Friday, November 10, 2006

November 10, dollar bin haul

Inspiral Carpets - This is how it feels. Remix [Mute UK 12"]. I quickly realized I love the single, but don't care to have the vocals removed, and lose the catchy chorus. Back to the bin with this one.

INXS - Shabooh Shoobah [Atco 1982, sealed]

The Kinks - The State of Confusion EP [Arista UK 1984]

Michael Legrand - After the Rain [Pablo 1983]

Slade - You Boyz Make Big Noize [RCA Germany 1987]

Graham Parker - Human Soul [BMG 1989 sealed]

Graham Parker - The Mona Lisa Sister [BMG 1988 sealed]

Marian McPartland Trio - S/T [Capitol hand-written, turqoise label]. This sounds tubey. The vinyl is surprisingly shiny and healthy for this era, and 1956 mono, intimate trio material.


Malvina Reynolds - Sings the Truth [Columbia 2eye stereo 1a/1a. $15] The theme song for the Showtime TV series Weeds uses her wonderful "Little Boxes".

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

WMFU Record Fair 2006

For $210, over two days at the WMFU Record Fair (about 8 hours), I found the following 150 LPs. As I listen through them, I'll post thoughts:

Al Stewart - 24 Carrots
Al Stewart - Past Present and Future [Allen Zentz]
Alberta Hunter - Amtrak Blues [Columbia 1980, still sealed]
Art Pepper - Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard [Contemporary]
Betty Wright - Live [TK 1978]
Bill Evans - The Bill Evans Album / Living Time [Columbia twofer reissue]
Bill Monroe - Blue Grass Style [Coral/MCA]
Bill Monroe - Kentucky Blue Grass [Decca 1970]
Bing Crosby - The Best of Bing [MCA Twofer 1977, in shrink]
Black Styl - O Sambo [Sonodisc]
Blondie - Eat to the Beat
Bo Diddley - His Greatest Sides Volume 1 [Chess 1983, Jack Skinner]
Bob Marley - Natty Dread [Sterling to compare with Speakers Corner reissue]
Boston - Third Stage [Masterdisk, in shrink. Columbia House Canada]
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run [1h/1l...unfortunately early pressing]
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark [12" US, Sterling "H" in a circle. Please, someone tell me whose signature that is]
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town [TML-M]
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent.. [2ad/2ak]
Bud Powell - The Genius of Bud Powell [Verve]
Carlos Santana /Mahavishni John McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender [Columbia 1e/1g]
Charlie Christian - Solo Flight [Columbia 1f/1g. An upgrade]
Charlie Parker - The '46 Concerts. Jazz at the Phil [Verve, but no indication of RL. My other copy says "Trutone PR"]
Chet Atkins - The Other Chet Atkins [LPM]
Christine McVie - S/T [US, Ted Jensen]
Chuck Berry - The London Chuck Berry Sessions [Sterling RL/RL...needs a clean]
Coleman Hawkins etc - The Tenor Sax Album [Savoy 1977 Al Brown]
Cream - Live Cream Volume II [Atlantic]
Crosby Stills & Nash - Allies [Wally]
Dakota Staton - Sings Ballads and the Blues [Capitol script matrix]
David Bowie - Scary Monsters [German to compare with US]
Dinah Washington - Back to the Blues [Roulette]
Doc Watson - Riding the Midnight Train [Sugar Hill 1986]
Donovan - For Little Ones [Epic stereo]
Duane Allman - An Anthology Vol. II [Capricorn]
Duke Ellington - Jazz at the Plaza [Columbia promo 1973]
Eddie Condon - Jam Session [Columbia maroon]
Ella Fitzgerald - At The Opera House [Verve, Trumpet player]
Elliot Lawrence - Plays Gerry Mulligan Arrangements [Fantasy/OJC "GH"]
