Sheep farming in Barnet

More from Toyah among the latest finds: 17 LPs, some today, some from Monday.

Cat Stevens - Numbers [Canada MR, US pressing, no mention of Bernie Grundman] 50p
Genesis - Lamb Lies Down on Broadway [Pecko]£1
Human League - Dare [Townhouse] £1
Jesus and the Mary Chain - Psychocandy [Germany] £3
Madonna - S/T [RL Sterling Germany] £3
Rod Stewart - Every picture tells a story. 10p
Rod Stewart - Foot loose and fancy free [Strawberry (G) Germany] 10p
Santana - Caravanserai [2a/2b Orange label] £1
Scritti Politti - Songs to remember [Utopia] £1
Sisters of Mercy - First Last and Always [German] £3
Squeeze - Frank [Stu] 50p
Supertramp - Even in the quietest moments. 10p
Talking Heads - Naked. £1
Thompson Twins - Into the gap [Sterling, no mention of Ted Jensen, Germany] 10p
Toyah - Minx [Rays] 10p
Toyah - Sheep farming in Barnet [Porky] 10p
Toyah - Warrior Rock [Townhouse SM] 10p

Baltimora - Tarzan Boy

I picked up 23 records this evening. I noticed that the clerk was repricing the entire stock, something the store does monthly, and I'd picked this bunch before he'd marked them down. That said, I was fine with the original prices, but he went through them all taking them down further. That made my day. Totally un-necessary, but much appreciated. All UK pressings unless mentioned.

Baltimora - Tarzan Boy [12". No mention of Steve Rooke / Abbey Road] 50p. The first tape I made from Bruno Brookes' Radio 1 chart show featured this great tune, along with Madonna 'Into the Groove' and others that I learned by heart. I'm trying to rebuild the whole tape with 12" versions.

Cowboy Junkies - Blue Moon Revisited [12" MPO] £2. A favorite. I wonder how it compares to the Canadian pressing and the Classic Records (45RPM/33RPM)

Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane [12" MPO] £2

David Bowie - Rare [Piero Mannucci] £2. I heard this in a store in NY a couple of years back, and really liked the obscure Bowie tracks. The sound was great too, mastered by RCA in Rome. I expect the Italian connection stems from the first track being sung in Italian.

David Fanshawe - African Sanctus. 50p

Debbie Harry - Free to fall [12"] 10p

Deborah Harry - Sweet and low [12". JA, Holland] 10p

Echo and the Bunnymen - Songs to Learn and Sing [German] £1

Genesis - And then there were three [1u/1u] 30p

John Lennon - Double Fantasy [Sterling] £2

John Lennon - Mind Games [1u/1u] £3

June Tabor - Ashes and Diamonds. £3

Luis Bonfa - Meu Querido Violao [Odeon] £3.

Mary Coughlan - Under the influence [DMM Germany] £1

Ofra Haza - Galbi / Im Nin' Alu [12". DMM] 10p. I passed on an Israel pressing of one of her albums - the script and whole package was exotic, so I may be back for that.

Ofra Haza - Wish me luck [12" Ted Jensen, Sterling, Germany] 10p

Prince - Lovesexy [German, no mention of Bernie Grundman] £1

Procol Harum - Procol's Ninth [Sterling RL, 1u/1u] 30p. The signatures on the cover had me going. I really thought I'd stumbled across a signed copy, until I saw a second copy with exactly the same autographs.

Rutles - S/T [USA] £2

Sinead Oconnor - Nothing compares to u [12". Utopia] 10p

Steve Miller - Take the money and run / The Joker (live) [12"] 10p

Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro. £2

Yoko Ono - Season of glass [Strawberry, no mention of The Hit Factory, unless they're one and the same] 10p

Greetings to the New Brunette

I picked up twenty-three records in Camden yesterday from a bin of £1 LPs and 50p 12"s, all UK pressings unless noted.

Alan Parsons - I Robot [German]

All About Eve - S/T

Billy Bragg - Greetings to the new Brunette [12" MT]

Copland / Rodeo, Billy the Kid [CBS A1/B1]

Dave Brubeck - Newport 1958 [Fontana] First UK pressing of Columbia release

Dorati / Tchaikovsky - 1812 [Mercury mono 'JJ']

Dot Allison - Substance [12" Damont]

Eton Crop - Yes please bob

Eurythmics - Be yourself tonight [Precision SM (Stephen Marcussen), German]

Eurythmics - You have placed a chill in my heart [12", Utopia MS]

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax [12" 1U/3U Sterling]

Housemartins - Sheep [12"]

Mary Coughlan - Tired and emotional [German] Irish singer's debut

Orchestra Makassy - Agwaya

Pretenders - Hymn to her [12", Masterdisk, Damont]

Rod Stewart - Smiler [Keundun]

Soup Dragons - I'm free [12" test pressing 'Pound cutmaster peach' 'Adrenalin'] An anthem for me at the time, just leaving school and going out on my gap year.

