Screaming Blue Messiahs a lot. (First album at least -- second one isn't bad.)

And I just realized there actually is a band with a late '80s LP in yesterday's record convention pile who I wouldn't think it crazy at all to compare to Steely Dan. But they're not Microdisney; they're Was (Not Was).

xhuxk, Monday, 28 October 2013 00:30 (ten years ago) link

I thought Crack The Sky was the new Steely Dan in the 70s.

nickn, Monday, 28 October 2013 00:33 (ten years ago) link

two months pass...

BREAKAWAY, Nov 9, $1 each
John Anderson – I Just Came Home To Count The Memories (Warner Bros. 1981)
Ian & Sylvia – The Best Of (Vanguard 1968)
KC and the Sunshine Band – Do It Good (TK 1974 – supposedly that’s its title, but it looks self-titled and I’ve also heard it called *Queen Of Clubs* to match its cover art)
Harvey Mandel – Baby Batter (Janus 1971)

SALVATION ARMY @ RESEARCH BLVD, Nov 11, $1 CDs
The Beloved – Conscience (Atlantic 1993)
Toby Keith – Boomtown (Mercury 1994)
Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation (Geffen 1993 pressing, rec. 1988)

RECYCLED READS, Dec 7, 50 cents each
Pauline Black With Sunday’s Best – “Pirates Of The Airwaves” (Chrysalis 12-inch 1984)
Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Pronto Monto (Warner Bros. 1978)
Tracy Nelson – Tracy Nelson (Atlantic 1974)

WATERLOO, Dec 14, $1 each
Beach Boys – Shut Down Volume 2 (Capitol 1964)
Black & White – Don’t Know Yet (Atlantic 1989)
Joe Gruschecky and the Houserockers – Coming Home (Lightyear CD 1998)
Kaleidoscope – Side Trips (Epic 1967)
Nancy Martinez – Lay It Down (Matra Quebec 1983)
Michael Murphy – Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir (A&M 1973)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission – Reactor (Official 1980)
Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails (Capitol 1969)
War – All Day Music (United Artists 1971)

SIG’S LAGOON, Houston, Dec 26, 50 cents each
Coleman Hawkins & The Trumpet Kings – Swinging Sounds Of The 40’s (Trip Jazz 1974)
Rheingold – Fan Fan Fanatic (Harvest EP 1982)
Shandi – Shandi (Dreamland 1980)
Hank Thompson and the Brazos Valley Boys – The Best Of (Capitol 1963)
(Various) – Foxes (Casablanca 2xLP OST 1980)

END OF AN EAR, today, 50 cents each
Jeff Dahl – Ultra Under (Triple X 1991)
Dick Gaughan – Live In Edinburgh (Celtic Music 1985)
I Mother Earth – I Mother Earth (Capitol 10-inch blue vinyl EP 1993)
Jelly Bishops – Kings Of Barstool Mountain (Last Time Round EP 1988)
Material – Memory Serves (Elektra Musician 1982)
New York Rock & Roll Ensemble – Faithful Friends… (Atco 1969)
Ohio Express – Mercy (Buddah 1969)
Rex – Rex (Columbia 1976)
Shnazz – Shnazz (Shadow 1980)
Toure Kunda – Natalia (Celluloid 1985)
(Various) – KSJO Best Of The Bay 1982 (KSJO 1982)
(Various) – Salt & Tabasco: Dance Music Styles From Cuba, The Caribbean & Brazil (Mango 1990)

ANTONE’S, today, $1 each
Tyrone Brunson – Sticky Situation (Believe In A Dream 1983)
Horslips – The Book Of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony (OJM 1976)
Interview – Big Oceans (Virgin 1979)
Skyy – Inner City (Salsoul 1984)
Michael Stanley Band – You Can’t Fight Fashion (EMI America 1983)

xhuxk, Saturday, 28 December 2013 21:55 (ten years ago) link

mostly keepers?

a lake full of ancient spices (los blue jeans), Wednesday, 1 January 2014 16:45 (ten years ago) link

Almost all! Several of the most recent finds are still sinking in, though. And I'm still on a fence about that Tracy Nelson album that Christgau gave a C- to.

