Today's bootie!

[llmod1]

Mangage to get in some last minute digging this morning and the boots were pretty good to me. Found the following:

Carly Simon - Playing Possum - Quad copy - Ebay fodder

Morning Noon and Night - S/T

Dum Dum - S/T - Only the second time I've ever found this lP - double

Jean Jacques perry - Moog Indigo - EVA - Double

Alan Moorhouse - Bond Street Brigade - Going in my bag to take to Canada.

The Who - Tommy

Handle with Care - Probe label comp

Reggae Chartbusters - Trojan - Double

Buddy Holly - First LP,first pressing - Ebay fodder

Tighten Up Vol 4 - Trojan

Heavy and Alive - Eddie Harris, David Newman, Mongo Santamaria, etc

You Can all Join In - Great Island label sampler, Nick Drake etc - Double

20th Century Steel Band - Warm Heart Cold Steel - Heaven and Hell - Double

Faces - Ooh La La - Great moving face sleeve.

Geno washington - Sifters, Shifters, Finger Clicking Mamas.

Harry Stoneham - It all happens on Saturday - Parky's Theme - Double

Bernard Ebbinghouse - Flutes and Flugels - Circle of Sound LP.

Audio fair Sampler - Great verion of Scarborough Fair by Harry South. - Double

Harry Stoneham - High Powered Hammond - Double

Harry Stoneham - Love's Theme's - Double

[Cameron]

Quote[/b] (llmod1 @ Aug. 01 2004,19:05)]Mangage to get in some last minute digging this morning and the boots were pretty good to me. Found the following:

Carly Simon - Playing Possum - Quad copy - Ebay fodder

Morning Noon and Night - S/T

Dum Dum - S/T - Only the second time I've ever found this lP - double

Jean Jacques perry - Moog Indigo - EVA - Double

Alan Moorhouse - Bond Street Brigade - Going in my bag to take to Canada.

The Who - Tommy

Handle with Care - Probe label comp

Reggae Chartbusters - Trojan - Double

Buddy Holly - First LP,first pressing - Ebay fodder

Tighten Up Vol 4 - Trojan

Heavy and Alive - Eddie Harris, David Newman, Mongo Santamaria, etc

You Can all Join In - Great Island label sampler, Nick Drake etc - Double

20th Century Steel Band - Warm Heart Cold Steel - Heaven and Hell - Double

Faces - Ooh La La - Great moving face sleeve.

Geno washington - Sifters, Shifters, Finger Clicking Mamas.

Harry Stoneham - It all happens on Saturday - Parky's Theme - Double

Bernard Ebbinghouse - Flutes and Flugels - Circle of Sound LP.

Audio fair Sampler - Great verion of Scarborough Fair by Harry South. - Double

Harry Stoneham - High Powered Hammond - Double

Harry Stoneham - Love's Theme's - Double

Dum Dum - S/T - Only the second time I've ever found this lP - double

Hi Ilmod,

Don't suppose you're willing to trade this LP with me are you as it's a double? If so, please let me know.

Cheers!

[Funky Guzzo]

Not too much today, but a few nice doubles

Hodges, James, & Smith "Incredible" (20th Century) - double

JB's "Breakin' Bread" (People) - Triple

Bernard Wright "'Nard" (GRP/ Arista) - Double

Norman Williams "The Bishop" (Theresa)

Stanley Turrentine "Cherry" (CTI) - double

Original Tropicana Steel Band "S/T" (Polydor)

and one 45:

Quiller "Quiller Theme/ General Direction" (BBC) - credited to Denton & Cook

[theeman]

had a good one too - mostly 80s stuff - LPs and 12"s by PiL, Durutti Column, King Crimson (80s), Loose Tubes and more... 70s stuff: the Pussycat LP on Sonet, some weird Swedish blues band LP on Sonet, Jonathan Swift - Songs (Harold Fisher on drums, cover looks like ace folk-funk - DOH, rubbish countryish LP), a stack of 15 or so minty late 70s/early 80s funk 12"s... some good late 70s funk 45s... nothing too rare but all solid!

one good UK hip-hop find too - Fresh Ski & Mo Rock, Talking Pays (Tuff Groove 12&quot

[wooly]

Quote[/b] (theeman @ Aug. 02 2004,10:40)]the Pussycat LP on Sonet,

is this any good?

