Boot Sale Sounds
Monday, June 30, 2008

Ethel Waters

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Found this in Brick Lane I think some years ago - once the property of Camden Library. It's on the Biograph label from the 60's - a ...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Les Bantous De La Capitale

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The Bantous from a Fiesta label LP released in 1978. "Les Bantous de la Capitale is one of the longest-lasting and most influential gro...
Monday, June 16, 2008

The City Quads

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I can't believe I haven't uploaded some tracks from this LP before. Its one I found at Brick Lane flea market many years ago for a f...
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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Allan Sherman

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Found this 1964 LP by Allan Sherman at the roadside bookstall in All Saints in Manchester at the weekend. A few good novelty songs based on ...
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Monday, June 09, 2008

Laff Blasts From The Past

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A great Lp I found a few years back in Brick Lane in East London. It's a compilation of amusing r&b songs from the archives of Herb...
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Bo Diddley 1928 - 2008

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Sad news about Bo Diddley who died yesterday from heart failure. A few tracks here from an old Pye International LP just called "Bo Di...
Saturday, May 31, 2008

Anna Russell

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I found this book by Anna Russell at a flea market in the car park of Southend United football club some years ago. At the time I was drawn ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Bobby Thompson ( The Little Waster )

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I found this today in the Age Concern shop for 75p. The accent is a bit hard going at times and one can see why he really didn't mean m...
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Slim Pickins

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Found this LP today at the Oxfam in Chester for a couple of quid ( three actually ) which is more than I would usually pay but I was intrigu...
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Monday, May 12, 2008

Singing Dogs

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Another 78 from the boot on Sunday. I remember this oddity being played on Children's Favourites on the radio when I was a nipper. ...
Sunday, May 11, 2008

Cranes Skiffle Group

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Another 78 from the boot sale today. On the Embassy label from 1957. Cranes Skiffle Group was actually Chas McDevitt and His band who had a ...

Bobby Kimber

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Found this old 78 at a boot sale today for 20p. It was recorded "Under the auspicesof the English Folk Dance and Song Society". So...
Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Sir Harry Lauder

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A 10" LP on the HMV label issued in the late 50's or early 60's. The songs themselves are probably not the originals but his ...
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Roy Hudd

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This LP is on the Flash Back series on Precision Record label from 1976. "A famous face in showbiz for thirty five years, Roy Hudd is n...
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Sunday, May 04, 2008

Chris Barber

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An LP on the Decca "Ace Of Clubs" label from the late 50's with songs from guests Lonnie Donegan who also plays banjo on some ...
Friday, May 02, 2008

Wout Steenhuis

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Found this today in a charity shop for a few pence. I remember Wout in the 60's guesting on radio shows like "Saturday Club" a...
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Thursday, May 01, 2008

Howdy Doody Time

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"The Howdy Doody Show was one of the first and easily the most popular children's television show in the 1950s and a reflection of ...
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Monday, April 28, 2008

George Melly's Bubbling Over Four

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This tape was sent to me some years ago by persons unknown. It's a programme called Saturday Skiffle Club hosted by Brian Matthew and we...

Max Bacon - Requested Re-Up

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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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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Golden Voices Of The Music Hall

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An old early 60's compilation on the budget Ace Of Clubs label of music hall artistes from the 30's and 40's I imagine. Not much...
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