Favorites so far: KC & Sunshine, Mandel, Kaleidoscope, Martinez, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, War, Rheingold, Foxes (esp. the very disco-metal side 3 w/ Angel and Keith Forsey), Material, Rex, Schnazz, Skyy, Stanley Band.

NY R&R Ensemble isn't nearly as heavy as their followup from 1970, so that's definitely kinda disappointing. And I'm regretfully starting to realize I respect Dick Gaughan's Socialist-leaning Celtic folk more than I actually enjoy listening to it. (I've got 2 albums by him, both live -- Not sure I've ever even heard a studio one.)

xhuxk, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 19:55 (ten years ago) link

Er...SCOTTISH folk, I meant.

Horslips are the Celtic ones. Music if not vocals on the album I just got sounds sufficiently Tull-like so far; seems like it could use more Lizzy, though (compared to the stuff by them I've liked most in the past; e.g., "Sure The Boy Was Green" off Aliens.)

xhuxk, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 20:11 (ten years ago) link

two months pass...

BREAKAWAY, Jan 24, $1 LPs
Dion and the Belmonts – Wish Upon A Star With (Laurie 1961)
Charlie Dore – Where to Now (Island 1979)
Foxy – Foxy (Dash 1976)
Kid Creole and the Coconuts – Wise Guy (Sire/Ze 1982)
Pamala Stanley – This Is Hot (EMI America 1979)

RECYCLED READS, Jan 24, $1 CDs
Cutthroats 9 – Cutthroats 9 (Man’s Ruin 2000)
Dysrhythmia – Pretest (Relapse 2003)
Mordred – In This Life (Noise/BMG 1991)
Neurosis – Souls At Zero (Alternative Tentacles 1992)
...plus, at $2, Peter Shapiro – Turn The Beat Around: The Secret History Of Disco (Faber and Faber hardcover 2005)

BREAKAWAY, Feb 15, $1 LPs
Tyrone Brunson – Fresh (Believe In A Dream 1984)
Rocky Burnette – Son Of Rock & Roll (EMI America 1980)
Lou Christie – Lightning Strikes (MGM 1966)
Darling – Put It Down To Experience (Charisma 1979)
Howard Devoto – Jerky Versions Of The Dream (IRS 1983)
(Various) – Everything New Is Old…Everything Old Is New (Ambient Sound 1982)

PIRAHNA’S (Round Rock), Feb 22, $1 LPs
Laurie Anderson/John Giorno/William Burroughs – You’re The Guy I Want To Share My Money With (Giorno Poetry Systems 2xLP 1981)
A Split Second – Kiss Of Fury (Antler Subway 1990)
Donnie Iris – The High And The Mighty (MCA 1982)
Jermaine Jackson – Feel The Fire (Motown 1977)
Randy Newman – Little Criminals (Warner Bros. 1977)
Pop Maru – Pop Maru (Wasp 1983)
Trammps – The Best Of (Atlantic 1978)

Garage sale in Round Rock, Feb 22, $1 CD
Gary Allan – Used Heart For Sale (Decca 1996)

OFF THE BEATEN PATH, Milwaukee, March 12, $1 LPs
Patty Duke – Don’t Just Stand There (United Artists 1965)
Eddie Kendricks – Eddie Kendricks (Tamla 1973)
Mass Production – Believe (Cotillion 1977)

BULLSEYE RECORDS, Milwaukee, March 12, $1 LPs
El Chicano – El Chicano (MCA 1973)
Georgia Satellites – Open All Night (Elektra 1988)
The Inmates – First Offence (Polydor 1979)
Grace Jones – Fame (Island 1978)
Grace Jones – Muse (Island 1979)
The Scooters – Young Girls (EMI America 1980)
Rhythm Method – Paquet De Cinq (Transcity EP 1982)
S.S. Fools – S.S. Fools (Columbia 1976)
Steppenwolf – Monster (Dunhill 1979)

Some random nameless thrift store, Milwaukee, March 13, $2 (!) LP
The Passions – Thirty Thousand Feet Over China (Polydor UK 1981)

xhuxk, Tuesday, 18 March 2014 22:03 (ten years ago) link

Oops -- Steppenwolf obv. '69, not '79.

xhuxk, Tuesday, 18 March 2014 22:10 (ten years ago) link

The Inmates – First Offence (Polydor 1979)

This is a really cool record! They cover "Dirty Water" by the Standells but change the references to be about the Thames, I think. Good garage/pub rock thing.