ELO - Balance of Power
Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii [LSP 2426]
Erick Friedman - Paganini/Saint-Saens [LSC 2610 shaded dog]
Eurythmics - Revenge [RCA US in shrink]
Fats Domino - Fats Domino [UA 1971 Twofer compilation]
Fats Navarro - Featured with the Tadd Dameron Band [Milestone twofer reissue]
Flatt and Scruggs - At Carnegie Hall [Columbia 2-eye stereo 360]
Fleetwood mac - Bare Trees [Wally 1b/1c]
Flying Burrito Brothers - Gilded Place of Sin [A&M]
Frank Sinatra - The Concert Sinatra [Reprise, serious Frank label]. Great sounding first mono pressing. Tom Port has raved about this particular title, but more on the stereo.
Gene Ammons - Jug & Dodo [Prestige twofer of 1962 material]
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound [Columbia House. 1973]
Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant [Vertigo UK swirl, but beat up]
Gentle Giant - The Missing Piece [Capitol, Wally]
Gerry Mulligan - Mulligan Quartet [in shrink. Fantasy lightning label..never seen that one]
Gerry Mulligan - What is There to Say [Stereo reissue 2b/2b]
Grateful Dead - Seal Your Face [UA 1976]
Grateful Dead - The History of[WLP MGM]
Heart - Magazine [Kendun...who is "JG"?]
Herbie Mann - The Common Ground [Atlantic mono original]
Herma's Hermits - The Best of Vol. 2 [MGM]
Horowitz / Beethoven - Sonata in F Minor [LSC 2366 A1/2s A1/2s, but again Rockaway]
Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties [Stiff UK]
Incredible String Band - Changing Horses [Elektra stereo red label]
James Cotton - Live on the Move [Buddah 1982. Phew. What a back cover photo!]
Jefferson Airplane - Bark [Hollywood 6s/8s...no sign of a mother number]
Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation [Orange, upgrade copy]
Jimmy Smith - Bashin' / The Unpredictable [Verve]
Joe Pass - Eximious [Pablo "JH". 1982, but heavy vinyl tan label]
Joe Pass - Montreux 1975 [In shrink, Pablo/RCA Canada]
Johhny Cash - Orange Blossom Special [Columbia 2-eye stereo 360]
Johnny Hodges - 1938-1939 [Columbia/EMI France]
Jose Feliciano - Feliciano [Upgrade copy]
Jose Feliciano - For my Love, Mother Music [RCA 1974, demo, still sealed]
Judy Mowatt - Only a Woman [Shanachie]
June Christy - Something Cool [Script matrix]
Keely Smith - Swing, You Lovers [Dot]
Kevin Coyne - In Living Black and White [In shrink, Atlantic GP]
Kinks - Give the People What They Want [Arista Canada]
Kris Kristofferson - Jesus Was A Capricorn [Columbia/Monument 1973]
Leinsdorf / Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra [LSC 2643 a1/2s a2/2s, but Rockaway]
Leonard Cohen - New Skin for Old Ceremony [Gilbert Kong 2a/2a]
Leonard Cohen - The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Lionel Hampton - Wailin' At the Trianon [CL711, 6eye. I'm assuming there's an earlier pressing. 2d/2a...beat up. Should have passed on this]
Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus [TML-M/TML-S]
Loudon Wainwright III - Unrequited [Columbia 1975 WLP]
Louie Bellson - Dynamite [Concord, but no mention of The Mastering Room on deadwax]
Louis Armstrong - Chicago Concert [Columbia red twofer]
Madonna - Angel / Into the Groove [12", to compare with my Japanese version]
Madonna - Like a Prayer [in shrink. Columbia House Canada]
Manfred Ebanoa [Sonodisc]
Manitas de Plata - At Carnegie Hall [Vanguard stereo]
Manitas de Plata - Guitarra Flamenco [Vanguard stereo]
