I Love Vinyl! Recent Haul/Score/Purchase Thread (2010)

so i'm the only person in western mass interested in classical records apparently. big collection at the auction house. the CDs went for 4000 dollars. and guess what. that was a STEAL. tens of thousands of dollars worth of sealed audiophile cds and boxed sets. anyway, i sent my right hand woman maria and she got 30 boxes of records AND the great record shelves they were on for...175 bucks. really? nobody wants them? and we could have gotten DOUBLE that amount for 200 bucks but enough was enough and we had more than enough to work with. the majority of this stuff is mint and/or sealed european audiophile pressings. just great stuff. modern/weird/obscure stuff too. very cool collection. the guy would tape his records and catalog them and then shelve the record. i'm gonna have fun listening. and selling. online. pulled this out of a box. should cover our 175 dollar investment:

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:D Well Tuned Piano is a pleasant listen.

i don't think i'll keep it though. i got rotten kids to feed. but my brother in law has a copy and i can listen to it at his place when i go there. in fact he played it one of the last times we were there all stoneded. dreamy good.

dmr - i want that New Orleans comp so so bad! I have the other volume of it but have had one eye towards that one for some time now...

it's great! Danny White's "The Twitch" is amazing. Actually I've only listened to the comp once all the way through so far, I'm gonna put it on again right now ...

skot I've been on a huge classical jag lately, it's kinda been all I have been listening to (well, except for Friday and Saturday nights when I get drunk and listen to Black Sabbath and The Band and post on ILV.) I even just donated 50 bucks to our local classical station during their Fall fund drive! and I am going to two Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts this month (Boulez, conducting Schoenberg, Debussey, and Ligeti -- so super psyched.)

but the weird thing is, I never feel compelled to buy the stuff on vinyl. I dunno why. maybe always assume that "any* surface imperfections will mar the listening experience? in a way that they won't with rock? i dunno what it is. i never check the classical sections at my local stores

any *LIVING STEREO* items in yr haul??

i want this one

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whoa awesome lot scott

just listening to a wonderful hungarian folk box from that haul. so good. (gonna keep it. i'm definitely having fun. so much of this is mint unplayed audiophile stuff. wish i had a zillion dollar stereo system. but even without one it all sounds so good.)

i've always bought classical records. and i've learned a lot over the years. i've always said that they are the best value in all of record collecting. its not unlikely at all to find pristine euro-pressings in thrift stores for a dollar. so many classical fans belonged to clubs and they would get stuff every month and never listen to half of it twice. listening to a virgin classic digital pressing from germany now and its sonic heaven.

and if people are intimidated by classical don't be! just dig in! you can totally own heaven for a dollar.

all that guy's home-made cassettes were up for auction too! and reel to reels. and all the cool wooden tape dressers too! i call them dressers. i don't know what to call them. they have drawers. for tapes. like those fancy cd ones. he also had this HUGE wooden cd carousel and i don't think anyone bought it. i thought about getting it for the store but it weighed a ton. plus fuck a cd. and his card catalog for his collection was there.

if i had had the money i totally would have gone for the CDs though. i don't think i've ever seen a more comprehensive or immaculate classical cd collection. thousands and thousands of them. and all collector euro stuff. unbelievable. the guy who bought them isn't even a dealer. he just has a huge cd collection and needed some classical!

and if people are intimidated by classical don't be!

see, thing is, I'm not intimidated by the genre itself -- I know the composers I love (Mahler, Sibelius, Haydn, Shostakovitch foremost among many), and own tons of crap on CD

I just have this weird ass aversion to classical LPs. it's a hang-up, i know

Mostly Ebay & gigs:

riot/clone - there's no government like no government 7"
records - starry eyes 7"
bauhaus - dark entries 7"
soft cell - torch 7"
chronic disorder - blithering idiots LP
(split) sarandon + membranes - spike milligan's tape recorder 7"
eat skull - sick to death LP
va - the world's lousy with ideas #6 7"
thrilled skinny - teenage dream 7"