Vinyl:
Marty Paich - Jazz City Workshop
Ben Webster - The Consummate Artistry of...
Bennie Green - Blows His Horn, Soul Stirrin'
Blues Image - s/t
Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz
The Seeds - A Web of Sound
Soft Cell - Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing
The Gap Band - IV

The jazz LPs look pretty thrashed but sound great (they're "deep groove" pressings).

CD:
Drunk Horse - Tanning Salon/Biblical Proportions, s/t
Forte - Stranger Than Fiction
AMSG - Anti-Cosmic Tyranny
Vasaeleth - All Uproarious Darkness
Grave Miasma - Odori Sepulcrorum

brains hangin (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 19 March 2014 07:17 (ten years ago) link

two weeks pass...

At the Pasadena City College swap meet.

$1 each:
Stephen Stills - first album
Renaissance - Prologue
Julie Drsicoll & Brian Auger - Jools
Melanie - first album

50 cents eah:
Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind Of
Bob Newhart - The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!

Also got the REM book, Talk About The Passion, for 50 cents.

nickn, Sunday, 6 April 2014 21:08 (ten years ago) link

four weeks pass...

Went to 2 thrift stores outside of the city and CLEANED UP, with LPs mostly going for 50 cents apiece. I also found a set of 7 Peanuts comic paperbacks from 1970, each for under a quarter. Plus a first edition of "Pet Semetary" for $1.50! The LPs:

Steppenwolf "At Your Birthday Party"
The Ventures "Hawaii Five-O"
"Midnight Cowboy" OST
Aretha Franklin "Lady Soul"
Henry Mancini "The Pink Panther"
Elvis "In Hal Wallis' Blue Hawaii"
Jefferson Starship "Winds of Change" (actually I found a "Ventures Perform Telstar" LP with no jacket that I snuck in here
Chubby Checker "For Twisters Only"
The Dave Clark Five "Return!"
Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells"
"Snoopy's Christmas"
"24 Original Happening Hits" (w Love "My Little Red Book" & The Seeds "Pushing Too Hard")
Enoch Light "Presenting" (on Tiara)
Eagles s/t

▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 4 May 2014 05:02 (nine years ago) link

two weeks pass...

ANTONE’S, May 10, $1 each
Grinder Switch – Redwing (Atco 1977)
Werewolves – Werewolves (RCA 1978)

WATERLOO, May 10, $1 each
Big Chief – Drive It Off (Repulsion Germany 1991)
Lotti Golden – Lotti Golden (GRT 1971)
Phil Harris – America’s Happy-Go-Lucky Good Time Singer (RCA Special Products 2xLP 1990)
Polyrock – Polyrock (RCA EP 1980)
Process and the Doo Rags – Too Sharp (Columbia 1985)
Garland Jeffreys – Rock & Roll Adult (Epic 1981 w/ bonus 7” EP inside)
Andy Fairweather Low – Spider Jiving (A&M 1974)
Ruth Ruth – Laughing Gallery (Ventrue/American CD 1995)
Wishbone Ash – Live Dates (MCA 2xLP 1973)
Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons – Step Lively (Columbia 1981)

END OF AN EAR, May 17, 50 cents each
Bryan Adams – “Heaven”/”Diana”/”Heaven (Live)”/”Kids Wanna Rock (Live)” (A&M EP 1985)
Archie Campbell – The Cockfight And Other Tall Tales (RCA Victor 1966)
Clout – Six Of The Best (Epic 1980)
Code Blue – Code Blue (Warner Bros. 1980, inside translucent blue ziplock album bag)
Earl Thomas Conley – Blue Pearl (Sunbird 1980)
Earl Thomas Conley – Fire And Smoke (RCA 1981)
Earl Thomas Conley – Somewhere Between Right And Wrong (RCA 1982)
DB Cooper – Dangerous Curves (Warner Bros. 1981)
Dragon – Are You Old Enough (Portrait 1977)
Dirk Hamilton – Thug Of Love (Elektra 1980)
Jesters Of Destiny – In A Nostalgic Mood (Metal Blade EP 1987)
Nils Lofgren – Nils Lofgren (A&M 1975)
Magnum – Kingdom Of Madness (Jet 1978)
Rezillos – Can’t Stand The Rezillos (Sire 1978)
Rockets – Love Transfusion (Tortoise International 1977)
Turkey Bones & the Wild Dogs – No Way Before The Weekend (Big Beat U.K. EP 1985)

xhuxk, Sunday, 18 May 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link

two months pass...