[Jim Cassius]

Nah, if it's the one I've got ('First Of All&#39. It's got one nice, Dutchhonkytonkfunk number on there ('Do It&#39 but the rest is piffle. And you can get 'Do It' on the flip of the 'Mississippi' 45 which looks much better in your box

Just found this as well, http://www.alexgitlin.com/pcat.htm - anyone heard The BG's (Beat Girls) from Holland?

Also 'the as chauvinistic known country of Great Britain it was a #1 single'???

[Blighty]

Quote[/b] (theeman @ Aug. 02 2004,10:40)]one good UK hip-hop find too - Fresh Ski & Mo Rock, Talking Pays (Tuff Groove 12&quot

What year's that from, Ed? Late eighties?

I found a great four track seven inch EP this weekend by a band called Bookends. It's a private press and I'm guessing they never made it beyond the pubs and clubs circuit but they do great funky version on 'I Wish'. Mind you it's still difficult to listen to that track without wanting to stick skewers in Will Smith's eyes.

[john stapleton]

I've had a good few days and picked these up:

7's:
a big pile of Avenue and Embassy EPs
Smiths 'Rhythm and Crunch'
SL2 'Way in my brain'
Chairmen of the Board 'Morning Glory'
Kracker 'Medicated Goo'
A 45 test-press from the 60's with a blank BWRS (Bristol and West Recording Service) label. Sadly not a long-lost freakbeat single, but a school choir. A very nice track on the B-side though, sounds like the school band, quite Tom Waits-esque.

Mid-80s flexi with a pastiche of the London label, turns out to be a flyer for a warehouse party featuring Jazzie B, Mark Moore and a host of London DJs. It's rapped over a loop of 'Just Kissed My Baby'! - this is something I really wanted to do a few years ago (the flexi-as-flyer, not rapping over the Meters), but I don't think anyone in the world still presses flexis...

LPs:
Moody Blues 'On the threshold of a dream' Deram mono
I must admit I might nt have picked this up apart from Daddy Ya Ya insisting - it's actually a very decent album.

Barrabas 'Power' RCA
hadn't seen this one of their LPs before - some very nice folky bits on here

Jorge Ben 'Samba Nova' Island
mid-70's comp...

Evan Lurie 'Selling water by the side of the river' (Antilles)
early 90's world/jazz/ambience - nice!

Trio Bulgarka 'The Forest is Crying' Hannibal
amazing Bulgarian folk vocals

Orchestra Harlow comp on Charly

Brian May 'Hits of the 70s' Hammard
ropey big band from Melbourne with 'Shaft' etc

Rolf Harris teaches the 350s
Stylophone instruction LP (..'always keep your stylus tips clean..&#39

Chiswick Lower School Choir 'Captain Noah'/'Holy Moses'
Bizarre! A cover version of the ENTIRE Kings Singers LP by a London school choir

Alan Elsdon and his Jazzband (Rediffusion Gold Star)
almost certainly complete pony, too scared to listen yet.

In the post:

Steel Mill 'Green Eyed God'
Peddlers 'It's So Easy'
Frankie Beverley's Raw Soul 'People in the Know'

Michael Gibbs 'Tanglewood 63' LP
Freak Scene 'Psychedelic Psoul' LP

[Lord Thames]

Quote[/b] (john stapleton @ Aug. 02 2004,12:34)]a big pile of Avenue and Embassy EPs

Ooooh! (Interested look)

Anything you want to get rid of I can trade/buy/borrow/steal?  

