Because of numerous good finds this year, I limited to "less than 3 euros" finds!
Here's the TOP9 of the category:
Nice stuff! I found that Ronald Mesquita at a thrift as well for 1 euro. Also picked up that Perez Prado double set at a Paris fleamarket for 2 euros. Great record as it includes his rare Love Child album. How much was that Platano record?
street people (self titled) natural four (self titled) labelle (self titled) betty everett - there'll come a time jon lucien - rashida love unlimited - in heat ltd - love to the world verdelle smith - alone in my room
Rotary Connection - Hey Love Byron Black and Living Objects - The Unexpected Toppiks - Give It A Chance To Grow / Surrender Jorge Ben - A Tabua De Esmerelda / Africa Brasil July - S/T Assorted Nina Simone thanks to Good Records and lastly Annette Peacock - I'm The One
Honorable mentions to two John Benders
HarveyCanal"a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
RBL Posse - Bammer Weed 12" (finally was able to replace a long-lost copy) HAWK - Already Know 12" (so entirely Frickin' classic)
Got tons of other good stuff, but those are the 2 that warm my heart the most by far.
in retrospect, 07 was a really good year for records. lots of heat and otherwise solid selections. filled a lot of gaps, got some stuff I'd been wanting for a long time.
probably my best find in terms of [money paid:money 'worth'] ratio was that 'This is Ssslick' LP. some killer sounds on there too.
other than that, I found another BUNCH of serious local heat which means a lot to me even if not to collectro-land in general. For example, Ozanam Strings, and the first LPs by Al Dowe, Bobby Fulton, and James Johnson. Also some seriously hot local 45s came my way- Headliners 'Little Sister,' JBC band on Jeree, and some seemingly 'unknown' stuff.
oh and this is not including records acquired online- i got lots of really nice stuff from usual sources plus message board homies. thanks and upward in 08!
Some good stuff, all keepers, not including stuff I sold:
S.O.U.L. - Can You Feel It Afro-Soul Review - Soft Soul Simtec & Wylie - Over the Hump Linda Tillery - S/T James Brown - The Popcorn Gordon's War Soundtrack Mandells - Now I Know The Caprells - Close Your Eyes Betty Davis (both LPs on Just Sunshine) Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain Stu Gardner - Spaced Out 9th Creation - Bubble Gum Johnny Osborne - Truth and Rights Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown Scientist - Heavyweight Champion K-Boss - Take No Prisoners Digital Underground - Freaks of the Industry 12" Zoo - S/T Gove - Heavy Cowboy Lo Borges - S/T with the shoes Os Carbanos - S/T Liquid Liquid - Cavern
These are the biggie LPs off the top of my head... too many 45s to remember.
Phirpo y Sus Caribes - Parilla Caliente Joni Haastrup - Wake Up La Kabala - S/T Original Popcorn Liverpool - Por Favor Successos O Bando - S/T Rubinho e Mauro Assumpcao - Perfetamente ... and waaaay more from Brazil :-)
Eric B & Rakim--"Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em" LP version 12-inch Resident Alien--"Ooh, the Dew Doo Man" Too Short--"The Ghetto" (finally!) Lord Finesse--"Baby, You Nasty"
On the funk/samples/braekz side of things, I know I got some really good ones, but I'm drawing a complete blank right now. I need to look when I get home.
Beach Boys -- Smile bootleg Bob and the Wailers -- Soul Revolution part II Horoya Band National Dark City Sisters -- Star Time Vol. 2,3,4 Melodias Rail Band Du Mali Honey and the Bee's -- Love T.P. Orchestre Poly Rythmo -- comp of early 45's Phil Cohran -- Malcolm X Memorial Magnum -- Fully Loaded
I can't forget to give a "best of 2007, newly filed" shoutout to: all my African lp's all my early R&B comps on various labels all gospel lp's all reggae lp's bought from Good Records NYC
off the top of my head: for keeping: Johnny Watson with Larry Williams and Kalideiscope "Nobody" 45 Okeh Eddie Holland-S/T LP Motown Jackie Shane "Stand Up Straight and Tall" 45 Modern O Bando 45 Polydor (cant remember titles off the top of my head) Johnny Watson "I Say I Love You" 45 King Stone "Cest ma Vie" 45 Polydor(?) Pussy Cat "Mais Pour Quoi" Philips 45 Eddie Holland "Leaving Here" 45 Motown Otis Rush "I miss Loving" 45 Cobra King Coleman "Crazy Feeling" 45 Togo Mighty Joe Young "Suffering Soul" 45 Webcor (thanks High-C!) Al Perkins and Betty Bibbs "Homework" 45 USA The Jury "Who Dat" 45 Port Wailers "Wailers Wailers Everywhere" LP Etiqutte Wailers "Out of our Tree" LP Etiqutte Grupa ABC "Pozegnaj mnie dziewczyno" 45 Pronit Jun Mayazumi "Black Room" 45 Capitol Japan Alton Ellis "sings rock and soul" LP Coxsonne Derrick and Jennifer "Rocking Good Way" 45 Crab Rocking Vickers "I dont need your kind" CBS (thanks Agent 45!) Ted Taylor "(Love is Like) A Ramblin' rose" 45 Okeh Ted Taylor "Daddy's Baby" 45 Okeh Johnny Zamot "Tell it Like it is" LP Decca (kick ass Xmas present from Shingaling) for selling: Weldon Irvine "Time Capsule" Sealed OG James Mason "Rhythmn of Life" Sealed OG pretty good year!
