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

went to one record fair where I could not find anything to buy. twas so dispiriting! felt like I'd wasted my day, until I flipped through a $1 box and found the Metroplex 12" of Eddie 'Flashin' Fowlkes - "Goodbye Kiss":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjcbxtYF_bI

didn't want to take any chances on further luck - snatched it up and I'm outta here...!

that's the one I usually remember first, but I also bought my copy of Metro's 1976 self-titled LP for $1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kX8LOVII0o

I got it thanks to a mention by Ted White in reference to Lou Stathis' wake.
also picked up their second album, produced by Mike Thorne.
when I hear "Criminal World" I wonder if the insistent pulse inspired the drums & guitar in "I Should Have Known Better".

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i would not hesitate to buy that for a dollar

First dollar-bin dig in a while. The bins round these parts have been very dry of late; everything that used to be a dollar is now $5+ due to the vinyl boom. Was pleasantly surprised today by:

Love Tractor - This Ain't No Outerspace Ship
The Tubes - The Completion Backwards Principle
Big Country - Steeltown
Squeeze - Sweets From a Stranger
Angel City - Darkroom
Dire Straits - EP
Graham Parker & the Shot - Steady Nerves
and best of all: Keith Jarrett - Staircase (jacket and sleeves a little rough but vinyl is 100%)

Score! $2 ea:
Bill Frisell - Rambler
The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy - Distressed Gentlefolk

Distressed Gentlefolk is great! Any Love Tractor for a dollar is a steal! Good finds!

My last good dollar find was the Grateful Dead's Terrapin Station, but that was months back.

Had a blast listening to Distressed Gentlefolk last night for the first time in many moons. Almost every song is a modest gem.

Went to the big record show this morning. Got three interesting political LPs, all sealed and all $5 from a guy I worked with 30 years ago (in a record store, where else?):

LBJ in the Catskills
Portrait of Adlai Stevenson (long interview from '56; the LP came out in '60)
Eisenhower

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41kAAXWSGfL.jpg

Haven't played them yet, so I don't know if the last actually has Nixon on it, or just someone reading his words.

Also: The Best of Ronnie Dove ($5), The Very Best of Del Reeves ($4, sealed), Matthew Sweet's Sunshine Lies ($10, but still sealed and a double), and a few $2 CDs. Among the latter, Final Damnation, which I thought was a best-of from the track listing (pointless in any case, seeing as I already have a two-LP Damned compilation), but turns out to be a live reunion show from '88. Even at $2, I nominate this as the most ill-advised purchase in the entire history of recorded music.

Came across this the other day at the same Goodwill mentioned above:
http://www.discogs.com/Remains-The-Remains/release/2949219

That's a hell of a find. And a great record.

Oh, and regarding Gooodwill record shopping, it's all about the timing.

― kwhitehead, Monday, December 22, 2014 4:11 PM

i.e. getting there as soon as they open?

I found the Warren Zevon bio I'll Sleep When I'm Dead today at a Goodwill ($3).

i.e. getting there as soon as they open?

By timing I mean things beyond your control, like getting there just after they bring a load of records out, or getting to a fresh stack before all the other record nerds get there.

What I learned in college is to just go often and look thoroughly.

yup

BREAKAWAY, Sep 27 - $1
Kleeer – Seeekret (Atlantic 1985)

RECYCLED READS, Oct 12 - 50 cents
Seona McDowell – Australian Ballads: The Early Years (Folkways 1981)

WATERLOO, Oct 25 - $1 each
Anita Baker – Rapture (Elektra 1986)
Bucks Fizz – Are You Ready (RCA UK 1982)
Kathy Dalton – Boogie Bands & One Night Stands (Discreet 1974)
Hank Thompson and the Brazos Valley Boys – Cheyenne Frontier Days (Capitol 1962)

END OF AN EAR, Oct 25 - 50 cents each I think, $1 at most
The Boppers – s/t (Fantasy 1978)
Brass Construction – Renegades (Capitol 1984)
The Cucumbers – s/t (Fake Doom EP 1983)
M.V.D / Ebola – Domination Means Death (Thought Crime Germany 1997) -- useless; sold it at a garage sale a few months later
Takashi – Kamikaze Killers (Mongol Horde EP 1983)
(Various) – Boogie Bus: 16 Non-stop Boogie Hits By The Original Artists (Polystar UK 1979)

BREAKAWAY, 8 November - $1 each
Country Gazette – A Traitor In Our Midst! (United Artists 1972) -- totally bored me, though the LP cover was notably offensive
Stackridge – s/t (MCA 1971)

