lovely day for it, so my mate and I headed off to Dorset following a tip-off from a board lurker (thanks Richard!
...
spent 5 hours in the upstairs of a bookshop, basically tunnelling round the room - which was definitely the most disorganised place I've ever been in. Dust, dirt, soot from the chimney, sheet music, books, cassettes, CDs, 78s, LPs and 45s all mixed up and piled about 4 or 5 feet high across about 80% of the floor space. Still, I think we looked at every LP and 45, and after a lot of checking condition and discussing the prices with the lady who was looking after the shop, we came out with a few nice bits. A classic, though - the woman behind the counter promised to give us a 'good deal' if we bought a reasonable quantity. What we finally brought out came to £205.50 when added up, so she initially offered to do the lot for £200. Nice discount, but not quite what we had in mind!
Still, for my £100, I picked up:
One book
Paul Oliver 'The Story of the Blues' - an absolute gem, published in 1969, amazing pictures too..
4 LPs
Salena Jones 'This'n That' Â - RCA
Rain featuring Stephanie de Sykes - Bradleys
Gillian McPherson 'Poets and Painters and Performers of Blues' RCA
Various 'Blacks Whites and Blues' CBS great 1970 collection of 20's and 30's blues/country crossovers
and a bunch of 45s
Eden Kane 'New kind of lovin' Â Decca x 2 - Northern
Tremeloes 'Instant Whip' CBS Â - Drums
Microbe 'Groovy Baby/Your Turn Now' CBS Â - Drums
Rattles 'Witch/Geraldine' Decca  - Drums
Melvin Bliss 'Synthetic Substitution' Contempo  - Drums
Dave Clark 5 'Concentration Baby' Columbia
Gary Benson 'To Kill Another Day' Birth (same label as Christine Harwood!
Giant Crab 'ESP' UNI
Pentangle 'Light Flight' Big T
Chakachas 'Stories' Youngblood
Steel Mill 'Green Eyed God' Penny Farthing prog/psych classic!
Link Wray 'Shawnee Tribe' Virgin
Shadrocks 'there Is' Jay Boy
Famous Music Band '9 by 9' Phillips
Medicine Head 'Pictures in the Sky' Dandelion
Anthony Newley 'Strawberry Fair' Decca
Vanessa Redgrave 'Where have all the flowers gone?' Topic (can see why she's an actress not a singer!
Titanic 'Rain 2000' CBS
Joan Baez 'Bachianas Brasileiras EP' Fontana
Flirtations 'How can you tell me?' Deram
Brain Bennett 'Chase Side Shoot-Up' Fontana
Manfred Mann 'Ragamuffin Man' Fontana - brilliant B-side called, er, "A 'B' Side"
Johnny Pearson Band 'Get Rich Thickstep' Lyntone - with two HP baked beans adverts on the other side
E.T. Mensah 'Maware' Decca Ghana - Highlife
Yamoah's Band 'Otanhunu Ye Ya' Decca Ghana - Highlife
Ramblers Dance Band 'Knock On Wood' Decca Ghana - African version of Eddie Floyd!
Ronnie Hawkins 'Cora Mae' Monument
Ashantis 'Addis Abeba' EMI - Disco!
Majestics 'Vampira' Cube
and the most amazing thing, the first record I picked up in the whole room, was something I've been seriously after (sorry Nick!
John Fitch and Associates 'Romantic Attitude' Beacon - and the B-side 'Stoned Out Of It' is a classic too!
which was nice.

spent 5 hours in the upstairs of a bookshop, basically tunnelling round the room - which was definitely the most disorganised place I've ever been in. Dust, dirt, soot from the chimney, sheet music, books, cassettes, CDs, 78s, LPs and 45s all mixed up and piled about 4 or 5 feet high across about 80% of the floor space. Still, I think we looked at every LP and 45, and after a lot of checking condition and discussing the prices with the lady who was looking after the shop, we came out with a few nice bits. A classic, though - the woman behind the counter promised to give us a 'good deal' if we bought a reasonable quantity. What we finally brought out came to £205.50 when added up, so she initially offered to do the lot for £200. Nice discount, but not quite what we had in mind!
Still, for my £100, I picked up:
One book
Paul Oliver 'The Story of the Blues' - an absolute gem, published in 1969, amazing pictures too..
4 LPs
Salena Jones 'This'n That' Â - RCA
Rain featuring Stephanie de Sykes - Bradleys
Gillian McPherson 'Poets and Painters and Performers of Blues' RCA
Various 'Blacks Whites and Blues' CBS great 1970 collection of 20's and 30's blues/country crossovers
and a bunch of 45s
Eden Kane 'New kind of lovin' Â Decca x 2 - Northern
Tremeloes 'Instant Whip' CBS Â - Drums
Microbe 'Groovy Baby/Your Turn Now' CBS Â - Drums
Rattles 'Witch/Geraldine' Decca  - Drums
Melvin Bliss 'Synthetic Substitution' Contempo  - Drums
Dave Clark 5 'Concentration Baby' Columbia
Gary Benson 'To Kill Another Day' Birth (same label as Christine Harwood!

Giant Crab 'ESP' UNI
Pentangle 'Light Flight' Big T
Chakachas 'Stories' Youngblood
Steel Mill 'Green Eyed God' Penny Farthing prog/psych classic!
Link Wray 'Shawnee Tribe' Virgin
Shadrocks 'there Is' Jay Boy
Famous Music Band '9 by 9' Phillips
Medicine Head 'Pictures in the Sky' Dandelion
Anthony Newley 'Strawberry Fair' Decca
Vanessa Redgrave 'Where have all the flowers gone?' Topic (can see why she's an actress not a singer!

Titanic 'Rain 2000' CBS
Joan Baez 'Bachianas Brasileiras EP' Fontana
Flirtations 'How can you tell me?' Deram
Brain Bennett 'Chase Side Shoot-Up' Fontana
Manfred Mann 'Ragamuffin Man' Fontana - brilliant B-side called, er, "A 'B' Side"
Johnny Pearson Band 'Get Rich Thickstep' Lyntone - with two HP baked beans adverts on the other side
E.T. Mensah 'Maware' Decca Ghana - Highlife
Yamoah's Band 'Otanhunu Ye Ya' Decca Ghana - Highlife
Ramblers Dance Band 'Knock On Wood' Decca Ghana - African version of Eddie Floyd!
Ronnie Hawkins 'Cora Mae' Monument
Ashantis 'Addis Abeba' EMI - Disco!
Majestics 'Vampira' Cube
and the most amazing thing, the first record I picked up in the whole room, was something I've been seriously after (sorry Nick!

John Fitch and Associates 'Romantic Attitude' Beacon - and the B-side 'Stoned Out Of It' is a classic too!
which was nice.

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