LABOR DAY (and week of 9/3-9/7) FINDS
SoulOnIce
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Took a short trip to an out-of-town spotI hit a couple of times a year at most. Frustratingly stagnant stock, but I alwayscome out with a few quality items. Some cheap shit:
Some better shit:
"Manteca" is a killer album! Awesome pre-clavinet organ styles. Blunstonehas disturbing cover but is great, picks right up where his first solo album,which I play the hell out of, left off. I'm a big Robert E. Howard nerd, sothat private press 1975 spoken word joint with the booklet had me drooling.Some other stuff from the past week:
There's a couple of sick tracks on that Art Reynolds LP. Johnnie Rae/HerbieMann is a really solid album, been looking for a nice copy. The Hard Times LPis a bit of a tease ... looks like it will rule, but only a couple of good tracks,the rest too wussed out on the vocal tip.
Actually have a bunch of 45's to post, but I want to hook up some audio for them,and I'm not in the mood for rippin', so I'll put 'em up later in the week. Watch this space.
Some better shit:"Manteca" is a killer album! Awesome pre-clavinet organ styles. Blunstonehas disturbing cover but is great, picks right up where his first solo album,which I play the hell out of, left off. I'm a big Robert E. Howard nerd, sothat private press 1975 spoken word joint with the booklet had me drooling.Some other stuff from the past week:There's a couple of sick tracks on that Art Reynolds LP. Johnnie Rae/HerbieMann is a really solid album, been looking for a nice copy. The Hard Times LPis a bit of a tease ... looks like it will rule, but only a couple of good tracks,the rest too wussed out on the vocal tip.Actually have a bunch of 45's to post, but I want to hook up some audio for them,and I'm not in the mood for rippin', so I'll put 'em up later in the week. Watch this space.
Comments
As promised.
Nobody else buying records this week?
Rudy Robinson with some Wacky Races funk:
Backbeat wins again, with the knockin' intro:
Sweet sounds pre-Twinight from the falsetto man:
Pre-Arctic goodness from the Philly favs:
Blazing, tuff-as-nails garage with a country pedigree -
"Roy Junior" is the son of country legend Roy Acuff!
45s:
lattimore brown - so says my heart / everyday i have to cry some (STONE MINT promo copy)
Oscar bishop & the bishops - oscar's dog / (gonna have to) put you down (cracked, unfortunately)
both 45s were found in a box of about 15 45s at a flea market down the street for me for 25 cents each, pretty random selections.
the LP was a dollar and has some great inez foxx tracks on it, but the rest is pretty ehh.
- J
..and hey, thanks for the audio! i gotta get on the stick with that stuff.
^^ the bola sete is the very nice 'workin on a groovy thing' on paramount. the mad river is way more
country than their 1st record, but its got some amazing Fahey-ish guitar stuff on it.
^^ Voyage is a '77 Marlin/TK disco type thing, it sounded a bit different. the kay
gardner is lesbos-folk with some spooky parts. roy atkinson has some promising bits
between the cheez.
^^ another pearls before swine on ESP! i guess i didnt know. that moses thing is yet
another J.C.Superstar type knockoff, not bad actually. Centaurus is basically a
small press hard rock record but its got really cool spaced out passages.
^^ the tougher Lord Sutch at last. he was a doofus but certainly knew the right
people! slowly tracking down the tony joe whites. import hazelwood i didnt know
about, and Don Cherry on blue note is never a mistake.
^^ Goldsboro is just 60's pop but its crisp and clean, and what a cool cover. Fever
tree dupes out of nowhere - it was the one i couldnt find for 5 years.
^^ coverless bongo rock cried out for love.
^^ weirdo selection. Willie Dunn is actually pretty cool in places, hes a Canadian
Indian dude, its semi traditional, semi rock/pop. WILLIENELSONPREBEARDRAER. the
music builders have some pretty burnt covers of all sortsa pop songs. center bottom
was sealed, mystery jesus rock (i hope).
^^ and finally, a new candidate for WORST COVER DESIGN EVAR....???
positively puke-inducing. Look at that yellow! oof.
A stack of 'Belgian popcorn' comps with some cool tracks on them. Too bad the artists aren't mentioned.
Finally found that Chubby Checker again after leaving two copies behind for 1 euro each in a charity shop two years ago.
if the image resolution sucks, it is because i'm trying out a camera i picked up at a yard sale a few weeks ago. it serves as a backup camera and i just thought i'd finally use it.
12"s in that pic - 4 of the same Vitamin E 12"s and 4 Andrea True Connection 12" promos on buddah. got it from a guy who had a yard sale and was selling the remnants of his dads shop that was in the bronx back in the day. he said that when he died there was a memorial concert for him and all these latin and soul guys played.
here is a edison 78 from robert trucksess - sounds like this may have influenced fahey.
listen here --
http://www.archive.org/details/EDIS-SRP-0165-12
45s --
texas garage -
allentown, pa garage (2nd copy)
'soulful jerk' from the rumblers -
and a whole bunch of random rap 12"s
Taalam - my funky drummer (so awesome!)
...and 4 old school banana skateboards for 10 bucks!
your haul is killing it. that huckleberry hound is like a $120 record if NM. Bush Tetras! Black Widow?? Decembers Children?? Nice to see many of these titles. Especially knowing you found them on peoples lawns for cheep.
i dont remember much but the last track on this lp, which has some cool sounds.
what i wanna know about is the yellow payges lp, any good? theres a copy at my local shop that got me curious.
GREAT record! A longtime fave of mine.
The Yellow Payges lp is cool, I like it. I think you'd probably dig it too..
Unique sounds with strong guitar and
distinct but not ruinous vocals.
Can be had for relatively cheap, too.
Also bought some cool old sheet music, which I'll have to take pictures of and post up.
plaese to send to Memphis, this is that good shit.
did you find antoher Boseman?
No, I've just been slack on posting my finds,
so there were a few things in there I've had for
a week or so. Thanks for that one, it's pretty sweet.
the syrius sounds like a stuttering, jazzier version of that Demon Fuzz - Afreaka LP.... and the Amon Duul isnt as good as i had hoped --- gets slightly tedius over its 2-disc length... to these ears anyway. the first disc is ace though!! i like the Piramis a lot.
and if it doesnt?
nice finds everybody, im starting to realize more and more how much iowa sucks for digging.
i have erma franklins lp on brunswick but id never heard of this. fucking GREAT funky soul record! this is the most satisfied ive been with a record in months.
You can find SS copies for under $20 - amazing
for such a solid soul LP.
(Final upgrade)
i got that blue one
its seen some serious shred
i found it in a friends wood pile
Nice! I just recently unearthed this from my storage this last week.
my haul:
not pictured:
Sun - "Sun-Power"
Tony Wilson - "Try Love"
Tropique - Big Business b/w The Runner
Hot Chocolate - Going Through The Motions
Edwin Star - Contact b/w Gene Chandler - Get Down