2013 scores

we took a trip to beantown today - or cambridge anyway - to buy CDs from an awesome ilxor and i stopped in cheapo records. they have a lot of, uh, stuff...they definitely have HUNDREDS of dollar records that i own priced at 5 or 6 bucks. and they have this HUGE section in the back devoted to ancient bear family box sets! very strange. the prices are ancient too. the whole back room is filled with old sealed budget bin records. kinda cool. i got three henry cow records sealed. original pressings. 10 bucks each. they had more if you are ever in the area. seemed like a good deal to me. anyway, i didn't get out of there crushed by the weight of my purchases. but i found enough skot stuff to keep me happy. spent a hundred bucks total and 30 of that was henry cow action.

marti shannon - you were on my mind (rca victor - 1966) (couldn't resist the cover. so beautiful. the lettering, marti, her pose, everything.)

those x-cleavers - cult statis (permanent records - 1987) (wisconsin weirdos. i have this on tape.)

soft machine - alive & well - recorded in paris (harvest - 1978)

rabindra - all i see is you (takoma) (my pal doug decker engineering and working his buchla magic!)

paul jones - crucifix in a horseshoe (london) (was happy to get this for five bucks. vertigo copies sell for $$$ and i never see them anyway. needed it for my thomas jefferson kaye collection.)

mick greenwood - living game (decca) (five bucks. i own it, maybe i'll gift it to someone.)

country - s/t (clean records - 1971) (couldn't remember if i had this or not.)

keith christmas - brighter day (manticore - 1975)

country coalition - s/t (bluesway) (sealed copy for five bucks.)

johnny melfi - johnnymelfi's sun...sun...sun...album (pyramid - 1977)

thomas & richard frost - s/t (uni - 1972)

babe ruth - amar cabballero (harvest)

atlantis - get on board (vertigo - 1975)

dallas county - s/t (enterprise)

morganmasondowns - s/t (roulette) (another one i was really happy to get for five bucks. i never see this record. my kinda stuff. most of the stuff i got had obviously been in the store a LONG time. old price stickers on top of even older price stickers. its the final markdown. god only knows how long those henry cow records had been there. all that sealed stuff looked like it had lived back there for years. maybe they started out with 50 henry cows each.)

i mean they aren't really big on "condition" there but i'm sure i could have found more bargains if i had dug longer. they had big dance 12 inch and rap 12 inch sections but i hardly ever pay real world prices for 12 inches. tons of boxes of 45s under the counters that i wasn't gonna bother going through. if i had hours to kill maybe i would have. the new arrivals section didn't really have anything for me. some good funky/jazzy stuff but nothing i needed to spend 10 or 15 bucks on.

someone came in talking about the goodwill store and soul records and maria and the kids went there and maria said a record dude was buying up tons of stuff there so i guess i missed the real score action by a block today.

bert jansch - nicola
coon creek girls - early radio favorites
carter family - gospel songs by (volume 3 of old homestead's border radio series)

dollar flea market records --
teena marie - it must be magic
herb alpert - rise

"rotation" on that herb record might be even better than the biggie sample.

lets see what did i get here...

Pigmeat Markham - Open The Door Richard
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Himself
Ralph Macdonald - Counterpoint
Kirsten Flagstad in Purcell's Dido And Aeneas with members of the Mermaid Theatre Company, London Geraint Jones, conductor
Bill Dana - Jose Jimenez The Submarine Officer

and a dope box of 45s ($15 including the aqua porta-pak)

Redbone / O'Jays / Isley Brothers / Percy Mayfield / Eddie Carlton / Knuckle Busters - "Authentic Ring-Side Sounds" / Irma Thomas / The Townsmen / Henry Gross / Maxine Weldon / The Amazing Spiderman - Invasion of the Dragonmen (no book) / Bay City Rollers / Eric Carmen / Larry Jon Wilson / The Fabulous Echoes / Reno & Smiley / The Naturals / Bill Duncan and the Harmony Mountain Boys / Nancy Ames / Pamela Beaty / David Casidy / Carpenters / The Rocky Fellers / The Reactions / Charlie Moore and Bill Napier / Roy Hamilton / Captain And Tenille / MILES DAVIS / Barbara Fairchild / Love Unlimited Orchestra / The Three Degrees / Elves Pressly / Electric Light Orchestra / Johnny Winter / Cicero Blake / Olivia Newton-John (peace 2 bimble forever) / ABBA / The Bishops / Ohio Players / Morris Albert / Billy Paul / Bee Gees / Soul Survivors / Ruth and Shery (A Ray Vernon Production!) / The Wonderful Ones / Harlem Globetrotters Magicians of Basketball by special arrangement with the Tempo Record Co. of America Featuring Brother Bones

patrick vian - bruits et temps analogues
norman blake - whiskey before breakfast
pure bathing culture - moon tides
slow walkers - s/t (liz harris and lawrence english collab!)

