JakartaJive falls at the first hurdle of the £10 challenge

[jakartajive]

I woke up this morning thinking I might tootle off round the charity shops of North London and do my very own take on the £10 challenge.

I made the coffee, bought a couple of croissants at the Costcutter's over the road and grabbed the paper. Waking up Mrs. JJ I then had the following conversation:

Me: There's this thing on Vulture about spending a tenner round charity shops and documenting it all and writing it up for the site.

Her: That's a great idea, that. Because it's not like you have piles of records lying around that you keep promising to sell - or those bloody posters from the ICA thing that you still haven't got rid of, is it?

Me: You may have a point there, but this would be fun.

Her: And you've been moaning all week that you don't have enough to get all your writing on the book done as well, so of course you've got loads of time to write up how you bought some useless records that will sit on the 'one day I may or may not manage to offload these' piles that're swallowing up the front room floor.

Me: Well, yeah, I do kind of know what you mean, but . . .

At that moment, the postman knocked on the door, bringing three new LPs.

This proved to be the nail in the coffin.



I suspect this is for the greater good.

[danielandhisorchestra]

Bah! Stymied!

[Daddy Ya Ya]

....what were the 3 albums though Hugh ?

[jakartajive]

....what were the 3 albums though Hugh ?

The African Scream Contest double.
Don Crawford - A different shade of black
The Ro-dy-s - Just Fancy

They did, collectively, cost slightly more than a tenner.

[eclipsechaser]

me neither.

Although good story JJ.

[chimptown]

what did you reckon to african scream contest?

cant make my mind up ... cd booklet is superb though

[Dr Rubberfunk]

Good effort - it's the thought that counts though eh?

What ICA posters btw?

[admcc77]

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Don Crawford - A different shade of black

Hey Hugh

Whats this one like? (Having read the other thead, and googling leading me back here...)

Cheers

Adrian

[jakartajive]

Hey Hugh

Whats this one like? (Having read the other thead, and googling leading me back here...)

Cheers

Adrian

Think this is his fourth, and for me it's much weaker than the first three.

The debut on Verve is great - from '66 - and the second and third, I think, are the two I hyped earlier. This one is early 70s and smoother, more orchestrated, less of the tension and fire of the earlier ones. But still worth a spin if you see it cheap.

I just can't believe he's not better known.

Which may, of course, just be another way of saying I can't believe I have only recently stumbled across him!

[admcc77]

Think this is his fourth, and for me it's much weaker than the first three.

The debut on Verve is great - from '66 - and the second and third, I think, are the two I hyped earlier. This one is early 70s and smoother, more orchestrated, less of the tension and fire of the earlier ones. But still worth a spin if you see it cheap.

I just can't believe he's not better known.

Which may, of course, just be another way of saying I can't believe I have only recently stumbled across him!

Cheers

Ill have to check him out. He sounds right up my street