Damn good year for findin heat... some of the choice picks I can remember off the top...
Antonio Adolfo E A Brazuca "s/t 1970" Azimuth "s/t" Manny Corchado "Aprovecha El Tiempo" Ananda Shankar "& His Music" BRC "Magumba" Boo & The Tru Tones "Show The World" Jay Mitchell "Spirits of Fire" Michel Colombier "Campus" Airto Fogo "s/t" Marius Cultier "s/t" Frank Motley "Let It Be" Conrad Benjamin "Saturn" Alice Clark "s/t" Bob Azzam & The Great Expectations Sealed Guess Who "It's Time" Reign Ghost "s/t" Sebastian "Rays of the Sun" 49th Parallel "s/t" Pete Brown & Battered Ornaments "A Meal You Can Shake..." UK Pretty Things "SF Sorrow" UK Stereo Wendy & Bonnie "Genesis"
What I listened to the most (based on my declining memory):
Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Return Visit to Rock Mass 3LP Wolof Music of Senegal and the Gambia LP (Folkways) Ouza et les Femmes Dans le Vent LP Les Ambassadeurs du Motel 1st LP Virtuoses Diabate - La Nouvelle Mariee LP Hugh Tracey Music of Africa Musical Instruments series - Guitars 1 and 2 LPs Ubazakura - Die andere Nacht (oder.G) LP El Rego - Rosa/Ha-Monseigneur 45 Sorry Bamba du Mali - Sanata/Aminata 45 Question Mark and the Mysterians - Ain't it a Shame 45 The Creatures - Wild Things 2 x 45
probably my best find in terms of [money paid:money 'worth'] ratio was that 'This is Ssslick' LP.
ANOTHER TURD!!!! Crisco is the best track, but it still sucks.
What's going on here? Am I not hearing the same music?
That LP was patient zero of the "Shitty Hyped Private Press Records" thread of '03/'04!
i missed the 'hype' on it; never'd heard of it til i dug up a copy.
definitely not essential or even great, but the music is well-done. you're right Crisco is the best track. To me, it sounds good. But the rest swings nicely in a 'corny white-guy jazz' sort of way, which i sometimes have a surprising degree of tolerance for. I'm not the kind of listener who lets the 'private press factor' cloud my judgment of musicianship etc. I just thought these guys sounded like they knew what they were doing, which is something that can't be said for a lot of hyped private jawns
I recently got given a promo copy of this for my birthday from my girlfriend, great track. I love how everything but the drums drop out in the verses.
As far as my best finds go, so many good records turned up for me this year, a few long time wants & a few surprises too.
Grabbing both Little Buck 45s on Seven B from the same box of unplayed Seven B stock copies was pretty cool, unfortunately the Garland Hilton was the only other funky one in there with the rest being country/Don Pittmans. Also nabbing The Sinceres & a few Fortson & Scott 45s from a different box of unplayed Pzazz stock & promo 45s on the same day as the Seven Bs was cool too, unfortunately all the Fortson & Scotts were their solo 45s not the collabs.
A bunch of other stuff I'm blanking on. Oh yeah, those Board Of Directors 12"s were cool from a financial gain point of view.
I did not buy that much this year, but my best finds were certainly a whole bunch of Bollywood and Lollywood LPs. I found pretty much all the usual suspects within a couple of days and some more stuff I never heard of before. It really sucks that one of the Khyber mail LPs I found looked at least VG+, but played G-. However, 2007 was a good year for records.
