Wow I had not clocked that that is a 500 dolla record! Not that I've ever come across it in the wild but still. What's the story?
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klezmer electro-thug beats said:
Wow I had not clocked that that is a 500 dolla record! Not that I've ever come across it in the wild but still. What's the story?
It was a Craigslist ad at a really good price. I jumped on the opportunity to buy it because I have been looking for a copy for probably 15 years. I bought it to resell but I don't think I will be able to let it go after searching for so long for a copy that wasn't on a wall for $600. Maybe one day I'll find a cleaner copy and sell it but for now it's getting filed.
I bought 2,000 records this morning. It was a former disco DJ's collection. Disco, funk, soul, new wave, etc. It's a very focused collection with no crap mixed in. He was in a record pool and bought stuff to play for the dance floor. It has been collecting dust for many years. I'm happy to breath some life back into all of them again.
Damn, that's a vicarious thrill for somebody like me who could never make moves like that. Rare even on record boards to hear about collection buys that are actually good and focused and not full of chud too
klezmer electro-thug beats said:
Damn, that's a vicarious thrill for somebody like me who could never make moves like that. Rare even on record boards to hear about collection buys that are actually good and focused and not full of chud too
It was kind of like it was meant to be. The owner of this collection was working the register at Goodwill. We were driving by Goodwill and only had 10 minutes to dig before they closed. We almost didn't go in that night. I pulled four 90s classic 12" for 99 cents each and when I went to pay for them the cashier started talking to me about records and how he had 4,000 in his apartment (it was actually 2,000). I told him that if he ever wanted to sell everything I was the guy that would buy it all. A couple days later he invited me over to look at everything. I made an offer and the next day we were able to work out a deal that we were both happy with. I mostly collect disco these days and getting a collection like this fits into what I am typically playing out when I DJ. He knew the records were going to a good home and said that he could see the happiness in my face as I was packing everything up. I'm having a great time going thorough everything now. There are so many 12" that I have never seen before.
ketan said:
Do you even have space to just up your collectron by that much overnight?! Sounds like a perfect come-up but would also be a nightmare for me for space reasons!
Yes, I have multiple shelves around the house. I just setup this shelf for processing incoming records recently after outgrowing the other shelves. It's a constant cycle of buying and purging. The shelves are almost completely full again now. That's a good problem though. I can always add another shelf. Finding the records is the hard part.
BSM and Yma Sumac are psychedelic anomalies compared to the rest of their previous albums. Miguel Cruz is personal label salsa and rhumba soul. Grapefruit is one-off major label psych. LAVC Studio Jazz Band '74 has a version of Pat Williams' "On The Sixth Day", with drum breaks. It's a personal connection too as my mother and I both got our transfer credits from that community college and we have a lot of memories of that place. She in the early 70s just graduated from the adjacent Grant High (as seen later in the 90s as the opening shot of Bayside on "Saved By The Bell"), hanging with the surfers and lowriders. Later in the early 2000's I would play pause break tapes for amateur rappers on campus who would plume up the center quad area with weed smoke during peak hours. Amazingly, no one hassled us. Those were the days. Also got Python Lee Jackson "In A Broken Dream" and Megaton's "Standing In The Rain Again" 45s for a dollar each.
dizzybull said:
this shelf for processing incoming records
Last night my fiance said that we should setup another shelf so that we have somewhere to put more records. She's definitely the one for me.
A few from the past couple of days
Suicidal Tendencies promo
David Bowie - Lodger UK gatefold pressing
James Ray self titled mono
Minty Earth Wind and Fire with insert
Suicidal Tendencies promo
David Bowie - Lodger UK gatefold pressing
James Ray self titled mono
Minty Earth Wind and Fire with insert
"Angels" is a compilation of themes from British televison programs. It has "Quiller", "The Liver Birds" (also with open drums) and the title track theme which is "Motivation" by Alan Parker. There's others from the KPM stable too. "Jim'll Fix It", "On The Move" and "Dad's Army" made me crack smiles. "Gorky Park" soundtrack by James Horner has a feel similiar to that Jerry Fielding and Lalo Schifrin "Dirty Harry" comp and Moroder's "Midnight Express". "Emperor of the North (Pole)" is a 10" record for radio broadcast use with three 8 x 10 photos in the jacket and an "open ended interview" script with commentary from Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine to promote the Robert Aldrich film. Similiar deal with "The Domino Principle". Alceu Valenca's debut wasn't really a "find". It was a purchase from a local Mr. Bongo sell off based on a ppadilha recommendation with some extra money. Same deal with the Ednardo, albeit much cheaper. The '75 samba comp, Zombies ("Odyssey and Oracle" in its entirety plus their early singles, just with the orange Epic label), the Italian jazz comp (has a slow burner called "Pupa O Crisalide" by the Enrico Rava Septet), Educated Homegrown (mixed bag produced by Dave Brubeck's sons which has a title track with the breaks) and Franco Micalizzi soundtrack for the "The Tree with Pink Leaves" (a dramatic film which is a far cry from his material for those Lenzi crime flicks around the same period) were found for a dollar. Continuing the college jazz band theme thanks to a former conductor peppering his collection around local shops, I found the LAVC '68 (nothing funky, but has a suite called "The Anti-Christ" in different time signatures), the LACC '76 (versions of "God Bless The Child" and Coltrane's "Impressions") and the Louisville Orchestra (one of a series of 100+ classical/avant-garde records on First Edition, this one really out there experimental electronic music by Merrill Ellis) and Clark '81 (nice take on "Manteca"). Gibbs and Burton is stellar fusion, one of their collaborations from '74. Barbara McNair is the last of her 60s LPs and has most soul. And unsurprisingly isn't as easy to find as her earlier ones.
Oh! I like the last song on that King Errisson. It's odd to me, sort of sitting between genres, but kind of sweet with heavy drums. A bit like a backing track but it's nice.
https://youtu.be/zhtzof79YCo
Not finds, per se, but I just picked up a couple fun new releases:
https://youtu.be/aJh5rS17ekA
and from Four Flies Records a 45 compilation/reissue thing of two "breaksyo" italian soundtrack/library tracks:
https://youtu.be/m_k6CgHOMeU
https://youtu.be/zOQa-gVVyD8
https://youtu.be/zhtzof79YCo
Not finds, per se, but I just picked up a couple fun new releases:
https://youtu.be/aJh5rS17ekA
and from Four Flies Records a 45 compilation/reissue thing of two "breaksyo" italian soundtrack/library tracks:
https://youtu.be/m_k6CgHOMeU
https://youtu.be/zOQa-gVVyD8
Those Italian library tunes are great! Reminds me when my Dad and I attended those annual Formula One races in Long Beach. Here's my weekend Goodwill run, with the exception of Reverberi which was a gift from a friend among others. "Halcyon Days" is University Of Miami Concert Jazz Band '77-'79. Los Graduados is cumbia which bites that one Blood, Sweat & Tears album cover.
I was curious about that bayete umbra zindiko, was digging what I heard on a youtube upload and the first comment on the first track was "edan used this on beauty and the beat"
klezmer electro-thug beats said:
I was curious about that bayete umbra zindiko, was digging what I heard on a youtube upload and the first comment on the first track was "edan used this on beauty and the beat"
It's a cool record. I had never heard of it and saw it at a shop here in Austin. As soon as I put the needle down on the first track I knew I was going to buy it. It has fuzz psych rock guitar fused together with avant garde jazz and drifts back and forth between the two.
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