Archive for the 'Latest vinyl finds' Category
Latest vinyl finds – January 2012
Atomic Rooster, Death Walks Behind You (1970) Atomic Rooster, In Hearing of (1971) Tony Bennett, In Person, with Count Basie and His Orchestra (1959) Diahann Carroll, The Andre Previn Trio (1960) Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, 4 Way Street live (2 LP; 1970) Brian Eno, Here Come the Warm Jets (1974) Florence and the [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – December 2011
Jackson Browne, For Everyman (1973) Betty Carter, Social Call (1955-56) Nat King Cole, The Man and His Music (1959-61) John Coltrane, More Lasting than Bronze = Coltrane and Lush Life (2 LP; 1958) John Coltrane, The Last Trane (1965) Miles Davis, In a Silent Way (1969) Donovan, Mellow Yellow (1966; orig. yellow label) Nick [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – November 2011
The Band, Islands (1977) Count Basie, Count Basie and the Kansas City 7 (1962) Bill Bruford, One of a Kind (1979) Canned Heat, Living the Blues (1968) Eric Clapton, Money and Cigarettes (1983) Bob Dylan, Planet Waves, with the Band (1974) Keith Hampshire, The First Cut (1973) Elton John, Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – October 2011
Chuck Berry, The London Chuck Berry Sessions (1972) Blue Rodeo, Outskirts (1986) Byrds, Younger Than Yesterday (1967) Cars, The Cars (1978) Johnny Cash, Original Golden Hits Volume 1 (1955-57) Johnny Cash, Original Golden Hits Volume 2 (1957-59) Johnny Cash, Original Golden Hits Volume 3 (1957-59) Eric Clapton, Just One Night (1980) Cowboy Junkies, The [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – September 2011
Blood, Sweat, and Tears, New Blood (1972) Booker T and the MGs, Greatest Hits (1970) Herbie Hancock, Secrets (1976) Jethro Tull, This Was (1967) Roger McGuinn, Roger McGuinn (1973) Muddy Waters, Can’t Get No Grindin’ (1973) Muddy Waters, Super Super Blues Band, with Howlin’ Wolf and Bo Diddley (1968) Rolling Stones, Their Satanic Majesties [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – August 2011
Beatles, The Complete Silver Beatles (1962) Tony Bennett, Bennett and Basie Strike up the Band (1959) Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra (1972; US pressing) Electric Light Orchestra, On the Third Day (1973) Bill Evans, Time Remembered (2 LP; 1962-63) Genesis, Selling England by the Pound (1973; UK pressing) Ahmad Jamal, Listen to the Ahmad [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – July 2011
Beatles, Hard Day’s Night Parlophone RE (1964 [1987]) Beatles, 1962-1966 [Red] (for my 8-year old son who asked me to find more beatles for him) Beatles, 1967-1970 [Blue] Beatles, Rock n’ Roll Volume 1 (1970) Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011) Jackson Browne, The Pretender (1976) The Dells, Love is Blue (1969) Electric Fly, A [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – June 2011
Pearl Bailey, Gems by (1958) Booker Little, Victory and Sorrow; re-release of Booker Little and Friend (1961) Eric Burdon and War, Eric Burdon Declares War (1970) Big Country, The Seer (1986) Ray Charles, Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961) Miles Davis, The Complete Birth of the Cool (1949-50 [1970 RE]) Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – May 2011
Twice a year, a record dealer up in Elmira has a major sale to clear out things he hasn’t sold. The records are virtually all in near mint condition and so I picked up a good number of jazz and other records for 2 bucks a piece: Louis Armstrong, Town Hall Concert Plus (1947) Louis [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – April 2011
Later in the month I managed to pick up a tonne of records for free. The vast majority of the 400 were scratched beyond belief (one wonders how it is even possible to abuse one’s records so much), but about 50 were in very good shape after thorough cleaning (dish-pan style). Many good jazz, including [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – March 2011
