Soon I will do a post which doesn't revolve around records. Recently I have somehow added MORE records to my growing collection, through ebay, record fairs, record stores and charity shops. Apart from the record fair purchases which were all brought in one go the records were purchased through late June and July.
Record Fair
I have found a new love for record fairs in the past year, there is always a good variety of record and you will always come away with a good selection. The record fair I went to is held in a small hall and is a bit of a hit or miss.
I managed to find:
- Michael Nesmith and the first national band - Nevada Fighter
(now I only need loose salute and I have all mikes early albums!)
- The Papas and The Mamas
- Wings at the speed of sound
- Ringo Starr Goodnight Vienna
(Only need a George record and I have a solo record from each Beatle)
- The Very best of Manfred Man - 1963 - 66
- The Animals
- The Best of Sonny and Cher
- Bee Gees - 1st
(I have been after this for a while and was over the moon to find an original pressing of it for such a reasonable price! I love early 60s Bee Gees)
I managed to find:
- Michael Nesmith and the first national band - Nevada Fighter
(now I only need loose salute and I have all mikes early albums!)
- The Papas and The Mamas
- Wings at the speed of sound
- Ringo Starr Goodnight Vienna
(Only need a George record and I have a solo record from each Beatle)
- The Very best of Manfred Man - 1963 - 66
- The Animals
- The Best of Sonny and Cher
- Bee Gees - 1st
(I have been after this for a while and was over the moon to find an original pressing of it for such a reasonable price! I love early 60s Bee Gees)
Charity Shop - Ebay - Record Shop
Where I live it is a town full of charity shops, full of the same old records (80s and Classical) and two record shops (one of which I dont like much and the other can be a hit or miss) I rarely find any decent records.
From the record shop I finally managed to find myself a copy of 'The John Lennon Collection', My brother once left this in our cabin so I put it on and have wanted to get a copy for myself ever since. Charity Shop find was 'Cliff Richard - Private Collection', Its rare to go into a charity shop and not find a cliff record of some sort! I love Cliff Richard (more so early cliff) but I mainly got this because it had 'Mistletoe and wine' on it, some how I have managed to loose my single of this.
Ebay:
- Pink Floyd - Relics
(I really wanted a record that had Emily Plays and Arnold layne on and this provided me with it, I want to try and get a few more Pink Floyd records. Desperately trying to get a copy of their first album without going into HMV!)
- Small Faces Greatest Hits
(Every Small Faces record I want seems to cost the earth so we have a greatest hits for now)
- John Lennon - Rock 'n' Roll
When I received a record two and a half years ago I never thought I would become this obsessed with buying records! I am so happy with all off my new records - especially Bee Gees first and Pink Floyd - Relics.
