Blimey Guv'ner!

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Today... the first of hopefully many more.

So, the local public radio station WMNF (Tampa), had its annual book and record sale, so I had to go along (being a vinyl junkie an' all).
I spent about four hours there, having a right old sift, and for only $38, I bought the following:


LP...
The Isley Bros.- This Old Heart of Mine (still sealed!)
Chas & Dave- Job Lot
V/A- The Best of Chess Blues DLP
Byron Lee & The Dragonaires- First Class With Lee
Rose Royce- Greatest Hits
The Andrews Sisters- Greatest Vocal Trio of All Time
Sammy Davis Jr.- Sammy DLP
Bobby Darin- That's All
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66- s/t
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66- Equinox
Chuck Berry- The Great Twenty Eight DLP
V/A- 16 Greatest Original Blue Grass Hits
Choir of the Vienna Hofburgkapelle- Gregorian Chant 3xLP Boxset
George Thorogood & The Destroyers- Born to be Bad
The Temptations- All the Million Sellers
Peter Tosh- Legalize It
Malvina Reynolds- s/t
Ray Charles- 20 Greatest Hits
Mongo Santamaria- Greatest Hits (still sealed!)
Fats Waller- Fats Plays, Sings, Alone, and with Various Groups
Gary Numan- The Pleasure Principle
The Kingston Trio- Sing A Song with...
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas- Anthology DLP
J.J. Cale- Okie
J.J. Cale- Naturally
Claudine Longet- Claudine
The Ronettes- The Colpix Years (1961-1963)
ZZ Top- Afterburner
7"...
Hank Snow- You Broke the Chain that Held Our Hearts
Jimmy Clanton- Venus in Blue Jeans
Bobby Vinton- Blue Velvet
Al Green- Look What You Done For Me
Thelma Houston- Don't Leave Me This Way
John Fred & His Playboy Band- Judy in Disguise (with Glasses)
The Shangri-Las-Out in the Streets
Senator Bobby- Wild Thing
The Jimmy Castor Bunch- Troglodyte (Cave Man)
O'Jays- Back Stabbers
Guy Drake- Welfare Cadilac
Johnny Paycheck- Take This Job and Shove It
Stacey Q- Two of Hearts.


A pretty good mixed bag for a Punk, eh?


And that... should give you a vague idea of me.


Cheers, Simon.


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