Towards the end of the month I lucked out. Someone had been keeping their parents jazz records and wanted someone to have them and listen to them. So I got a great deal on about 80 records in pristine condition: Meredith d’Ambrosio, Little Jazz Bird (1982) Pearl Bailey, The Definitive Pearl Bailey (CL 985 six-eye; [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – February 2011
Eagles, Desperado (1973) Echo and the Bunnymen, Porcupine (1983) Brian Eno, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy (1974 — finally found this on vinyl in excellent shape!) Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly, Folkways, A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (1988) B.B.King, Love Me Tender (1982) John Mayall, Memories (1971) Split Enz, Mental Notes [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – January 2011
Allman Brothers, At Fillmore East (2LP 1971) Blind Faith (Clapton and Winwood), Blind Faith (1969) Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway, Flack and Hathaway (1972) Chicago, III (1971) Genesis, Nursery Cryme (1971) Coleman Hawkins, The Hawk in Flight (1939-47) Illustration, Illustration (1970) Phil Manzanera, Primitive Guitars (1982) John McLaughlin (Mahavishnu Orchestra), Birds of Fire (1973; better [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – Dec. 2010
This past weekend was the record show in Kitchener, and unlike last year there were a good pile of deals to be had (including a good number of jazz lps). I purchased the majority for .50 cents each and a few for $3-4 dollars each. I finally got Layla and other Love Songs in mint [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds Nov. 2010
Just picked up a few somewhat hard to find Jazz Lps. The most interesting one is a 1958 blue vinyl reissue of early material (from 1946-49) of the Dave Brubeck Octet (I didn’t even know they had coloured vinyl at that point); the front has a sticker with “Fantasy 8094″ and the back has “Fantasy [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – Oct 2010
Cannonball Adderley, Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley (1961) Dave Brubeck, Jazz Goes to College (1954 – original label) Dave Brubeck, Time Further Out (1961 – original label) Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority (1969) Bruce Cockburn, Joy Will Find a Way (1975) Bob Dylan, Empire Burlesque (1985) Fanny, Charity Ball (1971) Fanny, Mothers Pride (1973) Fixx, Phantoms [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – Sept. 2010
King Cole Trio, Nat Cole Trio Trio Days (1940s) Donovan, Barabajagal (1968 ) Bob Dylan, Nashville Skyline (1969) Fifth Dimension, Greatest Hits on Earth (1967-72) Heart, Dreamboat Annie (1975) Hot Chocolate, Cicero Park (1974) Gene Krupa, Best of Gene Krupa, Verve’s Choice (1952-61) John Lennon, Collection (1970-75 [1982]) Phil Manzanera, Diamond Head (1975) Jimmy McGriff, [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – Aug. 2010
The Association, The Association 6th (1970; still sealed) Harry Belafonte, Belafonte Sings the Blues (1958) Pat Benatar, In the Heat of the Night (1979) Pat Benatar, Tropico (1984) Blue Rodeo, Diamond Mine (1989) The Cars, Shake it Up (1981) Cheap Trick, At Budokan (1978) Chicago, Chicago II (1970; RE better copy) Bill Cosby, Why is [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – July 2010
Picked up a few from a local person who’s moving out west and can’t bring the heavy records (turns out he’s an assistant audio engineer and is now working on the Crannberries new album). He had a few 180gram reissues as well that I picked up (although I’m always hesitant about whether reissues will be [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – June 2010
Mostly two bucks a piece: Argent, All Together Now (1972) Maggie Bell, Queen of the Night (1974) James Brown, Hell (1976) Eric Burdon (of Animals), Stop (1975) Johnny Cash, Songs of Our Soil (1959) Johnny Cash, Ride This Train (1960) Johnny Cash, Orange Blossom Special (mono, 1965) Chubby Checker, For Twisters Only (1962) Chubby Checker, [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – May 2010
Animals, Greatest Hits (1964-68 [1969]) Blood, Sweat, and Tears, Blood, Sweat, and Tears 2nd (1968) Byrds, Mr. Tambourine Man (1965 [RE]) The Call, Reconciled (1986) Sam Cooke, The One and Only (1968) Chick Corea and Return to Forever, Where Have I Known You Before (1974) Bob Dylan, Bringing It All Back Home (1965) Duke Ellington, [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds April 2010