Record fair today:
drunks with guns - drunks theme 7"
disorder - distortion to deafness 7"
cars - let's go 7"
OMD - messages 7"
(split) screeming custard + dead famous people - 7" flexi
devo - secret agent man 7"
adam & the ants - deutscher girls 7"
motorhead - motorhead 7"
adrenalin O.D. - cruising with elvis in bigfoot's UFO LP
art phag - gods of grunge LP
tuff darts - s/t LP
dc snipers - missile sunset LP
unnatural axe - is gonna kick your ass LP
membranes - giant LP
membranes - crack house 12"

drunks with guns :D

mostly $1-3 from the junk/toy/memorabilia/comic/dvd store:
cowboy - why quit when you're losing? (double LP of the first two LPs.. needed the first one.)
david ackles - american gothic
hot tuna - s/t
waylon jennings - thie time
bob dylan - pat garrett & billy the kid (used to own this, got lost, nice clean copy for $2)
shawn phillips - second contribution
kris kristofferson - who's to bless...
donovan - wear your love like heaven
donovan - the hurdy gurdy man (shrink!)
donovan - sunshine superman
donovan - barabajagal
leon russell - and the shelter people

nice donovan haul. love that dude

did some shopping today -

crystal ark - the city never sleeps 12"
prince language - i washed you (gary low edit 12")
kissing the pink - s/t (with "big man restless")
tyvek - nothing fits
cristina - what's a girl to do 12"
va - seize the beat - ze records dance comp. <-- tracklist on this is pretty crazy. all classics. for 8 bucks I nailed down like 4 tracks I've been looking for. gichy dan "cowboys and gangsters," was not was "wheel me out," material, don armando, coati mundi ...

which don armando? i got a copy of 'i'm an indian too' pretty recently.

btw, today was the day i decided that i do really like donovan and all his records were there and cheap. all the copies of mellow yellow were beefed though.

"kissing the pink - s/t (with "big man restless")"

naked

oh wait unless you bought the ep with big man restless on it.

yep it's the EP

which don armando? i got a copy of 'i'm an indian too' pretty recently.

deputy of love

estoy en buenos aires y encuentro una tienda mas wack con el nombre GUITARRAS. dude had some gross stacks of swag and some OG prestige record in the bin marked at 1000 pesos (bw 200 and 300 USD). he also had two separate storerooms of records that he wouldnt open for me, and when i went to check some rotary connection LP to see if pete cosey was on it, he got mad! i tried to explain, but he wasnt feelin me in general i guess. :( im just venting, im sure i was just annoying him while he diddled his guitar.

then hit this lil mall store (lotsa these weird lil mall stores here...) called abraxas and picked up the slapp happy/henry cow LP, francis monkman's ENERGISM on innovative communications, and some rando italo 12" that will maybe be good.

in general, the trip has been a total blast. lots of walking, lots of empanadas y cervezas, and TONS of feral cats, which is annie's total #1 dream.

more to come! abrazos.

energism is dope. kinda has an 80s olympics feel to it sometimes though

i've only been open about a year and a half and i've probably sold 100+ beatles albums, 100+ floyd albums, 100+ dylan albums, 100+ stones albums, 100+ beach boys albums.

wrong thread! meant that for the beatles thread on ilm.

today at exiles in palermo:

caetano veloso -- s/t (w beard and furry coat)
crazy gang -- we are the crazy gang (simonetti)
kano -- im ready/holly dolly 12"
v/a -- doing it for the kids (creation comp LP)

love that Kano. best intro. I need a less beat-up copy.

hi pete ask for records by ALMENDRA, COLOR HUMANO, INVISIBLE, PESCADO RABIOSO..

also LOS GATOS... y los uhh.. Mockers? Are they Argentine?

Found a copy of Richard Thompson Starring as Henry the Human Fly at Shangri-La.
Been looking for a copy of that for like ten years. Pretty stoked.

Great record!

so far on this trip to Memphis
Clockcleaner - skinheaded lady 7"
Useless Eaters - Panic Attack/Death View 7"
Spider Bags - Hey Delinquents 7"
Limes - Rhinestone River
Lost Sounds - Lost Sounds
The Mirrors - Something that would never do
REM - Murmur and Fables
Bruce - Cover Me 12"
and the Richard Thompson record.
Bros at Goner gave me a big stack of promo cd's for the radio station, too.
And I bought Andy Earles' new Husker Du book. Excited!

