jtnfoley Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I wish I could help out, but I have been to all the thrift store in the county and only once did I get anything of value. By far and away 99% of what is around here is filthy boogered up rubbish with ripped and torn and covers usually used for coloring book replacement by kids. I'm not even going to try to describe the kind of music. Nice to see YOU cleaning up though!! Seems the same here in SE Massachusetts, at least in my limited efforts so far. Pf course, I'm just beginning to collect trash for TT test and debug fodder but would not turn down many of the titles I've seen in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmsummer Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 FRIENDLY TUNESNumber 2Arnold Christianson and His Entire FamilyChristianson Records, Bismarck ND $1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Yes, #2 rocks, but I don't think the Arnold Christanson Family really hit their stride until #12, or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonelobo Posted March 15, 2008 Author Share Posted March 15, 2008 I run into TONS and I do mean TONS of Christian and Inspirational lps. They are the ones that are always in the bins no matter what. A lot of Tennesse Ernie Ford and the like...not that there's anything wrong with that. However, if you hop over to the auction site, you will find that some of the highest prices commanded are for some of these obscure lps. I just have no idea which ones till I see them go for ridiculous sums. Anyone have a source for info on collectable "regional" Christian lps? I have more thrift store lps to post, but must be off at the moment for a Rachel Ray shoot. Wish me luck... PS. PM, I found your last Hogwood Pachelbel lp post in my last raid...haven't had a chance to listen yet, any good? My collection can only aspire to be as weird and ecclectic as most members on this list....you KNOW who I'm talking about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmsummer Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 I have more thrift store lps to post, but must be off at the moment for a Rachel Ray shoot. Wish me luck... My wife and daughter would faint. PS. PM, I found your last Hogwood Pachelbel lp post in my last raid...haven't had a chance to listen yet, any good? That's a very nice performance. Low sugar on the Pachelbel. Hogwood's Academy of Ancient Music is first rate... and all original instruments, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcmusic Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Yesterday I picked up a mint 6-eye copy of Dave Brubeck's (Time Futher Out). Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmsummer Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Picked up an LP by Lindisfarne the other day at my usual Used LP haunt. I've not heard much by them, and what I heard I didn't really care for, but for $1 in the Clearance Bin, I'd give 'em another try. I always hear good things about them.The price sticker was unusually thick, so putting on my cultural archeologist's hat, I started to dig through the strata of this former promo LP.In order, top to bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 I have more thrift store lps to post, but must be off at the moment for a Rachel Ray shoot.Hey, it's been way over 30 minutes. Where are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Hmm... Just go off the phone with him. He's in Austin doing this Rachel Ray person. I honestly have no idea who that is, but he seemed preoccupied with things other than vinyl. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champagne taste beer budget Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 It's not an album, but I do feel I got a pretty good deal on some AR cables today. There is a lot left, (boxes ovens would ship in full of them, hopefully I can still get more if I decide I need it, but he's a big ebay store, not sure how much he'll be asking for the stuff once it gets on there. Todays grab bag: Acoustic Research numbers PR130 x 4, PR131 x 3, PR161 x 2, PR171 x 1, PR180 x 2, PR185 x 1, PR192 x 2, and a PR221, 50 foot roll of 12 gauge speaker wire including 8 banana plug ends. All the cables were $5 each, the spool of wire was $20. Not a bad haul for $101 after tax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtnfoley Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 I run into TONS and I do mean TONS of Christian and Inspirational lps. They are the ones that are always in the bins no matter what. Among my test fodder is some old stuff from The Imperials: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imperials Two tracks in particular: 49. "Swing Low / Swing Down Chariot" and 137. "Sweet, Sweet Spirit" on the Amazon preview list: http://www.amazon.com/The-Imperials/dp/B000QJNH28 Both tracks are multi-voice vocals with a lot of range. Great for demoing Klipsch products! