records we are desperately seeking

this is for holy grails and also maybe a good thread in which to say, "keep an eye for for this record please!"

royal trux - sweet sixteen
compulsive gamblers - bluff city & crystal gazing luck amazing (i always get sniped on these two on ebay)

Tymon Dogg - Battle Of Wills and that other 7"
Annie Anxiety - Soul Possession
Guts Pie Earshot - Anatopia soundtrack
Soft Boys - Two Halves For The Price Of One
Black Uhuru - Sinsemilla
Thinking Fellers Union - Kids Are In The Mud 7"

didn't know Sweet Sixteen was on vinyl! There's a CD at my radio station.

david welsh - blue lightning accent lp
mag-amplitude - wizards of today lp
collective tools s/t lp

I used to have that "two halves" one!

William Basinski - A Red Score In Tile LP (Three Poplars, 2003) (you know, preferably not for the 100+ euro's it's going for at the mo')

Ensemble Pittoresque - For This is Past (mainly desperately seeking it at under £70)

yeah 'sweet sixteen' def. used to be on LP, or at least i'm 95% sure it was. i could be wrong, seeing as i've never spotted it on ebay.

haha ok discogs says i am wrong, it was only on cd. but i swear i saw that nasty cover on vinyl once...

wiki agrees. well, scratch that then.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Sixteen_(Royal_Trux_album)

where to begin.

mike hurley - first songs
count ossie/mystic revelation of rastafari - grounation 3xLP
charalambides - historic 6th ward (lp version pls, have the CD)
dead c - clyma est mort (i will totally trade u some stuff for this scott!)
the shadow ring picture disc 7"
any harry partch i don't have already (have most of the major label stuff--gate 5 pls!)
robert ashley - wolfman
alvin lucier - music on a long thin wire
charlie tweddle LP

also still want that mountain bus LP.

need a clean copy of alice coltrane's "monastic trio" as well tbh

count ossie mmmm yeah, never heard that

I would also like Robert Haigh/Sema's "Three Seasons Only" LP for much less than $150.

i ripped a CD of it to my laptop ages ago cuz the cover looked so dope. never got around to listening to it 'til last night, somehow. it's ripped from vinyl lol. xp

dead c - clyma est mort

^ I have this, but it's the second pressing I think, not the collector scum bootleg thing

lets be clear, there's some variation in the following desperation...

don cherry -- organic music
don cherry -- the eternal now
don cherry -- live in ankara
about six ORIGINAL MUSIC LPs (kinshasa sound, jamilia, kampala sound, azagas and archibogs, street music of java, kenya dry)
terry riley -- persian surgery dervishes
godz -- godz 2
broadcast -- tender buttons
polvo -- todays active lifestyles (w/ lion)
polvo -- celebrate the new dark age 3x7"
unrest -- perfect teeth 6x7" box
henry's dress -- bust em green
buncha ocora LPs (pygmy music, music of congo, etc)
the dead c -- harsh 70's reality
dicks -- kill from the heart
sonic youth -- EVOL
sebadoh -- bakesale
sebadoh -- III

shit, sorry, i knew i was forgetting something. so, you probably already have these. but the two i have are:

african acoustic - from the copperbelt...zambian miners' songs (sealed)

african acoustic vol. 1 - guitar songs from tanzania, zambia, & zaire (minty in the shrink)

um, if you need them. but you probably don't.

yeahhhh i got those, but i have a friend who may be looking -- can i have him email the store if he is?

im working the KUSF rec swap next weekend, so i can be on the lookout for y'all

Anything by The Disposals.

Disturbed Furniture: "Information"/"Alors Allez" 7" (1980)

Pete Fowler: "One Heart, One Song"/"The Miners' Strike" (Oval 1977)

That Pete Fowler one is a b-side to Johnny Allen's "Promised Land" reissue, isn't it?

No clue. Don't even know Johnny Allen.

This is a message reply for 'sleeve':

Are you still interested in purchasing a copy of Tymon Dogg's "Battle of Wills" LP? If so, I have an EX+ (basically NM-) copy that I'm willing to sell to you (or anyone else for that matter) for a pretty good price if interested.