SID’S LAGOON (HOUSTON), 28 November - $1 each
Herman Brood and his Wild Romance – Cha Cha (Ariola 1978)
Ferron – Shadows On A Dime (Lucy 1984)
Flash and the Pan – Early Morning Wake-Up Call (Epic 1984)
Highway Chile – Storybook Heroes (Mirus 1983)
The Hotmud Family – Stone Mountain Wobble (Vetco 1974)
Modern Romance – Adventures In Clubland (Atlantic 1981)
Nazareth – Razamanaz (A&M 1973)
Mort Sahl – 1960 or Look Forward in Anger (Verve 1959)

WATERLOO RECORDS, March 7 - $1
Phil Harris – That’s What I Like About The South (RCA Camden 1958)

RECYCLED READS, March 14
Arthur Blythe – Illusions (Columbia 1980) 50 cents
Lindsay Logan – Speak (Casablanca 2004 CD) $1

AUSTIN RECORD CONVENTION, today - $1 (+ $8 parking but no entrance fee)
King Sunny Ade and his African Beats -- Togetherness [Ka Jo Se] (SALPS Nigeria 1984)
Razzy Bailey – s/t (RCA 1980)
The Blackbyrds – Night Grooves (Fantasy 1978) - w/ "Rock Creek Park"
B.T. Express – Non Stop (Roadshow 1975)
Earl Thomas Conley – Treadin’ Water (RCA 1984)
D-Train – s/t (Prelude 1982)
R.B. Greaves – s/t (Atco 1969) -- w/ "Take A Letter Maria"
Rick James – Bustin’ Out Of L Seven (Motown 1979)
Junior – Inside Lookin’ Out (Mercury 1983)
D.C. LaRue – The Tea Dance (Pyramid 1976) - w/ Lou Christie on one song
Prince – For You (Warner Bros. 1978) -- amazingly, never owned a copy of this before
Uriah Heep – Salisbury (Mercury 1971)
Tony Joe White – Black And White (Monument 1969) -- w/ "Polk Salad Annie"

Nice. Do you stick to $1 stuff, xhuxk, or did you get any pricier finds at the record show? Last one I went to the only $1 stuff I saw was 45s, but this is California...

I don't even look at more-than-a-dollar stuff. Don't want to be tempted!

Kathy Dalton – Boogie Bands & One Night Stands (Discreet 1974)

"Cannibal Forest" is the highlight here, imo. 40 years on it still sounds good.

I've been curious about that album (Kathy Dalton) for a while. Anything at all like Daughters of Albion?

Bought a record collection that was mainly comprised of excellent-to-dreary mid-70s boogie rock (T-Rex & ZZ Top to Status Quo and some of the Pretty Things' lesser efforts) plus a few outliers. The big surprise for me was The Only Ones - I'd never heard them before & they're great!

I'm not familiar with daughters of albion, but if it's an English folk thing (Albion in the name, gotta be, right?) then no.

And yes, The Only Ones are great!

Free bins at PooBah's:

The Threepenny Opera (2 LP set but I just noticed one disk has a serious warp)
Hair - Original Broadway Cast
An Evening With Mike Nichols and Elaine May
Ruth Wallis - Hot Songs for Cool Nights
Firesign Theater - Waiting for the Electrician
The Womenfolk - at the hungry i (1965, never heard of them, but looks promising)

$1 ea:
B-52s - Whammy!
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks S/T
Leon Russell - Life & Love
Style Council - Our Favourite Shop

I love Dan Hicks! Don't know of a S/T release though, is it Original Recordings?

(Which contains "Milk Shakin' Mama," and any Hicks fans who haven't seen this, you really should:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWZ8wjQE_bY

Hadn't seen that before and it's awesome. Love Dan Hicks, did take me a while to get over the band name though.

I thought "Original Recordings" was a 'false' title, like ZOSO. But I don't know much.

