This Weekend's Finds Post
holmes
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Mainly just some kinda interesting dollar bin stuff that I took a chance on. The 45 is Free 'Wishing Well'. The rest is somewhat self explanatory i guess. Banana & The Bunch is a private polka lp with one funky version of 'Mercy Mercy Mercy' that is real great (and not polka). Rhythm Accompaniment is just an lp of drum tracks in different styles, side two is all latin breaks, side one is some jazzy/pop breaks. Kurt Van Arsdel is a private gospel/folk lp from 81 that has one killer fuzz/psych cut, the rest is pretty mellow. It came with a big handwritten note & autograph on the cover & then another signed handwritten letter inside, waxidermy raer??? it even says first pressing on the label 
ps. also got undercharged majorly by the girl at the counter who I think was hitting on me, classic.
ps. also got undercharged majorly by the girl at the counter who I think was hitting on me, classic.
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Awesome
I closed a bank account last week and I was sure the girl behind the counter was kinda keen on me. Then I realised she gave me $120 instead of $100 and 20 cents!
The stash:
The rap records:
The raers:
The Spankmaster.
How's that record?
There is at least one very excellent track on there that I'd heard before on some mix. The rest I peeped when a local dealer was trying to sell me on it, but he wanted way too much.
Ain't that the natural truth!
Good hanging, Jonny. I was telling Tone that the
good finds
yeah, this record is great.
http://www.soulstrut.com/features/ish/204/guzzo.php
Amazing finds, congrats!
a cheap better-than-decent 45:
a slightly less cheap 45:
and a few LPs...not much worth mentioning although this one had a couple face-melters:
I hear it's free if you send him a PM.
haha hah, heh.
drew, you need to get your onion game up, hommie.
johnny, holler and give me an update about you know you know. that second thing is still echoing in my head.
i barely went digging and somehow came up with:
among some other things.
^^ cycles is a strange high school band thing that may yield special feelings.
still investigating. the emergency thing is a japanese audiophile 'jazz rock' 70s
item, sounds ok so far.
^^ took forever for me to find if3. that stevie ray vaughn is his last (i think)
and is super tough to find on lp ('91). current is vol1 #1 and has ed sanders
talking about manson!
skunks is early 80s local TX new wave/rock(?), vipers is nice '84 garage-psych
revival.
scored a gang of old reissues and other old timey + doo wop stuff.
^^ rough covers, decent interiors rap pt 1
^^ rough covers, decent interiors rap pt 2 (+ d'angelo mintyness)
never heard of this, it was nice.
^^ comedy relief pt 1 (great record tho)
^^ comedy relief pt 2 (wtf!!!) (horrid music tho, who would have guessed?)
raerz, etc.
whats the green 12" on the lower right with the 'african music today' sleeve? I recall seeing it on a vanguard record too. is it used on a bunch of different things or is it specific to one record?
It's a standard sleeve used for a bunch of African 12 inches. We have a few records with those at the station that I've been meaning to listen to. Is that one any good?
I've only seen that sleeve used for the Makossa/Makossa Editions label, The Lafayette Afro-Rock
Band's-Voodoonoun EP/12" (SP) has the same sleeve.
Victor Uwaifo-Arabade_006.mp3
Victor Uwaifo-5 Days A Week Love_005.mp3
no offense intended, but i don't believe there is anything afro-funk like at all about that particular victor uwaifo release. sounds like fela?
uwaifo is great, perhaps one of the most popular nigerian musicians of all-time. that particular makossa 12" however is one of his worst. early to mid-80's bad high-life. uwaifo was one of the most prolific of nigerian artists as well. he must have a minimum of two or three dozen full lengths spanning from '68/'69 to '84. his late '60's and early 70's stuff is the most dynamic with some gorgeous guitar work.
he certainly did do a handful of afro-funk things- jungle beat 45 being one of them. however, this also is not his most interesting work by any means.
the african music sleeve is the stock sleeve for makossa's 12" catalogue. There were at least 25-30 releases that came out in that sleeve.
Cool, but why do you have a picture of early FC era Richard Thompson on your ish?
I stand by my comments, the B-side sounds like Fela to ME and I dig it!
You act like I said something about your mom.
I've said it a millions times, "There's no accounting for taste".
cpeetz
wasn't trying to cut down your taste.
nor sound snooty.
B-side is a remake of a "5 Days a Week". Earlier version is much better.
i've just seen a few too many - "Dope Afro Funk Jamz" subheadings on mediocre 80's highlife recordings. Anything remotely african becomes afrobeat. afrofunk. whatever.
here's some shots of some cool uwaifo records:
Why? I mean I can see that they are taller than normal, but I have 45 adaptors that are basicly
the same as those and they set me back $20. Could these possibly perform that much better, than they
warrant spending $150?