recent vinyl finds
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- Gardener0
Despite the plain looking sleeve the album at the front
is certainly one of my more unusual records. It was pressed
in 1972 by Exxon Chemicals the house label for the American
petrochemical company, and is over 40 minutes long on each
side which must make it one of the longest records I have,
it does make this claim inside it's sleeve.
One side has excerpts of radio plays from the 30's and the
other has lovely old tunes of the era. The inner sleeve has
reproductions of newspaper article on the drama caused by
Orson Welles reading War Of The Worlds on the radio in 1938,
all in all it's a lovely if not that particularly rare album but it's
certainly one of my favourites.
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- dirtydesign0
Found my dad's original Beatles vinyl from the 60s and 70s.
Worth anything?- Probably not. You should send it to me anyway, I'll get rid of it for you.scruffics
- Does he have the butcher cover?DRIFTMONKEY
- Gardener1
Many of these LP's were featured in an old Record Collector
mag article, I think there are only a few more clips to go, but
I plan to do the 7"s soon...
- DRIFTMONKEY1
Found this over the weekend in Santa Monica. I have the original US pressing, but it's plagued with surface noise. This was sealed, and sounds stunning.
- Gardener0
This nearly slipped my net but I'm glad I checked out these 2
Cheesy sleeve + Easy instrumentals on this French twist of Handel's tunes.
A sweet surprise was this LP released on Tangent in 1972
by a singer I was previously unaware of, featuring a mix of
songs and poems with sleeve notes by Ted Hughes.
Another delightful find was this pretty hippy selection
of songs/instrumentals about women and the moon.
A pair of 50 pence sevens, the CD4 record is a Japanese
Quadraphonic Test disc
A brace of School Choir private pressings
Cheesy listening with a bonus insert
TV themes overload
Xian Folk from '71 complete with hymn-sheet
I picked up this lovely single a while ago and I like the cover
so much it's been sitting on the mantelpiece since.
- Hah... I have a couple of CD4 records, will pick up a decoder some day!kingsteven
- Gardener0
this is the last of the LP's and there were even more than I expected -
I hope to do a similar thing with the more unusual singles soon- Lol seriously I have to set half a day aside every week to catch up with your vinyl finds. Good stuff!futurefood
- tyGardener
- Gardener0
It was first early boot of the season round here
turned up some nice Indie stuff and some beautifully
clean early Elvis 7"s. But the big question asked around
the fields was "any old iron?" well, lucky for you -
the answer was YES!
- Gardener0
The first outdoor boot of the year kicked off with all sorts
of finds although the 78rpm and this album below came
from a charity shop on a short trip to Sheffield.
This album caught my eye when I saw the 2 x ABC Hit Band
track on the back, and the Space & Deodato covers did indeed
turn out to be the only reason to pick it up.
Also on a night club tip is this one sided vinyl invitation disc
in a gatefold sleeve for the Chicago Rock Cafe which opened
in Northampton 20 years ago but closed down 10 years ago.
Just hearing the voice of Mr. Morris brings back fond childhood memories.
I found one of these Italian cover version albums battered
to death years ago so was chuffed to bits to find a tidy copy,
complete with it's misspelt tracklisting.
album odds 'n' ends
these 2 discs turned out to be my favourite finds of the week,
a 78 from the early 40's
and a 45 from the early 60's
- Gardener0
Some odd things have turned up this week, I was most pleased
with this US promo LP released to radio stations in 1973
featuring specially recorded 30 second messages to discourage
folk from doing heroin. A friend burned me a CDR years ago
which had a few of these tracks on but I'd never come across
the whole album before.
In the same £1 box was this album produced by Scientology
founder L. Ron Hubbard which has some great Jazz Funk tracks.
This was cat nip to me and the guy said "that LP is 10p"
so I gave him 20p just to be sure! It had 'A Fennell School
Production' written on the sleeve and has DER 1190 matrix
so if it's some long lost Deroy test pressing I've no idea but
maybe someone knows more?
I picked up a handful of 50p singles
The A side turns out to be quite scarce but it was
the B side that I was more curious about.
One of my fave 70's tunes on a US mono/stereo promo
- Gardener0
things found on a short trip to the chazzers of Sheffield and the boots of Northampton
I was indeed "gassed"to pick this up in a box on a Northern
shop floor, Penthouse was first published in 1965 so this was
a vinyl tease I doubt few men back then could resist!
all covers from the White Album in a cool plinky plonk stylee,
I believe that's what the Jazz cats say.
nothing more than £5 a pop from a more sussed than usual car boot seller
+2 original Blind Faith LP's (phone = the missus)
cheap 7" odds & ends
this is actually a Charlie Hyatt & Bam comedy disc from '66 titled Rass!