END OF AN EAR, July 4 - 50 cents each
Ambrosia – Ambrosia (Warner Bros 1975 – 1978 pressing)
The Bottle Ups – Boppalina Goes West (Rainbow Sweden EP 1985)
The DeBarges – The DeBarges (Gordy DJ Copy 1981)
Freak Brothers – “Freak The Beat” (Subway Belgium 12-inch 1988)
Isley Jasper Isley – Broadway’s Closer To Sunset Blvd (CBS Associated 1984)
Jimmy James & the Vagabonds – Life (Casablanca 1977)
Jebediah – Rock ‘N’ Soul (Epic 1978)
Meercaz – Space Hate (Tic Tac Totally EP 2010)
National Lampoon – That’s Not Funny, That’s Sick! (Label 21 1977)
Billy Ocean – “European Queen (No More Love On The Run)” (Jive Spain 12-inch 1984)
Phil N The Blanks – Lands And Peoples (Pink 1982)
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels – Sock It To Me! (New Voice 1967)
Snopek – First Band On The Moon (Mountain Railroad 1980)
Transvision Vamp – Pop Art (Uni 1988)
Wiseblood – “Motorslug” (Wax Trax! 12-inch 1985)
The Yankees – High N’ Inside (Big Sound 1978)
Yazz – Wanted (Big Life UK 1988)

END OF AN EAR, August 8 - 50 cents each
The Bolshoi – “Sob Story”/”Amsterdam”/”Crosstown Traffic” (Situation Two EP 1985)
Peabo Bryson – Reaching For The Sky (Capitol 1978)
China Crisis – Working With Fire And Steel (Virgin 1983)
Richard “Dimples” Fields – Mmm… (RCA 1984)
Flying Lizards – “Money”/”Summertime Blues” (Virgin 12-inch 1979)
Incredible String Band – U (Elektra 2xLP 1970)
Kansas – Masque (Kirshner 1975)
Kissing The Pink – “Stand Up (Get Down)” (Magnet/WEA UK 12-inch 1988)
New Marines – No Peace (American/Enigma EP 1983)
3rd Bass – “Steppin’ To The A.M.” (Def Jam 12-inch 1989)

WATERLOO, August 8 - $1 each
April Wine – Stand Back (Aquarius/Big Tree 1975)
Meg Christian – Face The Music (Olivia 1977)
Walter Egan – Not Shy (Columbia 1978)
Chico Freeman – Tradition In Transition (Elektra Musician 1982)
Hunters And Collectors – Human Frailty (I.R.S. 1986)
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross – The Way-Out Voices Of (Odyssey c. late ‘60s)
Johnny Lee – Lookin’ For Love (Full Moon/Asylum 1980)

ANTONE’S, August 15 - $1 each
B-52s – Mesopotamia (Warner Bros. EP 1982)
Bonzo Dog Band – The Doughnut In Granny’s Greenhouse (Sunset 1978)
Dȗrocs – Dȗrocs (Capitol 1979)
Foxx – Set Me Free (Malaco 1986)
Rainbow – Rising (Polydor 1976)
Pat Travers – Pat Travers (Polydor 1976)
(Various) – Live Stiffs (Stiff 1978)

BREAKAWAY, August 15 - $1 each
Ambrosia – Somewhere I’ve Never Traveled (Warner Bros. 1976)
City Boy – Dinner At The Ritz (Mercury 1976)
Tom T. Hall – The Rhymer And Other Five And Dimers (Mercury 1973)
Jerry Reed – Texas Bound And Flyin’ (RCA 1980)

HALF-PRICE BOOKS off I-35, South Austin, today - $1 each
George Benson – Bad Benson (CTI 1974)
Budgie – Bandolier (A&M 1975)
Nick Gilder – Frequency (Chrysalis 1979)
Silverfish – With Scrambled Eggs (Creation UK EP 1992)

And yes, I know I typo'd "Lindsay Lohan" up above.

That Mitch Ryder, Budgie and Silverfish would make me pretty happy if I found them. Actually been looking for that Silverfish for a while, don't know why I can find everything else by them but that.

Nashville:
Jane Edwards, Hunger for Reality (Newborn 197?)
Terry Garthwaite, Hand in Glove (Fantasy 1978)
Tommy Overstreet, Heaven Is My Woman's Love (Dot 1972)
Tommy Overstreet, Live from the Silver Slipper (ABC 1975)
Lester Flatt and Mac Wiseman, Lester 'n' Mac (RCA 1970)
The Osborne Brothers, Ru-beeeee (Decca 1970)
Stoneground, Flat Out (Flat Out 1976)
Lainie Kazan, Right Now! (MGM ?)
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Changing Woman (MCA 1975)
Mimi Farina and Tom Jans, Take Heart (A&M 1972)
Etta James, Stickin' to My Guns (Island 1990)
Herbie Mann, Hold On, I'm Comin' Live 1972 (Atlantic 1973)
Mental as Anything, If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too? (A&M 1982)
Lana Cantrell, The Now of Then! (RCA 1969)
Ben E. King, Rough Edges (Maxwell 1970)
Rod Hart, Breakeroo! (Plantation 1976)