boy do i love norman blake!!

ebay/discogs

girls at our best! - go for gold! 7"
rain parade - you are my friend 7"
? & the mysterians - 96 tears 7"
zeros (UK) - hungry 7"
women in prison - strange waves 7"
thrilled skinny - not half an EP 12"
john wilkes booze - the heliocentric views of the john wilkes booze LP
marbles - I love summer days 7"
frightwig - cat farm faboo LP

gigs

sun children sun - s/t 7"
formby channel - plums 7"
martin & the brownshirts - taxi driver 7"
active minds - turn back the tide of bigotry LP
active minds - the lunatics have taken over the asylum 7" flexi
active minds - it's perfectly obvious that this system doesn't work LP
active minds - behind the mask 7"
kulturkampf - caught in an evil web of violence LP
FUK - new wave of british punk rock LP
FUK - bad drugs competition 7"
intelligence - fake surfers LP
vivian girls - s/t LP
hard skin - on the balls LP
sic alps - a long way round to a shortcut 2xLP
(split) human junk + lich - 5"
urban blight - total war 7"
government warning - executed 7"
(split) lotus fucker + wankys - 7"
(split) despise you + agoraphobic nosebleed - and on and on... LP
va - human 7"
cosmonauts - if you wanna die then I wanna die LP

charity shop

chic - dance, dance, dance (yowsah, yowsah, yowsah) 7"

and I helped my friend load some stuff into his van and he gave me

discharge - hear nothing, see nothing, say nothing LP

1st pressing but it was really badly scratched up on side 2, but it actually plays fine!

that's because its an indestructible record made out of fire and blood.

This is true.

Reminds me I should message my friend and tell him because he insisted it was unplayable. He didn't really know what it was, I think he got it in a job lot of records he was trying to sell off on ebay. It's not rare at all but he could've probably get a fiver for it in that condition. I mean obv he gave it me for doing him a favour but he's on disability so I wouldn't've taken it if I thought it was worth any money. And I have it on CD already anyway but I'm def happy to have it on vinyl.

<50 cents each at the humboldt state univ record sale, all in SICK condition, except a few sticker and marker situations cause theyre ex libris...

these are highlights:

eddie russ -- fresh out (this version)
eddie russ -- take a look at yrself
vox pop -- the band the myth the volume
weldon irvine -- in harmony
the 24-carat black -- ghetto:...
maxayn -- s/t
larry ridley -- sum of the parts
robb kunkel -- abyss
shamek farrah & folks -- la dee la la
songs from suicide bridge (claimed by ian LOL)
mahmoud ahmed -- ere mela mela
v/a -- songs the swahili sing
stains -- s/t
suzanne ciani -- seven waves (test press)
social climbers -- s/t
daniel hecht -- fireheart
jerry harris -- don't stop (wackie's 12")
arthur blythe -- bush baby
bayete -- worlds behind the sun
bayete -- seeking other beauty
jones/johnson -- liberation of the contemp gtr (strata)
brass company -- colors (strata)
jayne cortez -- celebrations (strata)
leslie drayton -- our music is your music
john betsch society -- earth blossom (strata)
vangelis o -- earth
gene mcdaniels -- natural juices
janet smith -- the unicorn
legendary pink dots -- crushed velvet
temple of the dog -- s/t
temple of the dog -- pushin fwd back 12"
slint -- tweez
two -- waiting for winter 12"
kamal abdul alim -- dance
tree spirit -- s/t
leon spencer -- where im coming from
stone alliance -- s/t
globe unity -- improvisations
henry cowell -- homage to iran
evan parker at the finger palace
rhythm & faith -- time to run
ripple -- s/t (promo)
silva/celestial comm orch -- the shout
scott seskind -- s/t
nip drivers -- oh blessed freak show
landlords -- hey its a teenage house party
larry jon wilson -- sojourner
stinky toys -- plastic faces
the muffins -- manna/mirage
rat at rat r -- s/t
rat at rat r -- amer$ide...
terry-t -- the oaktown sound
the 3 pieces -- vibes of truth
synthesis -- sentiments
rosenbloom -- souls of chaos
sex clark five -- strum and drum!
phil ranelin -- love dreams
swervedriver -- reel to reel
jimmy silva -- remnants...