Maria Muldaur - Southern Winds [Sterling 1978]
Maria Muldaur - Sweet and Low [Tudor 1983]
Maria Muldaur - Sweet Harmony [Warner 1976]
Mariachi Brass / Chet Baker - In The Mood [World Pacific]
Mariachi Brass w/Chet Baker - A Taste of Tequila [World Pacific]
Melanie - Madrugada [Sterling RL]
Melanie - Sunset and Other Beginnings [Arista 1975 WLP]
Merle Haggard - Big City
Merle Haggard - Going Where the Lonely Go
Merle Haggard - Same Train, A Different Time [Capitol Twofer of Jimmie Rodgers covers]
Merle Haggard - That's the Way Love Goes [In shrink]
Mick Fleetwood - The Visitor [RCA 1981]
Miles Davis - Tutu [1a/1a]
Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius [Stereo]
Monteux / Beethoven 6th [LSC 2316 shaded dog]
Morton Gould / Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture [RCA Living Stereo]
Munch / Bolero [LSC 1984 shaded dog a5/6s b1/10s Indy, but scratched]
Munch / Mendelssohn [LSC 2314 shaded dog a5/3s a4/2s Indy]
Nat Pierce Nonet / Charlie Mariano Sextet [OJC "GH". from Northwestern Uni. Library]
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush [Upgrade vinyl. Awful cover]
Odetta - Odetta at the Horn [Tradition original mono. Perhaps my favorite record cover]
Oliver Nelson - Afro/American Sketches [Prestige green label]
Oscar Peterson - Another Day [BASF/MPS Masterdisk GK WLP]
Paray / Suppe - Overtures [Mercury stereo FR2/FR1]
Paul Simon - Rhythm of the Saints [DMM Sterling, Canada]
Pete Best Band - The Beatle That Time Forgot [Al Brown, Sound Cutting, WLP?]
Peter Paul and Mary - Late Again [W7 D2 1E A2 1F...looks like an odd mix of RCA Rockaway stamper and early WB]
Prince - Parade [Canada "BG"]
Prince - Sign of the Times [12"]
Ray Bryant - Solo Flight [Pablo/ Kendun - RCA Indianopolis]
Reiner / Dvorak - New World Symphony [LSC 2214 shaded dog, a1/9s c1/3s, Indy]
Reiner / Prokofieff - Lieutenant Kije [LSC 2150 b1/24s b1/29s Indy]
Reiner / Schubert [LSC 2516 shaded dog]
Renaissance - Ashes are Burning [Capitol]
Renaissance - Time-line [IRS 1983, in shrink]
Renaissance - Turn of the Cards [RL / PR]
Rolling Stone - Undercover [Warner Canada 1983]
Rosemary Clooney - Sings Ballads [Concord 1985, George Horn, sealed]
Sarah Vaughan - Sings Sweet...and Sultry [Masterseal 1957 mono]
Sergio Mendes - Look Around [A&M]
Shaw / Bach [LSC 2312 shaded dog]
Sparks - Pulling Rabbits Out of A Hat [Atlantic 1974 promo]
Spirit - Spirit [Ode yellow, stereo]
Stan Getz - The Best of Two Worlds featuring Joao Gilberto [Columbia to suss out why its been reissued, by Pure Pleasure or someone]
Stephane Grappelli - Django [Barclay France 1976]
Stevie Nicks - The Other Side of the Mirror [1a/1a "SL"?]
Stevie Nicks - The Wild Heart [Precision, Steve Marcussen]
Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal [Columbia red, stereo]
Taj Mahal - The Natch'l Blues [Columbia stereo 2-eye 1a/1a]
The Band - Moondog Matinee [RL]
The Beach Boys - Spirit of America ["KP" Ken Perry on one side only. otherwise "Jay". Who is Jay?]
The Everly Brothers - Born Yesterday [Mercury Germany/Holland]
Tony Bennett - For Once in My Life [Stereo 2eye]
Van Dyke Parks - Jump [Warner 1984, Mike Reese at TML]
Van Morrison - His Band and..[Green RL]
Various - They All Played Bebop [Columbia NY]
Wilbur de Paris - Marchin' and Swingin' [Atlantic black mono]
Willie Nelson - Stardust
Willie Nelson - The Sound in Your Mind [Columbia]
Willie Nelson - Tougher than Leather