END OF AN EAR today, $1
Eve Moon – Eve Moon (Capitol 1981)

BREAKAWAY, today, $1 each
Gus – Convicted! (Nemperor 1980)
Mason Profit – Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream (Ampex 1971)
War – Galaxy (MCA 1977)

RECYCLED READS today
Rosanne Cash – Rhythm & Romance (Columbia 1985) - 50 cents
Charlie Daniels – Honey In The Rock (Kama Sutra 1973 – w/ “Uneasy Rider”) - 50 cents
Ronald L. Davis – A History Of Music In American Life: Volume 1–The Formative Years, 1620-1865 (Robert Krieger Publishing book 982) - $1

WATERLOO, November 15, $1
The Godz – Nothing Is Sacred (Casablanca 1979) – oops, forgot which Godz LP I'd kept; already had this one.
Paris – Paris (Capitol 1976)

i remember seeing eve moon play on the street outside bleeker bob's.

ok, $1.99 (cdn) each. but still! thx Value Village + Salvation Army

Lambchop, Nixon
Blonde Redhead, Misery Is a Butterfly
The Delines, Colfax
Will Oldham, Joya
Papa M, Whatever, Mortal
Kathleen Edwards, Failer
Underworld, Second Toughest in the Infants
Isis, Oceanic
Depeche Mode, Playing the Angel
Al Tuck, The New High Road of Song
Suede. s/t (not marked as The London Suede, which surprised me - did that only happen in the US?)
Jets to Brazil, Orange Rhyming Dictionary

Purchased at Tunes in Marlton, NJ this afternoon:

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A$AP Rocky - At Long Last A$AP
Carpenters - The Singles 1969 - 1973
D.I. - Ancient Artifacts
DMX - Flesh Of My Flesh Blood Of My Blood
God Lives underwater - Life In The So-Called Space Age
Jason Isbell - Southeastern
Local H - As Good As Dead
The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??!
Tripping Daisy - I am an Elastic Firecracker
Young Fresh Fellows - The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest / Topsy Turvy

CDs were priced at $1 each or 5 for $3.
Total Cost: $6 plus tax

Ah man, Tunes in Marlton used to be my shit. Especially when the Philly college stations dropped off their promos and that shit went straight into the 5 for 3 section.

Weird pricing in that place though - I remember once they got some Krautrock stuff in on CD and one Ash Ra CD was like $30, one was $20 and another was in the 5 for 3 bin despite being in perfect shape.

at the LC Store the other day i was buying VHS cos they were 60 cents. i brought a stack of like 12 to the counter and she said oh it's 4 for a dollar.

one of the tapes was something called "MOODTAPES" that has a very Miami Vice looking font on the front and the back has white typeface on black looking like a science book from the 80s or something, with shots of sunsets and timelapse cloud footage. the music is incredible. i'll definitely put it on youtube eventually but i think if i slow it down it may become a chillwave classic.

the tape has a subtitle "Tranquility"

Sounds amazing. PUT THAT SHIT UP!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodtapes

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Ron_Roy_and_Moodtapes.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LwhAKxHSOQ&feature=youtu.be

apologies for the really bad quality and there is a bunch of stuff going on in the background cos i did not use audio in and the camera is messing with the lighting and the tv is all distorted because i used it for a noise instrument for a while. but it really just only makes it more psychedelic.

dope!!

Ah man, Tunes in Marlton used to be my shit. Especially when the Philly college stations dropped off their promos and that shit went straight into the 5 for 3 section.

― Mongolian Cow Yoghurt Supergirl (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, February 29, 2016 2:13 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Weird pricing in that place though - I remember once they got some Krautrock stuff in on CD and one Ash Ra CD was like $30, one was $20 and another was in the 5 for 3 bin despite being in perfect shape.

― Mongolian Cow Yoghurt Supergirl (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, February 29, 2016 2:14 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I used to manage Tunes in Hoboken. The pricing was/is based entirely on the going rate on amazon per item. That's why used stuff is all sorts of strangely priced. Funny cause they have the software that adjusts the online listing of the item, but they won't reprice the label until they do like a 6 month aged inventory. Therefore sometimes there ends up being large discrepancies between the in-store price and the online listing of the same item.

a dollar each at the book store around the corner from my house this morning.

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Wow, that's a great haul Scott! I love those Adderley titles; some of my favorite stuff of his.

So much great stuff in that buy!

wow. my generous Value Village haul today now looks paltry by comparison.

I always wonder about the backstory of how certain records made it to second-hand shops. Did someone suddenly decide they hate Roxy Music and Art Blakey?