god bless Value Village
Low - Things We Lost / Trust / Great Destroyer / Drums and GunsSpiritualized - Let It Come DownJeff Buckley - Sketches...Rye Coalition - The Lipstick GameThe Detroit Cobras - BabyWild Beasts - Two DancersArcturus - The Sham MirrorsFiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...John Cale - Paris 1919Lhasa - The Living RoadClinic - Walking With TheeSparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life
― Simon H., Wednesday, 4 July 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
Found this on CD
https://i.imgur.com/zN1ghIA.jpg?1
Ote Maloya comp of music from Reunion Island. Beautiful blend of African, French and Latin music sung in the local creole.
― Paul Reverse and the rediaRs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 4 July 2018 23:55 (five years ago) link
What great LPs are still available for a buck?
Wasn’t too long ago you could still find copies of “Rumours” and “Purple Rain” and “Lodger” and “Born in the USA” for a dollar, but that’s all out the window now... and for me, well, I have copies of those albums anyway. I passed on a copy of “Misty Blue” by Dorothy Moore for a buck the other day cuz I already have one, but I was inspired to spin it when I got home. What a great little record! Which got me thinking...
I realize this is pretty regional, but are there similar sleepers in your area dollar bins that a person should take a flyer on if they stumble across one?
― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Friday, 7 February 2020 20:04 (four years ago) link
Me, eight-plus years ago:
On a related note, I was browsing through all the ridiculously overpriced new vinyl at a mall store last week (actually situated right near the entrance now), seeing albums I bought 35 years ago and others I should have bought 35 years ago, and one question seemed obvious to me: who's going to buy this stuff? Maybe I'm way wrong, but my guess is no one--I'm looking forward to five years from now, when the bottom drops out a second time and all those records can be picked up for next to nothing.
Way wrong.
― clemenza, Friday, 7 February 2020 20:16 (four years ago) link
basically this is a case of vinyl vs cd.even crappy vinyl is now £££/$$$.cds are still dirt cheap though some charity shops are getting wise to the situation.
― mark e, Friday, 7 February 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
I was looking at new records at a bookstore recently and thought "who's buying vinyl at $23/per?" but then I started thinking of when I last bought used vinyl regularly, trying to remember what I paid, and I kind of remember ~$12 in 1985, which by an inflation calculator is $28.50 today, so maybe prices are no different now.
― nickn, Friday, 7 February 2020 23:46 (four years ago) link
srs bragging but this is what i bought for less than $1 a couple of weekends ago:
Absolutely crazy 30p carboot find this morning among a pile of Perry Como albums - 1971 synth comp w/ Delia Derbyshire, Harrison Birtwistle, Dudley Simpson, David Vorhaus pic.twitter.com/ZazC3L1YWz— fell into a green dream (@Mount_Analogue) January 19, 2020
― ymo sumac (NickB), Friday, 7 February 2020 23:50 (four years ago) link
What great LPs are still available for a buck?― Una Palooka Dronka (hardcore dilettante), Friday, February 7, 2020 3:04 PM bookmarkflaglink
If you're into 80's pop, there's still lots of great stuff in the dollar bin (at least in my area). The following routinely show up:- Bongos - Drums Along The Hudson- The first 2 Joe Jackson albums- Prefab Sprout - 2 Wheels Good- Diana Ross - Diana (the 1980 Niles Rodgers produced one)- ABC - Lexicon of Love- Heaven 17 albums- Squeeze - argybargy / east side story
This one is less common, but I picked up "Etceteraville" by Random Hold for buck, and I think that fits into the sleeper category -- it's somewhere between prog and post-punk, so fits on the Roxy/Gabriel/Wire 154 spectrum.
― enochroot, Saturday, 8 February 2020 02:14 (four years ago) link
Ok, so since I can’t crate-dig, I made the crates come to me! Bought ~2500 random old records for $300 and have spent the past week sorting them. About 75% were total trash, just bunk, Percy Faith and Living Strings and James Last and the Norman Luboff Choir. A whole bunch more I can flip for maybe a buck apiece if I’m lucky, $20/box if no takers. There were a surprising number of half-decent things, stuff I can sell for $3-5 easy. I upgraded a few records in my collection that were in questionable condition, added a few nice staples (Bill Withers, Dusty Springfield, Four Tops, New Order). And I’ve been loving throwing random semi-interesting-looking things on to see what they are, something I haven’t really done for many years. I had almost given up on the magic of the bin find... this restores my faith in the Holy Crate.
Smith - A Group Called SmithThese folks must have been a hoot to see live, great party music. It’s all covers, but generally really well done. Well worth a fiver if you’re into finding the missing like between BB/Holding co and the J Geils Band. And if you don’t care that they don’t write any of their own material.
Ramsey Lewis - Mother Nature’s SonWeird jazzbo covers of songs from the White Album. Ranges from quirky to schmaltzy to downright sinister. I’m a sucker for Beatles cover albums (Holyridge Strings, Torero Band, George Martin & Orchestra) but this is by far the best one I’ve found. Bonus points for the cuckoo sleeve art.
There was an original Ella on Verve which sounds incredible (although it being Ella Sings Broadway I don’t really need to keep it). But the pick of the litter was a really nice copy of Thirsty Moon, a krautrock band on Brain. Total score!
Still sorting, cleaning & playing. Will post more finds if I dig any up.
― The little engine that choogled (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 18 April 2020 03:41 (four years ago) link
Aw that sounds like fun!!
― brimstead, Saturday, 18 April 2020 03:45 (four years ago) link
I remember Smith's song "Baby, It's you" from the 70s. An actual hit.
― nickn, Saturday, 18 April 2020 04:30 (four years ago) link
Weakest performance on the album! It was a hit, huh? I just assumed they were a no-hit no-wonder.
― The little engine that choogled (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 18 April 2020 04:31 (four years ago) link
I don't know how it charted but it got regular airplay on SoCal top 40 stations.
― nickn, Saturday, 18 April 2020 04:33 (four years ago) link
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
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
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 BandMC Lyte - Eyes on ThisMoev - ZimmerkampfJane Fair Jazz QuintetBrother to Brother - Let Your Mind Be FreeBang Bang You’re Terry ReidLittle Richard - The King of Rock & Roll (absolutely bonkers)Montrose - s/tCarolyn 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
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
https://www.ebay.com/itm/COKE-BOYS-DJ-WYNTER-ONLYRAPPERHEARDWORLDWIDE-COKEBOY-30COKE/223639046864?hash=item3411ed0ad0:g:7dAAAOSwbdxdZI7k
― xzanfar, Saturday, 30 January 2021 15:21 (three years ago) link
.@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
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 (nine months ago) link