Boot Sale Sounds
Thursday, February 28, 2008

Manolo Escobar

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Hazel spotted this in a local charity shop the other day and bought it for me. She was attracted by the sleeve and I can see why. I usually ...
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Monday, February 25, 2008

The Palm Court Theatre Orchestra

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I found this LP at a boot sale last year. Sadly the gate-fold sleeve has been stuck together after being left in the rain so trying to read ...
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The Billy Cotton Band (Requested - Re-Up )

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A Decca LP in the "World of..." budget section. This compilation from the 40's and 50's of some of his "hits". ...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Spike Island

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I've had this LP on the cut price Avenue label for a few years now and surprised I haven't featured it before here as it's quite...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Morgan Fisher - Miniatures

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An LP compiled by Morgan Fisher in 1980 on the Pipe label , which featured 51 tracks, all no more than one minute in length. Here's the ...
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Reg Varney

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"Reg Varney Plays And Sings" on the EMI One-Up label from 1973. A bit off the usual meandering track now with a very MOR offering...
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Monday, February 18, 2008

Daniel Farson Presents....

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I love this Philips International label LP recorded in 1961 at the Metropolitan Theatre , Edgeware Road in London which features a few of th...
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Sunday, February 17, 2008

Stanley Holloway

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I've mentioned Stanley Holloway before a couple of times but this LP on the Vanguard label from the 60's is quite rare I think and s...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008

Kenneth Williams

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An LP on the Decca label from The World Of.... series from 1970. It includes many of Kenneth Williams first songs and sketches from revue so...
Friday, February 15, 2008

Elsa Lanchester

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"Elsa Lanchester was born to an eccentric family on October 28, 1902, in England. Her parents (James and Edith) were considered as Bohe...
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The Temperance Seven (requested re-up)

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If you ever wondered what else producer George Martin was doing in the early 60's besides guiding the Beatles, he was also producing rec...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Arthur Askey

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"Arthur Bowden Askey was born in Liverpool in 1900. He was very small at 5' 2" (1.6m) and wore distinctive horn rimmed glasses...
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Sunday, February 10, 2008

Highlife Vol. 2 ( requested re-up )

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I seem to be rediscovering some old African records just lately and here's another found at Brick Lane in the 80's recorded in the 6...
Friday, February 08, 2008

Les Dawson

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"Les Dawson (2 February 1931 - 10 June 1993) was a popular Lancashire comedian, known for his deadpan style. Dawson was a curmudgeon, f...
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Thursday, February 07, 2008

The World OF British Comedy

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A great old Decca compilation from the 70's probably featuring a host of acts ( mostly Spike Milligan ) who graced our radios and TV set...
Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Bend It 91

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A strange compilation from the 90's -full of odd football inspired songs and audio snippets. I think also the Exotica label produced sev...
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Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Phil Harris

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Phil Harris' original hits is a great CD to find if it's still out there. This on the other hand is a re-recorded selection of some ...
Monday, February 04, 2008

Osayomore Joseph

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An LP on the Emotan record label from Nigeria (1982). One of a big stack of Afrobeat I bought in a junk shop in Stepney, East London where I...
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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Hoagy Carmichael

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I have neglected to uplaod some Hoagy Carmichael for far too long. I've had this LP for years and just re-discovered it. It's full o...
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The Original Super 5 Of Africa

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Sadly this Tabansi label LP has parted from it's sleeve at some point before I bought it. Not much to be gleaned about The Original Sup...
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