At the very end of the month I lucked out when I found a pile of Jazz (mainly original pressings from the 1950s and 1960s) at the antique market at amazing prices: Allman Brothers, Duane and Greg Allman = 31st of February demos (1968) Alphaville, Forever Young (1984) Louis Armstrong, The Genius of Louis Armstrong, [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds March 2010
Beatles, Please Please Me (1963a; mono 1987 release) Beatles, With the Beatles (1963b; mono 1987 release) Beatles, Meet the Beatles (1964; stereo US version of With the Beatles) Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, Original Motion Picture Sound Track (1964) Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever ago (2008) Byrds, Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965) Byrds, Sweetheart of the [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds Feb 2010
Argent, In Deep (1973) The Association, Greatest Hits (1966-68) Jeff Beck, There and Back (1980) The Call, Let the Day Begin (1989) Eric Clapton, 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974) Van Morrison, Veedon Fleece (1974) Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) Pavel Sysoyev, Soviet Funk volume 1 (1971-76 [2009]; Secret Stash) Jeremy Taylor, producer, Reggae [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds Jan. 2010
Long John Baldry, Everything Stops for Tea (1972 – John and Stewart produced) The Band, The Last Waltz (WB; 1978) Jeff Beck, Jeff Beck, Tim Bogert, Carmine Appice (1973) Johnny Cash, Hymns By Johnny Cash (1959) Miles Davis, Someday My Prince Will Come (1961) Miles Davis / Thelonius Monk, At Newport (1958, 1963) Stan Getz, [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds Dec. 2009
Last week I lucked out in finding two very friendly and generous people who simply wanted someone to enjoy the music they had on vinyl without making money on the deal. And so I’ve picked up a large load of LPs in absolutely perfect condition (God bless the people who recorded their records to reel-to-reel [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – Nov 2009
Jackpot! Just bought a load of LPs in perfect condition from someone who advertized on a local classified site and who wasn’t worried about making much money from the deal (he just wanted someone to listen to his records). Now also a few more from the local antique market. Cannonball Adderley, Cannonball Adderley and Friends [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – October 2009
Allman Brothers Band, Brothers and Sisters (1973) Aztec Camera, Knife (1984) Aztec Camera, Love (1987) Jeff Beck, The Yardbirds featuring Jeff Beck (1964-66 [1976]) Jeff Beck, Truth / Beck-Ola combo (1969 – had Truth but needed Beck-Ola) Julian Cope, World Shut Your Mouth EP (1986) Elvis Costello, Spike (1989) Brian Eno, Ambient 1: Music for [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – Sept. 2009
801,801 Live (with Eno and Manzanera; 1976) Band, Cahoots (1971) Chuck Berry, The Great Twenty-Eight (2 LP; 1955-65 [1984]) Blondie, Eat to the Beat (1979) Dave Brubeck, Time Out (stereo; 1959) Dave Brubeck, Time Further Out (mono; 1961) Dave Brubeck, My Favorite Things (1962) Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield (2LP compilation; 1973) The Call, The Call [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – From Stephen Stills and Roberta Flack to The Faces and Chet Atkins (Aug./09)
A good lot of records this month, with many in near mint condition bought for .50 cents a piece (including Stephen Still’s debut that includes Hendrix and Clapton on a tune each): Alan Parsons Project, Tales of Mystery and Imagination – Edgar Allan Poe (1976) Alan Parsons Project, Pyramid (1978) Joan Armatrading, Joan Armatrading (1976) [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – Donovon, The Band and others (July/09)