Did OK on a batch of '50s 45s that I got for $10, most of which I didn't know. Some good doo wop sides (Passions, Impalas, Innocents, Crests) and two Eddie Cochran records. Actually, one of the records I bought because it had Kenneth Gamble's name on it and it turned out to be a really good early soul single: "Who Do You Love"/"Oh So Soon" by the Sapphires.

I also got the Bobby Fuller Four's first lp.

found copies of the first three pescado rabioso LPs and an almendra or two at G@LLO C@NTARO, but the prices were a lil loco. i tried to get dude down to $50USD on the third pescado rabioso LP, but he wouldnt bite. more than that, and its silly for me to buy it here imo...

just got one lil thing today from a cool jazz record store in the same mini-mall as G@LLO C@NTARO:
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they offered at the jazz place to go buy me a coffee while i browsed, which was extremely nice. oh and PS, g@llo c@ntaro dude also fell asleep while i was in the store LOL.

Shawn Phillips - Second Contribution
Talking Heads - Remain in the Light
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers - Rock'n Roll With the Modern Lovers

cheating because I don't have this on vinyl (yet) but I think this Jim Sullivan reissue on Light in the Attic is right up ILV's alley. title track is killing me lately. cosmic folk/psych with orchestra backing from David Axelrod's session musician crew.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI-ouo76Bq8

Hawkwind - Doremi Fasol Latido
Hawkwind - Hall Of The Mountain Grill
F/I - Why Not Now? … Alan!
Can - Soon Over Babaluma
The Sound - From The Lions Mouth
Gong - You
New Order - Blue Monday 12"

went a little nuts at the record show. its safe to say that i won the volume buying prize. but everyone has a singular purpose in life, right? i sold too though and i did come out ahead. had a great time too. kid, candy store, etc. talked to everyone. or it seemed like i did. everyone in good spirits. got:

genuine john - s/t

neu! '75 (sealed reissue)

mantronix - in full effect (buying back records i stupidly got rid of years ago is a full time job)

artful dodger - honor among thieves (perfect promo copy)

strongbow - s/t (excited to get this)

wildweeds - s/t (also a nice promo copy)

gary moore band - grinding stone (minty u.k. copy)

the crome syrcus - love cycle

revolutionary blues band - s/t (this is pretty bad, but it was cheap)

ross - the pit & the pendulum (when your want list includes this album you are on to something. or you are me.)

the east side kids - the tiger and the lamb (again, not great, but cheap. a copy should come in psych collector starter kits.)

jerry garcia - reflections ( beautiful unplayed german pressing! soooooo pretty. i got this late in the day too for ten bucks. can't believe nobody else picked it up.)

mantronix - needle to the groove 12 inch

urszula dudziak - newborn light

dmz - s/t

flamin groovies - flamingo

the only ones - special view

machiavel - mechanical moonbeams

fastbuck - s/t

little village - s/t (this was a serious find for me. and i'm probably the only person who would have bought it, so, its a good thing i found it)

michael urbaniak/urszula dudziak - heritage

archie shepp - poem for malcom

julius brockington - the united chair

dave burrell - echo

brute force - s/t

wilkinson tri-cycle reissue

mike batt - zero zero

ray and his court - s/t (scorpio-esque boot/reissue)

fuzzy haskins - radio active

doctors of madness 2 album set

marseille - s/t

swans - holy money (again with the buying back of old stuff thing)

murphy's law - s/t (ditto. i've always enjoyed this album a great deal.)

disciple - come and see us as we are!

bronco - country home

van der graaf - the quiet zone/the pleasure dome

kannibal komix - s/t (now i don't need to steal herb alpert's copy)

bullangus - s/t (clean promo copy! )

the winkies - s/t

hanson - now hear this

nova - blink

katahdin - hardcore rock n' rolla

bang - s/t ( i think this was the most i paid for a record at the show. probably ended up costing me 35 bucks. but its a decent copy and i need a decent copy. sadly, its STILL not the copy i want to be buried with. but i'm always looking.)

sunny murray - sunshine

gilgamesh - another fine tune you've got me into

and i really spread the love/money around. i bought records from andy, josh, the old psych guy, the main street people, gio, mark z, that other guy whose name i can't remember, ian, malcom, and chris c.

