Audio Flynn Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Just got to my favorite thrift store on the right day. Peter Gabriel 1st solo LP MINT Genisis 6 albums total Mike Rutherford Solo 2 LPs Steve Hacket Solo Anthony Phillips Solo Jef Lorber Fusion MINT Al Hirt Nat King Cole 3 LPs Rush Moving Pictures MINT Blood Sweat and Tears VGC RCA Red Seal Classical 3 LPs VGC Tull Songs from the Wood In total 36 LPs from GC to Mint $ 38 I like thift store goodies better than I like $ 16 CDs I have listened to the Gabreil and Jeff Lorber; Both are very nice. Only one small pop on the Gabriel. Anbody else get any inexpensive goodies lately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artto Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 nice haul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynnm Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 There are plastic bargoons to be had matey ( Scratching arse with hook and being careful to adjust eyepatch with real hand). Many a steal has come my way via garage sales and thrift stores. Last weekend I picked up a mint 2 LP copy of the Fiddler on The Roof soundtrack. ( I know ! I know ! - Until I gave it a listen). Yike !! Topol narrating the story between cuts - Silent background - Isaac Stern on the fiddle - For 50 cents I could have done worse ! .....If I were a rich man... tada tada tada tada bum....If I were a wealthy,wealthy man ! ( Gotta get that damned tune out of my head !).....I wouldn't have to work hard.....( Damn!).... budda budda budda....( HELP!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Today I went to the library AGAIN and found 6 sealed albums. One of them was a Seseme Street album from the early 70s but hey, it was sealed! I also found someone had dropped of their entire collection of near mint albums - almost all of Elton John's entire collection (about 16 albums), 4 Joan Armatrating, 1 John Lennon (almost perfect!), Jackson Browne, etc. Also a few more sealed 50s & 60s classical albums. This place is great! All for 50 cents each. Sounds like a good day all around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Flynn Posted July 31, 2003 Author Share Posted July 31, 2003 And the Geniseis included "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway", "Selling England by the Pound" and "Nursrey Crime". to many to list. Must be a full moon or something... Are Libraries a good place to look for vinyl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 In the county where I work, there is only 1 library with a basement sale all the time. All donations go there and they keep coming. I go there about 3 times a month now since I keep finding new, unopened and mint to near mint albums. I currently have about 40 unopened albums at home (mostly old classical and 1 Seseme Street ). I also have an unopened 10 album set of some sort of Senate Hearing. I can't resist sealed albums no matter what they are. Today they had what looked to be 40 boxes of albums sealed shut that were donated by a record store. They didn't know if they were new or used but I left my card and they will call me to let me know the details of the sale. Must be a few thousand in those boxes. I was dying to open a box but they wouldn't let me. There was a guy there today buying everything that looked playable. I wouldn't have touched any of what he bought and don't know what he was doing (ebay maybe?). Check with your local library and see if they have a branch like mine that sells used books/records/cds/, basically anything the library lends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Just looking through today's score: John Lennon, Walls & Bridges cool flaps - almost perfect! Tommy Dorsy Loius Armstrong 4 Fleetwood Macs Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Elvis Costello, My Aim Is True All the Elton Johns & Joan Armatratings & Jackson Brownes And of course the unopened Seseme Street, The Square Song All mint to near mint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkl Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Gary- I'm in maryland as well, where are you finding these deals? Please share! -MKL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 ---------------- On 7/31/2003 10:19:45 PM mkl wrote: Gary- I'm in maryland as well, where are you finding these deals? Please share! -MKL ---------------- MKL, You've got mail. Reluctantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Ahh, life is GOOD. Haven't bought a CD in several years. Probably won't as long as the LP mines last. Got to get out to Recycled Books and Records more... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I picked up a LOAD of C&W LPs at the landfill recycling center yesterday. Including about 10 78's, I scored about 80 discs for $6! fini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2K Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 I'm not sure this qualifies because I didn't pay for it. I picked up a Pickwick33 Nat Cole album that was sealed for nuttin'. The guy had others from classical, instrumental, etc that were either sealed or barely used. I should have bought them I guess, but my TT doesn't have a remote. I felt bad taking the album for free, so I gave him $3 for an old bakelite tube radio. I ran across a guy with an old organ. He just wanted to have it hauled away. The thing must weigh 500 pounds. It had 70 or more tubes (12AU7) and a couple of amps with transformers the size of softballs (a little bigger). I don't play the organ. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 Congratulations, Keith! You're turning into ME! As you may recall, I have salvaged parts from very inexpensive tube organs (2 Baldwin Orga-sonics, and one Conn). The neighbors must get a kick seeing me sawzall-ing the organ carcasses into manageable, dumpable pieces. fini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 LOL Fini. Sawz-alling is one of my favorite pastimes. Stoped at a savation Army thrift shop today just because I can't help myself. Thay had about 300 albums, almost all in mint to near mint condition. They were $1.25 each (the .60 sale ended yesterday but they just got a new shipment today). I bought $33 worth. There was a jazz collection with a sort of beat up cover which held about 6 or 7 lps inside. All the lps inside were mint! Louis, Count, Miles, etc. They had a really old Charlie Parker (either 78 or long play 33 that looks like a 78). Other than a crimp on the edge it was in really good shape. Didn't buy it. Should I have? Also a binded collection of Bing Crosby (same size as the Charlie Parker). About 6 or 7 records in it. I didn't want to pay the $1.25 per record so I passed. They had others like that that I didn't buy. Anyone know if those are worth anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 Oh yeah. The reason I was in that area is because a guy had a kenwood kr-9600 receiver like mine in the penny saver. He was asking $100 and I talked him down to $50. A little contact cleaner and a good overall cleaning job and it's perfect. Now I have 2 I don't use. Nice receivers though. Anyone need one? 160 WPC, about 65 lbs with all the gadgets and gizmos you could want. Great for a second system. A, B, A+B and C speaker connections. Pre-out/amp-in connection. 2 TTs, 2 tape decks, etc., etc. Excellent sensitive tuner also. I used mine for 25 years before going tubes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 Feels like I'm talking to myself again. LOL Just sold the kenwood to my boss. I said he could have it for what I paid but insisted on giving me $75. Easiest $25 I've ever made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vahorns Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 GaryinMD--- A while back you mentioned that you might be able to help me out on buying and installing a Shure V15 cartridge in my Mayware Formula 4 arm/Kenwood KD-500 TT. I'm ready to get that cartridge and want to get my TT ready to play some vinyl! I'm located in the DC suburbs, so I could meet you wherever/whenever. Email me @ deaverss@frb.gov, and let me know if you can do this in the next month. Regards, Stew Deavers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 ---------------- On 8/1/2003 2:30:31 PM Vahorns wrote: GaryinMD--- A while back you mentioned that you might be able to help me out on buying and installing a Shure V15 cartridge in my Mayware Formula 4 arm/Kenwood KD-500 TT. I'm ready to get that cartridge and want to get my TT ready to play some vinyl! I'm located in the DC suburbs, so I could meet you wherever/whenever. Email me @ deaverss@frb.gov, and let me know if you can do this in the next month. Regards, Stew Deavers ---------------- Stew, You will have mail in about 5 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Flynn Posted August 1, 2003 Author Share Posted August 1, 2003 I think those old MONSTER receivers that weigh over 50 lbs would make great amps for a garage band PA for teenagers garage bands. Kids got to get a break to start a band. Better than them playing video games... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 ---------------- On 8/1/2003 8:51:24 PM Audio Flynn wrote: I think those old MONSTER receivers that weigh over 50 lbs would make great amps for a garage band PA for teenagers garage bands. Kids got to get a break to start a band. Better than them playing video games... ---------------- Find me a garage band and I'll help them get a 60lb receiver. It ain't that hard these days. I'm shocked to see how cheap some of these excellent receivers are going for these days. Even on ebay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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