A Couple From The Beatles

Here's a couple nice ones by The Beatles for this week.
Rubber Soul: Capitol, ST 2442, 1965, 1st stereo pressing VG+
Introducing The Beatles: Vee Jay, LP 1062, 1964, Version 2 MR4B VG+
Both with original inner sleeves.

A Few New Additions

Hi everybody, hope everyone is doing good. Here are a few of the latest additions to the collection.

A couple from Vanilla Fudge.

Vanilla Fudge: SD 33-224, Atco, 2nd pressing

Rock & Roll: SD 33-303, Atco, 1969 (1st pressing)

Julie Is Her Name Vol. II-Julie London: LST-7100, Liberty, 1958

A Space In Time- Ten Years After: CQ 30801, Columbia, 1973

Ringo: SWAL-3413, Apple, 1974 (with book)

Goodnight Vienna: SWAL-3417, Apple, 1974

Ringo's Rotogravure: SD 18193, Atlantic, 1976

A Hard Day's Night-The Beatles: UAL 3366, United Artists, 1964

We've also picked up a few more...

• Something New-The Beatles: ST-2108, Capital, 1964... record decent but cover rough
• Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles Live: KC 31308, Columbia, 1972
• Johnny Rivers' Golden Hits: LP-12324, Imperial,1966
• Nancy & Lee-Nancy Sinatra: RS-6273, Reprise, 1968
• Live Rust- Neil Young: 2RX 2296, Reprise, 1979
• Frijid Pink: PAS 71033, Parrot, 1970... unfortuately no cover but decent vinyl

We've picked up a few more, but these are the most notable. Have fun hunting!

Barry

February 3, 1959

The day the music died...

April 21, 2012

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The Waiting Game

Sometimes a little perseverance can pay big dividends. Case in point - back in September I read that Peter Gabriel's latest studio album, New Blood was due to be released and would also be available on vinyl. That same day I headed over to Amazon and pre-ordered my copy, since they indicated the vinyl version wasn't due out until early December.

The price I locked in was $15.

Fast forward to the week before Christmas. Still no album. An email from Amazon says they can't find a copy, they don't know when they can get it, if they can at all, and that need my permission to keep looking. I responded - yes, I'll wait. Keep looking.

A few days later and another email from Amazon saying they're still looking but that I can cancel my order at any time. How gracious of them!

Then, finally on Christmas Eve another note from Amazon. This time telling me that they now have a delivery date for my album. Early January. I remained pessimistic.

Yesterday morning found yet another another note, this time telling me that my copy of New Blood was... on it's way! I noted the charges to my card, $15.91 plus shipping and tax.

An online search of eBay netted several copies available, for $45 and up, all across the pond in the UK.

So, Yeah. I think I did OK by waiting, since I'm guessing Amazon lost a bit of money on this sale!

The album arrived today.

-=Dave

Hi everybody. Hope everyone had a good Christmas. It's been a while since we put anything on, so we figured it was time to get caught up some. These are some of the better additions we've made over the past few months. First off, my daughter wanted to put on some of the stuff she got for Christmas.
Meet The Beatles!- Capitol, 1968 pressing
Hey Jude/The Beatles Again- Apple, 1970
Let It Be- Apple, 1970
The Beatles/1962-1966- Apple, 1973
The Beatles/1968-1970- Capitol, 1976

Led Zeppelin-In Through The Out Door, Swan Song 1979
Grand Funk Railroad-We're An American Band, Capitol 1973
Grand Funk Railroad- Shinin' On, Capitol 1974 (with 3-D glasses & poster)
Georgia Satellites, Electra 1986
We picked up these 5 commemorative Elvis 45's today at HPB.

