Boot Sale Sounds
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Eddy Okonta

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An LP found some years ago in Brick Lane flea market. Nigerian highlife on the Phonodisk label from the 80's one assumes from the album ...
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I.K. Dario

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A Nigerian Juju LP on Decca from the 60's I imagine found at Brick Lane flea market many years ago. The five tracks on side one are as f...
Friday, March 18, 2011

Charlie Gillett - Andy Summers

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I was reminded the other day that it's been a year since Charlie passed away and in memory of him I am uploading another of his great Ca...
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Ivy Pete & His Limbomaniacs

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An LP on the Somerset label from the late 50's when "limbo" was a big dance craze. This is a weak kind of blue-eyed calypso th...

Chicken Rock

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Not a great deal found on the web regarding (William) Fat "Daddy" Holmes. This rockabilly and surf instrumental compilation was re...
Friday, March 11, 2011

Miriam Makeba

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An LP from 1963 on the London label I found many years ago. I thought I had featured it here but a quick look in the archive proved fruitles...
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Mighty Sparrow

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Another old calypso LP on the National label from the West Indies. Made in 1966. Excuse the jumps and scratches - I think this one has been ...

Conroy Recorded Music Library

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The titles of the tracks sounded intriguing but turns out to be pretty standard MOR orchestral stuff nicked from the classics - hints of Moz...
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Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Charlie Gillett - Undercurrents 14

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Another Undercurrents radio show hosted by Charlie Gillett from the early 80's. No guest but an interesting selection of records as alw...
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Tuesday, March 08, 2011

English Melodeon Players

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An album on the Plant Life label recently bought from the Oxfam shop for 99p. Mostly instrumentals by solo artistes at the forefront of the ...
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Mohammed El-Bakkar

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I thought I had featured this LP some years ago but looking back through the archive I see that I missed it for some reason. Apart from the ...
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Charlie Gillett - Frances Lass

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Francis Lass was a journalist writing the gig guide at Time Out magazine back in the 80's when she guested on Charlie's "Underc...
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Thursday, March 03, 2011

The Standells

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Had this LP in my collection for years - probably a Cheshire Street market find from the 70's or 80's. I uploaded some tracks once b...

Franco Et Son T.P.O,K,Jazz

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I can't remember exactly where this album came from - maybe one of the prizes I picked up during a Tower Records dash where I had a minu...
Wednesday, March 02, 2011

King Fighter (Requested Re-Up)

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Another old calypso LP from the archives found many years ago in Cheshire Street market, just off Brick Lane. This rarity is on the National...
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Lord Christo (Requested Re-Up)

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Another calypso record from Brick Lane picked up in the 80's. It's on the cleverly titled Kalypso label and released in 1963. ...
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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Portsmouth Sinfonia

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From the other side of that Marty Feldman cassette. Some popular songs given the PS treatment. I've heard worse orchestras I must admit...
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Gus Elen

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I saw a Gus Elen compilation LP in the Oxfam shop the other day and was tempted to buy it but realised I had most of the tracks already on a...

Charlie Gillett - Voices

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Another "World Of Difference" radio show from 11-10-87 with first half based on listeners choice of "Voices" as a theme ...
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Friday, February 18, 2011

Marty Feldman

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This record is called "The Crazy World of Marty Feldman" and came out in 1969. I don't think it's ever been issued on CD. ...
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