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Latest vinyl finds - Nov 2009

Posted by pharland on November 2nd, 2009 filed in Latest vinyl finds

Cannonball Adderley, Cannonball Adderley and Friends (1973)
Dave Alexander, The Rattler (1972)
Long John Baldry, It Ain’t Easy (1971)
King Curtis, Live at the Fillmore West (1970)
Ike and Tina Turner, Workin’ Together (1971)
Ike and Tina Turner, Get Back! (best of) (1960-75)

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Latest vinyl finds - October 2009

Posted by pharland on October 6th, 2009 filed in Latest vinyl finds

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 Airports (1979) — finally I’ve got an [...]

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Latest vinyl finds - Sept. 2009

Posted by pharland on September 8th, 2009 filed in Latest vinyl finds

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 (1982; out of print - still sealed!)
Chieftans, debut [...]

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Latest vinyl finds - From Stephen Stills and Roberta Flack to The Faces and Chet Atkins (Aug./09)

Posted by pharland on August 5th, 2009 filed in Latest vinyl finds

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)
Joan Armatrading, Show Some [...]

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Latest vinyl finds - Donovon, The Band and others (July/09)

Posted by pharland on July 13th, 2009 filed in Latest vinyl finds

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 984; 1956)
Dave Brubeck, Brubeck Plays Brubeck (CL [...]

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Latest vinyl finds - Hendrix, the Clash, and Shankar (06/09)

Posted by pharland on June 3rd, 2009 filed in Latest vinyl finds

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 (1973)
The Clash, London Calling (1979)
The Clash, Combat Rock [...]

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Latest vinyl finds - From King Crimson and Roxy Music to Tom Waits and Stevie Wonder

Posted by pharland on May 16th, 2009 filed in Latest vinyl finds

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 Crimson, In the Wake of [...]

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Latest vinyl finds, or jackpot - From Dylan and the Band to Van Morrison and Strawbs

Posted by pharland on March 1st, 2009 filed in Latest vinyl finds

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 [...]

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Latest vinyl finds (Feb 2009) - Shawn Phillips to Bowie

Posted by pharland on February 17th, 2009 filed in Latest vinyl finds

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)

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Latest vinyl finds (01/09) - From Jeff Beck to Blondie

Posted by pharland on January 9th, 2009 filed in Latest vinyl finds

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 and the Brown Dirt Cowboy [...]

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Latest vinyl finds Dec 20/08 - From Patti Smith Group and Dire Straits to Strawbs

Posted by pharland on December 20th, 2008 filed in Gabriel, Peter, Latest vinyl finds, Uncategorized

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 [...]

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Latest vinyl finds - From Creedence Clearwater Revival to Tom Waits

Posted by pharland on December 11th, 2008 filed in Latest vinyl finds

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).

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Latest vinyl finds - From Neil Young and John Stewart to the Specials (Summer and Fall 2008)

Posted by pharland on October 30th, 2008 filed in Latest vinyl finds

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 [...]

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Latest vinyl finds (05/08/23)

Posted by pharland on May 23rd, 2008 filed in Latest vinyl finds

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)
Sly Stone, High on You (1975)
U2, Unforgettable Fire (1984)

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Latest vinyl finds (05/08)

Posted by pharland on April 13th, 2008 filed in Latest vinyl finds

Jeff Beck, Truth (1968).
David Bowie, Low (1977) and Heroes (1977).
Kate Bush, Lionheart (1978), Never Forever (1980), The Dreaming (1982), Hounds of Love (1985).
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Déjà Vu (1969).
Earth, Wind and Fire, Gratitude (1975).
Brian Eno, Music for Films (1978), Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (1983).
Robert Fripp, Exposure (1979).
Fripp and Eno, No Pussyfooting (1973).
Al Green, [...]

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Latest vinyl finds (12/07)

Posted by pharland on December 9th, 2007 filed in Latest vinyl finds

I just bought another person’s collection of records in mint condition, including:

AC/DC, Back in Black (1980)
The Beatles, Revolver (1966), Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), White Album (1968), Abbey Road (1969), Let it Be (1970)
Berlin, Count Three and Pray (1986)
The Buddy Holly Story
The Doors, 13 (1970)
Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac (1975)
Marvin Gaye, Anthology (3 discs; [...]

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Latest vinyl finds (11/07)

Posted by pharland on November 23rd, 2007 filed in Latest vinyl finds

I just picked up a number of LPs in mint condition at two bucks a piece:

Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Tarkus (1971) and Trilology (1972).
Roberta Flack, First Take (1969) and Killing Me Softly (1973).
Peter Gabriel, Plays Live (1983).
Mike and the Mechanics, Living Years (1988).
Pat Metheny Group, Still Life (Talking) (1987).
Sade, Promise (1985).
Santana, Moonflower (1977).
Simple Minds, Sons [...]

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Latest vinyl finds: From the Beatles to Stevie Wonder and Supertramp

Posted by pharland on October 9th, 2007 filed in Latest vinyl finds

Once again I have managed to purchase for a pittance an entire collection of about 300 records (mostly in mint condition), including:

The Beatles, Rubber Soul (1965), Hey Jude (1970), Let it Be (1970).
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bayou Country (1969).
Peter Frampton, Frampton Comes Alive! (1976)
Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin’ Simon (1973).
Supertramp, Crime of the Century (1974), Breakfast [...]

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Latest vinyl finds: From Brian Eno to Art Tatum and Buddy de Franco

Posted by pharland on September 14th, 2007 filed in Latest vinyl finds

Eric Clapton, Backless (1978).
Brian Eno, Before and After Science (1977).
Brian Ferry, Another Time, Another Place (1974).
Genesis, Live (1974).
Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973).
Paul Simon, One-Trick Pony (1980).
Simple Minds, Life in a Day (1982).
Art Tatum, Buddy de Franco, Red Callender, and Bill Douglass, The Tatum Group Masterpieces (1975 [1956]).

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Lastest vinyl finds: King Crimson to Dave Brubeck

Posted by pharland on September 4th, 2007 filed in Latest vinyl finds

This past long weekend we were camping near Ottawa and dropped by a local flea market. As usual, I had my eye out for records and it seemed generally disappointing (the usual scratched up LPs or Barbara Streisand or Neil Diamond). But then at the last moment I lucked out (all in mint [...]

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