So far for July: The Band, Stage Fright (1970) The Band, Moondog Matinee (1973) Harry Belafonte, Calypso (1956) Harry Belafonte, Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (LIving Stereo; 1959) Harry Belafonte, Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (Living Stereo; 1960) Dave Brubeck, Jazz: Red, Hot and Cool (CL 699; 1955) Dave Brubeck, Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A. (CL [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – Hendrix, the Clash, and Shankar (06/09)
Jeff Beck, Truth (1969 – better copy) Harry Belafonte, This is Harry Belafonte (1970) David Bowie, Diamond Dogs (1974) (new copy USA, without “Best Buy”) David Bowie, Young Americans (1975) Dave Brubeck, Right Now! (1967) The Call, Into the Woods (1987) Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison (1967) Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton (1970) Eric Clapton, Clapton [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – From King Crimson and Roxy Music to Tom Waits and Stevie Wonder
Here are my latest (all in near mint playing condition), I’m especially glad to have found Tom Waits and Roxy Music, which are hard to find. David Bowie, Hunky Dory (1971) The Call, Scene Beyond Dreams (1984 – never released on CD) Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks (1974) Fifty-Four Fourty, Show Me (1987) King [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds, or jackpot – From Dylan and the Band to Van Morrison and Strawbs
Someone who was quite obviously obsessive in record collecting (he has over 1500 records with four copies of a particular LP in some instances — whether he listened to them much is hard to tell) is selling his collection locally (for $2 a piece). I have managed to get quite a few LPs (most in [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds (Feb 2009) – Shawn Phillips to Bowie
David Bowie, Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980) Neil Diamond, Tap Root Manuscript (1970) Shawn Phillips, Collaboration (1971) The Roches, The Roches (Fripp produced; 1979)
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds (01/09) – From Jeff Beck to Blondie
Trading in some of the surplus LPs (doubles and unwanteds) from buying peoples’ collections, I picked up the following for “free” at local record stores: Jeff Beck, The Jeff Beck Group (1972) Jeff Beck, Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live (1977) Blondie, Autoamerican (1980) Elton John, Honky Chateau (1972) Elton John, Captain Fantastic [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds Dec 20/08 – From Patti Smith Group and Dire Straits to Strawbs
I just bought another well-kept set of records through the local classifieds at one buck a piece. Although there are several genres, you will notice a rather progressive theme in that person’s collection. Both Strawbs and Wishbone Ash were new to me, but I like them for what they are. Finally I have a mint [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – From Creedence Clearwater Revival to Tom Waits
Picked these up at a new booth in an antique mall in Cambridge, ON. I’m planning on posting on Wait’s Swordfishtrombones, which absolutely astounds me (especially since it doesn’t sound like 1983). The Call, Modern Romans (1983). Creedence Clearwater Revival, Cosmo’s Factory (1970). Roxy Music, Siren (1975) Tom Waits, Swordfishtrombones (1983).
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds – From Neil Young and John Stewart to the Specials (Summer and Fall 2008)
I’ve been woefully neglectful of this blog for a while, but I do hope to return to regular posts at some point (but the imminently arriving baby may delay that further). (My excuse is that I’ve been finishing up two books I’ve been writing lately, and I do have to lecture). Anyways, in the mean [...]
Read More..>>Latest vinyl finds (05/08/23)
Arcade Fire, Funeral The (English) Beat, Wha’ppen (1981) Bruce Cockburn, Big Circumstance (1988) Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Armed Forces (1978) The Fixx, Shuttered Room (1982) Steve Miller Band, Abracadabra (1982) Charles Mingus, Mexican Moods (1979) Red Rider, As Far as Siam (1981) Rush, Rush (1977) Santana, Freedom (1987) Paul Simon, One Trick Pony (1980) [...]
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