Boot Sale Sounds
Monday, October 09, 2006

Billy Costello

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I think i have mentioned Billy Costello here before but no excuses for uploading some more of his Popeye personna. Not sure if these were fr...
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Saturday, October 07, 2006

The Mighty Sparrow

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"With his ultra-sweet vocals and lyrics that speak of romance and topical politics, Mighty Sparrow (born Slinger Francisco) has risen t...

Psycho Serenade

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A few strange records found on an LP called Psycho Serenade on the Beware label that came out in the 80's. Mostly trashy novelty songs a...
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006

They Played The Empire

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A double LP found some time ago in a charity shop in Basildon I think. The Empire was a group of variety theatres that flourished like so m...
Monday, October 02, 2006

The Merrymen

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This LP from Barbados was found in a charity shop some years ago. Recorded in the late 60's in New York on the West Indies Records label...
Sunday, October 01, 2006

Paddy Roberts

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Delighted to find this at the boots sale today for 50p. One I had been searching ages for. The sleeve alone is worth 50p! Following on from ...
Friday, September 29, 2006

Oldies But Goodies

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A fantastic old scratchy Melodisc LP from Brick Lane market I found many years ago. It has the most wrong sleeve ever as all the song title...

The Real Bahamas

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An LP on the Nonesuch label from 1965. Field recordings made by Peter K. Siegel and Jody Stecher. Some fine spirituals and folk oriented gos...
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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Max Bacon

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"Max was the larger-than-life drummer with the Ambrose Orchestra for many years, who also had a unique Jewish-style humour. Prior to j...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Vote for old posts!

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Here's a chance to vote for your favourite posts again or any you may have missed in the past. Just leave the name of the post or the ar...
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Warren Smith

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Part of one side of an LP on the Harvest label that came out in 1978. A concert at the Rainbow Theatre in London U.K. on April 30th 1977. F...
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Monday, September 25, 2006

Lonnie Donegan

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Another EP by Donegan that I found at the weekend for 25 pence. Recordings form the Festival Hall Jazz Concert of 1954 and in the studio at ...
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Sunday, September 24, 2006

Burl Ives

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Another found today in the same box as the Zillertaler Trio. Burl Ive's childrens songs were regularly played on the BBC's "Ch...
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Zillertaler Trio

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An EP of uncertain date found at car boot sale today just before the thunderstorm. I presume it's a German record as the label is printe...
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Fezcast 2

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Big Al Davies spins a few of his favourite tracks but keeps a low profile this time. Tunes from Sandie Shaw, Ivor Cutler, Ukelele Orchestra ...
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Saturday, September 23, 2006

Chicken Rock

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No excuses for featuring this track again. One of my favourite "chicken songs". I saw this LP on Brick Lane market many years ago ...
Thursday, September 21, 2006

Tom Lehrer

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One of three Tom Lehrer I have found cheaply but this is the cheapest as it was absolutley free - sent in the post by a kind lady who didn...
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Will Fyffe

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This LP on the World Record label is a compilation of songs by the scottish comedian Will Fyffe which I always get mixed up with Sir Harry L...
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Fiddler's Dram

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Another LP from the bootsale on Sunday. Their one and only hit "A Day Trip To Bangor" has surfaced on a couple of folk/novelty com...
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Monday, September 18, 2006

Wavy Gravy

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A short segment of a cassette some kind person sent me a few years back called "Wavy Gravy". Not sure if this was an official rele...
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