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Nothing found during my monthly drop offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonelobo Posted March 16, 2008 Author Share Posted March 16, 2008 Back from Austin where the South by Southwest Music and Film Festival was underway. First thing I saw when I got downtown was a sign at Stubb's BBQ proclaiming a concert by Roky Erikson was in full swing. I didn't get to stop by to listen, but apparently Roky is still able to stand and sing...at least I hope so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 It's not an album, but I do feel I got a pretty good deal on some AR cables today. There is a lot left, (boxes ovens would ship in full of them, hopefully I can still get more if I decide I need it, but he's a big ebay store, not sure how much he'll be asking for the stuff once it gets on there. Todays grab bag: Acoustic Research numbers PR130 x 4, PR131 x 3, PR161 x 2, PR171 x 1, PR180 x 2, PR185 x 1, PR192 x 2, and a PR221, 50 foot roll of 12 gauge speaker wire including 8 banana plug ends. All the cables were $5 each, the spool of wire was $20. Not a bad haul for $101 after tax. Very nice. My sub is connected with a AR cable that I bought from Best Buy. Seems to be nicely constructed and significantly less expensive than Monster Cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalOg Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Lonelobo, You'd have a field day at my house. I have about 500 to 1,000 NM LPs I'd be willing to part with for next to nothing. Good titles too. No Polka or Guy Lombardo (gave all that stuff away long ago). Lots of good classic rock (Little Feat/Floyd/Tull/etc) and plenty of good classical and jazz. I was a thrift store junkie for a few years before I got hooked on Japanese and other audiophile pressings and had to start all over. Just get in the car and head northeast. If you hit the Atlantic Ocean, you've gone too far! Gary, How much would it cost to ship 500 lp's to 60107 area code?[] Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Lonelobo, You'd have a field day at my house. I have about 500 to 1,000 NM LPs I'd be willing to part with for next to nothing. Good titles too. No Polka or Guy Lombardo (gave all that stuff away long ago). Lots of good classic rock (Little Feat/Floyd/Tull/etc) and plenty of good classical and jazz. I was a thrift store junkie for a few years before I got hooked on Japanese and other audiophile pressings and had to start all over. Just get in the car and head northeast. If you hit the Atlantic Ocean, you've gone too far! Gary, How much would it cost to ship 500 lp's to 60107 area code? Tom How goes it Tom? Its been ages! Sorry but I just can't ship large quantites anymore. Hurts my back. I'm hoping someone in need will just stop by the house and spend a couple hours going through them with me. Killer deals waiting for somebody........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonelobo Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 I’ve been traveling for work and working 16 to 18 hour daysfor over a week, so I rewarded myself with a few Thrift store sessions. A couple of days ago before a shoot I snuckinto a shop and found: A&M, Chuck Mangione “tarantella” 2 lp set, G EX+(almostNM), Cat. SP 6513. This one has ChickCorea, Steve Gadd, Kathyryn Moses, Gap Mangione, and Dizzy Gillespie (I had theprivilege of shooting Dizzy rehearsing with the One O’Clock Lab band at UNTback in the day. He was an awesome andgenerous soul. ABC Command Quadraphonic, Enoch Light & the LightBrigade, “A New Concept of the Great Cole Porter Songs”, EX NM Warner Bros, “The Mason Williams Phonograph Record” NM NM,Cat.1729 Lots of name players on this one….I just wanted a copy of “ClassicalGas” on LP. Atlantic, Manhatten Transfer “Vocalese”, VG NM Cat 7 81266-1 Palo Alto Records, “Bill Evans- A Tribute”, 2 lp cutout set,CO VG Lot of great artists on this one as