So I took a two month road trip recently, and ended up in AK. I was meeting someone in Fairbanks, and needed to kill some time. Went to Salvation Army, didn't find much, asked who else might have some vinyl and they pointed me towards a pawn shop in the area. Went in, looked at the selection, typical Barbara Streisand, Mantovani, etc. etc.

On my way out, asked if they had any more. "Well, we do have some more records downstairs...."

The guy led me to a room full of crap, including about 8,000 LPs. I spent the next 3.5 hours going through them. At two bucks a pop, and in the middle of a road trip, I was very selective about what I took.

Everything is in Mint condition unless noted.

AC/DC
Highway to Hell
Flick of the Switch
For Those About to Rock
Let There be Rock
PowerAge
If You Want Blood
High Voltage


The Beach Boys:
Endless Summer

Chuck Berry:
The London Sessions

Bon Jovi:
Bon Jovi
Slippery When Wet
New Jersey

David Bowie:
The Man Who Sold the World
Hunky Dory
Pinups
Lets Dance
Diamond Dogs
Stage
ChangesOne

Creedence Clearwater Revival:
Willy and the Poorboys

Alice Cooper:
Billion Dollar Babies
School's Out

Marshall Tucker Band:
Searchin' For a Rainbow
Long Hard Ride
Together Forever

Crosby, Stills & Nash:
4 Way Street
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Graham Nash, David Crosby

Charlie Daniels Band:
Nightrider

Bob Seger:
The Distance

John Lennon:
Collection

Bob Dylan:
Highway 61 Revisited

The Doors:
Waiting for the Sun (G)


Eric Clapton:
EC was here
Behind the Sun
Money and Cigarettes
Another Ticket
Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton (VG)
Just One Night
Clapton, Beck & Page
No Reason to Cry
Backless
Clapton, Beck & Page (Guitar Boogie)

The Cure:
Boys Don't Cry

Psychedelic Furs:
Midnight to Midnight

Pink Floyd:
Meddle

Frank Sinatra:
This is Sinatra
That's Life
Frankie

Dave Brubeck:
Newport 1958 (VG)

Tracy Chapman:
Self-Titled

Roberta Flack:
Quiet Fire
Chapter Two
First Take

Billie Holiday:
The Billie Holiday Story
Greatest Hits

Queen:
Flash Gordon soundtrack
News of the World
The Works
Queen

Iron Butterfly:
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vidda (G)

Steve Miller Band:
Brave New World

Led Zeppelin:
Coda
II
IV (2 copies)
Presence (3 copies, all mint)
Physical Graffiti

The Who:
Who are you
Who's Next

Genesis:
Invisible Touch
Foxtrot

Brothers Johnson:
Look Out for #1

Johnny Cash:
Greatest Hits
At San Quentin
One Piece at a Time
Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison Blues

Cream:
Live Cream
Fresh Cream

Bennie Goodman:
Complete 1937-38 Jazz Concert (missing booklet, discs are mint)

Thelonious Monk:
Solo Monk

Heart:
Dreamboat Annie

Van Halen:
Van Halen
5150
Women and Children First

Violent Femmes:
Self Titled

Eagles:
Desperado
Greatest Hits

Duke Ellington:
Duke Ellington
Masterpieces
Ellington Fantasies

Soundtracks:
The Karate Kid
The Muppet Movie
2001: A Space Oddysey
Shaft
Super Fly

Aretha Franklin:
Once in a Lifetime
Aretha Now

Dire Straits:
Communique
Alchemy

Ram Jam:
Self Titled

Strawberry Alarmclock:
Incense and Peppermints

Peter Tosh:
Bush Doctor

Also got a mint box set (box is worn, but vinyl and booklet are mint) of the Concert for Bangladesh.

I am pretty happy. Listening, sorting and enjoying as I type.

I'll give ya $2.25 apiece for the Bowie's!

Great score!

Were there other types of music, such as jazz, classical, folk, in that collection?

I'll give ya $2.25 apiece for the Bowie's!

Great score!

Yeah, those and the AC/DC's are good chunks of catalog right there. Love it when that happens--I once got a complete Fleshtones vinyl collection and a near-complete '70s Neil Young collection on vinyl. Both from record stores, though, so each disc cost me about three times what the OP paid. Still, though!

Nice find!
Always pays to ask........

No surprise you'd find records in Alaska. I find plenty here in sparsely populated Wyoming.

I'd be curious to know if there was anything besides Rock (as vinyl1 asked)? Jazz, Classical, Blues, Folk, 78s, etc.....? What you grabbed are nice finds though.

No surprise you'd find records in Alaska. I find plenty here in sparsely populated Wyoming.
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Yeah, there's a guy on the Steve Hoffman Forums who lives in Wyoming who always has these amazing vinyl scores. Or is that you?

Yeah, there's a guy on the Steve Hoffman Forums who lives in Wyoming who always has these amazing vinyl scores. Or is that you?

Not me. I'm aware of the Steve Hoffman forums and look on rare occasion but do not hang out there.

Not me. I'm aware of the Steve Hoffman forums and look on rare occasion but do not hang out there.

Ah, OK. And there's another one over there from Bozeman, Montana--same deal.

I can't really complain, living in LA. Tons of amazing vinyl for 2 to 6 bucks a pop. No CHEAP deals really, but lots of consistently good stuff and cool promos. Lots of used imports from the '70s and '80s, too.

The collection was not truly a treasure trove of long-lost vinyl masterpieces. There was very little jazz, no blues, some classical, and the vast majority was rock. A lot of the typical barbara streisand, mantovani, etc.

The one thing that was surprising was a lot of comedy. Steve Martin, Bill Cosby, Robin WIlliams, and Sam Kinnison.