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

A while back I got Joe Byrd & The Field Hippies for a buck! Pretty beat... but it plays ok. And I sold a copy of "Da Capo" for $1 today. Same story.

I just picked up:

Orbital - In Sides (original US 2xCD with "Time Flies" and "The Box" EPs)
U2 - Zooropa
The KLF - White Room

Kind of lol that it's 2010 and I'm buying Zooropa.

Two summers ago, when I was working at a summer camp in Wisconsin, I picked up a three-movies-for-three-dollars pack (one dollar per movie) and never got around to watching the presumably terrible films: Texas Justice (w/ Heather Locklear), Sleep Murder (w/ Jason Priestly) and something else...Frank Sinatra, maybe?

Anyhow, just watched Texas Justice with a friend of mine and for a two-part, three-hour TV movie about trophy wives, murder, entrapment and hung juries, it's pretty sublime/hilarious.

Best dollar I've spent in recent memory.

Oh shit, this is on ILM. Lawlz.

So, does not apply.

Kind of lol that it's 2010 and I'm buying Zooropa

album is underrated as hell, imo

and insides is like one of the ten best albums of the 90s, so goddamn i envy anyone who gets to hear it for the first time

Orbital - In Sides (original US 2xCD with "Time Flies" and "The Box" EPs)
U2 - Zooropa
The KLF - White Room

Kudos, these are all fantastic. Better late than never (I've had Zooropa for about 10 years, In Sides for 7-8, and just got the KLF album maybe 6 months ago -- no shame!).

I just listened to it for the first time and it has this amazing balance of reaching forward and reaching backward at the same time in a way that I don't really hear often (or maybe it was just produced on the cusp of a new era). "The Girl w/ the Sun in Her Head" = A+ + + +

Top Drawer Thrift on Burnett, today $1:

The Three Degrees - self-titled (Philadelphia International 1973)

Breakaway Records, $1 each, today:

Birtha - Birtha (ABC/Dunhill 1972)
Cheetah - Rock & Roll Women (Altantic 1981 - "all songs written by Vanda & Young")
The Blasters - Non Fiction (Slash/Warner Bros 1983)*
Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes - Call Of The Wild (Discreet 1974)*
Dionne Warwick - Dionnne (Warner Bros 1972 - w/ "Hasbrook Heights")*

* - Used to own all of these before, in past lives, but got rid of them

Passed up: Albums by Mom's Apple Pie and Wrabbit, plus the second Flash & the Pan LP (any good? any of them?), among other things.

Also passed up a copy of the first 4 Out Of 5 Doctors LP from 1980 I saw today at a garage sale, because they wanted $5 for it. Really want that thing, too, but I have principles.

is the second flash and the pan "lights in the night"? haven't heard that one, but i have "Headlines" and it's pretty great. almost as good as the first. jetsetter's ball is pretty great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RU4QDd2on0

chuck i might have that 4 out of 5 doctors album. if i do i'll send it to you. that cheetah album grew on me over the years.

That'd be awesome, Scott! And yeah, re: Flash & the Pan, I definitely meant Lights In The Night (which, come to think of it, I'm not positive was their second LP after all.)

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Got this, four Asleep At The Wheel LPs (including oddities on Edsel and Stony Plain) and Last Roundup "Twister" (Amy Rigby's 80s cowpunk band, she looks so young on this!) $1 each, Animal Ark Thrift & Pet Store.

$1, Thrift City

Chris Rea - Whatever Happened To Benny Santini (United Artists 1978)

I thought I lost interest in collecting vinyl but recently I have an interest in oldies, if in good condition.

Someone dumped a bunch of them off at a local resale shop.