This was my daughters last Chickenfoot album she picked up a couple of months ago.
Chickenfoot III, Entertainment One (with 3-D glasses and extras)

These are some of the other things we've come up with over the last few months:

• The Gregg Allman Tour- Capricorn, 1974
• The Beatles- Rock 'N' Roll Music, Capitol 1976
• Brook Benton- It's Just A Matter Of Time, Mercury 1959
• Brownsville Station- School Punks, Big Tree 1974
• Johnny Cash- Man In Black, Columbia 1971
• Cream- Wheels of Fire, Atco 1968
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young- 4 Way Street, Atlantic 1971
• Joey Dee & The Starliters- Doin' The Twist at the Peppermint Lounge, Roulette 1961
• The Kingsmen In Person- Wand 1964
• Jerry Lee Lewis-The Session, Mercury 1973
• The Ramsey Lewis Trio- The In Crowd, Cadet 1965
• Ramsey Lewis- Hang On Ramsey!, Cadet 1966
• Mountain-Flowers of Evil, Windfall 1971
• Ricky Nelson- Ricky Sings Again, Imperial 1959
• Laura Nyro- Eli and the Thirteenth Confession, New York Tendaberry, Christmas and the Beads of Sweat, Gonna Take a Miracle, The First Songs, Smile
• Wilson Pickett- The Exciting Wilson Pickett, Atlantic 1966
• Quicksilver Messenger Service, Capitol 1968
• Lou Rawls Live!- Capitol, 196?
• Ten Years After- Cricklewood Green, Deram 1970
• Joe Tex- Live and Lively, Atlantic 1968
• The Tubes- Love Bomb, Capitol 1985
• UFO- Strangers in the Night, Chrysalis 1983
• The Ventures Christmas Album- Dolton 1965
• Live Johnny Winter And- Columbia 1971
• Johnny Winter- Austin, Tex., United Artists 1974

We've picked up several more, but these were the most notable. Thats all for now.

Take Care,

Barry

Vinyl Fix

Recent notable additions to the stacks...

• Savoy Brown - Jack The Toad - Parrot 1973
• Joe Walsh - You Can't Argue With A Sick Mind - ABC 1976
• Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink... - ABC 1973
• Blind Faith - Blind Faith - Atco 1969
• Bloodrock - Bloodrock 2 - Capitol 1970
• Country Joe & The Fish - Together - Vanguard 1968
• Country Joe & The Fish - C.J. Fish - Vanguard 1970
• Little Feat - Feats Don't Fail Me Now - Warner 1974
• Babe Ruth - First Base - Harvest 1972
• Poco - Cantamos - Epic 1974
• Black Oak Arkansas - Black Oak Arkansas - Atco 1971
• Bill Wilson - Ever Changing Minstrel - Columbia 1974
• The J. Geils Band - Bloodshot - Atlantic 1973
• Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy - ABC 1973
• Bad Company - Bad Company - SwanSong 1974
• Sweet - Give Us A Wink - Capitol 1975 (die-cut cover)
• Cat Stevens - Foreigner - A&M 1973 (w/watercolor insert)
• Leon Russell - Best Of Leon - Shelter 1976
• Jackson Browne - Saturate Before Using - Asylum 1972
• Linda Ronstadt - Don't Cry Now -  Asylum 1973
• Linda Ronstadt - Different Drum - Capitol 1974
• The James Gang - Yer' Album - ABC 1969 (gatefold)
• The James Gang - Passing Thru - ABC 1972
• Hot Tuna - America's Choice - Grunt 1975
• Delaney & Bonnie & Friends w/ Clapton - On Tour - Atco 1970
• The Beatles - Beatles '65 - Capitol 1965

 -=Dave

Happy Birthday John

Say What?

So, it turns out that Tim Butler of The Psychedelic Furs has been living down in Liberty, Kentucky for the past four years, after marrying a local woman who had been a long time fan and "groupie".

Say what?!?

Link to story in local paper

Recent Finds

Hi everybody, hope everyone is doing good. We've picked up a few things over the past couple of weeks. But let me start off with this...

I've mentioned before that my daughter is a big Sammy Hagar fan. She special ordered this and it came in the other day. Chickenfoot 2 record set on 180 gram vinyl.

Then at local GW's, we picked up the following...

Duke Ellington's Greatest, RCA Victor (Silver Label) LPT 1004, 1954

Iron Butterfly-Metamorphosis, Atco (Yellow Label) SD 33-339, 1970

The Moody Blues- Seventh Sojourn, Threshold THS 7, 197? (White Label)

We made a trip to Cincinnati, here's some of the things we found up there...