20-30 more for selling modestly. 159 total, $75 total. WTF DUDES

fuckin california man...

that Nip Drivers record is a total classic, so good. I treasure my copy and it beats the shit out of the CD reisssue.

that's cool stuff! did you leave a ton of stuff? i love that ripple album. it was made for me kinda.

jesus
i went to a 50 cent sale and got some good stuff, but not that kind of good stuff. it was like 30% christmas music so of the remaining 70% i only wanted a tiny portion. there were a LOT of late 90s/early 00s rap 12" which is fine but i don't really have any need for them.

pete always makes norcal seem like the golden land of record hunting. i swear everytime he & @nn13 drive outta SF he's coming back with piles of amazing records..

i got that robb kunkel for a few bucks this week but i think i'm gonna sell it.. a couple great tracks and a lot that leaves me a bit cold. but just.. wow. all that strata stuff. and rat at rat r. and larry jon wilson!

won this 78 on ebay for cheap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udHAn38swqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fmj0nw49As

this might actually be my dollar find of the day. nice shape too.

http://www.popsike.com/php/detaildatar.php?itemnr=330954877167

ian do you have the morganmasondowns record i mentioned upthread? think you might dig it.

http://www.popsike.com/pix/20130130/251221495715.jpg

i don't have it, skot. should i look for it on ebay? that good?
i'm not buying many records these days..

if there's a korean CD that means i will never afford it unless i find it underpriced at a store or at a thrift..

there's a copy on ebay, low starting bid, i'll give it a shot.

its not like you can't live without it. its just a nice record.

if my record collection was JUST records i COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT it would only be like 50 records or so, probably...

christ, that score...i feel like every time i come across a pristine load of 50 cent lps it's always some worthless streisands or humperdincks.

that's a lot of money right there too! not to be crass, but i mean...for real. some 40-50-60 dollar records. and some more than that. i've never heard of the scott seskind record and i see it sells for 50/60.

that stone alliance record sells for a ton too. oh my.

The Stains LP is worth a ton I think?

pete's charmed life should not be considered indicative of the nor cal record landscape at large. i follow him around just hoping to get a sniff of the fumes. or i tell him a place that has records, he goes and finds the secret hidden cabinet full of sick records i left behind.

Great scores Pete!! That Scott Seskind record is a total score! Is that phil ranelin as good as his other records?

Record digging in south east texas the last few days, a dollar each or less!
Patterson & Pults - Second Time Around (Up To Snuff) Sealed!!
Mexia State School Sunshine Group - A Reason To Sing (Custom)
The Plainsmen - S/T (No Label) Country bar band
Ned Doheny - S/T (Asylum) Nice minty copy
Willis Alan Ramsey S/T (Shelter) finally a red label first pressing in shrink beautiful copy!
The Sunglows - The Original Peanuts (Siesta)
Texas Trilogy - No Refund (No Label) Texas country bar band
Cathy Young - A Spoonful Of ( Mainstream)
Little Joe and The Latinaires - Amor Bonito (El Zarape)
De Hernandez De Little Joe - Los carnales (Buena Suerte)
Little Joe and The Latinaires - Mas!!! Arriba (Buena Suerte)
Little Joe & La Familia - Live For Schlitz (Freddie)
Ramiro - S/T (no Label)
Oscar Y Leonard - Y La Mafia (Carino)
Los Angeles Negros - Y Volvere (Parnaso)
Los Hombres - No Deben Llorar (Orfeon)
Trio Los Panchos - Canta Pedro Flores (Columbia)
Roberto Carlos - En Castellano (Caytronics)
Los Tremendos Gavilanes - Quisiera Amarte Menos (Capri)

tbh im a bit overwhelmed at the crates in the living room! im starting w the things i KNOW I WANT -- shamek farrah & folks right now, which is just beautiful. scott seskind was in my 3rd round of picks, haha. it went 115 LPs grabbed initally, then 35 more when i realized the thrift annie and i were in was way less interesting than going back, and then 9 when our breakfast took too long, haha.

im feeling like i may keep a bunch of these? or just kinda go slow w them...

