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see, that jennifer warnes record, he might have bought that from me for 2 bucks.

i've actually won a few records from vinylty in the past for decent prices--People's Victory Orchestra for under $15, and this last batch got me a couple Yazoo titles that I need pretty cheap as well.

and by "pretty cheap" i mean $10-15 cheaper than I'd find 'em in a store in new york.

and i have a paypal balace from selling rockabilly 45s to europeans.

I've watching this guy's auction and wondering what the deal is. He has a copy of Ron Cornelius but I want a minty copy. I might get that Rio Grande and I kind of want that first Tom Waits.

That Ron Cornelius is a great record.

Found two copies in the wild in Vienna in the past year.. unfortunately not minty, but good enough for me..

Are the West LP's he's on any good?

I really love both West records! I think I like Bridges a little more, but the first one is great too. I've lost bidding on that record at least 5 times now! But I keep thinking I will get it for around 25 and it always sell just above my max bid.

The second has nice instrumental passages and has a little bit of a jazzy feel to it.

I like the West records but i'm not kerazzzy about 'em. There are some good songs though. Rural pop almost more than rural rock, but yer right about the instrumental passages on the seond record. they don't QUITE fit the mood, i feel, but they're fun. they were just a studio band yeah?

I think they were just studio guys, Ron Cornelius did a lot of studio work after West spilt up. Have you heard Link Wray's Be What You Want To? It's the only one I don't have.

i'm a big fan of the west records. mostly for that sweet production. you used to be able to get those for peanuts on ebay. nobody wanted them.

I didn't pay much for both of the West records, one I found in Houston at this great store called Black Dog where I've found a bunch of my favorite records. The other I won on ebay for 12.00.

that link wrecord is good imo! i like all his weird late stuff. i like the early instro/surf/punk kinda stuff too don'tgetmewrong, but i like SONGS.

Is that one along the same lines as his country-fried ones?

yep. i'm gonna put it on now!
jerry garcia plays steel on a chunk of tunes.
bromberg is there, peter kaukonen guests on the first track which i had never noticed til just now..

Yep I need that record

it's good music!

The self titled Link Wray is damn near a perfect record, it's like what the Stones were trying to make with Exile on Main St.

^^so true

they are both great!

can't they both be great?

great shack-ness on one. great basement-ness on the other. shacks and basements have different vibes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlUsw5z66Jk

ahhh my boys.

Fuck yeah got a trip to my favorite used record shop in the region lined up for tomorrow with my favorite couple!
We'll probably get some BBQ, too. Love Saturdays!

xxp skot yes yes, i <3 that link wrecord, but i also love exile 4evr

Beans and Fatback is maybe both basementness and shackness?

I love Exile too

I like the idea that the Stones were "trying to do" something on that record, and yet somehow they fell short of the mark! lol

I kind of think the stones did fall a little short though, after listening to other records with the same vibe.

you don't want to get stormy going. could get ugly...

Similar vibes, not same

i found a bunch of fairport & related records today at housing works thrift store..
sandy denny - northstar, grassmen, ravens
ian matthews - later that same year (they had valley hi too but it was too beat up to buy)
albion band 'lark rise to candleford' (martin carthy, shirley collins etc.)
richard & linda thompson 'pour down like silver'
historia de la musica rock fairport edition
fairport live 87...

and some local rural/folk/country/rock record 'bright morning star' which is not that good. but i like a record on the same label, the pat decou & tex lamountain record.

and i got a dr. john 'autobiography'

i cannot imagine finding records like that at a thrift store. in ny, too, right?

yeah, in brooklyn. kinda surprising! they also had richard thompson's 'amnesia' and some steeleye span records and stuff. they were $2-3 tho, not $1. but still!

the lady said they were putting more/better records out in a couple of weeks for their spring preview event or something. so i'm gonna go that evening and see if there are any more cool uk folk rock titles.

jeez! the thrift stores around here: trashed Montovanis for DAYS. and, maybe a 'Rock of the Westies' if you're lucky.

i think i still have a copy of the cool karen silkwood tribute 45 that pat & tex put out. love the cover. they live/play around here.

bright morning star is something you see around here all the time.

i mean.. it's all very hit or miss. housing works does manage somehow to have better records, on average, than the salvation army, which has better records than the goodwill etc. i think you just have to get lucky. wait for the day some old hipsters kids donate his jazz records cuz they don't know what to do with em

the salvation army store here sends most of the records they get to the distribution spot in springfield. they never even hit the shelves. which sucks. i still find good stuff occasionally.

where do they go from springfield? salvation armies are definitely hit or miss. there is one super close to my apt and go there all the time, but it's probably less than 5% of the time i find something 'good.' but sometimes i find stuff worth selling. rarely.

well, you know, i found these 45s in january at the salvation army. so, it happens here.

http://skotrok.blogspot.com/2012/01/45s-i-bought-at-thrift-store-this.html

from springfield they just go to a bunch of salvation army stores all over the place. who knows. the store here just gets too much stuff to handle. guy who works there at night says they get TONS of records that they send to springfield.

and i found a minty copy of this last year. never been played. still in the shrink. i was sikkkkkked.

http://www.popsike.com/pix/20071101/220166871052.jpg

found a townes van zandt promo there too. but its usually slim pickings.

dealer i know works in the back of the big store near northampton! fox guarding the henhouse. i don't think HE even finds that much there. i'm sure he gets enough to keep him happy though.

you know, a part-time dealer. not a full-time shark. he's a nice enough guy.

ha.
i was just gonna say, i wonder what getting a gig at a salvation army warehouse or donation center would be like..