At a thrift store for a dollar, Yessongs by Yes, SD 3-100 Atlantic, 1973 (3 Record Set)

We stopped at a yard sale and asked her if she had any records...here's some of what we picked up for 1.00 each.

Johnny Cash-The Songs That Made Him Famous, Sun SLP-1235, 196?

Johnny Cash- Original Golden Hits Vol. 1, Sun LP-100, 1969

Nancy Sinatra-Nancy, Reprise RS-6333, 1969

Little Richard's Greatest Hits(Live), Okeh OKS 14121, 1967

The Beatles- The Early Beatles, Capitol ST 2309, 1968

At a Nicholasville GW on my way back from seeing the Doc, we picked these up for .50 each...

Percy Sledge-When A Man Loves A Woman, Atlantic SD 8125,1966

The Dave Brubeck Quartet- Dave Brubeck at Storyville:1954, Columbia CL 590, 1954

Saved the best for last... Jolly What! The Beatles and Frank Ifield On Stage, Vee Jay LP 1085, 1964. In very, very good shape.

Thats all for now. Have fun huntin'!

Vinyl Fix

127 Yard Sale:

• J. Geils Band - "Live" Full House - Atco 1972
• Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow - RCA Victor 1967
• King Crimson - Lizard - Atlantic 1970
• Love - Da Capo - Electra 1967 (mono)
• Cream - Heavy Cream - Polydor 1972
• Little Feat - The Last Record Album - Warner 1975
• The Band - Self Titled - Capitol 1969
• Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill - ABC 1972
• Hell Comes To Your House (metal) - Music For Nations Compilation - 1984, French pressing, red vinyl
• Van Halen - Van Halen - Warner 1978
• Van Halen - Women And Children First - Warner 1980
• Buck Owens - The Best Of - Capitol 1964
• Buck Owens - Open Up Your Heart - Capitol 1966
• Merle Haggard - Keep Movin On - Capitol 1975
• Fonzie Favorites - Happy Days bootleg - Precision Records (Canada) 1976
• Bill Cosby - The Best Of - Warner/Seven Arts 1969

Thrifted:

• Wings - Wings - ABC 1968 (Folk Rock, predates McCartney's band by several years)
• Booker T & The MGs - Greatest Hits - Stax 1970
• Steppenwolf - Early Steppenwolf - ABC 1969
• The Firm - Mean Business -  Atlantic 1986
• The Firm - The Firm - Atlantic 1985
• Blackfoot - Strikes - Atlantic 1979
• Scorpions - Love At First Sting - 1984 Polygram
• Frank Sinatra - Strangers In The Night - Reprise 1966
• Frank Sinatra - My Way - Warner/Reprise 1969
• Sarah Vaughan - At Mr. Kelly's - Mercury 1957 (still in shrink)
• Tony Bennett - I Wanna Be Around - Columbia 1963
• Tony Bennett - Tony's Greatest Hits - Columbia 1962
• The Animals - Animal Tracks - MGM 1965
• The Lovin Spoonful - Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful - Kama Sutra 1966

I hereby declare my dry spell officially concluded!
-=Dave

A Few New Additions

Hi Everybody,

Well, it seems like things might be looking up some. We've found a few more things lately. Some of the better ones were:

• Johnny Cash-The World Of Johnny Cash, GP-29, 1970, Columbia (NM)
• Laura Nyro-More Than A New Discovery, FTS-3020(S), 1967, Verve Folkways (NM)

Then, I stopped at a small second hand store in Lebanon today while I was heading back from where I was working. During the 127 yardsale, I met some of the people who ran this shop. They told me to stop by and they would have some LP's there for me to see. They did bring some in for me, but unfortunatly I wasn't interested in any of them. Untill I got to the second from the last in the box. That's when I found this:

• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles, MAS 2653 (M) Capitol, 1967. It even had the cutout insert, and the special inner sleeve that was put in the 1st pressings. According to our Guide we use, this is the hardest version of this album to find. The cover and the record are both in good shape. I got it for 1.00!

That's all for now. We might get to check out a few more places Saturday. Take care and have fun hunting.

Barry

Not Much Until Now...

We'd have to agree with Dave, this summer has been a dry one for record hunting... for the most part. Over the course of taking a few little short trips to different places checking out thrift stores we did manage to find a few things.

