March 2011 Finds

[JGBollard]

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After complaining about the lack of good finds last month I turned up this early BBC Radiophonic related release, hopefully a good omen.

I was really chuffed to pick this up, though a little disappointed with the contents (the final track appears to be the best).

Also found this 1970's Sci-fi serial DVD which I just couldn't pass up.



Never heard of it despite being something of a SF nut. Maybe it's a lost and forgotten classic feminist tract subverting accepted gender roles while promoting liberation and individuality. However I doubt it, as I get a distinct wiff of "The Worm That Turned" from the stills and back cover bumf.

The truth is probably somewhere in the middle...

[d7bohs]

Less a find, more a request for info:

Found this today


Near impossible to google (thanks to the global reach of the eponymous cafe), no real info I can find apart from Recordkingz promising fuzzpsych goodness or some such..... anyone know who might be involved?

[john stapleton]

Less a find, more a request for info:

Found this today


Near impossible to google (thanks to the global reach of the eponymous cafe), no real info I can find apart from Recordkingz promising fuzzpsych goodness or some such..... anyone know who might be involved?

Quite nice, that - pretty sure it's German - though I can't remember why i think that.

[Aggie]

No pics I'm afraid as I try to upload and keep getting a 'fault / unable to upload' message...

A local store is hosting a three days sale (second hands 1/2 price, new ones 30% off). I bought these yesterday:

Rodriguez "Coming from reality", og Sussex

Joe Harriott - John Mayer "Indo Jazz Suite", og Atlantic (I had heard bits and pieces of this ages ago, was impressed but not convinced to fork out 80 Euro -asking price for the UK og- then. I'm very glad I bought US copies of both this and 'Fusions' yesterday at a very affordable price... lovely albums )

Joe Harriott - John Mayer "Indo Jazz Fusions", og Atlantic

Candi Staton "s/t", og Fame

Pharoah Sanders "Deaf dumb blind", og Impulse (I'm not particularly fond of Pharoah Sanders -must be the Sun Ra connection- but I bought this as Gary Bartz is playing in the session. A blind buy but I'm playing it right now and sounds exactly as I was hoping. Pleased I didn't leave it behind Any other similar Pharoah Sanders lps I should check out?

... Also bought the VU Quine Tapes box plus "East New York Ensemble de music (eer yes, obviously the reissue ) both 30% off.

[peter sundae]

Also found this 1970's Sci-fi serial DVD which I just couldn't pass up.



Never heard of it despite being something of a SF nut. Maybe it's a lost and forgotten classic feminist tract subverting accepted gender roles while promoting liberation and individuality. However I doubt it, as I get a distinct wiff of "The Worm That Turned" from the stills and back cover bumf.

The truth is probably somewhere in the middle...

I'll tell you why no one has heard of this...because it has the most unbelievably stupid story line ever.

Basically Judy Geeson is the owner of a male slave who has to do everything she tells me ..er sorry him, for some insane reason the man isn't happy with this scenario and decides to escape x 23

A ridiculous,unrealistic and disappointing story line.

[No, LordNo]

Pharoah Sanders "Deaf dumb blind", og Impulse (I'm not particularly fond of Pharoah Sanders -must be the Sun Ra connection- but I bought this as Gary Bartz is playing in the session. A blind buy but I'm playing it right now and sounds exactly as I was hoping. Pleased I didn't leave it behind Any other similar Pharoah Sanders lps I should check out?

I may not be the best person to advise you as I like the more 'out' type stuff, but imo as far as the Impulse lps go I like Tauhid, Karma, and Village of the Pharoahs. His playing with Coltrane is amazing, as is his India Navigation lp although that''s stupid rare and hella expensive.

[babycart]

basically judy geeson is the owner of a male slave who has to do everything she tells me ..er sorry him,

:d

[babycart]

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Never heard of it despite being something of a SF nut. Maybe it's a lost and forgotten classic feminist tract subverting accepted gender roles while promoting liberation and individuality. However I doubt it, as I get a distinct wiff of "The Worm That Turned" from the stills and back cover bumf.

The truth is probably somewhere in the middle...

Talking of which, has anyone else ever seen a copy of legendary New English Library (I think) paperback W.H.A.M. I bought it at a chazza years ago, and have since lost it but it is basically Corbett and Barker's miniseries before that was ever thought of.
WHAM stands for We Hate All Men, and leader Lydia and her lesbian cohorts hunt down Britain's blokes and exterminate them.
The final denouement will come as no surprise to anyone who's read Animal Farm, with the immortal final line: "My God, Lydia, you've grown a penis!!!"
I can't see any mention of it on the web, though.

[Brainbomb]

Shop digging yesterday and today:



Wallgrens Orkester - Swedish 1973 big band avant-groove jazz
Music Explosion - bubblegum garage soul?
The Great Moody Blues - 2LP set with their 2nd and 3rd album in full I think
Sorry Bamba - afrobeat with some jazz and funk influences
Popol Vuh - trippy kraut
Rare Bird - organ heavy prog

[Bud Peyote]

New record shop had a grand opening today. Digging records with a glass of pink champagne in the other hand was a new experience.
They must have had a really good day as the "old smelly & pushy record collector brigade" (Highland Cow knows who I mean) was buying prog raers like the world was ending, good for the shop owners who are really nice guys!