BREAKAWAY, May 24, $1
Dust – Hard Attack (Kama Sutra 1972)

BREAKAWAY, June 21, $1 each
Razzy Bailey – Makin Friends (RCA 1981)
Dirty Tricks – Night Man (Polydor 1975)

WATERLOO, June 21, $1 each
Labelle – Nightbirds (Epic Quadrophonic 1975)
Tuff Darts - Tuff Darts! (Sire 1978)

FRIENDS OF SOUND, July 15, $1 each except*
Freddie Cannon - Freddie Cannon (Warner Bros. 1964)
Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts – On Campus (Gross 1963) * - $2
Focus – Focus 3 (Sire 1972 2xLP)
David Lasley – Raindance (EMI America 1984)

WATERLOO, today, $1 each
Good Rats – Tasty (Rat City 1978)
Damita Jo – Sing A Country Song (Mercury 1962)
Matthew & the Mandarins – s/t (EMI Singapore 1978) -- C&W band from Singapore!
Moon Mullican – Sings His All-Time Hits (King 1958)
Mort Sahl – Iconoclast: The Future Lies Ahead (Verve 1958)
Rachel Sweet - ..And Then He Kissed Me (Columbia 1981)
Target – Captured (A&M 1977)
Chuck Wagon & the Wheels – Please Pass The Gas (Wagon Tracks 1979)
Buck White & the Down Home Folks -- s/t (County 1972)

xhuxk, Saturday, 2 August 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link

I noticed a quad album in there — do you have a quad converter?

austinato (Austin), Saturday, 2 August 2014 20:44 (nine years ago) link

About a week ago, from the Poo-Bahs free bins outside their front door:

Roger Miller - Golden Hits
Grieg - Peer Gynt (Prague Symphony)
The Moog Machine - Christmas Becomes Electric
Judy Henske - High Flying Bird
Arthur Fiedler/Boston Pops - Greatest Hits of the 60s
Leonard Bernstein - An American In Paris & Billy the Kid (RCA Victor Symphony)

I'm ashamed to say I haven't played any of them yet.

nickn, Sunday, 3 August 2014 06:45 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

Wau, what is the Singaporean C&W like? Ex-pats?

los blue jeans, Friday, 19 September 2014 03:01 (nine years ago) link

I can't say for sure, but judging from the LP cover photo (see link below), I assume they are actual Singaoreans -- Not American Ex-pats. Though they do cover several familiar American C&W songs: "Lucille," "City Of New Orleans," "Margaritaville," "Lovesick Blues," etc.

http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=2620266

And no, I don't have a quad converter. Not sure I'd even recognize one if I saw one.

xhuxk, Sunday, 21 September 2014 02:04 (nine years ago) link

BREAKAWAY, Aug 23, $1 each LPs
Aurra – Live And Let Live (Salsoul 1983)
Blackbyrds – City Life (Fantasy 1975)
Rick James Present The Stone City Band – In ‘n’ Out (Gordy 1980)
Rosalie Sorrels – Miscellaneous Abstract Record No. 1 (Green Linnet 1982)
Grady Tate – Movin’ Day (Janus 1974)

RECYCLED READS, Aug 23, $1 each CDs
Babasonicos – Mucho (Universal Music Latino 2008)
Bruce Cockburn – Christmas (Columbia 1993)
Michelle Shocked – Arkansas Traveler (Mercury 1992)

