On Saturday morning I went to Dublin's largest Oxfam shop which was selling off 25,000 records they got from a radio station. This had been very heavily publicised and it was pretty animal getting to access the records as they were on long trestle tables with only about 18 inches between them.
Annoyingly I discovered that since they were donated by a radio station in Belfast they had been on sale there for the previous 2 weeks so it was well picked over already. It was just the rock/pop of 1976-91 vintage, No major rarities that I could see and a lot of it was priced accordingly. €40 for Tonto’s Expanding Headband, even €15 for stuff like Dexy’s.
I also discovered that the jazz and blues went on sale that day in Belfast. If I had known that a day trip up there would have been the plan. Now whatÂ’s the chance it would be worth going to Belfast tomorrow - if I could get the time off - I suspect the best bits will be gone and I suspect the "jazz" may be fairly straight ahead and square. But it is not coming to Dublin afterwards its going to another town that'd be just as hard to get to for a day trip.
Anyway gripes aside this is what I hauled out, lots of jazz funk The Cheapest ones were the Denis Waterman lps for 50c and the Can album was €18. Total was about €135.
Age Of Chance: 1000 Years Of Trouble
Alexi Sayle: Panic
Alexi Sayle: The Fish People Tapes
Alterntive TV: Strange Kicks
B.A.D.: Sightsee MC 12”
Can: Flow Motion
Chic: Real People
Con Funk Shun: Love Shine
Denis Waterman: Downwind Of Angels (Is This The Worst Title Of Any Album Ever?)
Denis Waterman: Waterman
George Duke: Reach For It
Hi Rhythm: On The Level
James Brown: Bring It On
James Brown: Soul Syndrome
James Gang: Best Of
Janzun Crew: Down To Earth
Kanda Bongo Man: Kwasi Kwasi
Lee Oskar: S/T (the harmonica player from War with the rest of the band involved too)
Light Of The World: Best Of Light Of The World
Light Of The World: Remixed
Linda Lewis: Woman Overboard
Matthews Southern Comfort: Best Of (Spare)
Medicine Head: Rock File Comp
Modettes: Story So Far
Ofra Haza: Sha Day
One Way: Featuring Al Hudson
Osibisa: Best Of
Passport: Atraxia
Peter Belgvad: Knights Like This
Peter Belgvad: The Naked Shakespere
Phillip Glass: Songs From Liquid Days
Sharon Forrester: S/T
Stanley Turrentine: Nightwings
Steeley Span: Rocket Cottage (Spare)
Third World: 96° In The Shade
Tony Tuff: S/T
Twa Toots: Peel Session
V/A: Some Bizarre Album
V/A: Stay Awake (Disney Covers Including Tom Waits And Sun Ra)
Virginia Astley: Tender 12”
Annoyingly I discovered that since they were donated by a radio station in Belfast they had been on sale there for the previous 2 weeks so it was well picked over already. It was just the rock/pop of 1976-91 vintage, No major rarities that I could see and a lot of it was priced accordingly. €40 for Tonto’s Expanding Headband, even €15 for stuff like Dexy’s.
I also discovered that the jazz and blues went on sale that day in Belfast. If I had known that a day trip up there would have been the plan. Now whatÂ’s the chance it would be worth going to Belfast tomorrow - if I could get the time off - I suspect the best bits will be gone and I suspect the "jazz" may be fairly straight ahead and square. But it is not coming to Dublin afterwards its going to another town that'd be just as hard to get to for a day trip.
Anyway gripes aside this is what I hauled out, lots of jazz funk The Cheapest ones were the Denis Waterman lps for 50c and the Can album was €18. Total was about €135.
Age Of Chance: 1000 Years Of Trouble
Alexi Sayle: Panic
Alexi Sayle: The Fish People Tapes
Alterntive TV: Strange Kicks
B.A.D.: Sightsee MC 12”
Can: Flow Motion
Chic: Real People
Con Funk Shun: Love Shine
Denis Waterman: Downwind Of Angels (Is This The Worst Title Of Any Album Ever?)
Denis Waterman: Waterman
George Duke: Reach For It
Hi Rhythm: On The Level
James Brown: Bring It On
James Brown: Soul Syndrome
James Gang: Best Of
Janzun Crew: Down To Earth
Kanda Bongo Man: Kwasi Kwasi
Lee Oskar: S/T (the harmonica player from War with the rest of the band involved too)
Light Of The World: Best Of Light Of The World
Light Of The World: Remixed
Linda Lewis: Woman Overboard
Matthews Southern Comfort: Best Of (Spare)
Medicine Head: Rock File Comp
Modettes: Story So Far
Ofra Haza: Sha Day
One Way: Featuring Al Hudson
Osibisa: Best Of
Passport: Atraxia
Peter Belgvad: Knights Like This
Peter Belgvad: The Naked Shakespere
Phillip Glass: Songs From Liquid Days
Sharon Forrester: S/T
Stanley Turrentine: Nightwings
Steeley Span: Rocket Cottage (Spare)
Third World: 96° In The Shade
Tony Tuff: S/T
Twa Toots: Peel Session
V/A: Some Bizarre Album
V/A: Stay Awake (Disney Covers Including Tom Waits And Sun Ra)
Virginia Astley: Tender 12”
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