I can be contacted at doggi✧✧✧@gm✧✧✧.c✧✧ - thanks, Ryan (aka 7devonapes of tymondogg.net).

what was the first part of that address?

it's [mod edit]

(tell me when you've got that & i'll delete)

haha got it, thanks

okay boners, who's got a copy of Kaleidoscope's "A Beacon From Mars" to trade me?

i think i only have the reissue. the reissue shouldn't be hard to find cheap.

my friend scored an orig for only $20 a few weeks ago :(

A few copies of every à;GRUMH... record!

okay boners, who's got a copy of Kaleidoscope's "A Beacon From Mars" to trade me?

― ian, Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:11 AM (1 month ago) [IP: 173.77.98.163] Bookmark

^^^ i got teh reissue for $10.

i r desperately seeking all of the above listed LPs still :(

now i want mingus records.

SF amoeba had a couple i dont usually see in the new arrivals jazz section last time i checked -- lemme see what i can turn up, and ill txt u

I sold all my a;Grumh records, used to have three or four :(

I would say it needs a reissue but that would automatically mean they would be $25 and I bet they are around for less.

count ossie/mystic revelation of rastafari - grounation 3xLP

ian, i seem to remember my bff, ben, having this one. he lives in ny and has prob even shopped at bk academy. i'll write him to find out if he has it.

i have this one
http://www.inet.hr/~ndaplar/Web/CountOssie.jpg

pete, not eternal now, but i think i have eternal rhythm in my forsale pile if you're interested

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/erikmag/DonCherryEternalRhythm.jpg

scott, do you still have these or anything like it?:

african acoustic - from the copperbelt...zambian miners' songs (sealed)

african acoustic vol. 1 - guitar songs from tanzania, zambia, & zaire (minty in the shrink)

if so, i'll email you

sold them. sorry. i'll let you know if i get anything similar.

ian, also sorry, he already sold that count ossie record

word

i want a $1 copy of the simon stokes & the black whip thrill band LP like xhuxk found. or any simon stokes really.

btw you guys should post like nuts in here. about a year ago this nice african music blogger uchenna contacted me after i assume googling onyeabor and running in to this post Who can school me on William Onyeabor?

he had multiple copies from his travels\digging and sold me one for a more than fair price.

also, i was just playing monastic trio earlier this week and rememnering how ian gave me his cover. thanks man.

hahha word, son!

aww thanks jaxon, i have that one on CD and LP already...

heres the full list please just ignore me

dead c -- harsh 70s reality (50)
sonic youth -- EVOL (15)
dicks -- kill from the heart (60) [should i just get the boot?]
sebadoh -- bakesale (20)
sebadoh -- III (15)
sebadoh -- bubble and scrape (15)
guv'ner -- hard for measy for you (10)
roy harper -- stormcock (30)
miles davis -- on the corner (15)
miles davis -- live/evil (10)
d'angelo -- voodoo (20)
andrew wk -- i get wet (20)
blank dogs -- florida's dying 7" (6)
the fall -- slates 10" (15)
southern folk heritage 7LP box (75)
ethnic folkways -- psalms sung in the cameroons (15)
henry's dress -- bust 'em green (35)
raincoats -- odyshape (20)
broadcast -- haha sound (25)
broadcast -- tender buttons (35)
unrest -- perfect teeth 6x7" set (35)
polvo -- celebrate the new dark age 3x7" set (40)
polvo -- today's active lifestyles (w/ lion on cover) (40)
terry riley -- you're no good (15)
godz 2 orig (40) [keegan did you ever get one of these??]
shop assistants LP (25)
michael hurley -- long journey (25)
any yazoo record for $15 or less
any yazoo record w geeshie wiley for $35 or less
archie shepp -- magic of ju-ju (20)
tyvek -- still sleep 7" (8)
tyvek -- euro 7" (6)
tyvek -- cygnus split 7" (8)
any robbie basho origs on takoma besides song of the stallion (30)
singers and players -- staggering heights (15)
superchunk -- on the mouth (10)
ORIG MUSIC titles im missing: kinshasa sound; jamilia; street music of java; kampala sound; kenya dry; and tumba, cuarta and ka'i music (40 each)
OCORA: pecheurs de perles et musiciens du golfe persique (20)
OCORA: pygmies of gabon box (50)
OCORA: musique du burundi (20)
any OCORA title for $10 or less, $15 for cloth-cover origs
any OCORA african title for $15 or less, $20 for cloth-cover origs
don cherry -- organic music (100)
don cherry -- brown rice on sonet (50)
don cherry -- live in ankara on sonet (25)
don cherry -- the eternal now on sonet, pink cover (25)
don cherry -- where is brooklyn? (8)
don cherry -- symphony for improvisers (8)
don cherry/herbie hancock -- kawaida (20)
don cherry -- blue lake (8)
don cherry -- orient orig (30)
sandy bull -- demolition derby (10)
john fahey -- any originals, nice things, etc (varies)
popol vuh -- letzte tage, letzte nachte (20)
popol vuh -- das holheid salamhos (20)
popol vuh -- in den garten pharos (20)
any hot snakes LP (8)
clara mondshine -- luna africana (15)
clara mondshine -- memorymetropolis (15)
any thomas mapfumo LP from 1978-85 (25)
monorchid -- let them eat the monorchid (15)