4 tunes from the '59 film of the same name by the Cockney cheeky chappie
I'm still not quite sure what Errol was singing about on this early 70's demo
early 60's TV themes including the puppet version of The Goon Show
A single sold exclusively on cruise ships in the early 70's
with music composed on this one by the same chap who
did The Amazing Electronic Arp Synthesizer albums.
I have uploaded the A side as it's kinda funky & worth hearing
here : https://www.mediafire.com/?a1i7q…
- Gardener0
Good finds in the fields this week though I did get some CD's from Barnardo's
The lady on the stall told me the 7" chocolate record was
long gone (probably eaten 60 years ago!) but this sleeve
alone is still a great find and is a direct copy of a scarce
mid 50's Jazz 10" album by Ginger Folorunso Johnson
And His Afro-Cuban Band
This is the original sleeve which even has the same cat number
This may claim to be 'The Ancient Helston Furry Dance'
but it sounds like very much like 'The Floral Dance'
Eric & Ernie mucking about on a promo single for a Hi-Fi company
2 oddities in the same 50p box
A nice discovery along with other Folk albums on Trailer and Topic
Best find of the week was this Trojan compilation from 1970 -
originally released in '67 on Sue
one of the best CD comps I have picked up for ages, the 2
tracks by Lucille Bogan alone make it worth tracking down!
- Gardener0
Various vinyl finds in the past 7 days - I picked up a collection
of "Gilles Peterson type stuff" after some chap phoned me up.
I have volume 1 and this is the other one, I don't think there's a third.
I guess the bestest bits were a pair of Moodymann releases,
one twelve one + double album.
I'd not come across this US 7" before, it's nearly 20 years old!
I have the CD single of this somewhere, but this was a lovely
12" copy of one of the most beautiful versions of this tune.
soooo mysterious... and quite frankly after a while soooo
annoying!
An early Bert album alas without it's original sleeve but still
worth 50p to me, also in the same box another cheap treat.
A good addition to my flexi-discs collection as the copy I already
have of this doesn't have this card backing, which to be honest
it's pretty useless without.
I have cherry picked the stuff I have actually heard of or ones
I didn't already have but have put 3 boxes of D&B and House
12"s in the shed.
- dark days soundtrack! does it have vocals from the movie or is it all just shadow tracks? I haev automn leaves too - lovely track.microkorg
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- Gardener1
Doing the rounds over the weekend I found that village
car boots can turn up all sorts of unexpected goodies
including a fantastic score from one box alone,
full of old Indian records
My guess is that a relative had died as the 2 ladies
getting rid of these just wanted shot of the lot for £20
The midweek lunchtime boot (when all the young, slim and
beautiful people are probably still at work) turned up some
nice things.
I'd never seen or heard of this before and in lovely condition too.
Not come across this 12" before either, but records
by local Northampton bands do turn up from time to time.
A nice old 78 and some curious 45's cropped up
Shame it didn't have it's original picture sleeve
but I could hardly leave this now could I?
A couple of Christian sevens, love those titles!
I've many sports related records but this Rugby League EP was a fresh discovery
In the same box was this IN YOUR FACE ROY CASTLE!
reading stories on one side with his Christian mates doing
likewise on the flip.
- Always enjoy looking through these.
Lol at Kenneth Williams reading from the Scripture Union. When worlds collide!face_melter
- Always enjoy looking through these.
- Gardener1
I had a massive score at the car boot this morning,
after much haggling I got the lot for £120 but they
are all originals and in lovely condition, even better was
she took my number as she said she had lots more at home.
Coming into the field I passed this guy
(who didn't have any records, I asked!)
- Gardener0
I didn't buy most of the albums below - only one in fact,
but I did pick up a lovely single
The cars line up for the mid-week car boot watched by an eager punter
I only found one thing apart from some stuff for the car,
this foxy single that was still in it's mailer envelope and was
only 50p - it looks like it has never been played,
though I am a bit of a sucker for these kind of records!
I did a tip shop trip to the darkest Kettering/Corby hunting
grounds but didn't turn up much except for some cheesecake
sleeves for organs (?!) which I kindly left for some other lucky digger.
have you ever found yourself feeling a little transparent?
then the following album could be your salvation
I've seen a few choir records in my time, but never signed
by the whole choir on the back!
popping into a couple of charity shops on my way home
(as I tend to do) I was quite surprised to see a high pricing
system going on for the records - which are coming back,
did you know?
compared to Boy George, the one below was probably a bit of a bargain
next door they had a much more sensible pricing structure
luckily I did find one thing in the box
- Gardener0
I have just parted with this LP with it's sleeve
designed by Banksy as it was sitting in the racks
unloved, and it's by far the rarest record I've ever
sold - but hey, I still have the CD copy!
- twentyfive1
Found this 4 days after my girlfriend broke up with me and I refused to talk to her...
