Had a pretty good day shopping this morning, only went to one yards sale

But for $50 this is what I came home with

Wonderwall-Geo Harrison

Song Pictures and Stories - Beatles

Something New Mono -Beatles

Sgt Pepper - Beatles French edition

Rarities-Beatles

Were Only In It For the Money- Mothers

The Rutles

Surfers Choice- Dick Dale

Checkered Flag- Dick Dale

Bob Marley- Exodus

Strange Days- Doors

Waiting for the Sun- Doors

Ummagumma-Pink Floyd

What'd I say- Jimi Hendrix w/ King Curtis

Super Session- Quad

I think I'll be going back later as I only had $50 on me at the time, gotta do my grocery shopping first to see where my finances are

This guy had more Beatles Lp's that I've seen in a record store, on top of all of that he started his sale yesterday ( I want to go, but I had other commitments) so I thought I'd check out the remaining stuff today, but when I got there he said nobody bought any records yesterday, So I got first shot at this stuff.

I'm building a pretty hefty inventory for the Holiday Months ahead. Not gonna sell this stuff now, I can tell by my sales that we are now entering the Summer Down turn.Hurry up October!

I went back later and got 3 Hendrix, Cry of Love, The soundtrack from film "Jimi Hendrix" and the essential Jimi hendrix Vol 2 with the Gloria EP, 2 Procol Harum Grand Hotel and Broken Barricades, and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, This guy had some Fabulous stuff, went i went back the second time most all of was sold, he had a offer for $3000 so he took it He had 7-10K worth of stuff on display.. so all in all I spent $60 on 21 albums, I should make my money back on the Wondewall Lp alone, when I do decide to sell it, for now most of this stuff is for later.

I was really surprised that no one came to his place on Friday, but he more than made up for it on Saturday.He was a bit out of the way for the local Sac. record collectors, tho I did see one of the Regulars there on my return trip. It kinda funny in that I didn't get anything to put in my collection.

Ya, it sure is great being the first to look at stuff.

pantherboy2 wrote:

Geez - I NEVER see yard sales like that around hyar.

Michael, I think it has to do with Location,location, location

Thats why I live in Sunny California.

Now there a job I wouldn't mind having

avenueplayer wrote:

The fox guarding the henhouse.

 

Congrats, by the way.

"This stack can go out on the floor...these other ones are garbage, I'll throw them out.."

Just kidding panther, I went by one of my local thrifts yesterday and the woman at check-out mentioned to the people in front of me that she had just started working there, she was doing some volunteer work, but then figured she was in the store so often why not work there since they needed help anyway.

avatar: The Small Faces

Nice haul hotrats!

In October 2011 on the way to attend NYC WFMU Record Fair I stopped into thrift store and found and purchased for $1 a mint copy of Jimmy Buffet's 1st Lp, Down to Earth, on Barnaby Records, which books for $100

A couple of years ago while traveling on business I purchased for $20 a VG++ mono copy of Doors first LP at a used book/record resale shop in the Washington DC area

Today - donated 60 crappy cds and a box of crappy lp's that were given to me to our local dig-n-save thrift store.  Ironically, it gets better records than its 'regular' counterpart with the better location in the better neighborhood.  Even when I was a kid, the best records were found in the worst neighborhoods.

Some highlights:

45s

Gaylords - "Patzo For Pizza" (Mercury - I already have about 3 copies of this on black and red labels and 78, but I couldn't pass it up.  One of my childhood friends had this when I was a lad, and it is their most fun song about the best of foods.)

The Idiots (Sascha Burlund & Mason Adams) - "School For Airplane Pirates/The Sportscaster" (Riverside records - spoken word, probably comedy, but how could I pass this one up?)

Les McCann Ltd. - "River Deep Mountain High/Sunny" (Mercury records, both are cover versions)

Danny Kaye & Patty Andrews - "All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" - (Decca records from early 1950s, never seen this version!)

Del Reeves & Penny DeHaven - "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" - (UA 1960s single, never seen this version.  Classic song by Don Everly, also covered by Blondie in her first band Wind In The Willows)

Mundell Lowe & His Orch - The Long Knife (promo, the title caught my eye and then I noticed it was from the film "Satan In High Heels" and it's on Charlie Parker records!!)

