Boot Sale Sounds
Monday, April 27, 2009

Alfred Apaka

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Found recently in a charity shop in Chester for a couple of quid. A double LP of his best songs for the Decca label - released after his dea...
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Shep's Banjo Boys

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Slim pickings this week round the charity shops so just this LP from Shep's Banjo Boys on the Nevis label for a few pence. I guess it wo...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Jimmy Edwards - (re-Up)

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From an LP on the Spark label released in 1973. Jimmy edwards sings bawdy pub songs and plays his trombone accompanied by Ken Mackintosh and...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Jimmy Durante

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I found this LP on Brunswick label today at the antiques centre in Frodsham for a quid. Too lazy to take a photo or scan the cover I have fo...
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Monday, April 06, 2009

Victor Borge

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I found this today in the British Heart Foundation shop in Chester for a little over a pound. Its a 10 inch LP on the Philips label from the...
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Tom Lehrer

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A rather scratchy LP I bought today at Crewe flea market for a quid. This was recorded before an audience in 1965 in a San Franciscian night...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Charlie Higgins

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Not much gleaned on the internet about Charlie Higgins who was popular during the 30's. Windyridge Records has a CD of his novelty son...
Monday, March 30, 2009

Adge Cutler & The Wurzels

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I found this today in a local charity shop for 75p. I have uploaded some tracks before by the Wurzels but they have long since dried up. So ...
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Sunday, March 29, 2009

George Formby

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Two scratchy 78's I picked up at the boot sale today for 50p each. Not songs I've heard before I must admit . Wartime morale booster...
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Peter Sellers

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I bought a couple of CD's yesterday in a charity shop. On the Signature label - part of a 15 CD set called "Vintage British Comedy...
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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Norman Wisdom

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Three tracks from Norman Wisdom from a rare 1968 LP on the EMI label called "One Man's Music - The Songs of Noel Gay". Mostly ...
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Friday, March 13, 2009

Peter Cook & Dudley Moore

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A double cassette found today in a charity shop for 99p. It contains Peter Cook's original E.L.Wisty LP (1965)and the Evening With... LP...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

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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Shanker Jaikishan

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An Oxfam shop buy from a couple of years ago, this Bollywood LP is all instrumentals and from two films "Mera Naam Joker" and ...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

King Sunny Ade

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I can't believe I haven't uploaded any King Sunny Ade sides before as I have several of his LP's - mostly released in Africa. He...

Montego Joe

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An LP on the Transatlantic label from 1965 featuring some instrumental jazz with an extra helping of timbales and conga drums. Not much is f...
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Monday, March 09, 2009

Leo De Lyon

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A boot sale find from years ago on the London label from 1960. A curious mix of MOR cocktail jazz and impersonations of instruments like tro...
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Monster Rock 'N' Roll (Re-Up)

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From an Lp called "Monster Rock 'n' Roll" on the Crypt label with a dedication to Screaming Lord Sutch. One can see why he...
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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Danny Kaye

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Wikipedia says- "Born David Daniel Kaminsky to Jewish Ukrainian immigrants in Brooklyn, Kaye became one of the world's best-known c...
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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Billy Bennett

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Brief history of Billy Bennett (1887 - 1942) "My father was a very clever comedian. At present he's in hospital. He broke two of ...
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