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petit choux posted:Not familiar with this "Deja Vu"
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My Lovely Horse posted:figures you'd find several, though Much like Herb
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Nov 6, 2022 23:06
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Nightmare Cinema posted:Remember to vacuum clean them and throw out anything from Barbara Streisand or Julio Iglesias. Ha, was in a charity shop and they had several Barbara Streisand AND Julio Iglesias LPs in their meagre selection.
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Nov 6, 2022 23:09
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Can you really even call it a thrift store record section without Johnny Mathis?
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Nov 6, 2022 23:40
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 And now that I've looked him up I realize he's a Welshman so I can no longer deride my kinsman. petit choux fucked around with this message at 00:04 on Nov 7, 2022 |
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Nov 7, 2022 00:02
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I've revised my opinions on Tom and some of the singers from those days that I mostly can't even begin to relate to. They were in a different world, that's for sure. But I wanted to say, I was driving through the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia with my wife and I just felt such an affection for her I started singing Englebert's "After The Lovin'" and it was so right. It was kinda like that Tiny Dancer moment in Almost Famous.
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Nov 7, 2022 00:09
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CPL593H posted:Can you really even call it a thrift store record section without Johnny Mathis? My experience: - Mantovani and His Orchestra - Percy Faith and His Orchestra - Sing Along With Mitch - Firestone Christmas albums - late Judy Collins albums (including that one) - at least two Barbara Streisand albums - Herb Alpert! - something about Buick and/or Dynagroove - Ray Coniff singers - Andy Williams - Jim Neighbors - Al Hirt - The Four Freshmen/Kingston Trio/Lettermen - ORGANS! - 1-3 really good albums you've been looking for that turn out to be unplayable
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Nov 7, 2022 01:47
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Pretzellogic posted:My experience: It's hilarious how accurate this is. I've learned to not get too excited when I see the cover of something actually good. 95% of the time that's why it's still there.
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Nov 7, 2022 02:16
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Pretzellogic posted:My experience: Throw in some Ferrante and Teicher, an LP of hymns, and specifically the Streisand album with Barry Gibb on the cover and I think you got everything.
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Nov 7, 2022 02:28
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There is sooooooo much religious music at my local thrift joints
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Nov 7, 2022 02:36
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Pretzellogic posted:My experience: Honky Tonk Piano! The ORGANS, some of those are really cool. Organs were what we had before they invented synths. Instead of measuring LFO period, they measured the tubes and the stops. I think I found the ultimate one when I got that Bach collection a few weeks back. Here, I'm actually selling these catalogs but have a gander at the pics anyway. These are well-to-do Scottish gentlemen's clothiers in the 1960s. The swatch is probably pretty fragile at this point but the onion skin of the letter feels almost like new. Just old stuff I thought might amuse you.   
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Nov 7, 2022 02:42
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Some other old media I picked up:  And we were talking about Josef Albers the other day -- good catch, thanks -- I just came across my old college textbook:  Albers was probably a bigger influence on my life than a lot of stuff. One of my favorite professors in school was a color field painter. And Albers was like one of the main people behind modern graphic design in the western world. Albers and Wong, a couple of my favorites.   
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Nov 7, 2022 04:41
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petit choux posted:The ORGANS, some of those are really cool. Organs were what we had before they invented synths. Instead of measuring LFO period, they measured the tubes and the stops. I think I found the ultimate one when I got that Bach collection a few weeks back.   Also, that tartan smoking jacket is dope.
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Nov 7, 2022 05:32
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Here's a Wucius Wong I like better: 
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Nov 7, 2022 05:36
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BigFactory posted:Throw in some Ferrante and Teicher, an LP of hymns, and specifically the Streisand album with Barry Gibb on the cover and I think you got everything. That one Barry Manilow live album.
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Nov 7, 2022 06:07
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I'm sort of asking around, I'm wondering about seminal trance albums or proto-trance. That Tantra above is a candidate, as are albums by Cris and Cosey if that's the correct spelling, Gong, Tentacles, what else should I be thinking of?
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Nov 7, 2022 06:12
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Pretzellogic posted:My experience: I'm constantly finding Nana Mouskouri albums, not sure what she sounds like but she's got that Lisa Loeb thing going on.
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Nov 7, 2022 07:22
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no broccoli please posted:I'm constantly finding Nana Mouskouri albums, not sure what she sounds like but she's got that Lisa Loeb thing going on. When there's a Nana Mousskouri there's often a Jennifer Warnes nearby
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Nov 7, 2022 07:24
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Pretzellogic posted:- Herb Alpert! https://twitter.com/gecafe/status/1589548090192629760
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Nov 7, 2022 10:25
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Okay I don't want to make a big deal but I'm selling a copy of Wagner's ring in near mint condition in my SA Mart thread. Whenever I get up off my lazy butt I'll probably sell more records too. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4016919&pagenumber=1#lastpost 
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Nov 7, 2022 22:13
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https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1589729207319339008 I don't need it. I don't need it. I don't need it.
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Nov 7, 2022 22:45
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Every day I wake up is another day I try to "manifest" a Sims 1 soundtrack on vinyl. 
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Nov 7, 2022 22:48
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I was never a big thrift store record shopper but I gave that up years ago. It's just a waste of time, at least around me. Just about anything else I could be doing with my time is a better use of it than constantly being disappointed by the stacks of Streisand and friends.
