What can you get for a Tenner?: Fac1968 45s
Mr Squirrel I am known as Tenner in Fac1968 my local independent record emporium for my tendency not to push the boat…
Old Vinyl
3 FOR A FIVER: THE RECORD FAIR CONUNDRUM
Record Fairs have become strange ritualistic sites of male obsessiveness, competition and downright stupidity in almost equal proportion. They also…
Classical: Beethoven Outliers -VOX and Rudy Van Gelder!
On my weekly pilgrimages around the charity shops of Nottingham I have noticed an increasingly prevelant trend. There are NO…
Mono Record Players X2
I am the proud owner of a 1978 Toshiba Music Centre ( thank you Terry) and after replacing the belt…
Rare Car Boot Violinists – Kogan and Oistrakh
One of the joys of car-booting is you never know what you might turn up. The charity shops have long…
Sinatra Capitol LPs – the Grey Label search
The Sinatra Obsession The Fascination become an obsession. Through reading avidly on the Steve Hoffman forums ( he remasters for…
Open Country – The crazy CBS/Sunday Times triple LP sampler 1972
I picked up this insane triple album in Nottingham for a pound…i.e. 33 1/3p per disc 🙂 The image is…
Joe South – Midnight Rainbows
Bargain of the year! This almost mint copy of Joe South’s second to last album from 1975 cost me 50p.…
Ramblin Jack Elliott and Trailer Star
I always had a soft spot for Ramblin Jack Elliott (born Elliot Adnopoz in Brooklyn yes the original Jewish Beat…
Eve of Destruction – Barry Maguire
Do not know where or when I picked this up. Probably bought for the cover and a little familiarity with…