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Breakway, $1 each, today

Flash and the Pan - Lights In The Attic (Epic 1980)
Gamma - Gamma 3 (Elektra 1982)
J. Geils Band - Love Stinks (EMI 1980)
Millie Jackson - Free And In Love (Spring 1976)
The Kingbees - The Kingbees (RSO 1980)

Had a really fantastic day in the stacks yesterday. So much gold that (even at $1 each) I had to postpone my purchase of the Oneida triple-decker til next paycheque. Mainly corny/local/regional vanity stuff from the 50s to 80s (I'm building a collection) which I won't list here (many hithertofore unknown to the internet: the final frontier etcetera), but also:

Baker Gurvitz Army S/T (ringwear, sadly)
REM - Document
Caterwaul - Pin & Web
KISS - Hotter than Hell
Alice Cooper - Love it to Death and Welcome to my Nightmare
Dokken - Tooth and Nail and Under Lock & Key
Ratt - Out of the Cellar
Brian Setzer - The Knife Feels Like Justice
BoDeans - Love and Hope and Sex and Dreams
Wah! - A Word to the Wise Guy
Jone Lewie - Heart Skips Beat
J. Geils Band - The Morning After
Paul Simon - Live Rhymin'
Bee Gees - 1st
Joni Mitchell - Wild Things Run Fast
Santana - S/T
David Lee Roth - Skyscraper

and two impossibly thick slabs:
Georgie Auld - Plays for Melancholy Babies (near mint)
Flip Phillips Quintet - S/T (features Oscar Peterson and Buddy Rich) (sleeve excellent, LP VG only)

I never really find much in *true* $1 bins but I did get a few relatively cheap CDs yesterday:

Aphex Twin - Drukqs - $3
Baroness - Blue Record (OOP 2xCD version w/ live EP) - $4
Beastie Boys - Root Down EP - $2
Kate Bush - Aspects of the Sensual World EP - $2
The Durutti Column - A Night in New York - $3
His Name Is Alive - Always Stay Sweet - $2
The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde - $2
Lou Reed - Sally Can't Dance - $3
Wooden Wand and the Sky High Band - Second Attention - $4

what?? where? great deals there.

i only found that interesting as i dont buy vinyl, but a cd every now and then (if the album is car-worthy, and has good cover art... me being vain)

$1 each vinyl, Breakaway today (it's close to home, and next to a coffee shop I sometimes get work done at, so I keep going back):

Regina Belle - All By Myself (Columbia 1987)
Flash Cadillac And the Continental Kids -- Sons Of The Beaches (Private Stock 1975)
James Blood Ulmer - Freelancing (Columbia 1981)

And oh yeah, I also bought a Keith Whitley best-of CD for $1 at a garage sale a couple weeks ago, but haven't gotten to it yet.

Caterwaul - Pin & Web

Love this, just dug it out of the stacks for a spin a couple weeks ago.

First Pretty Things LP
Sandie Shaw -Me
Ike and Tina Turner Show Live!

All a euro

Dollar Cds from Movie Exchange clearance bin:

James - Laid
The Cars - Candy-O
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & The Cooked
Joe Ely - Twistin' In The Wind
Madeline Peyroux - Careless Love
Divine Styler - Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light
Junior Varsity - Bam Bam Bam!
Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
Ian McLagan & The Bump Band - Rise & Shine
The Gun Club - Fire of Love
Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite
Tinted Windows - s/t
Percy Mayfield - Specialty Profiles (w/bonus label sampler)

Some of this I wouldn't have paid any more for (hello spin docs). I also got what's Up, Tiger lily? on dvd for 2 bucks and the The Isleys - Live on cd for 3. I think The Gun Club album covers the lot though--an old price tag on it says 15 used, so bless you impatient clerk who reduced it.

I just watched Tiger Lily over the weekend for the first time in ages. It seemed way funnier/better when I was a teenager.

$1 yard sale joy:
Allman Brothers--Fillmore East, pink Capricorn label
Betty Davis--S/T
Uriah Heep--S/T
Neil Young--On the Beach-old pressing, "wallpaper" inside the sleeve
Jimmy Giuffre 3--7 Pieces
Art Blakey--Live Messengers 2LP Blue Note Jazz Classic Series thing
Roy Buchanan--Second Album
Barry Manilow--Sealed Greatest Hits Double Picture Disc?!