RECORDS

i admire your tenacity and nose for tunez, peter.

what year is that silva from, btw? never heard it. want it.

i needle-dropped it briefly last night and it sounds GOOOOOD -- it's the US chiaroscuro version here: http://www.discogs.com/Alan-Silva-Celestial-Communications-Orchestra-The-The-Shout-Portrait-For-A-Small-Woman/release/2393748

this was a "round three" grab haha

how much stuff did you leave? maybe i don't want to know...

How could you leave an alan silva record for 50c?!?!??! until rpound three?!?!

i wouldn't have been able to leave and then come back! oh man that would have driven me insane. let alone come back twice! such a casual dude you are, pete. i need to learn your zen methods.

re: leaving things, it's a bit complicated. my intent was to buy EVERYTHING if i found enough good things, and i certainly met that rubric, and the price wouldve been right (probably $1000 for the 5-6K records that were there if the volume pricing continued?).

BUT. i was 5hr from home and shipping it would have been really time-consuming, and putting up all the $$$ would have been a bit annoying for a few months, and compelled me to hustle hard to sell things immediately. also, it was a 100th birthday university party, and it felt a little harsh to buy everything on this festival day while older locals were stoked about finding stuff. i like to think of myself as psychologically capable of buying everything in these circumstances, and let me emphasize that if it had been one or two fewer of those limiting factors, id have had a REALLY hard time not making an offer on everything. that said, all told, it was a little much.

so i left ummmm 4800 records? more context, though -- i looked at everything, and grabbed with all my knowledge, intuition, and interest. i do not doubt that i missed a few $$$ records, and more important, a few SICK records. but i mean -- im still a bit of a novice at this power-moves game. im sure as boomers un/willingly sell their collections over the next 20yr, ill get more shots at being ruthless :)

xxp to ian: it was credited to celestrial comm orch so i didnt notice it at first...
xp to scott: i appreciate it, and the balance bw craze and calm (WHICH IVE BEEN TOLD IS THE VERY CONCEPT OF SKILLFULLNESS THANK YOU ALAN SILVA) is pretty cruc to me

i'm getting better at letting things go. i have to get better at it. i can't buy everything. i'm really good at record shows now. i look for cheap stuff for the store, maybe some stuff for me, but i'm calm. i don't get caught up in the frenzy. there will always be more. that's my motto. and even if there isn't, i have plenty of great stuff to listen to. that's my other motto.

yeah, id really like to keep lookin for records for my whole life!

it helps too that i'm totally happy finding cheap stuff that nobody wants except for me. i have endless fun with dollar and two dollar disco/rock/r&b/jazz/etc records. having said that, i would have completely lost my shit if i went to a sale like that. my heart would have been pounding. waxidermy dream sale.

I walked away from a lot of record yesterday, but it was due to being in this hoarders junk shop. I spent more than an hour there in no AC and the dust was overbearing. There were records crammed in shelves, on the floor, beneath other books behind clothes. I found great stuff too like Cathy Young and a lot of local bar bands, and I didn't even break into the 45's because I was drenched in sweat and couldn't breath anymore. I might go back next weekend, it's 2 hours from here. Hoarders are crazy.

oh right -- we're going back up there for christmas, and the station said they wanted to get me on the air for their pledge drive, haha. maybe ill try and buy everything else!

Found these at 2 different goodwills and an antique store for .50 or a dollar each!
Windrose - S/T (Ram) Been looking for anything on Ram records, a houston label with decent saw/rock
Mama & Papa Reece Owens & Friends - Voices of the Lonesome Pines (No Label)
Jimmy Holiday - Turning Point (Minit) Sealed
Trinity - Jesus When The Sun Goes Down (Living Waters)
Maddox Bros & Rose - S/T (King)
Reno & Smiley - Country Songs (King)
The Organ Happenings - Organ Serenade (Apple Honey)
Chris Hirsch - Crazy Creek (Hill Country)
Gene Newby and The Round Mountain Boys - Sunday On A Round Mountain ()No Label)
Justin Tyler - Night Fall (No Label)

Jimmy Holiday - Turning Point (Minit) Sealed

Yow.

I know! I've turned down buying this in shops a few times due to having scuffs and being $30, and when I forgot about it I find a prefect copy for a dollar!