I've always kind of hated these threads though. It's cool finding stuff for cheap, but I could care less how much I paid for my most cherished records.
it can get kind of grueling. especially seeing guys at academy look at their friend's listening stack, go: "got that, got that for 50 cents, got that for a buck", then everything gets put back and nobody buys anything.
at a certain point, you have to put a dollar amount on your time. it is probably no coincidence some of my best come ups have been during brief periods of unemployment.
but in the spirit of the thread:
incredible bong band s/t amiri baraka - it's nation time pandit pran nath on shandar
and loads of musical terds that are somehow coveted by others
Afrique Soul Makossa (no record) TODD (this is a 2500 US record.) Earl Klugh on Blue Note Leo Sayer Endless Flight (doubles) Big Busey Doin' Thangs Tuffy CSNY Deja Vu RAMP Litefrost (actually this was $3.99) Miles Davis Kind of Blue (80's press. I hipped Yuichi to this.) Joe Farrell canned funk on CTI Keith Jarrett records (YES, PLURAL.)
I had this one spot (a thrift store that has since shut down) here in town that had sealed grails, and all their records were $1.69...I used to hit the spot about once a month
some highlights:
James Mason "Rhythm of Life" 2 sealed 1 Unsealed
James Conwell on Guinness 4 sealed copies
Formula One on Guinness 1 sealed copy
Weldon Irvine "Time Capsule" 1 Sealed copy
plus pulled about 7 OG Mono Deepgroove Blue Notes among other things...
I had this one spot (a thrift store that has since shut down) here in town that had sealed grails, and all their records were $1.69...I used to hit the spot about once a month
some highlights:
James Mason "Rhythm of Life" 2 sealed 1 Unsealed
James Conwell on Guinness 4 sealed copies
Formula One on Guinness 1 sealed copy
Weldon Irvine "Time Capsule" 1 Sealed copy
plus pulled about 7 OG Mono Deepgroove Blue Notes among other things...
gotttttammmmm! stuff that addictions are fed on! no one else was hitting the spot up?? they would replenish stock with more grails? or would you be like "mmm, naaa, i'll leave that open JAmes Mason for next month."?
imagine all the hiphop joints you probably left!!!!
I had this one spot (a thrift store that has since shut down) here in town that had sealed grails, and all their records were $1.69...I used to hit the spot about once a month
some highlights:
James Mason "Rhythm of Life" 2 sealed 1 Unsealed
James Conwell on Guinness 4 sealed copies
Formula One on Guinness 1 sealed copy
Weldon Irvine "Time Capsule" 1 Sealed copy
plus pulled about 7 OG Mono Deepgroove Blue Notes among other things...
A local thrift shop with stuff like that and you only went once a month? Sheeeeit, I would have been in there every other day. I go to spots once a month that never yield anything...
about 4 years ago at a "jumped the shark" yearly flea market i was circling the block (it all goes down around an old prison) like a dozen other philly record heads. everyone was skipping this one guys 4 ft stack cause he is a known pain in the ass and he was saying (as usual) "this stuff is great...ten dollars each this time". F*ck it, i take a look...low and behold, two copies of time capsule...one vg, one sealed. heads were salty.
ive since not been able to figure out which to keep, so i kept them both.
That I didn't get the UA og for $3? Yeah, that is bad news, but being a huge Can fan (and since I already had the UA release), anytime I can find any of their stuff for under $10 is a good find for me.
24 karat black (a couple of times) sir joe quarterman (gsf) harlem river drive (a couple of times and the live lp;s too). marlena shaw:spice of life(first jacket) both haze lps kool & the gang (pretty much, all the ones that count) and several others. monks and nuns
all $0.25 or at the most,$5.00 maybe. More than likely less.
I had this one spot (a thrift store that has since shut down) here in town that had sealed grails, and all their records were $1.69...I used to hit the spot about once a month
some highlights:
James Mason "Rhythm of Life" 2 sealed 1 Unsealed
James Conwell on Guinness 4 sealed copies
Formula One on Guinness 1 sealed copy
Weldon Irvine "Time Capsule" 1 Sealed copy
plus pulled about 7 OG Mono Deepgroove Blue Notes among other things...
