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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.

one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 9 March 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link

and i got a dr. john 'autobiography'

one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 9 March 2012 21:18 (twelve years ago) link

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

nerve_pylon, Friday, 9 March 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link

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!

one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 9 March 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link

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.

one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 9 March 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link

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

nerve_pylon, Friday, 9 March 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link

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.

scott seward, Friday, 9 March 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link

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

scott seward, Friday, 9 March 2012 22:30 (twelve years ago) link

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

one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 9 March 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link

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.

scott seward, Friday, 9 March 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link

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.

one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 9 March 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link

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

scott seward, Friday, 9 March 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link

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.

scott seward, Friday, 9 March 2012 22:55 (twelve years ago) link

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

scott seward, Friday, 9 March 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link

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

scott seward, Friday, 9 March 2012 22:58 (twelve years ago) link

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.

scott seward, Friday, 9 March 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link

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

scott seward, Friday, 9 March 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link

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

one dis leads to another (ian), Friday, 9 March 2012 23:00 (twelve years ago) link

Tx goodwills can be great if you hit them on a regular basis, salvation armies not so much. My best goodwill find was this record, which I wanted since I heard on wfmu, but never thought I would find it. It's like my exotica/lounge holy grail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg-papp7Vbo

JacobSanders, Friday, 9 March 2012 23:23 (twelve years ago) link

i was really happy when someone brought this into the store the other day in a box of records. great copy too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beQc-WDMnow

scott seward, Saturday, 10 March 2012 02:35 (twelve years ago) link

Wow! That's another's one I keep in mind but never see. One day...

JacobSanders, Saturday, 10 March 2012 02:41 (twelve years ago) link

ian, funny that right after you posted that scruggs thing on youtube i pulled a copy of nashville's rock by earl scruggs out of a box in back. sounds cool. that's the record they were listening to in that youtube video. i'm guessing his boys played on it. produced by my fave bob johnston. speaking of West.

scott seward, Saturday, 10 March 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link

listening to in that OTHER youtube video. from that documentary.

scott seward, Saturday, 10 March 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link

saw Steve Reich last night. fantastic. he did a pre-concert talk first; turns out he's an extremely unpretentious affable guy, too. and 75 years old.

nerve_pylon, Sunday, 11 March 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link

ps, thank you MIT, for bringing Terry Riley and Steve Reich to Cambridge in the last 6 mos.

nerve_pylon, Sunday, 11 March 2012 17:13 (twelve years ago) link

Hey guys we're under a tornado watch here!

JacobSanders, Sunday, 11 March 2012 20:25 (twelve years ago) link

Had a good day at a small record fair in Norwich yesterday. Didn't sell too much but picked up a Mickey Newbury twofer & I Came to Hear the Music, Zen Arcade, upgraded my copy of Liege & Lief, found Compilation by The Clean for £4 and a crappy copy of NY's Freedom for £2.

I'd listened to the Groundhogs for the first time the night previous - mind blown. So i was on the lookout for Split. Couldnt see a copy for less than £20 so bought Hogwash for a fiver. I'm a cheapskate.

d90, Sunday, 11 March 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link

I never see Groundhogs records.

Trip Maker, Sunday, 11 March 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link

Split is an awesome record.. Managed to get that and "Thank Christ For The Bomb" in a trade a couple of months back after looking for them for ages..

Night Nurse with Wound (Jack Battery-Pack), Sunday, 11 March 2012 22:21 (twelve years ago) link

ayo, just got 80 bucks for an empty cd case

My house is directly behind the moon I am bored (los blue jeans), Monday, 12 March 2012 23:46 (twelve years ago) link

nb: was signed by hunter s thompson

My house is directly behind the moon I am bored (los blue jeans), Monday, 12 March 2012 23:47 (twelve years ago) link

i have a signed thompson twins 12 inch. wonder what i could get for it?

scott seward, Monday, 12 March 2012 23:48 (twelve years ago) link

Half-price on one that hasn't been scribbled on.

Mark G, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 01:19 (twelve years ago) link

Just sold my first record to Japan and the guy kind of schooled me. He asked "Is this a Blue/white "New York, USA" blue Note labels and is Van Gelder and "Ear" stamped in dead wax? " I guess I need to look more closely at my records.

JacobSanders, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 05:25 (twelve years ago) link

well was it?

69, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:04 (twelve years ago) link

Dexter Gordon's Go

JacobSanders, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 19:46 (twelve years ago) link

the japanese have raised record collecting to a whole new level imo. sometimes i'll be looking up some obscure rural rock or ssw record and the only info on it will be all in japanese

one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link

Byw the way I have a Japanese Brigitte Fontaine, what do you do with the OBI? I was going to trow it away.

JacobSanders, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link

fold it and put it inside the jacket?

one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link

Does it boost the value of a record?

JacobSanders, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link

yes.

scott seward, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link

Better, put whole sleeve inside plastic protector.

Mark G, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 09:31 (twelve years ago) link

hey whatsup guys, i lost my ipod this weekend so now i've just got my records to listen to. it's been pretty nice

flopson, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link

every icloud has a shiny black lining..

Talcum Mucker, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link

anyone in the clubhouse?

69, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:42 (twelve years ago) link

yep listening to keith fullerton whitman, drinking a beer, thinking about what to make for dinner

Lamp, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:55 (twelve years ago) link

SWEEEET

69, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:56 (twelve years ago) link

im playin donald byrd on my show right now. i dont know why, but i always kinda shrugged him off. but this ethiopian knights album is totally awesome.

69, Thursday, 15 March 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link

hangin out killin the end of the workday.
drinkin some bourbon.
listening to sandy bull.

a dude i know just told me he's going to be putting out a ton of unreleased charlie tweddle recordings over the next few years. psyched. said he'd bring me a test pressing of the first volume.

one dis leads to another (ian), Thursday, 15 March 2012 00:36 (twelve years ago) link

fuck yeah! i wanna drink some bourbon tonight, too. my job tonight is to pack up all non-record media into boxes. that seems like a bourbon job.

69, Thursday, 15 March 2012 00:39 (twelve years ago) link


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