45s Don't Destroy Me / Carol Jones (horns version) Mississippi Mud / Smithstonian Suffering Wrath / Rudy Love & Company Soul I Don't Know How / The Superlatives Remember Me / Trinikas (only a 2nd hand copy of jazzman re-ish but atleast i got a 45 of this killer to drop)
LPs Black and Brown Boogie 12" / Jose Mangual(sealed) El Chico / Chico Hamilton (beautiful LP) Golden Horn Big Band / GHBB (the local raer) Let's Stay Together / Ashantis Disco Club / Tim Maia (Sossego - shit yeah) Gator OST / C. Berstein - (3 copies in all - love that Laying The Trap stoner funk steez)
HarveyCanal"a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
RBL Posse - Bammer Weed 12" (finally was able to replace a long-lost copy) HAWK - Already Know 12" (so entirely Frickin' classic)
Got tons of other good stuff, but those are the 2 that warm my heart the most by far.
Damn RBL posse "Bammer Weed" good looking on that one. I've never seen a copy of that 12 ever.
is there a 12" for this? i have the lp and a bluebird 12" w/bammer weed on the b-side.
Yes, there is a 12" on In-a-Minute. And wow, I wish I had the LP.
trinikas - remember me/black is beautiful (pearce) raphael munnings - takin you higher (just like climbin a ladder)/loneliness (alston) jamie ross - try my love/time will change the feeling (cat) kool blues - can we try love again (capsoul) rotations - i can't find her (debrossard) leroy harris - crow baby crow/i'm gonna get you (swan) barbara mason - you better stop it (arctic) barbara randolph - you got me hurtin' all over/i got a feeling (soul; great and cheap motown related 45) linda jones - i just can't live my life (without you babe) (warner bros) garfield fleming - don't send me away (becket) wilson harris and the experience - smoking so hard it's right funky (black soul)
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Nice stuff! I found that Ronald Mesquita at a thrift as well for 1 euro. Also picked up that Perez Prado double set at a Paris fleamarket for 2 euros. Great record as it includes his rare Love Child album.
How much was that Platano record?
natural four (self titled)
labelle (self titled)
betty everett - there'll come a time
jon lucien - rashida
love unlimited - in heat
ltd - love to the world
verdelle smith - alone in my room
....
Vermont Represent.
Couldn't agree with you more Bizzle!
Blacula OST
Harold Vick - Don't look back
Doug Carn - Higher Ground
Avan Samba - s.t
Marcos Valle - Garra
Ronald Mesquita
El Chicles - Viva tirado
Just a couple of titles that spring to mind...seems there are several people who dug up a Mohawks last year.
Rotary Connection - Hey Love
Byron Black and Living Objects - The Unexpected
Toppiks - Give It A Chance To Grow / Surrender
Jorge Ben - A Tabua De Esmerelda / Africa Brasil
July - S/T
Assorted Nina Simone thanks to Good Records
and lastly Annette Peacock - I'm The One
Honorable mentions to two John Benders
HAWK - Already Know 12" (so entirely Frickin' classic)
Got tons of other good stuff, but those are the 2 that warm my heart the most by far.
i need this in a major way
probably my best find in terms of [money paid:money 'worth'] ratio was that 'This is Ssslick' LP. some killer sounds on there too.
other than that, I found another BUNCH of serious local heat which means a lot to me even if not to collectro-land in general. For example, Ozanam Strings, and the first LPs by Al Dowe, Bobby Fulton, and James Johnson.
Also some seriously hot local 45s came my way- Headliners 'Little Sister,' JBC band on Jeree, and some seemingly 'unknown' stuff.
oh and this is not including records acquired online- i got lots of really nice stuff from usual sources plus message board homies. thanks and upward in 08!
That record is genius.
Seller in the UK had a mint EX copy on his list for 50 quid but I tossed in a rare disco joint for trades...otherwise I would not have bought it.
S.O.U.L. - Can You Feel It
Afro-Soul Review - Soft Soul
Simtec & Wylie - Over the Hump
Linda Tillery - S/T
James Brown - The Popcorn
Gordon's War Soundtrack
Mandells - Now I Know
The Caprells - Close Your Eyes
Betty Davis (both LPs on Just Sunshine)
Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
Stu Gardner - Spaced Out
9th Creation - Bubble Gum
Johnny Osborne - Truth and Rights
Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
Scientist - Heavyweight Champion
K-Boss - Take No Prisoners
Digital Underground - Freaks of the Industry 12"
Zoo - S/T
Gove - Heavy Cowboy
Lo Borges - S/T with the shoes
Os Carbanos - S/T
Liquid Liquid - Cavern
Phirpo y Sus Caribes - Parilla Caliente
Joni Haastrup - Wake Up
La Kabala - S/T
Original Popcorn
Liverpool - Por Favor Successos
O Bando - S/T
Rubinho e Mauro Assumpcao - Perfetamente
... and waaaay more from Brazil :-)
ANOTHER TURD!!!! Crisco is the best track, but it still sucks.