A local thrift shop with stuff like that and you only went once a month? Sheeeeit, I would have been in there every other day. I go to spots once a month that never yield anything...
well, when I first found it I hit it all the time, but soon realized the records were few and far between and that they didnt re-up very often...it was a clothing store mainly, the records were kind of hidden and I am pretty certain, from those finds that not many folks knew about it. Yes, I know I probably missed out on the hip hop rackords. But once a month seemed to do all right for me...
Afrique Soul Makossa (no record) TODD (this is a 2500 US record.) Earl Klugh on Blue Note Leo Sayer Endless Flight (doubles) Big Busey Doin' Thangs Tuffy CSNY Deja Vu RAMP Litefrost (actually this was $3.99) Miles Davis Kind of Blue (80's press. I hipped Yuichi to this.) Joe Farrell canned funk on CTI Keith Jarrett records (YES, PLURAL.)
So many more...
This poast borders in being too mean even for me...
Afrique Soul Makossa (no record) TODD (this is a 2500 US record.) Earl Klugh on Blue Note Leo Sayer Endless Flight (doubles) Big Busey Doin' Thangs Tuffy CSNY Deja Vu RAMP Litefrost (actually this was $3.99) Miles Davis Kind of Blue (80's press. I hipped Yuichi to this.) Joe Farrell canned funk on CTI Keith Jarrett records (YES, PLURAL.)
So many more...
This poast borders in being too mean even for me...
Sayin' though, that Big Busey LP doesn't show up everywhere.
found many $100 plus and a couple $500 plus records for under $3, usually shit i didn't like that i sold, my most recent find was an ebay buy it now for $3 which is below
found many $100 plus and a couple $500 plus records for under $3, usually shit i didn't like that i sold, my most recent find was an ebay buy it now for $3 which is below
nice modern tune, seems to pretty unknown, saw it on an old sales list while searching the internet, it was listed as a minneapolis record, i just happened to check ebay right after and there was a buy it now copy for $3 so i snatched it up, the record is not from minneapolis as i originally suspected, my copy came from hawaii, other than that i know nothing about it, i think both sides are pretty good though
nice modern tune, seems to pretty unknown, saw it on an old sales list while searching the internet, it was listed as a minneapolis record, i just happened to check ebay right after and there was a buy it now copy for $3 so i snatched it up, the record is not from minneapolis as i originally suspected, my copy came from hawaii, other than that i know nothing about it, i think both sides are pretty good though
union pacific - when it was done
union pacific - it's your love
cool, interesting, not my thing though.
Big_Stacks"I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
Much of my classic disco 12" collection I caught for $1-$2, but then again a good deal of my deeper rares were paid Market Value, so shit balances out.
Hey,
I got over 1,000 disco 12"s for free when I was 12 years old (thanks Uncles Phillip and Gary). It paid to be a youngin' in a music-loving family!!! Cosignage on "Just Outside of Town" by Mandrill (forgot about that one) which I caught on the cheap back then' (big ups to Bob Smtek at the old Muzik Hut in the Fayetteville Flea Market Mall). That spot was so good to me at pennies on the dollar.
nice modern tune, seems to pretty unknown, saw it on an old sales list while searching the internet, it was listed as a minneapolis record, i just happened to check ebay right after and there was a buy it now copy for $3 so i snatched it up, the record is not from minneapolis as i originally suspected, my copy came from hawaii, other than that i know nothing about it, i think both sides are pretty good though
union pacific - when it was done
union pacific - need your love
union pacific were regulars around the hawaii club circuit in the seventies. they were originally from the mainland u.s., somewhere in the northwest if i remember correctly. that single was recorded in hawaii. there was another release of that single with a blank label and band info on the sleeve.
nice comeup. did you get that this past summer? i remember one on ebay, buy it now for $3 in august. it got swooped before i got a chance to pull the trigger.