RECYCLED READS, Sep 20, 50-cent each LPs
Johnny Adams – Room With A View Of The Blues (Rounder 1987)
Ray Barretto – Tomorrow Live (Atlantic 2xLP 1976)
Brides Of Funkenstein – Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy (Atlantic 1979)
Crusaders – Ghetto Blaster (MCA 1984)
Bobby Fuller Four – Best Of (Rhino 1981)
Carlene Carter – Musical Shapes (Warner Bros. 1980)
James P. Johnson – The Original (Folkways 1973)
Steve Kuhn- Mostly Ballads (New World 1987)
David Lasley – Missing Twenty Grand (EMI 1982)
Moon Martin – Street Fever (Capitol 1980)
Thelonious Monk – Monk (Pausa Jazz Origin Series c. 1982)
NRBQ – At Yankee Stadium (Mercury 1978)
Osmonds – The Plan (MGM 1973)
Carl Perkins – Rocking Guitarman (Charly U.K. 1975)
Lou Reed – The Blue Mask (RCA 1982)
Rochereau – Tabu Ley (Shanachie 1984)
Roches – Keep On Doing (Warner Bros. 1982)
Will Rogers – The Wit And Wisdom Of Will Rogers In His Own Voice (Caedmon 2xLP 1969)
Artie Shaw – The Best Of (MCA 2xLP 1975)
The Sheppards – The Sheppards (Solid Smoke 1980)
James Blood Ulmer – Freelancing (Columbia 1981)*
Tom Verlaine – Tom Verlaine (Elektra 1979)
(Various) – Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Volume 2 1952-1955 (Atlantic 2xLP 1985)
(Various) – Freedom Songs: Selma, Alabama (Folkways 1965)
(Various) – Jazz Odyssey Volume 1 The Sound Of New Orleans 1917-1947 (Columbia Special Products 3xLP 1964)
(Various) - Less Than Zero (Def Jam 1987)
(Various) – The Real Calypso 1927-1946 (Folkways 1966)
(Various) – Send Your Children To The Orphan Home: Calypso Songs Of Social Commentary And Love Troubles (Folkways 1981)
(Various) – Urgh! A Music War (A&M 2xLP 1981)
(Various) – Where Was Butler: A Calypso Documentary From Trinidad (Folkloric 1987)
(Various) – Winners & Losers: Campaign Songs From The Critical Elections In American History Volume 2 1896-1976 (Folkways 1980)

RECYCLED READS, Sep 20, $1 each CDs
Toby Keith – How Do You Like Me Now?! (Dreamworks 1999)
Madonna – Erotica (Maverick 1992)
(Various) – Play Me A Polka: Tex-Czech Polkas (Rounder 1994)

* -- oops,already had a copy of this one

xhuxk, Sunday, 21 September 2014 02:09 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

Really lucked out at the Value Village tonight. Records are listed as $1.99 but it's half-off day and the clerk messed up anyways so I paid less than a dollar for each of these:

Dio "Holy Diver"
Alice Cooper "Love It To Death"
Alice Cooper "Welcome to My Nightmare"
Ozzy Osbourne "Blizzard of Oz"
Metal Church "Metal Church"
Suzi Quatro "Your Mama Won't Like Me"
Steve Martin "A Wild and Crazy Guy"

©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 30 October 2014 02:14 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

Thrift store buy, "The Early Twentieth Century," a 5-LP set of music by Bartok, Gershwin, Milhaud, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, etc. Looks as if it has never been played. Marked $3 but bought on half-price Thursday.

nickn, Sunday, 21 December 2014 00:14 (nine years ago) link

Found (and purchased) this morning at a Goodwill in Westport, CT (all lp's)

Love-Four Sail
The Tony Williams Lifetime-Ego
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Herbie Mann-London Underground
Herbie Mann-Push Push
The Sufi Choir
Talking Heads-Stop Making Sense
Pharoah Sanders-Jewels of Thought
Terje Rydpal-What Comes After
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
David Holland Quartet-Conference of the Birds
Soft Machine-Soft Machine Six
Pharoah Sanders-Karma
The Tony Williams Lifetime- (turn it over)
Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
John McLaughlin-Devotion
Sam Rivers-Sizzle
Cecil Taylor-Nefertiti, the Beautiful One Has Come
Miles Davis-Get Up With It

Merry Christmas to me.

kwhitehead, Monday, 22 December 2014 20:55 (nine years ago) link

Impressive. Good condition?

nickn, Monday, 22 December 2014 22:46 (nine years ago) link

Yeah I would've walked out of that place with a giant smile on my face. California thrifts are all terminally picked over so it's rare to find even one good thing.