All in fantastic shape

$1 yard sale sorrow:
Ornette Coleman--Town Hall 1962 on ESP--not a mark on the ultra-heavy vinyl platter, but it's warped :(

$1 each, Pirahna Records, Round Rock TX today

Addrisi Brothers - s/t (Buddah 1977 -- supposedly country-disco, I read someplace)
The Babys - s/t (Chrysalis 1977)
Hurby's Machine - The House That Rap Built (Sound Check/Next Plateau 1987 - w/ a Salt N Pepa "Push It" remix and lots of other productions from them by lesser known acts. Looks a little scratchy, but I took a chance)
The Jags - Evening Standards (Island 1980 - with all-time early-Costello Xerox almost-hit "Back Of My Hand")
Loose Ends - A Little Space (MCA 1983 - w/ "Hangin' On A String")
Mazz - Standing Ovation (It's A Killer) (Cara 1984 - San Antonio indie label border music; pretty sure he/they were a big deal in that world, plus it has a "Disco Medley")
Bobby Naranjo Y Direccion - Put Me In Jail (Hacienda 1984 - Corpus Christi indie label border music; never heard of them before but the album title and cover photo makes me think they might be tough guys)
John Parr - s/t (Atlantic 1984 - w/ Billy Squier Xerox hit "Naughty Naughty")
Rosetta Stone - s/t (Private Stock 1978 - (Bay City Rollers types maybe?? w/ Kinks and Cream covers)
Space - Magic Fly (United Artists 1977 -- already had a copy; figured it might be profitable to get another one)
Rachel Sweet - Blame It On Love (Columbia 1982)
Pat Travers - Putting It Straight (Polydor 1977)

Passed up the second Widowmaker LP from 1977 because their debut didn't kill me; the Jigsaw LP with "Sky High" on it (think I maybe bought it before and didn't like it?), some late-period Little Anthony & the Imperials LP; sundry other things. (Also passed up cassettes by Chris Rea, Snap, Alexander O'Neal, etc., that I would've bought if they'd been selling for 50 cents instead of $1)

Also picked up five 1967-1970 copies of Look magazine in great shape at a garage sale for $1 total (20 cents each), including ones with Diana Ross and Joan Baez on the cover, one where Jim Bouton talks about Ball Four, and ones featuring the cover headlines "The Hippies: A Look writer who joined them reports on their wild, weird ways" and "How Can You Tell If Your Child Is Taking Drugs?"

paul stookey solo record
a hot tuna LP (second one i think? forget the name)
and a late richard thompson lp

"The Hippies: A Look writer who joined them reports on their wild, weird ways"

Haha, I REMEMBER this issue as a kid!

I paid 20p for a copy of Human League's "Dare", and 10p for a 7" single of Sheila & B. Devotion (i.e. Chic) doing 'Spacer', both awesome.

25 cents each (4 for $1), Antones's tonight

babys - union jack (chrysalis 1980)
the cars - shake it up (elektra 1981)
climax blues band - sense of direction (sire 1974)
climax blues band - fm/live (sire 1973 - double LP)
ry cooder - bop till you drop (warner bros 1980)
fm - city of fear (passport 1980 -- produced by larry fast; synth-rock trio??)
grand funk railroad - on time (capitol 1969)
grand funk railroad - closer to home (capitol 1970)
grand funk railroad - shinin' on (capitol 1974)
grin - grin (spindizzy 1971)
john hiatt - riding with the king (geffen 1983)
jigsaw - jigsaw (chelsea 1974 - w/ 'sky high')
rickie lee jones - pirates (warner bros. 1981)
steve khan - arrows (columbia 1979)
steve khan - the blue man (columbia 1978)
let's active - cypress (i.r.s. 1984)
maze - featuring frankie beverly (capitol 1977)
maze - joy and pain (capitol 1980)
eddie money - life for the taking (columbia 1978 - promo label copy)
eddie money - eddie money (columbia 1977)
jerffrey osbourne - emotional (a&m 1986)
robert palmer - some people can do what they like (island 1976)
robert palmer - double fun (island 1978)
tanita tikaram - ancient heart (reprise 1988)
pat travers band - heat in the street (polydor 1978)
johnny winter - still alive and well (columbia 1973)
wishbone ash - locked in (atlantic 1976)

>>babys - union jack (chrysalis 1980)

Union Jack is really pretty good if you understand the Brit class thing and the 'ello, 'ello, 'ello bit. Google it.

climax blues band - sense of direction (sire 1974)
Title cut is good but the rest is muzak.