[theeman]

Quote[/b] (wooly @ Aug. 02 2004,11:27)]

Quote[/b] (theeman @ Aug. 02 2004,10:40)]the Pussycat LP on Sonet,

is this any good?  

jim's right - not really much cop. the 45's got the best track off it.

[iueke]

did ok at the Brocantes (french for boot fair) yesterday. a nice mint pile of ultra rare classical & these:

philipe nicaud - erotico nicaud LP
Les Novices - De Roubaix 7" ep Barclay. amazing funk from the man.
Rockside - dewolfe. dutch press??? what the...
tisley orchestral no.10 - dewolfe
Strange world of bernard fevre - IM
rythmiques - telemusic
meatball jack - dewolfe
rythmes - dewolfe
Arrival - s/t. Decca. very nice track on this, sleeve notes by Dusty.

plus the usual pile of weirdo stuff - yet to sort. and a  small pile of African goodies. good news is all this stuff was bought for very cheap from 1 stall (2euro each)  at 4pm and the lady says to me: i have about 7 boxes of the same sort of stuff  

[theeman]

Quote[/b] (Blighty @ Aug. 02 2004,12:15)]

Quote[/b] (theeman @ Aug. 02 2004,10:40)]one good UK hip-hop find too - Fresh Ski & Mo Rock, Talking Pays (Tuff Groove 12&quot

What year's that from, Ed? Late eighties?

there's no date on the label, but it definitely sounds late 80s. the production and the loops they use (lots of JB) sound late 80s. it's on a label from Clapham!

the 12's good - 3 versions of 2 tracks, a track per side - vocal, instro and bonus beats on each side. production on the backing track's a little quiet but the vocals are good.

has anyone who knows about hip-hop heard it? might bring it to brillo next week.

[Blighty]

Cheers Ed. I remember Fresh Ski. No recollection of that record though. Not sure about the label either. Colin Hero is very knowledgable on UK hip hop so he may be able to drop some knowledge if he's lurking about.

[Benicio Del Toffo]

Quote[/b] ]philipe nicaud - erotico nicaud LP
Les Novices - De Roubaix 7" ep Barclay. amazing funk from the man.
Rockside - dewolfe. dutch press??? what the...
tisley orchestral no.10 - dewolfe
Strange world of bernard fevre - IM
rythmiques - telemusic
meatball jack - dewolfe
rythmes - dewolfe
Arrival - s/t. Decca. very nice track on this, sleeve notes by Dusty.

I'm liking iueke's line in reserved/smug understatement!! Did 'OK'!!

That's one of the best haul's I've seen in a long time! How long have I been trying to find that Phillippe Nicaud LP? Years and years. And those DeWolfes are pretty much excellent too.

One thing I've remarked on before, how the HELL do you boys know which classical LPs are rare/collectable? Personally, I see classical LPs as an annoyance at best cos they're so often in the way when I'm trying to crack on with the digging. I must have flicked past thousands of ££s worth in my time, but who'd know?

I got pretty much sod all this weekend by the way.

Just got the Common People LP (reissue) in Selectadisc for £3.99 though, nice 180g vinyl and a chance to hear why this LP goes for £200. Plenty left if anyone wants a copy.

[Colin Hero]

Quote[/b] (Blighty @ Aug. 02 2004,14:04)]Cheers Ed. I remember Fresh Ski. No recollection of that record though. Not sure about the label either. Colin Hero is very knowledgable on UK hip hop so he may be able to drop some knowledge if he's lurking about.

Can't help you as I've only got their "The Long Awaited Paroxysm" EP on Conscious Records but its a firm favourite of mine with 'Incredible' from it being among my top 5 UK hip hop tunes. I also have an early comp on Positive Beat with a couple of tracks from Fresh Ski including the brilliant 'Notting Hill' but I did see a copy of the 12" Ed found go for more money than I can afford a while ago on the 'bay so I guess its pretty sought after and a good find.

A pretty incomplete but reasonably useful UK hip hop discography can be found at http://www.low-life.fsnet.co.uk/

Colin