max price in parens, accidentally forgot to redact a note to my friend

"desperately seeking"

pete, i lied, i do have eternal now!

yo moe handy -- doesnt your place of employ have one of those^^ ?

that is a record i would consider worth $105 for the joy it has given me over the years

Definitely up in the top ten ever for me.

yo moe handy -- doesnt your place of employ have one of those^^ ?

― 69, Tuesday, May 14, 2013 11:51 PM (Yesterday)

Would be surprised to see a store sitting on a copy of the original.

GET READY TO BE SURPRISED

0_0

"That'll be $250 please"

yo we got one of the slumberland press from 92. #227/500 with poster. shit is ex with tiny paper scuffs and a very minor corner ding bottom right. $110 + shipping. holler at 510.858.5977 or ian dot hetzner at gmail dot com.

Thanks! I'll have to consider whether I can drop $100 on one record, not to say the price isn't perfectly fair.

So... I didn't have the guts to pay the full (rightful) price for the Lilys record.

I'm very uncomfortable with my materialism in which I obsess over records I don't have, but I guess my latest "gee I really should own the vinyl versions" distracting thoughts are focused on the Kozelek catalog.

I wish that from the beginning I had subscribed to the Caldo Verde updates and pre-ordered every release he put out because I am a super fan and I should own all this exclusive/limited junk dammit! So much live material and rapidly appreciating vinyl versions I don't have! The torture.

I wonder if he brings an isolated haul reserved for merch tables to his shows?

Another maddening and nerdy category is the records-you'd-never-have-expected-to-go-out-of-print:

Cass McCombs - A
Cass McCombs - Prefection

Loads of these lying around in 2009-10 but no more...

i am trying really hard to abandon my need for material objects. not entirely, but if i have records lying around i love but don't listen to, it might be time to let them go..
but it's tough. where do you draw the line?

its hard for me to have something for, like, 20 years or more and get rid of it even if i don't play it. especially if i never see it for sale. because i've had it for so long. and if i get rid of it what if i never see another one...this is the way you drive yourself crazy. so, its easier, in general, for me to take more recent stuff out of the house and into the store even if its super cool. the bond isn't as strong.

Another maddening and nerdy category is the records-you'd-never-have-expected-to-go-out-of-print:

Cass McCombs - A
Cass McCombs - Prefection

Loads of these lying around in 2009-10 but no more...

― Evan, Monday, August 26, 2013 2:48 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

annie and i each have a copy of A -- lemme see if she'd sell. i cant promise anything, it's been a longtime house favorite. ill try though!

Thanks!!

I've always been into collecting based hobbies. It gives me somewhere to focus energy where otherwise I'd feel lost without a "project" like it. I could find something more constructive but I'm addicted to the aesthetic and obviously the music and the uniqueness of each record.

hey evan, i have a copy of A for you! email me at plsmith at gmail for detailz

OK FUCK a guy I used to work with just found the first Lilys screen printed LP on slumberland in Brooklyn for $3 at a thrift shop. I FANTASIZE ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC THING HAPPENING TO ME ALL THE MILLIONS OF TIMES I DIG IN BROOKLYN THRIFT SHOPS. He will likely trade to me. He is a good guy. A lucky, lucky good guy.

<3

How do these things get into thrift stores and goodwills and why am I never at them? Always garbage in any I've tried.

it's a jungle out there -- typically if yer not like, the first dude to the shop, you're not gonna get any of the gooooood records.
i almost never find $$$/rare records in thrifts, and i go ALL THE TIME.
p.s. which thrift? $3 makes it sound like housing works?

jeez i can't even find records to buy in record stores, let alone thrift stores.