>>climax blues band - fm/live (sire 1973 - double LP)

hard rock, their best ... I am constant, you make me sick, all the time in the world

>>grand funk railroad - on time (capitol 1969)
>>grand funk railroad - closer to home (capitol 1970)
>>grand funk railroad - shinin' on (capitol 1974)

hmmmm, i'm your captain I can do without ... dig the hard left/right stereo pan of
On Times

>>pat travers band - heat in the street (polydor 1978)

first side almost totally ruling, second side -- nah.

>>johnny winter - still alive and well (columbia 1973)

title cut is great, too much seconal, too

>>wishbone ash - locked in (atlantic 1976)

will bore you shitless

>>The Babys - s/t (Chrysalis 1977)

Their best album. Bob Ezrin, who hated them and they hated him. Closest to Free they did, which was the early idea. Version of "I Love How You Love Me" either annoying or great, depending on your experience at high school dances.

>>Pat Travers - Putting It Straight (Polydor 1977)

Awesome collisional hard rock. Funky, pointedly skewers punk, which he knew something of since Topper Headon drummed for him. My favorite Pat Travers LP.

All CDs at either Goodwill or a local bookstore:

The Chills - "Kaleidoscope World"
Cocteau Twins - "Blue Bell Knoll"
Lightning Bolt - "Wonderful Rainbow"
Celebration - "Celebration"
Trans Am - "Surrender to the Night"
Trans Am - "The Surveillance"
Yume Bitsu - "Giant Surface Music Falling to Earth Like Jewels"
Pretty Girls Make Graves - "The New Romance"
Eric Copeland - "Hermaphrodite"

Average $1 each (i.e., all $1 except for six 3-for-$1 soul LPs that are all really scratchy* and one rap 12" I convinced a dealer to toss in for free**, which combined sort of make up for the $5 entry fee), Austin Record Convention, today:

