recent vinyl finds
recent vinyl finds
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I made another trip down south to Northants at the weekend, not just for digging but to clear out more stuff in storage at my mum's house. I was pretty ruthless this time ditching loads of albums to the local charity shops which can sometimes have a karmic effect of blessing me with finding vinyl things I actually want to keep, and so it proved to be this time. The journey home to Scotland was awful though taking over 11 hours thanks to jams in Berwick and Edinburgh and I was glad to make it home safe as I saw several cars broken down with the drivers trapped and having to sit and wait for hours to be rescued.
Beautifully stacked singles in one shop "please put them back as you find them" said the manager who kindly let me dig in their cellar, there were so many LP's I'll have to make a second trip in the new year.
I pulled about a dozen 7"s from the pile which were a pound a go but he let me have them for a tenner. The most unusual one was this sole release by a twee Indie Northampton band released in the mid 80's I had not seen or heard of before. It wasn't until I got home to clean the records that I discovered a poster for one of their local gigs inside the sleeve.
I never realised the once popular entertainer had even released a record so was surprised to come across this one which is his cover of the well known Beatles tune. A quick Google search reveals he was a school pal of Lennon and has been in the news recently by smashing his car into parked cars for which he was fined £716 and received five penalty points, but he is 83 bless him.
Lovely summery Beach Boys harmony pop.
Not really my cuppa tea but produced by Bill Wyman and on Deep Purple's label, I'd have thought this would have been better but one to flip I guess.
Mysterious white label fully signed by the band but I could find nowt about them online.
A lovely promotional picture disc for the German chocolate company Suchard released in 1987.
A nice UK picture disc for an early Scritti Politti single, though I admit The Sweetest Girl is even nicer.
A scarce gay Cold Wave single issued in the late 80's.
Russian Folk music from the late 80's, lovely sleeve but not sure of the meaning in the translation.
Quite possibly the worlds first square 7" single*
*can't be arsed to fact check but wouldn't be surprised.
- I had to go back and listen to Scritti Politti "Perfect Way". I bought that and Motley Crue's "Theater of Pain" on cassettes on the same day in 1985.fooler