Not much for me but nabbed from bargain bin:

Voyage - Voyage (pitch endorsed disco)
Ahmadu Jarr - En dag i afrika (afro-beat/kiddie record from famous percussionist, up for trade)
Lee Castle & The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra - Play The Big Band Beatles Bag!
(Pretty shit but great cover)

Also traded me a copy of Spaghetti Head - Funky Axe from a friend.

[MPFlapp]

Only two - one from the fair today and one by post...


Appaloosa - Appaloosa - CBS - LP

Reminded about this one by a post last month - this is the German issue, but it's the same lush soft orchestra psych as the US version... really a blissed gem of an LP...



Achim Reichel - Erholung - Brain - LP

This is the kind of companion LP to A.R. Machines "Die Grune Reise" (in fact the CD issue pairs them as one disk) - four tracks of deep space kraut-a-licious grooves... easy to get lost in this one...

[mp3000]

No pics I'm afraid as I try to upload and keep getting a 'fault / unable to upload' message...

A local store is hosting a three days sale (second hands 1/2 price, new ones 30% off). I bought these yesterday:

Rodriguez "Coming from reality", og Sussex

Joe Harriott - John Mayer "Indo Jazz Suite", og Atlantic (I had heard bits and pieces of this ages ago, was impressed but not convinced to fork out 80 Euro -asking price for the UK og- then. I'm very glad I bought US copies of both this and 'Fusions' yesterday at a very affordable price... lovely albums )

Joe Harriott - John Mayer "Indo Jazz Fusions", og Atlantic

Candi Staton "s/t", og Fame

Pharoah Sanders "Deaf dumb blind", og Impulse (I'm not particularly fond of Pharoah Sanders -must be the Sun Ra connection- but I bought this as Gary Bartz is playing in the session. A blind buy but I'm playing it right now and sounds exactly as I was hoping. Pleased I didn't leave it behind Any other similar Pharoah Sanders lps I should check out?

... Also bought the VU Quine Tapes box plus "East New York Ensemble de music (eer yes, obviously the reissue ) both 30% off.

It's amazing how the place was packed at 10 in the morning in a work day. I remember thinking 'Damn, that girl got the Rodriguez'...
I got the Frisson Les Vampires on FK, John Martyn - Inside Out, Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom and some indie stuff I was after for a decent price. From a nearby store I picked up Pharoah's 'Heart Is A Melody' which I think you would enjoy.

[Aggie]

I may not be the best person to advise you as I like the more 'out' type stuff, but imo as far as the Impulse lps go I like Tauhid, Karma, and Village of the Pharoahs. His playing with Coltrane is amazing, as is his India Navigation lp although that''s stupid rare and hella expensive.

Thanks for the recommendations, I will check them.

[M.Dejean]

Wallgrens Orkester - Swedish 1973 big band avant-groove jazz

Your fellow swede Beats_Deluxe just asked me about this recently (long gone tradelist related), so if you are not happy with it I think he's looking for a copy.

[Sie-Fly]

Load of Residents gear from a charity shop - too much maybe? !
Still i never heard them [still not dared listen] but well chuffed to pull al these and a nice Gabor Szabo and California Dreamers...i may have posted this one already / great soft psych meet jazz affair.
And thanks to the very thoughtful ecilpsechaser for tipping me off on the Wagon 45 - still ticking off 45's from Sarge's first mix i heard !!

[Aggie]

It's amazing how the place was packed at 10 in the morning in a work day. I remember thinking 'Damn, that girl got the Rodriguez'...
I got the Frisson Les Vampires on FK, John Martyn - Inside Out, Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom and some indie stuff I was after for a decent price. From a nearby store I picked up Pharoah's 'Heart Is A Melody' which I think you would enjoy.

I arrived at 11:00 ++, quite a few people but a far cry from Zara or Massimo Dutti on the 1st day of sales. I thought I wouldn't find anything but it seems their clientele is quite varied, one of the things I like about that store.

Sorry I beat you to the Rodriguez lp, actually I found it strange no one else had got it already, what with it being displayed on the wall.

"Inside out" is lovely, it's a real grower imo. "Rock bottom" is the 80's reissue I think? How is it sound wise?

Cheers for the Pharoah Sanders recommendation; I will give it a listen.

[mp3000]

"Inside out" is lovely, it's a real grower imo. "Rock bottom" is the 80's reissue I think? How is it sound wise?

Cheers for the Pharoah Sanders recommendation; I will give it a listen.

I am not good with record versions but at least based on Discogs it's the 1974 OG and plays perfectly. I am sure I am going to enjoy 'Inside Out', I've yet to hear anything bad by him. Let me know what you think of Pharoah, it's beginning to annoy my wife after the 10th listen.