I went to this antique shop i go to sometimes and the old man who owns the shop a. has occasional crates of hott records and b. is a big flirt he is harmless and adorable and walks with a limp and feeds the birds that come to his doorway. anyway he had that tom scott honeysuckle breeze shit MONO and he's no dummy and he knew it was worth dough and i asked him how much it was and he was like going on and on about how this record was gonna cost me hundreds blah blah. he would not tell me how much he wanted for this record, he was trying to be all mysterious, it was kind of annoying yet charming, so i just sat there and talked with him for a long time, about life and how everything is everything for what seemed like 2 hours and finally i said you're not gonna sell me that record are you? you're not gonna even tell me how much you want for it are you? and he said "you know what?"... "i want to just give it to you." what? yep. and i would have paid up for that album too, because though i wanted it for a long time i never sweated finding it before, i was unwilling to go to the 'bay etc, i was waiting for it to come to me because i find surprises far more intriguing than easy buys.
twas a gift, and all i had to do was just hang out and shoot the breeze. and don't talk shit because you all know you have harmlessly flirted your way into getting a free record, or at least a discount. ..... the hunt brings out the cunning within the lioness or in most of your cases the lion.
Big_Stacks"I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
I went to this antique shop i go to sometimes and the old man who owns the shop a. has occasional crates of hott records and b. is a big flirt he is harmless and adorable and walks with a limp and feeds the birds that come to his doorway. anyway he had that tom scott honeysuckle breeze shit MONO and he's no dummy and he knew it was worth dough and i asked him how much it was and he was like going on and on about how this record was gonna cost me hundreds blah blah. he would not tell me how much he wanted for this record, he was trying to be all mysterious, it was kind of annoying yet charming, so i just sat there and talked with him for a long time, about life and how everything is everything for what seemed like 2 hours and finally i said you're not gonna sell me that record are you? you're not gonna even tell me how much you want for it are you? and he said "you know what?"... "i want to just give it to you." what? yep. and i would have paid up for that album too, because though i wanted it for a long time i never sweated finding it before, i was unwilling to go to the 'bay etc, i was waiting for it to come to me because i find surprises far more intriguing than easy buys.
twas a gift, and all i had to do was just hang out and shoot the breeze. and don't talk shit because you all know you have harmlessly flirted your way into getting a free record, or at least a discount. ..... the hunt brings out the cunning within the lioness or in most of your cases the lion.
Not that I've flirted (since I'm heterosexual and most my record dealers have been male, except for MILFy Donna at Paradise Music in Fayetteville who used to flirt with ME), but I was always real cool with the dealers. I used get hot joints thrown in with my pile (at the end of the cost count) on the humble. Bob at Muzik Hut was good for that, as were my peeps at Nice Prices Books (Raleigh, NC), Readers Corner (Raleigh, NC), the Record Hole (in Chapel Hill, NC), and the brotha that used to sell at Dorton Arena (Raleigh, NC; had mad come-uppages in his stacks). I was a weekly regular for years so I always got love.
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I pick up all my records for under $3.
Love- Out There
both for free and some NfL and SOundStage Libraries that were a couple of bucks each
it can get kind of grueling. especially seeing guys at academy look at their friend's listening stack, go: "got that, got that for 50 cents, got that for a buck", then everything gets put back and nobody buys anything.
at a certain point, you have to put a dollar amount on your time. it is probably no coincidence some of my best come ups have been during brief periods of unemployment.
but in the spirit of the thread:
incredible bong band s/t
amiri baraka - it's nation time
pandit pran nath on shandar
and loads of musical terds that are somehow coveted by others
Soul Makossa $1.98
Jorge Ben, "Africa Brasil" $2.50
I know there are more
TODD (this is a 2500 US record.)
Earl Klugh on Blue Note
Leo Sayer Endless Flight (doubles)
Big Busey Doin' Thangs
Tuffy
CSNY Deja Vu
RAMP
Litefrost (actually this was $3.99)
Miles Davis Kind of Blue (80's press. I hipped Yuichi to this.)
