Boot Sale Sounds
Thursday, May 26, 2011

Harry The Hipster Gibson

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I thought I had featured Harry The Hipster Gibson before here but a quick search through the archives reveals that I haven't. So putting...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Phil Harris

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A CD on the Living Era label thats probably still available. A good selection of his well known and not so well known tracks recorded back i...

Fred Douglas

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Not really a boot sale find but an excuse to upload some novelty songs by Fred Douglas who I know nothing about except he made lots of cover...
Monday, May 09, 2011

Los Macarenos

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An EP on the Regal label in Spain from 1961. Also from the same box of smoked records at the boot sale on Sunday. Some were a bit too near t...

Chris Barber

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A 10 inch LP on the Pye Nixa label from 1956 I bought at a boot sale this weekend for 50p. Its slightly scratched and the sleeve shows signs...
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Les Dawson (Re-Up)

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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...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Billy Cotton Band

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LP on the Columbia label from 1961 when the The Billy Cotton Band Show was at it's height on BBC radio and TV. I have fond memories of h...
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Cliff Carlisle

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Another from the recent boot sale batch. On the Old Timey label from 60's I imagine, though songs recorded back in the 30's. Similar...

London Barrel Organ

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This was 10p in a charity shop so could hardly pass it up. Turns out to be pretty much what I expected and a nostalgic reminder of what the...
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Tommy Collins

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An LP on the Capitol label from 1984 but original recordings from 1959. Found at car boot the other day in Frodsham. I'd not heard of To...
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Friday, April 22, 2011

Pedro & His Amigos

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My son actually bought this record in Buxton yesterday in a charity shop as a joke gift for a friend. I managed to borrow it to have a liste...

Kantata

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Not sure where I got this LP on the Asona label from. Made in 1986 in London England. The sleeve notes by Anthony Roberts-Frampong say - ...
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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