Albums:

Esquivel - "Infinity In Sound Vol 2" (RCA Stereo!!  The scruffy friendly dude next to me was too busy looking for Osmonds records, and went right past this one!)

Bobby Russell - "Words, Music, Laughter and Tears (and then I wrote...)" (This guy wrote Watching Scotty Grow, The Joker Went Wild, Little Green Apples, etc - I've never seen this album)

Manitas De Plata - "Guitarra Flamenco" (orange label Vanguard lp - one of the main reasons I don't play guitar much)

John Gary - "That's The Way It Was" (Nothing exciting about this guy, unless he's singing all 20s and 30s material, like on this album.  Actually has a Helen Kane excerpt at the end...)

Lou Monte - "Sings The Great Italian-American Hits" (I get a kick out of this guy, but since when are "I'm Walkin" and "Sixteen Tons" considered Italian???)

Dance Discotheque (under the suprevision of Slim Hyatt) - (Odd Decca lp which showcases legendary dances like the Frug, Hully Gully, Mashed Potato, and Bossa Nova.  I bought it for the 'Frug' version of "Roll Over Beethoven"

Henry Mancini - "Gunn" sndtrk and "Arabesque" sndtrk (guilty pleasures - 2nd lp is from the film where Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren had ended a torrid affair and hated one another by the time filming started)

Andre Previn - Plays Fats Waller (never seen this one - low-budget label)

And, at long last, some finds that will further my dj gig for the retiree scene!

Speaker Sketches - (famous speeches by Martin Luther King, Gen MacArthur, Adlai Stevenson)

Stage Door Canteen - (1940s collection with tunes I'd been seeking out for a WW2 tribute.  This has all the classics, no cover, and a tune I just paid $5 for on 78 on Ebay!)

Tennessee Ernie Ford - (Reader's Digest 8-record box set most folks would pass by, but it has his early good material from the 1940s in addition to the famous gospel tunes, and a side of patriotic tunes that will come in handy on July 4th!!)

Oh, and I was running a fever while I was digging through dusty, moldy records.  Dedication or addiction??

Decent finds today all 45s... and I almost was too lazy to stop

Valerie Keys - Listen Here - Double shot records with Promo letter and Lyrics - NM looks unplayed with sleeve

Percy Wiggins - That's Loving You - A-Bet label with sleeve NM

Love - My Little Red Book - Elekktra W/L promo - NM

The Buff Organinization - Studio A (their only single) W/L promo - with sleeve - NM

The Nice - 2nd Amendmeent - Immediate label promo with sleeve NM

The New Colony Six - Mercury W/L promo with pic sleeve  - NM

Danny Hutton - Funny How Love Can Be - MGM Disc Jockey label with Pic Sleeve - NM

The Diamonds -Young in Years- Mercury WL pre production Master copy - one sided (any idea of value on this one?)

The Holidays - The Stars will Remeber - ANDIE label NM

Linda Carr and the Impossbles - Skylar records NM

Genie Pace - Balling the Jack Twist - JADE label NM

Chad Mitchell Trio - MAY white label promo NM

The Chanters Deluxe white label promo NM

J.J. Barnes - RICH promo label NM

The Jet Set - The Shadow of your Smile - AMY label with sleeve NM

Richie Thompson & the Jesters - Diamond label promo NM

Nina Simone - Mississippi *@!!?*@! (special edited for airplay promo) Philips W/L promo with sleeve NM

probably boring you by now but many others

Irving Bean and the Ameriachi Band , Tani , Skip Evans, The Montereys,

ended up with about 80 45s - 25cents each - total 20 bucks

almost all in NM condition (grandfather of seller worked for ABC records)

allen thanks for the info... I am not the vinyl attic from the virgin site

I expect she'll only be dropping in occasionally over the summer.  Don't worry if a week or 2 goes by without her posting.  I do hope she gets a new job and living space sooner than she expects.

lp guy,  nice score...  what type of condition are they in? especially the Nova 1 - Them - Grapefruit... when I come across nice rare ones like that most times they are pretty beat up