It happens to be one I don't remember if I've gone to- he said near the Knitting Factory? I haven't looked into it all. If I weren't in MA this whole weekend I probably would have rushed over to see if there was anything similar floating around there.

How do these things get into thrift stores and goodwills and why am I never at them? Always garbage in any I've tried.

― Evan, Saturday, 31 August 2013 20:52 (Yesterday) Permalink

i work in one of these and never, ever, ever see good things and when people tell me the get these awesome finds i almost don't believe them.

Most of my holy grails have been found at antique malls, goodwills, flea markets and junk shops. Not only in texas, but Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana, Maryland, D.C. Mid-size to small towns are the best places to look. When I travel, it takes forever to get anywhere because I take every exit and stop everywhere. I just found a sealed copy of this http://collectorsfrenzy.com/details/120660417181/PATTERSON__PULTS_Second_Time_Around_private_psych at a thrift store, but I traded it for a soft rock record I've been wanting.

hm, a thrift near the knitting factory....! news to me.

best thing i ever got at a thrift store was probably a McClung Brothers 78. Not because it's valuable but because it baffles me that a fiddle & guitar 78, that probably didn't sell many copies in new york despite being recorded there (at victor studios), would be the ONLY 78 in the shop.

i find stuff at thrift stores. law of averages. i go to the one in town a lot. and rarely find stuff. but every once in a while...

i got scooped bad this year by a local guy who haunts the thrift. he was there a couple minutes ahead of me and he got all kinds of cool sealed audiophile classical. small label early 80's fancy records. avant garde. smooth jazz audiophile records. soundtracks. i almost killed him. then i calmed down. he's a nice guy. karma and all that. he made good money on the stuff. and i got some of the classical later that he didn't sell online.

My best thrift finds have been Damnation of Adam Blessing's first LP and this new wave/punk from san diego comp. And both in the last month, otherwise almost nothing exciting except like Ernest Tubb records.

Got to a bookstore that got a record collection in recently and walked in 30 seconds after this kid found a sealed copy of the Mystic Zephyrs IV LP. Which can be a $800-1,000 record, it's like little kids doing Shaggs-y pop. But I was like "uh, you might want to look that up online before you open it." You know, if you want to pay your rent for a month, you lucky SOB.

hm, a thrift near the knitting factory....! news to me.

― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Saturday, August 31, 2013 10:20 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Right- maybe he is mistaken. I'll have to clarify when I see him soon.

Two copies of The Kaplan Brothers Nightbird are ending soon on ebay. One is in shrink but with a reserve that hasn't been met at $135. The other is a nice copy at $125. I really want this record.

only 1000 dollar record i've ever found at a thrift store is the first perry leopold album. great copy. still a fond memory. i didn't even know what it was at the time. pre-internet. i don't know if they actually sell for that much now. at one time they did.

my FAVORITE record i found at a thrift in the last couple of years is the AJ record. love that thing. unplayed copy in the shrink.

http://www.popsike.com/AJ-Last-Song-First-Side-LP-on-Black-Walnut-Private-Psych-Folk-M/221203561292.html

That's a great thrift find, the last song 'How Long' is a lovely closer, a perfect song. I sadly had to pay for mine off ebay.

I'd love to know how rare records end up there though. I'm imagining a collector moves out of the parents place to travel the world and mom is later cleaning out the room and drops the box off. Certainly nobody that knows what they have would allow it to get in these places?

i always imagine clueless relatives cleaning out apartments, etc.

Just curious, has anyone come across any Sun Kil Moon stuff?

Though very specifically "Admiral Fell Promises"?
Not sure if I'll feel differently when the weather warms back up but this album has established itself as my very favorite overall at least at this moment.

come across recently*

Andrea Centazzo - Ictus
Mal Waldron - The Call
Ed Kelly & Friend (as per Pete's recommendation)

do you live in oakland? i have found each of these in oakland in the past couple months!

I saw the centazzo at grooveyard and passed because I had a bundle. II went back the next day and it was gone. Maybe we were in the store together? Rick was closing down. Are you about 30-35?

i am! DID YOU GET THAT SHEPP & ROACH?

The reissue of Force. Yeah. Haha, nice to sort of meet you.

the italian one rather than OG french? same year though?

current desires:
tucker zimmerman records
wizz jones records.
the 2nd dave evans record on village thing

Looking for:

Moondog - Sax Pax for a Sax

it's not on vinyl.

not with that attitude

:)