Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Cleaning up after the house party [Jimmy Smith]


This evening's dollar bin finds:

Jimmy Smith's House Party (Blue Note W63rd St. "RVG"). I cleaned this one up, and apart from a light crackle, it has all the tubey hallmarks of prime Blue Note vinyl. I'm getting much more adventurous with 50s vinyl condition-wise. The vinyl appears to be so resilient that anything but gouges can often shine up to play acceptably.

George Shearing - White Satin (Capitol 9 o'clock handwritten)

Nancy Wilson - Welcome (Capitol France)

Dakota Stanton - Dakota at Storyville (Capitol France)

Miriam Makeba - Makeba Sings! (RCA Dynagroove)

Bing Crosby - Feels Good Feels Right (London)

John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy (Geffen- Sterling...oops, a dupe)

Billie Holiday Live (Phoenix 1981 - dubious provenance, not sure if this material is also elsewhere)

Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (OK, $2 and another dupe, but with the 45 and booklet intact, and still need to check if this is "the one" as far as the deadwax goes)

Bing Crosby - Beautiful Memories (UA Canada)

Trio Irakitan - A Volta (Odeon Brazil mono). A prime example of the great engineering and pressing of 50s/60s Brazilian vinyl. But also an example of the abuse the locals gave vinyl. This era sealed the paper sleeve covers in poly, which means that once you cut away the decaying poly, the picture sleeve is typically pristine.

Agnaldo Timoteo (Odeon)

Morgana - A Fada Loura (Copocabana)

Grateful Dead - Live (WB Green label 2LP)

And $5 @
Billie Holiday - Giants of Jazz (Time Life 3LP - the booklet photos are great)
Charlie Parker - The Charlie Parker Sides - Norman Granz Jam Session (Verve 1977 2LP)

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