well. A&M, Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66, “Equinox, EX VG,Cat 4122 Decca, “Quartette Tres Bien, Exciting Priano andRhythm/Spring into Spring”, VG G , Cat. DL 74617 This jacket has 2 stunningly gay looking guys with hornrimglasses doing the splits in lycra pants holding colored weather balloons. I’m actually scared to put this one on aturntable. Musical Heritage Society, “Ten Virtuoso Encore Pieces”,Ruben Varga, Violin/Marcia Mendelson, Piano, EX NM, Cat MHS 3979 Musical Heritage Society, Mozart “Toy Symphony/Concerto in D Major/A Musical Joke,K. 522”, Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra MHS7026H, NM NM but it says it’s adigital recording….rats! Russion Record Label BeriozkA, “Tchaikovsky, “Excerpts fromBallets”, NM NM This is the firstRussian pressing that I’ve come across. Should be an interesting listen. Quintessence Critics Choice, “Wild about Listzt, Vol. 1”Earl Wild, Piano NM NM Cat PMC-7096, I think Wild takes his shirtoff between the 1st and 2nd side of this LP. London Digital Recording (insert Argggghh) Mussorgsky-Ravel,“Pictures at an Exhibition” ChicagoSymphony, Sir Georg Solti. NM NM Ibelive this is the first performance of this I have. Florilegium Series, Academy of Ancient Music, “PachelbelKanon and Music of Handel-Vivaldi-Gluck” Christopher Hogwood, NM NM Cat DSLO594 RCA, James Galway, “Pachelbel Canon and others” NM NM Cat AFL1-4063. Is there a PachelbelCanon that I can leave in a store? Probably not… Abbey Recording, “Elgar’s Orgoan Music from WorchesterCathedral”, played by Donald Hunt. NM NM And I can never leave weird Christmas LP’s alone so I alsogot: MCA, “A Medieval Christmas, Pro Cantione Antiqua-MidievalWind Ensemble” Mark Brown Conducting, NM NM (except it’s a digitalrecording) This one is a promotionalcopy. RCA Red Seal, “The Vienna Choir Boys Christmas Festival”,Vienna Chamber Orchestra NM NM Cat 0698 CBS, Liona Boyd, “A guitar for Christmas” w/Germansubtitles, NM NM, Cat fm 37248, I like acoustic guitar, Christmas and hotblondes draped over stringed instruments. RCA Victor Living Stereo, Harry Belafonte “To wish you aMerry Christmas, G EX That’s the haul for this store. All under 99 centavos. Life IS good!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonelobo Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 Today was my 1st day off in about 15 includingweekends, so I claimed it in the name of juvenile selfishness to fulfill my outof control vinyl habit. Goodwill was myfirst stop and there I found some treasure and some trash: London Records, “Incomparable Sax of Ace Cannon”, CAT SHL32048, NM NM, I always cringe at the word “Incomparable” and to make thingsworse, I bought several more Ace Cannon lps. London Records, “The Misty Sax of Ace Cannon” VG NM, Cat.SHLL 32035, The jacket starts out by stating, “The idea to produce an AceCannon album with strings was sheer brilliance”….this is another warning sign. London Records, “Ace Cannon, Aces High” NM NM, Cat SHL32016, If you listen to more than 1 AceCannon record in a row, I’m pretty sure you will throw up. But I could be surprised….and boy would I besurprised if these are good. Liberty Records, “The Best of Si Zentner, Vol TWO” NM NM,Another scary purchase that proves you shouldn’t work so hard., EX EX Liberty Records, “Up a Lazy River” Si Zentner and hisOrchestra. NM NM, CAT LST 7216. Ok, so I have a curiosity about big bandmusic. I usually throw 9 out of 10 intothe recycle bin, but the ones I keep I really like. We’ll see. A&M, Chuck Mangione, “Children of Sanchez” 2 lp set, VGVG cat SP-6700 Asylum, The Bernie Leadon/Michael Georgiades Band, “NaturalProgressions”, vg NM cutout, United Artists, Al Caiola “King Guitar”, EX EX Cat UAS 6586 A&M, Mangione, “Bellavia” Chuck Mangione Quartet Orchestra, G VG , Jacket says Kai Windingis the Orchestra Personnel Coordinator (he’s a hell of a trombonist with hisown recording career) A&M, Gato Barbieri, “Caliente!”, VG NM I’m going to have to orgnanize an entire saxlp section pretty soon! Everest Records-Archive of Folk & Jazz Music, 1947 “WNEWSaturday Night Swing Session” w/ Roy Eldridge, Flip Phillips, Specs Powel, MelTorme, Ralph Burns, Buddy Rich and Charlie Ventura. NM NM Cat FS-231 This oneis electronically re-recorded to simulate stereo….even so, I think this is thescore of the bunch. A&M, Gap Mangione “She and I”, EX NM, Cat. SP 3407, I believe this is Chuck’s brother MCA Master Series, Larry Carlton “Alone/But Never Alone” NMNM