Any recent "finds" in second hand record

darkmatter wrote: I went to Princeton a couple of weeks ago in hopes of finding a few things on a list I had, and I end up finding nothing.  That was pretty annoying....

Really? I heard Princeton has a pretty awesome record store.

was overjoyed to find Shuttah's 'Image Maker 1&2' reissued on CD a few weeks ago.. go Shadoks!

I most recently purchased:

Painkiller, Sad Wings of Destiny by Judas Preist
Berlin by Lou Reed
Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy
B EP by Battles
Holland by the Beach Boys
One Live Badger by Badger
Surfs Up! - Beach Boys
The Facedancers
Bananamor - Kevin Ayers
Pucinella & Firebird suite - Stravinski

and a bunch of other goodies that I can't remember because there were a lot.

Certif1ed wrote: Bj-1 wrote: Cert, that's only featured in the US pressing. I think Ben got the UK pressing!   Which bit did you mean?   The label, the inner, the sleeve or the inserts?   Those are all UK 1st press features - trust me.

I've found Merzbow

I sold up my records a few months back. I had given up on it initially and sold up around 4 or 5 years ago (the record deck had stopped working), but I ended up doing it again around 3 years ago. However, I simply could not find much out of the ordinary like I used to- for example, I used to get some really nice, valuable stuff like The Graham Bond Organisation's second album 'There's A Bond Between Us' (easily the most valuable album I ever found, very good album so I got in on CD with 'The Sound Of '65'), 'Screaming Lord Sutch And The Savages' (pretty poor 'psychobilly', I think the term is, but very valuable), The Incredible String Band's debut (this was a repress but was still around £50 at the time), John Martyn's 'London Conversation' (a fairly polite trad folk debut but his rarest- a pink label Island copy too)  George Harrison's 'Electronic Sounds' (rubbish, again, imho) and Creepy John Thomas' eponymous album (not bad, kind of in the vein of Edgar Broughton Band) plus I once found near complete back catalogues of people like Man, Gentle Giant, Greenslade, Genesis, Yes, ELP, Beefheart, Caravan, Curved Air etc- this was my musical education as I was around 14 or so then, and my dad was rediscovering these bands too. But the nearby boot sales REALLY dried up over the past 2 years, plus the record shops tend not to have too many bargains or even THAT many rarities. It got to the point where I had mostly reissues which have less lustre, imo, so I thought I may as well stick with the CDs. I don't really regret it.

Edited by salmacis - April 15 2007 at 10:59

Certif1ed wrote: ^Did it come with the 2 posters and stickers?   The 1973 pressing has a solid light blue triangle in the centre, a black inner bag and is sealed down one side of its Garrod and Lofthouse gatefold sleeve - if you found one of those, it's worth £200. If not, it's still a great find!

Okay so its not a 1973 pressing () but it is still in pretty good condition

Revive the thread time!!!

I am doing this because I found Dark Side of the Moon on vinyl (from 1973) for about  £6

I saw Jethro Tull Heavy Horses on vinyl for about 4 pounds. But I ran out of money at that point

As an added note, I thought I would mention that things are much better as far as the music scene goes. Many Quebec groups come through town regularly to the Universite de Moncton (sorry for the missing "accent grave et aigue, I haven't mastered that aspect of the keyboard yet), other local halls. While his music is nowhere near prog, Pat Groulx et les bas-blancs were at the Moncton High auditorium recently. Due to conflicting social engagements, I was unable to attend, but he sold out the 800 seat theater no problem. I've compared his album to my friends as a kind of Quebecois version of our own "1755". A little bit of rock, jazz, country, traditonal, but mostly music you'd have fun playing at a house party, or as is the habit here in the Maritimes, at a Kitchen party.
Of all the things technology has brought about is the ability for musicians to put their music out there without the need for a major label contract, so even the small scenes are able to put out without the approval of some accountant .