Stranglers - Live (X Cert) [Porky] 1977/78 live sets

Toyah - The changeling [Townhouse AW]

Ultravox - Monument the Soundtrack [Townhouse] 'Vienna' live!

Ultravox - Quartet [Townhouse]

Various - The Marquee, 30 legendary years [2LP 1989 digital]

I listened to the CD of this classic rock collection when it came out. Fantastic. I sought out compilations of The Who, Yardbirds, Hendrix, Bowie, The Jam, Stranglers, T Rex, Mott the Hopple, all based on hearing them here first. The LP looks like digital mastering unfortunately (not untypical in 1989).

Woodentops - Giant [Where's my mango crumble / regimental]

Vinyl haul from March 12

The Record and Tape Exchange had another batch of vinyl bargains yesterday. All are UK pressings unless stated.

BB King - Friends [Quad USA] £1

Bob Weir - Heaven Help the Fool [US Sterling] 50p

Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels - £1

David Bowie - John I'm Only Dancing [12" 1979] £2. One of my favorite Bowie tracks, although not sure which version here I first heard (1972 or 1975)

Everly Brothers - Golden Hits [Warner green] £1

Everly Brothers - Some hearts [Mercury 1982, Dutch] 30p

Gene Vincent - Rock n Roll masters [1985 Bob Jones] £6. I had this confused with the Bop Just Won't Stop compilation that has had positive reviews. On the upside, someone actually owns up to mastering this compilation, so it could be decent.

Japan - Cantonese Boy [12" Bilbo] 50p

Japan - The art of parties [12" Townhouse] 50p

John Lennon - Rock and Roll [1U/1U] £2

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues [CBS orange A1/B2] £6

Louis Armstrong - Greatest hits recorded live [Brunswick stereo 1970 2a/1a] £1

Michelle Shocked - Captain Swing [1u/1u. No mention of Precision Mastering in dead wax]
10p

New Order - Confusion 93 [12" Timtom] 50p

Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale [Classic Records 45RPM 12"] £4

Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale / Salty Dog [Fly Twofer. The debut is a mono stamper 1U/1U but probably the dodgy US mastering] £7

Ray Charles - Do I ever cross your mind [CBS 1984 TML-M] 10p

Robert Johnson - Crossroad Blues [10"Aldabra 'Porky'] £2

Solti / Mahler - Symphonies 4, 8, 9 [Decca narrow band 5 LP box] £3

Stonewall Jackson - Up against the wall [PRT 'Damont'] 30p

Stranglers - Nice in Nice [12"] 50p

Tom Paxton - How come the sun [Reprise 1971 a1/b1] 50p

Various - Backtrack 2 [Track] £2

Various - The Free Design, Redesigned Vol. 2 [Light in the Attic 2004 'Freq'] £1

And a few £1 CDs:
Adult - Gimme Trouble [Thrill Jockey]
Awesome Color - S/T [Ecstatic Peace 2006]
Brakes - The Beatific Visions [Rough Trade 2006]
Black Helicopter - Invisible Jet [Ecstatic Peace 2006]
Bonde do role - With lasers [Domino]
Caroline Martin - I had a hundred more reasons to stay by the fire [Small Dog 2004]
Charlatans - Up at the lake [Universal 2004]
Films - Don't dance rattlesnake [Rough trade 2006]
Fountains of Wayne - Utopia Parkway
Jai-Alai Savant - Flight of the bass delegate [City Slang 2007]
Jenny Toomey - Sings the songs of Franklin Bruno [Misra 2002]
Julie Sokolow - Something about violins [Western vinyl 2006]
Klima - S/T [Peacefrog]
The Loves - Love [Track and field 2004]
Misha - Teardrop sweetheart [Tomlab 2006]
Orbit Service - Songs of eta carinae [Beta-lactam ring 2006]
Rafter - Music for total chickens [Asthmatic Kitty 2006]
Tacticians - Some kind of urban fullfillment [Setanta 2007]
Tenebrous Liar - S/T [Fire 2007]
Various - Wish on a star [Dreamy 2001]
Von Spar - Xaxapoya / Dead voices in the temple of error [Tomlab 2007]
Wolf and Cub - Vessels [4AD 2007]
X27 - Antilove [Narnack]