The Beat Farmers - Tales Of The New West (Rhino 1985)
Cameo - Secret Omen (Chocolate City 1979)
Cameo - Cameosis (Chocolate City 1980 - made Barry Michael Cooper's Pazz & Jop ballot that year)
Andre Cymone - A.C. (Columbia 1985)
The Dingoes - Five Times The Sun (A&M 1977 -- Aussies, I guess; could suck but plenty of '70s Aussies didn't)
Doug & The Slugs - Wrap It! (RCA 1981 -- Never even considered buying anything by them before but I liked the LP cover and funny liner notes)
Family - Bandstand (United Artists 1972 -- supposed to be of their better ones, I think; also, complicated die-cut cover and sleeve!)
Glass Harp - Synergy (MCA 1971 -- Scott could tell me if this is one of their good ones; passed on the 1980 Resurrection Band LP I saw though.)
Robert Gordon w/ Link Wray - Fresh Fish Special (Private Stock 1978 - bought this for Link not Robert, but have nothing against him really)
Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown (Megaforce 1984 -- Martin Popoff gave it a 9 out of 10; I still might hate it though)
Grin/Nis Lofgren - 1+1 (Spindizzy 1971 -- their best sez Xgau)
Happy The Man - Crafty Hands (Arista 1978 -- made Jon Pareles's Pazz & Jop ballot that year, and he was Super Art-Rock Guy in those days)
Nona Hendryx - The Art Of Defense (RCA 1984 - w/ Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell, Eddie Martinez, Daniel Ponce, Afrika Bambaataa, etc.)
Millie Jackson - Feelin' Bitchy* (Polydor 1977 - w/ hit Merle Haggard cover "If You're Not Back In Love By Monday")
Willie Hutch - The Mark Of The Beast* (Motown 1974 - cover looks demonic)
King Oliver's Jazz Band 1923 - The Jazz Makers (Swaggie ??? -- Australian compilation, think I have an Armstrong/Hot Five one in the same series)
Lakeside - Rough Riders* (Solar 1979 - badass black cowboy posse gatefold)
Tom Lehrer - Songs By Tom Lehrer (Lehrer 10-inch EP ??? -- an old price sticker on cover says "39.99+TX" and "List $100" but it was in the dollar bin, and it's slightly split at the bottom, and the dealer saw what I was paying for, so who knows)
Little Milton - Playing For Keeps (Malaco 1984)
D.J. Rogers - It's Good To Be Alive* (RCA 1975)
Ron And The D.C. Crew - "Ronnie's Rapp"** (Profile 12-inch single 1986 -- hoping this is a Ronald Reagan parody; there's even a "Kissinger Dub" version!)
Rough Trade - For Those Who Think Young (Boardwalk 1982 - past their prime, I think, but I own nothing else by them; hopefully still good)
SAHB (Without Alex) - Fourplay (Mountain 1977 -- see below; here, Alex is actually bound on gagged in the picture on the back cover)
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Vambo Rools: Big Hits And Close Shaves (Vertigo c. 1975??)
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Live (Atlantic 1975)
Joe Simon - Today* (Spring 1976)
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle (Columbia 1973 -- bizarrely, did not own this til now)
Tommy Tucker - Mother Tucker (Red Lightnin' ??? - 16-song U.K.comp, recording dates range from his great and only hit "Hi Heel Sneakers" in 1962 to 1976)
Betty Wright - Live* (TK/Alston 1978)
(Various) - Maiden Australia (A&M 1983 - w/ Skyhooks, Split Enz, Mental As Anything, Hunters & Collectors, Jo Jo Zep, plus seven bands I never heard of)

Hey, I was at Toronto's big twice-yearly show today. I'm real picky about shape. These were all $2:

Bryan Ferry -- Let's Stick Together
Poco -- A Good Feelin' to Know
Joe Simon -- Drowning in the Sea of Love
Harry Chapin -- Anthology (almost bought Heads & Tales, which I already have, for the gatefold)
Dave Edmunds -- Tracks on Wax
Grace Jones -- Nightclubbing
Linda Ronstadt -- Greatest Hits Volume Two (and Volume One--oops, already had it)
Randy Newman -- Land of Dreams

3 for $10:

Des O'Connor -- Careless Hands
Des O'Connor -- I Pretend
Brook Benton -- shady looking two-record compilation on Springboard

Best of all was this guy with sealed DVDs for $5:

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (three copies: one for me, two for gifts)
The Dick Cavett Show: John & Yoko Collection
The Night James Brown Saved Boston
This Is Tom Jones, Vols. 1 & 2 (Time-Life collections of clips from his show, 3 discs each)

Throw in $5 admission, a great day.

$1 each today, Pirahna's, Round Rock (owner says he rotated all dollar-bin stock after the Austin record fair)

Alcatraz - No Parole From Rock 'N' Roll (Roshire 1983. Promising song titles: "General Hospital," "Bigfoot," "Hiroshima Mon Amour," "Kree Aakoorie," "Jet to Jet," "To Yung To Die, Too Drunk To Live." Popoff 10 out of 10)
Belmonts - Cheek To Cheek (Strawberry 1976 -- sans Dion; some of same songs as Cigars Acapella Candy; wasn't even aware this existed)
Dr. John - Featuring The Night Trippers (Springboard ??? -- looks very Gris-Gris voodoo style; a cheapo semi-legal outtake comp or something?)
Moxy - Under The Lights (Mercury 1978 - Popoff didn't like this one)
Ohio Express - Ohio Express (Buddah 1968 -- with "Yummy Yummy Yummy" & "Down At Lulu's"; my older brother Louie used to have a copy of this)
Status Quo - Just For The Record (PYE 1980, sealed - U.K. and/or Spain comp of early tracks, apparently; no idea whether I should unseal it.)
The Swingin' Medallions - Sun Sand And Sea (4Sale 1981 -- compilation? re-recordings? not sure. has "Double Shot Of My Baby's Love," one of my favorite singles ever. Autographed on cover by keyboardist/songwriter John McElrath. Don't think I've ever even seen an album by them before.)