GUARD YOUR EARS!!! ...with Gorman's. (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 22 December 2014 23:39 (nine years ago) link

good scores kwhitehead. especially in a goodwill!

dave holland's conference of the birds and miles' get up with are two of my all-time jazz records, those are amazing

marcos, Monday, 22 December 2014 23:45 (nine years ago) link

I've had a quite a year at the area Goodwills. Seems to me there was quite a bit of attic/basement cleanout happening in the New Haven area. The condition of many are quite good and the remainder are dingy but serviceable. I plan on giving them all a good cleaning.

kwhitehead, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 00:07 (nine years ago) link

Oh, and regarding Gooodwill record shopping, it's all about the timing.

kwhitehead, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 00:11 (nine years ago) link

went to one record fair where I could not find anything to buy. twas so dispiriting! felt like I'd wasted my day, until I flipped through a $1 box and found the Metroplex 12" of Eddie 'Flashin' Fowlkes - "Goodbye Kiss":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjcbxtYF_bI

didn't want to take any chances on further luck - snatched it up and I'm outta here...!

Paul, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 00:15 (nine years ago) link

that's the one I usually remember first, but I also bought my copy of Metro's 1976 self-titled LP for $1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kX8LOVII0o

I got it thanks to a mention by Ted White in reference to Lou Stathis' wake.
also picked up their second album, produced by Mike Thorne.
when I hear "Criminal World" I wonder if the insistent pulse inspired the drums & guitar in "I Should Have Known Better".

Paul, Tuesday, 23 December 2014 00:30 (nine years ago) link

i would not hesitate to buy that for a dollar

breakfast josiah (los blue jeans), Sunday, 4 January 2015 02:37 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

First dollar-bin dig in a while. The bins round these parts have been very dry of late; everything that used to be a dollar is now $5+ due to the vinyl boom. Was pleasantly surprised today by:

Love Tractor - This Ain't No Outerspace Ship
The Tubes - The Completion Backwards Principle
Big Country - Steeltown
Squeeze - Sweets From a Stranger
Angel City - Darkroom
Dire Straits - EP
Graham Parker & the Shot - Steady Nerves
and best of all: Keith Jarrett - Staircase (jacket and sleeves a little rough but vinyl is 100%)

hardcore dilettante, Friday, 20 February 2015 02:40 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

Score! $2 ea:
Bill Frisell - Rambler
The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy - Distressed Gentlefolk

hardcore dilettante, Thursday, 26 March 2015 20:05 (nine years ago) link

Distressed Gentlefolk is great! Any Love Tractor for a dollar is a steal! Good finds!

My last good dollar find was the Grateful Dead's Terrapin Station, but that was months back.

austinato (Austin), Friday, 27 March 2015 02:14 (nine years ago) link

Had a blast listening to Distressed Gentlefolk last night for the first time in many moons. Almost every song is a modest gem.

hardcore dilettante, Friday, 27 March 2015 04:03 (nine years ago) link

three weeks pass...

Went to the big record show this morning. Got three interesting political LPs, all sealed and all $5 from a guy I worked with 30 years ago (in a record store, where else?):

LBJ in the Catskills
Portrait of Adlai Stevenson (long interview from '56; the LP came out in '60)
Eisenhower

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41kAAXWSGfL.jpg

Haven't played them yet, so I don't know if the last actually has Nixon on it, or just someone reading his words.

Also: The Best of Ronnie Dove ($5), The Very Best of Del Reeves ($4, sealed), Matthew Sweet's Sunshine Lies ($10, but still sealed and a double), and a few $2 CDs. Among the latter, Final Damnation, which I thought was a best-of from the track listing (pointless in any case, seeing as I already have a two-LP Damned compilation), but turns out to be a live reunion show from '88. Even at $2, I nominate this as the most ill-advised purchase in the entire history of recorded music.

clemenza, Sunday, 19 April 2015 19:40 (eight years ago) link

Came across this the other day at the same Goodwill mentioned above:
http://www.discogs.com/Remains-The-Remains/release/2949219

kwhitehead, Monday, 20 April 2015 13:34 (eight years ago) link

That's a hell of a find. And a great record.

^^^ NOT METAL (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 20 April 2015 19:56 (eight years ago) link

Oh, and regarding Gooodwill record shopping, it's all about the timing.

― kwhitehead, Monday, December 22, 2014 4:11 PM

i.e. getting there as soon as they open?

sleeve, Monday, 20 April 2015 20:15 (eight years ago) link

I found the Warren Zevon bio I'll Sleep When I'm Dead today at a Goodwill ($3).

nickn, Monday, 20 April 2015 20:44 (eight years ago) link

i.e. getting there as soon as they open?

