"I'd buy that for a dollar!" Great purchases for a buck or less

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From wiki: The highest-charting version of "Baby It's You" was by the band Smith, who took the song to number five on the US charts in 1969.

nickn, Saturday, 18 April 2020 04:38 (four years ago) link

two months pass...

to whoever left pristine copies of First Reformed, Xen Cuts and a whole lot of early aughts/late 90s emo and math rock, I thank you

also anyone in toronto who needs a CD copy of Leaves Turn Inside You, mcluskyism or The Rising Tide get your ass to the salvation army thrift store at lansdowne stn

k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Saturday, 4 July 2020 15:36 (three years ago) link

four months pass...

Have bought a bunch of collections this year. Some of my favourite discoveries for a buck or two:

Wild Tchopitoulas
Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band
MC Lyte - Eyes on This
Moev - Zimmerkampf
Jane Fair Jazz Quintet
Brother to Brother - Let Your Mind Be Free
Bang Bang You’re Terry Reid
Little Richard - The King of Rock & Roll (absolutely bonkers)
Montrose - s/t
Carolyn Franklin (aretha’s sis) - Baby Dynamite
Ramsey Lewis - Mother Nature’s Son

the thing that the angry Left forbids (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 28 November 2020 19:40 (three years ago) link

two months pass...

Well in terms of classic albums, the other day I managed to get a full copy of Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life on Vinyl for $1 at a thrift store. Also got a copy of Jan Johansson's Jazz på svenska, which is something I usually wouldn't expect to find at a thrift store in Alberta.

MarkoP, Saturday, 30 January 2021 14:57 (three years ago) link

one month passes...

.@oryxofelia wanted to hit a thrift store so while she was perusing dated fashion at the local @GoodwillIntl I hit the CD section not expecting much. I found far more than I could have hoped for for only 99¢ a pop. pic.twitter.com/LGtQsqPyxm

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) March 27, 2021

Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 27 March 2021 16:48 (three years ago) link

The Sarah Brightman was for her; the Therapy? CD single was the most unexpected thing to find and the Willie Nelson tribute has some great bands on it.

Already started listening to the Methods of Mayhem. Wow, does it suck, haha!

— Brian O'Neill (@NYC__Native) March 27, 2021

Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 27 March 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link

two years pass...

Hardly obscure, but here I am listening to The Good, the Bad and the Queen for the hundredth time, got it for a dollar in some cutprice store a decade ago. I love the Allen/Simonon grooves so much.

assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 22 June 2023 03:21 (eleven months ago) link

ten months pass...

At my local thrift store today I was able to pick up a copy of Sagittarius's Present Tense on vinyl for $1. It was missing its inner sleeve, and had a few scratches, but overall, pretty good condition.

MarkoP, Sunday, 12 May 2024 04:33 (one week ago) link

Oh, Sagittarius, yeah! Curt Boettcher is a lost legend in pop apocrypha, I say along with Scott Miller, Fred Frith, you could add Paddy McAloon but that'd be pushing since he was so big as well... love all of them though.

To add something, I got the 12" repress of the Ice Hockey Hair EP from the Super Furry Animals a while back for free from this local shoppe. Insane they let me walk out of there with it having paid zilch, the T/T is still gold.

PAPUS ADRIANUS, Sunday, 12 May 2024 04:58 (one week ago) link

wow! what a score, Marko

budo jeru, Sunday, 12 May 2024 13:56 (one week ago) link


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