What's going on here? Am I not hearing the same music?
That LP was patient zero of the "Shitty Hyped Private Press Records" thread of '03/'04!
Eric B & Rakim--"Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em" LP version 12-inch
Resident Alien--"Ooh, the Dew Doo Man"
Too Short--"The Ghetto" (finally!)
Lord Finesse--"Baby, You Nasty"
On the funk/samples/braekz side of things, I know I got some really good ones, but I'm drawing a complete blank right now. I need to look when I get home.
Bob and the Wailers -- Soul Revolution part II
Horoya Band National
Dark City Sisters -- Star Time Vol. 2,3,4
Melodias Rail Band Du Mali
Honey and the Bee's -- Love
T.P. Orchestre Poly Rythmo -- comp of early 45's
Phil Cohran -- Malcolm X Memorial
Magnum -- Fully Loaded
I can't forget to give a "best of 2007, newly filed" shoutout to:
all my African lp's
all my early R&B comps on various labels
all gospel lp's
all reggae lp's bought from Good Records NYC
Looking Foward to 2008!
45's
TMGs - 'agravation'
Darker Shades LTD - 'trackin down jody'
Fabulous Capris - 'stagger walk'
Black Horizon - 'black horizon' ( up for trade btw)
Eddie Jacobs - 'pull my coat'
ATO's - 'aint seen nothing yet'
Honey Drippers - 'impeach the president'
Velvet Haze - 'last day on earth'
LPs
Fredric - 'phases and faces' (dreas, I still owe you dude!)
JK & Co. - 'suddenly one summer'
Kak - 's/t'
Coke - 's/t'
12"
Digital Dubs - 'you know we roll'
Nas - 'aint hard to tell' promo
Psychonauts - 'profundo'
for keeping:
Johnny Watson with Larry Williams and Kalideiscope "Nobody" 45 Okeh
Eddie Holland-S/T LP Motown
Jackie Shane "Stand Up Straight and Tall" 45 Modern
O Bando 45 Polydor (cant remember titles off the top of my head)
Johnny Watson "I Say I Love You" 45 King
Stone "Cest ma Vie" 45 Polydor(?)
Pussy Cat "Mais Pour Quoi" Philips 45
Eddie Holland "Leaving Here" 45 Motown
Otis Rush "I miss Loving" 45 Cobra
King Coleman "Crazy Feeling" 45 Togo
Mighty Joe Young "Suffering Soul" 45 Webcor (thanks High-C!)
Al Perkins and Betty Bibbs "Homework" 45 USA
The Jury "Who Dat" 45 Port
Wailers "Wailers Wailers Everywhere" LP Etiqutte
Wailers "Out of our Tree" LP Etiqutte
Grupa ABC "Pozegnaj mnie dziewczyno" 45 Pronit
Jun Mayazumi "Black Room" 45 Capitol Japan
Alton Ellis "sings rock and soul" LP Coxsonne
Derrick and Jennifer "Rocking Good Way" 45 Crab
Rocking Vickers "I dont need your kind" CBS (thanks Agent 45!)
Ted Taylor "(Love is Like) A Ramblin' rose" 45 Okeh
Ted Taylor "Daddy's Baby" 45 Okeh
Johnny Zamot "Tell it Like it is" LP Decca (kick ass Xmas present from Shingaling)
for selling:
Weldon Irvine "Time Capsule" Sealed OG
James Mason "Rhythmn of Life" Sealed OG
pretty good year!