By timing I mean things beyond your control, like getting there just after they bring a load of records out, or getting to a fresh stack before all the other record nerds get there.

kwhitehead, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 01:14 (eight years ago) link

What I learned in college is to just go often and look thoroughly.

nickn, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 06:36 (eight years ago) link

yup

los blue jeans, Monday, 4 May 2015 06:22 (eight years ago) link

two weeks pass...

BREAKAWAY, Sep 27 - $1
Kleeer – Seeekret (Atlantic 1985)

RECYCLED READS, Oct 12 - 50 cents
Seona McDowell – Australian Ballads: The Early Years (Folkways 1981)

WATERLOO, Oct 25 - $1 each
Anita Baker – Rapture (Elektra 1986)
Bucks Fizz – Are You Ready (RCA UK 1982)
Kathy Dalton – Boogie Bands & One Night Stands (Discreet 1974)
Hank Thompson and the Brazos Valley Boys – Cheyenne Frontier Days (Capitol 1962)

END OF AN EAR, Oct 25 - 50 cents each I think, $1 at most
The Boppers – s/t (Fantasy 1978)
Brass Construction – Renegades (Capitol 1984)
The Cucumbers – s/t (Fake Doom EP 1983)
M.V.D / Ebola – Domination Means Death (Thought Crime Germany 1997) -- useless; sold it at a garage sale a few months later
Takashi – Kamikaze Killers (Mongol Horde EP 1983)
(Various) – Boogie Bus: 16 Non-stop Boogie Hits By The Original Artists (Polystar UK 1979)

BREAKAWAY, 8 November - $1 each
Country Gazette – A Traitor In Our Midst! (United Artists 1972) -- totally bored me, though the LP cover was notably offensive
Stackridge – s/t (MCA 1971)

SID’S LAGOON (HOUSTON), 28 November - $1 each
Herman Brood and his Wild Romance – Cha Cha (Ariola 1978)
Ferron – Shadows On A Dime (Lucy 1984)
Flash and the Pan – Early Morning Wake-Up Call (Epic 1984)
Highway Chile – Storybook Heroes (Mirus 1983)
The Hotmud Family – Stone Mountain Wobble (Vetco 1974)
Modern Romance – Adventures In Clubland (Atlantic 1981)
Nazareth – Razamanaz (A&M 1973)
Mort Sahl – 1960 or Look Forward in Anger (Verve 1959)

WATERLOO RECORDS, March 7 - $1
Phil Harris – That’s What I Like About The South (RCA Camden 1958)

RECYCLED READS, March 14
Arthur Blythe – Illusions (Columbia 1980) 50 cents
Lindsay Logan – Speak (Casablanca 2004 CD) $1

AUSTIN RECORD CONVENTION, today - $1 (+ $8 parking but no entrance fee)
King Sunny Ade and his African Beats -- Togetherness [Ka Jo Se] (SALPS Nigeria 1984)
Razzy Bailey – s/t (RCA 1980)
The Blackbyrds – Night Grooves (Fantasy 1978) - w/ "Rock Creek Park"
B.T. Express – Non Stop (Roadshow 1975)
Earl Thomas Conley – Treadin’ Water (RCA 1984)
D-Train – s/t (Prelude 1982)
R.B. Greaves – s/t (Atco 1969) -- w/ "Take A Letter Maria"
Rick James – Bustin’ Out Of L Seven (Motown 1979)
Junior – Inside Lookin’ Out (Mercury 1983)
D.C. LaRue – The Tea Dance (Pyramid 1976) - w/ Lou Christie on one song
Prince – For You (Warner Bros. 1978) -- amazingly, never owned a copy of this before
Uriah Heep – Salisbury (Mercury 1971)
Tony Joe White – Black And White (Monument 1969) -- w/ "Polk Salad Annie"

xhuxk, Sunday, 24 May 2015 01:40 (eight years ago) link

Nice. Do you stick to $1 stuff, xhuxk, or did you get any pricier finds at the record show? Last one I went to the only $1 stuff I saw was 45s, but this is California...

Jim Gillette's unused octave (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 24 May 2015 02:01 (eight years ago) link


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