Oops, actually, Alcatraz spelled "Young" correctly (unfortunately.)

And pretty sure Rough Trade didn't actually have a "prime" -- was somehow getting them confused with fellow Canadians Teenage Head (who they probably have nothing in common with) when I bought an LP by them last week.

Also, the Robert Gordon/Link Wray LP I bought last week was pretty bad.

re Status Quo, sez these are the tunes:

In My Chair
Something's Going On In My Head
Umleitung
Railroad
Lakky Lady
Nanana
Mean Girl
Someone's Learning
Gotta Go Home
Spinning Wheel Blues
Down The Dustpipe
Gerdundula

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Which tells me unseal it and give listen. Looks like a comp combing tracks Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon and Dog of Two Head, the first two albums where they went to the denim and boogie. "Gerdundula," "Railroad," "Something Going On In My Head," "In My Chair," and "Umlietung." "Down the Dustpipe" was the first big hit from the style.

Family - Bandstand (United Artists 1972 -- supposed to be of their better ones, I think; also, complicated die-cut cover and sleeve!)

You're not going to like this anymore than you 'liked' Streetwalkers.

$1 each, Breakaway today. (Mid '70s pre-Ramones/Fonzie-era leather-jacket-rock concept buy):

Brownsville Station School Punks (Big Tree 1974 -- a couple years ahead of their time obviously)
Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids Rock & Roll Forever (Epic 1975 double-LP; a sort of repackage that apparently includes their Kim Fowley-produced '72 debut LP, which I've never heard but everybody seems to say is a rocker, and "two additional sides of stolid remakes," according to the Rolling Stone Record Guide. The later album I bought by them earlier this year was a bore, but I have higher hopes for at least Disc One of this.)

A few weeks ago the local library was selling off ex-catalogue CDs for 50c ea.

The Fall - Totale's Turns
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Juana Molina - Un Dia
Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months...

$1 each, Breakaway today:

DB Cooper Buy American (Warner Bros. 1980)
Eruption Featuring Precious Wilson (Ariola 1978)
Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly Golden Time Of Day (Capitol 1978)
Plastic Ono Band Live Peace In Toronto 1969 (Apple 1969 -- guess I just missed owning this.)
Private Lines Trouble In School (Passport 1980)

Just picked up the Sex Pistols DVD, "There's Always Be an England" for a dollar. It's not very good. But for a buck, it's a good deal.

Eruption Featuring Precious Wilson (Ariola 1978)

funny, i just bought this when i was down in Austin at Half-Price Books and had half a notion that you had sold it, Chuck. think when i play it out i'll screw down their "Can't Stand The Rain" cover.

$1 each

mouthus - follow this house
neon neon - stainless style
phantomsmasher - s/t
spiritualized - the abbey road ep
oval - ovalcommers
polvo - exploded drawing
loretta lynn - van lear rose

$2 each

deftones - s/t
nirvana - hormoaning ep
melvins - houdini (strangely enough, i've bought 20+ melvins albums and am just now getting around to houdini...)
r. kelly - untitled
loren mazzacane connors + david gray - this past spring
godflesh - hymns
black sabbath - we sold our soul for rock 'n' roll
the birthday party - drunk on the pope's blood

$3 each

ellen allien - fabric 34
swans - die tur ist zu
saint vitus - born too late

$2 for Godflesh, Melvins and $3 for Saint Vitus?? I want to shop there!

almost didnt post it here b/c it's not $1 each but hey, good deal's a good deal

also, i hear it's the worst godflesh album? who knows. i like all the others, this is my completist purchase, the last one....