[llmod1]

These are all from the theis month:

First pic from today's record fair:



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Pictured bottom right is a Dutch comp that I've not seen before that contains a track from the super rare BJ Ward LP.

Next two are from shop trades / credit:



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[LDJB]

All real world except 2 45s from the www - all other 45s from the fair in Glasgow yesterday - would have been a bust but for one stall - a bloke from Nottingham with some nice reasonably priced things.

Didn't know this one until yesterday - liking it.



waited a long time to find a cheap one of these - discoloured labels but plays superb



Funky early 7ts version of their big hit - clavs (or elec piano) to the fore



Passed to me by Mr D - thanks Andy - libraryesque parpy easy



Handy 45 from the rather good JJ LP



Swampy funker from an unlikely source



Psychish pop with organs



Cheap funk - I have this in a different version already - I think it was redone later with electric piano taking the vocal line?



Funky soul



Funky RnBish soul



Shouty pop



Spare - found this for a fraction of the price of the copy I bought on the net



conversely was chuffed to find this at a fraction of what seems to be the going rate



Long time want attained for a reasonable price and in minty nick - one of the best UK psych 45s of all IMHO



Cover of the Pigmeat tune with big drums and hammond



Strange BBC 45 - what is this from originally? A T2 reissue or something?



Cheap 45 of a superb moment of 'heavy psych'



More 45 cheapness - this was on Johns Xmas swap cd I think Was deffo on somebodies as that's why I was looking for it



All LPs from the boot this morning. Quo is classic and was meant to be un upgrade but it's warped - bin! Breakout is a spare. Mike Batt Stones LP is a spare too - great library funk sounding version of 'Let Spend the Night...'. Supersonic Guitars is ace - twangy fast instro stompers in the main. Anita Kerr - the usual but i'd not seen this one before. Gutbucket Comp - nuff said. OST out of curiosity - not played yet. Barry McGuire not played yet either. Hank Marvin is a spare too - couple of funky tracks on here. Fleetwood Mac - not sure why to be honest - not a huge fan The Tom has the elusive 'Chills and Fever' on it and the Cliff has a few interesting looking covers.

[d7bohs]

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Really like that Jazz Afrika record

[vinylism]

poor picture alert! my camera phone seems to make a better motion sensor than picture taker, but - as i had a bit of luck in the wilds of cheshire yesterday - thought i'd share it's impressive blurring capabilities..

no prizes for spotting the on-line 'finds'

chicago (with 'happy cause i'm going home') and santana are both doubles, but too good to leave imo.

the pres & sweets is the original US mono press from the early 50's. bit early for me personally so if anyone's interested, drop me a pm, as it's in the 'out' pile

[nlgbbbblth]

Less a find, more a request for info:

Found this today


Near impossible to google (thanks to the global reach of the eponymous cafe), no real info I can find apart from Recordkingz promising fuzzpsych goodness or some such..... anyone know who might be involved?

Quite nice, that - pretty sure it's German - though I can't remember why i think that.

Might be German alright.

Check out Decca's World Of Heavy Hits which also features Whole Lotta Love.

If it sounds the same then it's possible there's a German connection. Lord Thames thought that the recordings on Heavy Hits came from Metronome and Les Humphries was involved in some of the arrangments.

[mp3000]

Load of Residents gear from a charity shop - too much maybe? !

You can never have too much Residents. That God In Three Persons you picked up is probably my favourite. Minimal synth opera with all the songs set to the rhyming pattern of Poe's 'The Raven'.

[LDJB]

Sie - that is an amazing and strange haul especially from a charity shop I went to 'see' the Residents once but you never got to see them - just lots of freaky stuff going on on stage and they were supposed behind a screen thing.

[d7bohs]

Might be German alright.

Check out Decca's World Of Heavy Hits which also features Whole Lotta Love.

If it sounds the same then it's possible there's a German connection. Lord Thames thought that the recordings on Heavy Hits came from Metronome and Les Humphries was involved in some of the arrangments.

No, it's not the same version - although it might conceivably be the same singer ........ certainly similar tone and phrasing. I'll stick up a snippet of it when I get a chance.

[JGBollard]

Strange BBC 45 - what is this from originally? A T2 reissue or something?

Comes, along with a 16 page booklet, as part of this rather nice LP package.

[Sie-Fly]

Sie - that is an amazing and strange haul especially from a charity shop I went to 'see' the Residents once but you never got to see them - just lots of freaky stuff going on on stage and they were supposed behind a screen thing.

listened to 'commercial album' earlier - kind of good [i think]

[LDJB]

listened to 'commercial album' earlier - kind of good [i think]

That's the one where all the tracks are 60 secs long yeah? That's a great one!

[Sie-Fly]

That's the one where all the tracks are 60 secs long yeah? That's a great one!

good for people with short attention spans [me!]

[BeatsDeluxe]

Your fellow swede Beats_Deluxe just asked me about this recently (long gone tradelist related), so if you are not happy with it I think he's looking for a copy.

Thanks mate but I actually found me a copy earlier this week