Antonio Adolfo E A Brazuca "s/t 1970"
Azimuth "s/t"
Manny Corchado "Aprovecha El Tiempo"
Ananda Shankar "& His Music"
BRC "Magumba"
Boo & The Tru Tones "Show The World"
Jay Mitchell "Spirits of Fire"
Michel Colombier "Campus"
Airto Fogo "s/t"
Marius Cultier "s/t"
Frank Motley "Let It Be"
Conrad Benjamin "Saturn"
Alice Clark "s/t"
Bob Azzam & The Great Expectations Sealed
Guess Who "It's Time"
Reign Ghost "s/t"
Sebastian "Rays of the Sun"
49th Parallel "s/t"
Pete Brown & Battered Ornaments "A Meal You Can Shake..." UK
Pretty Things "SF Sorrow" UK Stereo
Wendy & Bonnie "Genesis"
Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Return Visit to Rock Mass 3LP
Wolof Music of Senegal and the Gambia LP (Folkways)
Ouza et les Femmes Dans le Vent LP
Les Ambassadeurs du Motel 1st LP
Virtuoses Diabate - La Nouvelle Mariee LP
Hugh Tracey Music of Africa Musical Instruments series - Guitars 1 and 2 LPs
Ubazakura - Die andere Nacht (oder.G) LP
El Rego - Rosa/Ha-Monseigneur 45
Sorry Bamba du Mali - Sanata/Aminata 45
Question Mark and the Mysterians - Ain't it a Shame 45
The Creatures - Wild Things 2 x 45
i missed the 'hype' on it; never'd heard of it til i dug up a copy.
definitely not essential or even great, but the music is well-done. you're right Crisco is the best track. To me, it sounds good. But the rest swings nicely in a 'corny white-guy jazz' sort of way, which i sometimes have a surprising degree of tolerance for.
I'm not the kind of listener who lets the 'private press factor' cloud my judgment of musicianship etc. I just thought these guys sounded like they knew what they were doing, which is something that can't be said for a lot of hyped private jawns
off the top of the head i'd say these are the main keepers:
niagara s/t
kitty winter - gyspsy nova
mombasa 1st
dave pike set 1st
2 copies of staff carpenborg, one nm, the other vg-
Alexis Korner - Blues inc
1st brian auger & judy driscoll
and my own personal waterloo of 07: NOT BUYING The Lovelites LP for 8??? in the shop down my street...(yeah that just happened)
Damn RBL posse "Bammer Weed" good looking on that one. I've never seen a copy of that 12 ever.
My Top for 2007:
IGG Band
Cortex
A better playing copy of 24 carat black
Arena S/T
I recently got given a promo copy of this for my birthday from my girlfriend, great track. I love how everything but the drums drop out in the verses.
As far as my best finds go, so many good records turned up for me this year, a few long time wants & a few surprises too.
Grabbing both Little Buck 45s on Seven B from the same box of unplayed Seven B stock copies was pretty cool, unfortunately the Garland Hilton was the only other funky one in there with the rest being country/Don Pittmans.
Also nabbing The Sinceres & a few Fortson & Scott 45s from a different box of unplayed Pzazz stock & promo 45s on the same day as the Seven Bs was cool too, unfortunately all the Fortson & Scotts were their solo 45s not the collabs.
A bunch of other stuff I'm blanking on. Oh yeah, those Board Of Directors 12"s were cool from a financial gain point of view.
the cover is unfortunately the only thing about this 12' that shredz, thought i'd post it, seems to be somewhat stockcover related...
is there a 12" for this? i have the lp and a bluebird 12" w/bammer weed on the b-side.
best record i acquired i dont know. i can only remember last week and last week wasnt nothen special.
45s
Don't Destroy Me / Carol Jones (horns version)
Mississippi Mud / Smithstonian
Suffering Wrath / Rudy Love & Company Soul
I Don't Know How / The Superlatives
Remember Me / Trinikas (only a 2nd hand copy of jazzman re-ish but atleast i got a 45 of this killer to drop)
LPs
Black and Brown Boogie 12" / Jose Mangual(sealed)
El Chico / Chico Hamilton (beautiful LP)
Golden Horn Big Band / GHBB (the local raer)
Let's Stay Together / Ashantis
Disco Club / Tim Maia (Sossego - shit yeah)
Gator OST / C. Berstein - (3 copies in all - love that Laying The Trap stoner funk steez)
Yes, there is a 12" on In-a-Minute. And wow, I wish I had the LP.
dont give me no bammer weed...
we dont smoke that dsjlkjfdlkjfd in the sfc
here are a few of my best 45 comeups for 2007:
trinikas - remember me/black is beautiful (pearce)
raphael munnings - takin you higher (just like climbin a ladder)/loneliness (alston)
jamie ross - try my love/time will change the feeling (cat)
kool blues - can we try love again (capsoul)
rotations - i can't find her (debrossard)
leroy harris - crow baby crow/i'm gonna get you (swan)
barbara mason - you better stop it (arctic)
barbara randolph - you got me hurtin' all over/i got a feeling (soul; great and cheap motown related 45)
linda jones - i just can't live my life (without you babe) (warner bros)
garfield fleming - don't send me away (becket)
wilson harris and the experience - smoking so hard it's right funky (black soul)