Thrift Store Records that NOBODY wants
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Jay Pemberton
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MY SON THE FOLK SINGER is true stereo. As for THE FIRST FAMILY, my understanding is that it is pan-potted fake stereo a la the UA A HARD DAY'S NIGHT Beatles tracks.
eclectik
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If you see 'the ring of fire', get it! It's absolutely hilarious to hear him rant about how the Beatles are the 'damndest, rottenest, filthiest filth ever to hit the earth' !
I have to admit that record cracked me up as a kid, but I think that after what ended up happening with that "family" it all took on a different light....
waynec
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Having no idea what is on it, I think it will be an interesting time capsule, if nothing else.
I have 'The First Family' and mine is in mono also. My collection also has 'The New First Family, 1968' which was on Verve and "presented" by Bob Booker & George Foster.. nobody really famous on that one.. And I have 'The First Family Rides Again' from the early 80s, I think. That one has Rich Little, Shelley Hack, Jenilee Harrison, and on the LP cover in a tutu, Michael Richards (Kramer of Seinfeld fame)... That one is still sealed and is on Boardwalk Records.. "presented" by Earl Doud only this time.
I went hunting at thrifts a bit over the weekend - didn't see one First Family album at all! :tears: Sorta was looking forward to seeing one and checking it out a bit more. Neither did I see any Andy Williams, Jack or Tom Jones, Carpenters, or Mitch Miller.
Did run into a bunch of:
Tennessee Ernie Ford albums
A lot of classical albums and collections
Gordon Lightfoot
Rusty Warren - Knockers Up, More Knockers Up, and Sin-Sational, never saw all three at once.
A few Command Enoch Light albums
A lot of Christmas albums - Bing, Frank, Perry, Roger Whitaker, Barbara, Etc.
Only 1 Herb Alpert album (Lonely Bull)
A couple F&T, Mancini, Boston Pops/Fiedler, Bread, 101 Strings, Morman Tabernacle Choir, and 1 Van Cliburn album.
Did run into a bunch of:
Tennessee Ernie Ford albums
A lot of classical albums and collections
Gordon Lightfoot
Rusty Warren - Knockers Up, More Knockers Up, and Sin-Sational, never saw all three at once.
A few Command Enoch Light albums
A lot of Christmas albums - Bing, Frank, Perry, Roger Whitaker, Barbara, Etc.
Only 1 Herb Alpert album (Lonely Bull)
A couple F&T, Mancini, Boston Pops/Fiedler, Bread, 101 Strings, Morman Tabernacle Choir, and 1 Van Cliburn album.
That appears to be the case, judging by what I hear on youtube clips from the album.
Wow, Gordon was a long way from home in a thrift down there! Then again I know quite a few people in the UK who have his LPs.
For some reason, I am always finding New Order and OMD albums at my local thrift/charity shops. Those don't seem like the usual records someone would want to get rid of. I've also amassed almost an entire collection of Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Sheena Easton, Linda Ronstadt, and Boz Scaggs from these shops too. Really good records.
71CNY
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I'd be OK with this. Must be your location. I wonder what shows up in thrifts (or whatver they're called) in Europe. I would be lost.
Back in the early 1990's I went to England for a short visit. I managed to hit a few record stores similar to the kind you used to find everywhere in New York's Greenwich Village.
In fact, they were so similar, they had the same exact records! :sigh: About 95% US pressings of all the usual suspects. Hardly any "domestic" UK or European discs. Not at all like I would have figured.
They even had tons of those damn 101 Strings LP's! Did they export boatloads of that stuff overseas??
Just played side one of "The Well-tempered Synthesizer", Glenn Gould highly praised the Brandenburg on this record
Yes, that is a very good LP. The 'Hooked On' ones were a horror, endless famous tunes in medleys all played to the same disco beat background. I remember a period where they played that stuff as background music in the movie theatres before the show. Grrr..... drove me crazy!
I got a few good records out of charity shops while I was in Scotland two years ago, including a pretty decent early mono pressing of "With the Beatles."
eclectik
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The 'charity shops' in the Uk have largely the same chud as their US counter parts. i.e. boatloads of Jim reeves, Sound of music, xmas LPs, Barbra streisand, Ray conniff, hawaiian hits etc. There are things like Mrs Mills honky tonk piano, welsh choirs, scots dancing which they may not have stateside (fortunately).
Also a fair amount of 80s pap like Phil Collins, Simply Red, Bananarama and Paul Young.
Also a fair amount of 80s pap like Phil Collins, Simply Red, Bananarama and Paul Young.