• Edgar Winter's White Trash, Epic 1973
• Dickey Betts & Great Southern, Arista 1977, 1st Pressing VG+
• Mahalia Jackson-Newport 1958, Columbia 1959, 1st Pressing VG+
• Grand Funk Hits (with booklet), Capitol 1976, 1st Pressing VG+
• Melanie-Stoneground Words (with pictures still intact), Neighborhood 1972, 1st Pressing VG
• Melanie-Candles In The Rain, Buddah 1970
• Melanie-Garden In The City, Budduh 1971, 1st Pressing VG
• Steppenwolf-At Your Birthday Party, Dunhill 1969
• CCR-Bayou Country, Fantasy 1969

We found a few more things but that was pretty much about it, until yesterday. My daughter stopped in at a local GW just as they brought a stack of LP's out from the late 70's to early 80's. She got all these for .50 each. All of them range from VG to NM, many with the plastic still on them.

• April Wine-Harder... Faster, Capitol 1979
• Catholic Girls, MCA 1982
• Ray Charles-Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Vol. 2, ABC-Paramount 1962
• Cheap Trick-Dream Police, Epic 1979
• The Clash-Combat Rock, Epic 1982
• Deep Purple-When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll, Warner Bros. 1978
• Foghat-Stone Blue, Bearsville 1978
• The Gang of Four-Another Day, Another Dollar, Warner Bros. 1982
• Sammy Hagar-Standing Hampton, Geffin 1983
• Michael Jackson-Thriller, Epic 1982
• The Kinks-One For The Road, Arista 1980
• Led Zeppelin-Atlantic 1977
• Led Zeppelin II-Atlantic 1977
• Led Zeppelin-Zofo Album, Altantic 1977
• Lynyrd Skynyrd's First and... Last- MCA 1978
• Montrose-Warner Bros. 1978
• Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes-Call of the Wild, Discreet 1974
• Ted Nugent-Epic 1975
• Ted Nugent-Double Live Gonzo!, Epic 1978
• Jaco Pastorius-Epic 1976
• The Power Station-33 1/3, Capitol 1985
• Rockets-Turn Up The Radio, RSO 1979
• Rush-Hemispheres, Mercury 1978
• Santana-Inner Secrets, Columbia 1978
• Santana's Greatest Hits- Columbia 1974
• Bruce Springsteen-Darkness on the Edge of Town, Columbia 1978
• The Talking Heads-Speaking In Tounges, Sire 1983
• Thin Lizzy-Nightlife, Mercury 1976
• Thin Lizzy-Bad Reputation, Mercury 1977
• The Tubes-The Completion Backward Principle, Capitol 1981
• Pete Townshend-Empty Glass, Acto 1980
• Pat Travers-Makin' Magic, Polydor 1977
• Trickster-Trickster, Jet 1977
• Triumph-Rock & Roll Machine, RCA 1977
• Robin Trower-Caravan To Midnight, Chrysalis 1978
• The Waitresses-I Could Rule The World If I Could Only Get The Parts, Polydor 1982
• The Who-Face Dances, Warner Bros. 1981 (with poster)
• The Who-It's Hard, Warner Bros. 1982
• The Who (and others)-Quadrophenia, Polydor
• The Who-Who's Next, MCA 1977
• Wing's Greatest Hits-Capitol 1978
• Yes-Tormato, Atlantic 1978
• Yes-Close To The Edge, Atlantic 1977
• Yes-Drama, Atlantic 1980

I guess this kind of makes up for the dry spell. Some were first pressings, some weren't but for .50 each we weren't going to complain any! It's all in being at the right place at the right time! Take care everybody and have fun hunting.

We're Still Alive...

honest, we are.

It's been slow. I know that I haven't found much to brag about yet this summer, at least not at the thrift stores. The last one I visited, near work had a man and women camped out in front of the store's vinyl shelf and he wasn't about to let anyone else near him. Needless to say I just turned around and left.

That about sums up the season for me so far. Yup.

-=Dave

New Stuff For Us

Hi Everybody, Hope everybody had a great long weekend. We got to do a little bit of record hunting. Here's some of the stuff we found...