Joe Farrell canned funk on CTI
Keith Jarrett records (YES, PLURAL.)
So many more...
$1 -
$2 -
$3 -
some highlights:
James Mason "Rhythm of Life" 2 sealed 1 Unsealed
James Conwell on Guinness 4 sealed copies
Formula One on Guinness 1 sealed copy
Weldon Irvine "Time Capsule" 1 Sealed copy
plus pulled about 7 OG Mono Deepgroove Blue Notes among other things...
lol...file under "names that would have made sense in the 90's"
Staff Carpenborg for 75c
gotttttammmmm! stuff that addictions are fed on!
no one else was hitting the spot up?? they would replenish stock with more grails? or would you be like "mmm, naaa, i'll leave that open JAmes Mason for next month."?
imagine all the hiphop joints you probably left!!!!
A local thrift shop with stuff like that and you only went once a month? Sheeeeit, I would have been in there every other day. I go to spots once a month that never yield anything...
ive since not been able to figure out which to keep, so i kept them both.
Tony's come ups are the only ones I like to listen to.
ha, that's too much.
sir joe quarterman (gsf)
harlem river drive (a couple of times and the live lp;s too).
marlena shaw:spice of life(first jacket)
both haze lps
kool & the gang (pretty much, all the ones that count)
and several others.
monks and nuns
all $0.25 or at the most,$5.00 maybe.
More than likely less.
well, when I first found it I hit it all the time, but soon realized the records were few and far between and that they didnt re-up very often...it was a clothing store mainly, the records were kind of hidden and I am pretty certain, from those finds that not many folks knew about it. Yes, I know I probably missed out on the hip hop rackords. But once a month seemed to do all right for me...
This poast borders in being too mean even for me...
Sayin' though, that Big Busey LP doesn't show up everywhere.
union pacific - when it was done
union pacific - need your love
Hey,
I got over 1,000 disco 12"s for free when I was 12 years old (thanks Uncles Phillip and Gary). It paid to be a youngin' in a music-loving family!!!
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
union pacific were regulars around the hawaii club circuit in the seventies. they were originally from the mainland u.s., somewhere in the northwest if i remember correctly. that single was recorded in hawaii. there was another release of that single with a blank label and band info on the sleeve.
nice comeup. did you get that this past summer? i remember one on ebay, buy it now for $3 in august. it got swooped before i got a chance to pull the trigger.
need to mint up.
a. has occasional crates of hott records
and
b. is a big flirt
he is harmless and adorable and walks with a limp and feeds the birds that come to his doorway.
anyway he had that tom scott honeysuckle breeze shit MONO and he's no dummy and he knew it was worth dough and i asked him how much it was and he was like going on and on about how this record was gonna cost me hundreds blah blah. he would not tell me how much he wanted for this record, he was trying to be all mysterious, it was kind of annoying yet charming,
so i just sat there and talked with him for a long time, about life and how everything is everything for what seemed like 2 hours and finally i said you're not gonna sell me that record are you? you're not gonna even tell me how much you want for it are you? and he said "you know what?"... "i want to just give it to you."
what?
yep. and i would have paid up for that album too, because though i wanted it for a long time i never sweated finding it before, i was unwilling to go to the 'bay etc, i was waiting for it to come to me because i find surprises far more intriguing than easy buys.
twas a gift, and all i had to do was just hang out and shoot the breeze.
and don't talk shit because you all know you have harmlessly flirted your way into getting a free record, or at least a discount.
..... the hunt brings out the cunning within the lioness or in most of your cases the lion.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
aretha franklin - one step ahead 45 for $0.50
bumps jackson - funky in jamaica
wilfred 'wayne' mcghie 45 that i can't find any info on.
Soul Incorporated - My Proposal - 10 cents
Ceasar Frazier - 70 - $1
Del Jones - Positive Vibes (w/o the horns)- $1