Cat. MCA 5689. “Also available on CD” Must have been pressed on the cusp. And 2 KVIL Christmas LP’s . KVIL is a Dallas radio station and these lps feature local talentplaying Christmas songs and themes. Both NM NM. Total Outlay for this is an embarrassing $7.58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonelobo Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 2nd and 3rd stop a little lessproductive today. Kapp Records, “Fly me to the Moon and the Bossa Nova Pops”Joe Harnell his piano and orchestra. G VG Narada Records, Narada Sampler #3, Narada is similar toWindham Hill only floatier. EX EX Jacket exclaims, “Audiophile-Quality KC 569Premium Virgin Vinyl” HH Records, Howard Hanger & Earl Heflley “Cool MorningAire” NM NM Looks like a selfpublished disc. Warner, Gordon Lightfoot “Gord’s Gold” 2 lp set, VG VG Custom Fidelity, “Dust & Ashes From Both Sides”, This is 2 folk singers singing Christianthemed songs. From the pix they looklike Beatniks. Another self publisheddisc in all probability. Total damage: $6.06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonelobo Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 Ok, last stop of theday way out in the Texas countryside at a little antique store that Iremembered seeing vinyl at before I got the “sickness”. This one I will be mining for a while as itlooks like there’s some depth here, but then the prices are outrageousconsidering what I’m used to paying. But then again, there’s stuff here that I don’t normally find. Like a good selection of Rock that isNM…highly unusual. So to get to thepoint; Picked up some $2 CD’s in addition to some vinyl. Vanguard, “The Greatest Songs of Woody Guthrie, Vol 1” Lotsof different artists…all great. Musical Heritage Society, “Eine kleine Nachtmusic” Academyof St. Marin-in-the-Fields, Nevill Marriner conducting Verve, Dinah Washington Jazz Masters 19 Mercury, Sarah Vaughan’s Golden Hits. CMH Records, “The Banjos that Destroyed the World”, Thefastest 5-string Banjo Instrumentals of all Time. How could I resist? OK, on to the Vinyl…. A bunch of very early Electra stuff with the little greyseal printed on the jacket. Electra, “Judy Henske” VG VG Vocal/Guitar/Bass/Trombone Electra, Judy Collins, “A Maid of Constant Sorrow”, VG NM,Cat 7209 Her first solo recording and she is very young and has short blondhair. This is one of the picks fromthis haul. Electra, Judy Collins #3, VG EX , Cat EKS-7243, here she issinging a bunch of Dylan. Dot Records, Val Stoecklein, “Grey Life” NM NM 1968recording. I can’t say I know enoughabout Val to have paid the entry price, but we’ll find out. Dolton Records, The Ventures “Surfing” NM EX, Cover art isstunning. Pix of legendary surfer Sammy Lee. I have a soft spot for The Ventures and Chevrolet Nomads. MGM, Hank Williams, “Lost Highway and other Folk Ballads” EXEX cat 4252 Columbia, “Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison”, EX NM , PivotalCash recording in NM condition, Igladly put down $10. Decca, Brenda Lee “Reflections in Blue” EX NM, cat DL74941 Includes “Am I Blue” the originalrecording. Another $10 hits the floor. There’stons of girl singers in the stacks. I gotta do some research. WB, The Who “Face Dances” NM NM w/NM poster, Cat. HS3516 MCA, The Who “Hooligans” NM NM 2 lp set w/ all inserts Sun Records lp, Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two “GetRhythm” NM NM, ok it’s a cutout so technically can’t be NM, but I don’tcare. There’s a ton of JC in NM in the stacks. Caedmon, “J.R.R. Tolkien reads and sings his THE HOBBIT andThe Fellowship of the Ring. EX NM Cat. TC 1477……cooooooool!!! WB, Dire Straits, “Communique”, EX NM , cat. HS 3330 Columbia, Boz Scaggs “Silk Degrees” G NM, cat. Pc 33920 Atlantic, Blues Brothers, “Briefcase Full of Blues”, NM NM Chrysalis, Huey Lewis and the News, “Sports” NM NM , catFV41412 This is the most I have ever spent on USED vinyl. Newaudiophile is another story. Total forboth the CD’s and Vinyl was $101.76. Thelittle old lady behind the counter said she will negotiate price on some of thelps next time. I won’t tell you what I didn’t get because some of it Idon’t believe myself and will have to do more research on…..staytuned….whahahahahahhahhahahaaaaa. PS. I’ve sent my $50 Marantz Model 5’s to Craig to see if hecan resurrect them with some sense of style and grace. Wish me luck on those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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