I know these aren't LP's, but they looked interesting to us. Message In A Bottle: The Complete Recordings Of the Police.

Basie Jam/Montreux '75 by Count Basie, Pablo 1976.

Wade In The Water by Ramsey Lewis, Cadet 1966.

Bill Black's Combo Plays The Blues, Hi 1964.

Songs For Beginners by Graham Nash, Atlantic 1971. (Near-Mint)

Still Stills: The Best of Stephen Stills, Atlantic 1976.

Waiting For The Sun by The Doors, Elektra 1968. (1st Pressing)

A couple of Pink Floyds, Dark Side and Wish You Were Here. (Korean Pressings)

Everybody Loves Somebody by Dean Martin, Reprise 1964

An old Jimmie Rodgers album from 1963 on Dot Records. (Very good condition)

I couldn't find any information on this one, but I bought it because of the label. It's on the old King record label of Cincinnati, Ohio. While King is known for some of the early recording of some of the biggest names in R&B music, they had their start as a hillbilly label.

See What Tomorrow Brings by Peter, Paul and Mary, Warner Bros. 1965. (1st Stereo Pressing)

Three by the Righteous Bros., Soul & Inspiration (1966), Go Ahead and Cry (1966), and Sayin' Somethin' (1967). All on Verve Records.

Long Distance Voyager by The Moody Blues. Threshold 1981, Near Mint.

Excitable Boy by Warren Zevon. Asylum 1978, Near Mint.

Damn The Torpedoes by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, a 1987 reissue on MCA. Near Mint

And, she was a personal favorite of mine, three from Charly McClain from the early 80's.

All these were found at thrift stores for .50 cents each. Have fun hunting.

More Sabbath On The Sabbath

Man, I hope this isn't some kind of bad omen... this was the second consecutive Sunday that I scored some vintage Black Sabbath vinyl.

Sorry for the poor photo, I took it at the thrift store with my iPhone.

Thanks for the heads-up Barry. ;-)

-=Dave

Sabbath On The Sabbath!

This is the first time I've scored vintage Black Sabbath at a thrift store, and quite frankly I was a little surprised to see it there. I think it's only fitting that I should score a copy their debut Lp (Warner 1970) on a Sunday. Early pressing too.

And you know... I think this is the first time I've listened to the whole record since '77!

Had a pretty bountiful weekend really; found some vintage rock and even a nice punk stash Friday at a couple GW stores. Found some more rock albums early Saturday at a local GW, including some German pressings followed up with a trip to Lexington to visit Pops for their 15th anniversary and a side trip to CD Central on UK's campus. Came home with a couple dozen all tolled.


-=Dave

New Additions

Hi Everybody, Sorry we haven't been on for a while. We've only went record hunting a couple times since the last post and I've had some computer trouble. Hopefully it's all taken care of now. Here's some of our finds...

Eat A Peach by the Allman Brothers Band, Capricorn, 1972. Found at a Peddler's Mall for 2.99.

Greatest Hits, The Doors 1980 Elektra. HPB for 1.00

A classic. The second album from the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, East-West. 1967 Elektra. Cover's a little rough, but the record's not bad. .50 cents at a Cincinnati Thrift Store.

The Ventures, 1962 Dolton. Cincinnati TS for .50 cents.

Never A Dull Moment, Rod Stewart. 1972 Mercury (Very Good Shape) .50 cents HPB

A couple mint Prince recordings. .50 Cents each from the local SA.

The Pretenders, 1980 Sire (mint) .50cents from a local GW.

This is a Capitol Record Club edition on ABC/Dunhill from 1966. Found at a GW for .50 cents.

From a local GW for 50 cents. 1984 Sire (Mint)

My daughter's a big Sammy Hagar fan. She got this off E-bay. An import, there's only 311 in existence



A couple Chet Atkins .45s from the local SA.





Some classical ones they picked up for my birthday. And, we've saved the best for last. My daughter was at a flea market looking for records when she stumbled across this..



A three record Westwood One Superstar Concert Series recording of Robert Palmer Live. All three for 1.00!, and they play great! There's an great version of Doctor,Doctor on it. Well, that's all for now. Take care and have fun hunting.