Turn It Up

39 records from Northampton MA for a total of $10:

Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic [TML-M]
America - A Horse with No Name [WB green]
Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
Bruce Hornsby and the Range - The Way it Is [Precision]
Chet Atkins - Picks His Best [mono]
Chet Atkins - String Along With [mono]
Chet Atkins - The Other Chet Atkins [Mono]
Cream - Disraeli Gears [AT LW stereo]
Dakota Stanton - The Late, Late Show [Scroll matrix]
Dave Brubeck - Time In [Reissue]
Deep Purple - The House of Blue Light [Sterling, but 'HRM', no mention of Greg Calbi][
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing 12"
Elgar / Boult - Cello Concerto [HMV postage stamp 1973]
Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You [12" Precision]
Frank Sinatra - The Main Event Live [Happy Frank, so ]
Gary Numan - I, Assassin [Atlantic Studios DK, promo]
Genesis - Three Sides Live [Atlantic Studios DK, EDP]
Hank Williams - Ramblin Man [MGM]
Heaven 17 - This is Mine [12" 2U, with poster]
Ian and Sylvia - S/T [Gold label, !C/1A]
JJ Johnson - Pinnacles [David Turner]
Judy Collins - Golden Apples of the Sun [Gold label]
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same [Goldisc (PR)]
Linda Ronstadt - For Sentimental Reasons [SRC, TML-M TML-X, Doug Sax
Los Lobos - Don't Worry Baby [12"]
Louis Prima - Prima Show in the Casbar [Signed, on Prima Magnagroove Records]
Manitas de Plata - La Guitare D'Or de Manitas [CBS orange UK label, but
Peter Paul and Mary - S/T [Grey mono]
Phil Collins - No Jacket Required [Sterling RL RCA Music Service in shrink]
Rickie Lee Jones - The Magazine [TML-M] two copies
Scorpions - Blackout [Sterling HW]
Sister Sledge - We Are Family [Atlantic Studios DK (PR)]
Stephen Duffy - I Love You [12" UK 2U]
Stephen Stills - S/T [Sohic AT, Artisan, in shrink]
Tom Rush - Late Night Radio [Sterling RL]
Wham - I'm Your Man [12" P (MP)]
Willie Nelson - Pretty Paper (Xmas Album)
Willie Sordill - Please Tip Your Waitress [Masterdisk]
Woodentops - Hypnobeat

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From Salvation Army, 99c each:

Doris Day - Wonderful Day [Columbia Special Products limited edition, the precursor of CSP reissue series I assume]
Doobie Brothers - One Step Closer [Kendun-S, Kent Duncan, in shrink]
Reiner - The Reiner Sound [RCA mono maroon label, C1 4S / A2 8S]
Woodentops - Giant [Sterling, P(AP), no mention of Ted Jensen...wow, sounds great]

Dynamite finds

In a 30 minute dash through a couple of thousand bargain bin LPs, I came up with fourteen for $2.63 total. That's less than $0.19 each. I'll be back.

Patti Smith - Horses [WLP, 'Sterling RL' Robert Ludwig. Beat up though]
Fantastic! This has me nodding along as I listen despite awful crackle and pops. It puts to test the power of wonderful music and sonics over debilitating noise floor. Smith wins here, and I'll eventually pull out my non-white label version, and upgrade to a better WLP.

Monteux/Tchaikovsky - Symphony 5 [RCA Living Stereo 1S]
Sisters of Mercy - Dominion [WLP 12" SRC SF/ATL]
Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection [WLP 12" SRC SF/ATL]
My memory of my 3" UK CD single version eclipses this drab US 33RPM promo mastering. I'll need to do a shoot out once I find the CD.
Steve Winwood - S/T
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence [SRC]
Jim Carroll Band - I Write Your Name [AT GP]
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus / Vienna Calling [Frankford / Wayne. Herbie Junior]
Bing Crosby - When Irish Eyes Are Smiling [Still sealed]
Sparks - Fingertips [12" Futuredisc]
Silly Wizard - Live in America [Frankford / Wayne]
Woodentops - Plenty [12"]
Woodentops - Well Well Well [Frankford / Wayne. Herbie Junior...the third record with this mastering credit stamped in the deadwax, one I've never seen before today]
Elis Regina - Trem Azul [Unfortunately reprocessed stereo if I've read the Portuguese correctly]

Back in the USA

The following were all picked up in a fleeting visit to NYC yesterday evening. After a year away from the City and my favorite store, I had high expectations and was underwhelmed. That said, I came away with a few good finds.

Stan Getz - Captain Marvel [WLP] $2.50.
I'm listening to this right now. I haven't heard the recent Pure Pleasure reissue, but am delighted with this copy, although the vinyl is a little noisy. Miles Davis' band tear it up with Getz on great form.

Rita Lee and Roberto - Bom Bom [Precision LA] $2.50.
Member of Os Mutantes in dubious dance come-back phase in 1985.

Love and Rockets - Earth Sun Moon. $0.50
One of the stronger, atmospheric albums from ex-Bauhaus crew

Eagles - On the border [Sterling LH, Lee Hulko] $0.50

Poco - Legend [Masterdisk] $0.50
Their biggest seller. I want to check out their earlier country albums, and plan on ditching this one - this is more hard rock with spots of soft rock - probably made sense in 1978. I had studiously avoided this band for years until I read Barney Hoskyns Hotel California about the country-rock scene in LA, and made the connection that this was an off-shoot of Buffalo Springfield.

Linda Ronstandt - Silk Purse [Columbia House] $0.50
I'm wondering whether a Capitol pressing would be better than the 1A Columbia House pressing, either way, this is great, the sound is raw with a live feel, and the country-rock cover of Will You Love Me Tomorrow rocks.

Ray Charles - Invites You To Listen [Mono 'LW'] $0.50
I woke up during the cover of 'Yesterday', but this is a snooze-fest. One of the few reviews I could find (Wilson and Alroy) nailed it, and turned up a well-written review site that's been around forever, but somehow I had never read. And what's with Ray's falsetto? Yikes. A positive post on the Steve Hoffman forum is enticing me to give it a proper listening, but I'm flagging, and this has moved to the discard pile.

Broke the mold

I packed up my turntable nearly 18 months ago for a short term move to London, scraping by on digital music and the occasional live show.

I just returned to the States, and when I opened up the storage unit having left 3000 records neatly boxed in a climate controlled building, I was horrified - the room stank of mold, which quickly ruins LPs. Apparently, a pipe had leaked - arrgh.

Well, I've cleaned the first few hundred, but have lots more cleaning work ahead of me, armed with anti-bacterial spray and lots of paper towels. The photo above is actually from someone else's disaster - only a few of mine were that far gone.

After much box shifting and cleaning (nearly all our possessions were moldy), I have my first night relaxing. What a pleasure to be reunited with records. The bulk of the collection is still in transit, but should all be in place in the next week or so, with a few hundred new acquisitions from London too.