the old psych guy kills me. his prices are sometimes appropriate and sometimes too high, but he's got the goods. my pal conrad got the deal of the day though. 15 bucks for the first kingdom come album. i cried a little. conrad was very happy to buy a candlemass record from me. sometimes its the little things in life...

a case of too high would be, like, 90 bucks apiece for magna carta records i need. but he's a jovial guy. i got no problem with people testing the limits of the marketplace.

after years of being sniped, i finally got a reasonably priced copy of Ben Sidran's "Feel Your Groove" and listening to it now again, I'm kinda under enthused :-/

i can't sell the one i have. why didn't i just give you mine? i'm sorry.

chrome dinette - robot love 12" (haha, i thought this was a chrome 12" called 'dinette'. at least it's decent new wave and was cheap)
Betty Wright - I Love The Way You Love
soft cell - tainted love (with 9min dub)

Lee Hazlewood - Trouble Maker / Greyhound Bus Depot 7"
Group Inerane - Guitars from Agadez Vol 3. lp
Women - s/t lp
Women - Public Strain lp

Tav Falco & Panther Burns - Shake Rag EP
Tav Falco & Panther Burns - Red Devil
Tav Falco & Panther Burns - Sugar Ditch Revisited
Birthday Party - It's Still Living
Doug Kershaw - Devils Elbow

nice east coast haul!

alice coltrane -- transcendence
v/a -- slack-key giants (for our new year's tiki party)
burris/miller/pendleton -- virginia breakdown (county)
james blood ulmer -- are you glad to be in america?
eric dolphy -- outward bound (70s/80s press)
truman's water -- spasm smash xxxoxox ox & ass
the happiness boys -- resident alien EP
shirley collins and the albion country band -- no roses (antilles)
freddie hubbard/ilhan mimaroglu -- sing me a song of songmy
chico freeman -- kings of mali
brides of funkenstein -- funk or walk
14 iced bears -- precision: singles 1986-89
dollar brand -- african space program
v/a -- godz is not a put-on
david qualey -- soliloquy
alan licht -- sink the aging process
heptones -- party time
3rd bass -- pop goes the weasel 12"
heldon IV
john surman -- westering home
x-ray spex -- germfree adolescents (uk orig!)
john edwards s/t
jerry jeff walker -- mr bojangles
eruption LP ft precious wilson
kevin ayers -- yes we have no mananas/so get your mananas today

James Blood Ulmer rec is so good, his best imo.

just a couple of used things earlier this week

Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost 12"
Pretenders - some boot LP with live stuff and B-sides, pretty cool
World Of Skin 2LP
Slits - Man Next Door 12" (weird reissue)
Beefheart - Spotlight Kid (RIP)

Spotlight Kid is my favorite lately. I've got a cool UK Spotlight Kid/Lick My Decals Off combo deal.
http://www.plasticjapan.com/shop_image/product/K84006.jpg

friend just took me to one of the nicest stores i've been to. in la called Wombleton. such great records, unfortunately the prices reflect how good the selection is.

catherine ribeiro + alpes - le rat debile et l'homme des champs (never thought i'd see her records irl. store had 2. unfortunately i found them after i'd already had a thick stack and they weren't cheap)
lizzy mercier descloux - one for the soul <3
acid beats 2 (weird L80s british comp. never heard of any of these people http://www.discogs.com/Various-Acid-Beats-2/release/46485)
godley & creme - the history mix vol 1
little benny & the masters - who comes to boogie 12"
a certain ratio - the old/the new (has 'shack up' 7" glued to lp.)
szajner - brute reason
the rah band - mystery
st etienne - only love can break your heart 7"
status iv - lovin you 7"
slow twitch fibres - let's face the music and dance 7"

Gifts and purchases:

Neil Young - s/t lp
Coleman Hawkins Quartet - Today and Now lp
The Flirtations - Nothing But A Heartache / How Can You Tell Me? 7"
Earl King - You Can Fly High / These Lonely Lonely Feelings 7"
Eldridge Holmes - Working In The Coal Mine / A Love Problem 7"
Jesse Hill - My Children, My Children 7"
Allman Brothers Band - Beginnings 2xlp
Derek & The Dominos - Layla 2xlp
Doug Sahm - Hell of a Spell lp