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Nov 7, 2022 22:57
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Barry posted:I was never a big thrift store record shopper but I gave that up years ago. It's just a waste of time, at least around me. Just about anything else I could be doing with my time is a better use of it than constantly being disappointed by the stacks of Streisand and friends. You can find all sorts of fun things at thrift stores. Even records!
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Nov 7, 2022 23:06
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This remains my best thrift store find:Read After Burning posted:
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Nov 7, 2022 23:07
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I don't really like thrift stores either. If i want some classic rock, i'd rather just pay 20 dollars for a pristine repress. If I want something more specific, the thrift store isn't gonna have it.
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Nov 7, 2022 23:11
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CatBlack posted:I don't really like thrift stores either. If i want some classic rock, i'd rather just pay 20 dollars for a pristine repress. If I want something more specific, the thrift store isn't gonna have it. Oh waaa
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Nov 7, 2022 23:18
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CatBlack posted:I don't really like thrift stores either. If i want some classic rock, i'd rather just pay 20 dollars for a pristine repress. If I want something more specific, the thrift store isn't gonna have it.
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Nov 7, 2022 23:27
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CatBlack posted:I don't really like thrift stores either. If i want some classic rock, i'd rather just pay 20 dollars for a pristine repress. If I want something more specific, the thrift store isn't gonna have it. The fun is finding something weird and paying $2 for it.
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Nov 7, 2022 23:32
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I got some excellent opera boxes from thrift stores!!
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I’ll look at records when I’m at a thrift store since I’ll look for other things there too (old electronics, odd sports stuff, books) but I don’t think I could bring myself to make it a routine. It’s more of a “oh I’m here anyway might as well look” mentality when it comes to records. More often then not I’ll find a better cd selection.
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Nov 7, 2022 23:37
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Schremp Howard posted:I’ll look at records when I’m at a thrift store since I’ll look for other things there too (old electronics, odd sports stuff, books) but I don’t think I could bring myself to make it a routine. It’s more of a “oh I’m here anyway might as well look” mentality when it comes to records. It’s usually pretty easy to tell when it’s a stack of old Christmas records or if they got a bunch of new stuff in. Usually you do that by going to the thrift store 3x a week and going through the records and memorizing them
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mutantIke posted:https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1589729207319339008 Now everyone can finally have that funny song from the end and then a bunch of instrumental pieces they don't remember! BigFactory posted:It’s usually pretty easy to tell when it’s a stack of old Christmas records or if they got a bunch of new stuff in. I've found enough cool poo poo in Savers that I still frequently go back. A bunch of is poo poo I'd never see in a store or if I did it would be pretty expensive. I even find punk records in there now and again. I picked this up one day: https://www.discogs.com/release/2725552-Leon-Lowman-Syntheseas A big part of the fun is finding poo poo you never thought you'd find in Savers. I guess the other thing is I'm not strictly looking for records.
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BigFactory posted:The fun is finding something weird and paying $2 for it. This. I’ll always grab rap and electronic records and I’ve found some fun stuff.
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Nov 7, 2022 23:49
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CPL593H posted:I've found enough cool poo poo in Savers that I still frequently go back. A bunch of is poo poo I'd never see in a store or if I did it would be pretty expensive. I even find punk records in there now and again. I picked this up one day: Yup, same. I go through spurts where I go a lot more often than other times, but it’s fun to find weird or rare stuff at savers. One time I found a promotional hymnal that the Black Crowes printed for the southern harmony tour. Its probably worth a solid $50. Another time I found a copy of Monkey Island 2 in the box with all the stuff for $2. It was stuck in with the puzzles and kids games. I sold it for over $100
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I live in too major of a city for my thrift stores to have anything "good" that I'd want to have to dig for. Anything worth a drat was already picked over before it hit the stores and either put up online or sold to local shops. I'd have to go out to the boonies for anything that I might luck out in finding something cool.
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BigFactory posted:Yup, same. I go through spurts where I go a lot more often than other times, but it’s fun to find weird or rare stuff at savers. One time I found a promotional hymnal that the Black Crowes printed for the southern harmony tour. Its probably worth a solid $50. Another time I found a copy of Monkey Island 2 in the box with all the stuff for $2. It was stuck in with the puzzles and kids games. I sold it for over $100 I think digging through garbage a whole bunch of times and turning up nothing makes the actual good finds all that more satisfying. I'm not in it to sell stuff like a lot of the people digging around in there though. It's all for my own horrible pile of crap.
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dorium posted:I live in too major of a city for my thrift stores to have anything "good" that I'd want to have to dig for. Anything worth a drat was already picked over before it hit the stores and either put up online or sold to local shops. I'd have to go out to the boonies for anything that I might luck out in finding something cool. Yeah, it's funny I'm living in sort of a little backwater region, but of course it's not like the old days. Back then you could find some fricking Buck Owens live in Tokyo when you wanted it.
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CPL593H posted:I think digging through garbage a whole bunch of times and turning up nothing makes the actual good finds all that more satisfying. I'm not in it to sell stuff like a lot of the people digging around in there though. It's all for my own horrible pile of crap. I’ve come to enjoy the sense of self worth I get when I go into Savers and there’s really nothing at all worth buying and I put back the tie I’m holding that I neither want nor need.
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