Boot Sale Sounds
Saturday, April 13, 2013

Karl Denver

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An EP on the Decca label from 1962 from a chariy shop in Glossop.  Karl Denver is one of those voices I remember from my youth - on radio ...
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Monday, April 01, 2013

The Springfields

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 Yes, it's an Christmas record on Easter Monday - well, it is April the 1st  after all  and Ive found nothing else in the charity shop...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Bloopers Vol. 3 & 4

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Double LP on the Bloopers label - Kermit Schafer Enterprises from the 60's I would guess.  Some funny and some not so funny but always...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Magicarib!

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Nice find at charity shop today on the BOAC label from 1968.  Obviously a freebie for tourists to the Caribbean to remind them of their ho...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Tom Lehrer

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Another from the same table top sale as the Flanders & Swann. A 10" LP on Decca from 1952/53. Gentle and sometimes pithy social c...

Flanders & Swann

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An LP from 1958 on the Parlophone label.  Intelligent and charming comedy songs from a bygone era. Wikipedia says  -   " Flanders a...
Saturday, February 23, 2013

Shag Connors & The Carrot Crunchers

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An Lp on the cheapo Starline label from 1974 featuring Shag Connors & The Carrot Crunchers who were similar the Wurzels but did vary t...
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Monday, February 11, 2013

Trio Guadalajara

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..........................................................................................................................Found at local Ox...
Saturday, February 09, 2013

A Review of '69

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A charity shop find from the last week. A rather dull portrait of 1969 considering all the things that happened that year! They make eve...
Thursday, February 07, 2013

The Hi - Lo's

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Again I was attracted by the wonderful sleeve photo of the Hi-Lo's behind some glass in the recording studio, flanked by an array of ...
Monday, February 04, 2013

Bryan Smith

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The sleeve art caught my eye this morning in the charity shop. Some intriguing song titles including music hall favourites like I'm H...
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Saturday, February 02, 2013

Bill Doggett

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Slightly warped copy of an LP on the CBS label from 1966. I think I have featured the side with Honky Tonk Pts. 1 & 2 previously much...
Thursday, January 17, 2013

Dave Brubeck

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I must say I'm not a great Jazz fan and this kind of low key cocktail jazz with polite audience applause does nothing for me. One can...
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Hawaiian Hula Boys

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Extremely dull sounding fake Hawaiian record I picked up from the local Age UK shop the other day for 50p. Made for people who like MOR ...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Chucklefoot

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LP on the Cottage label from 1982. Lovely one man band from the west country by the sound of it. Not much gleaned on the internet. O wa...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Slade Flexidisc

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A flexidisc from the early 70's given away with 19 magazine to publicise the release of Slade's "Something Old Something New ...
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Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Chapparal

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Tacky drawn sleeve attracted me to this run-of-the-mill country record I found in Macclesfield today for a quid in a charity shop. Full ...
Monday, January 07, 2013

Rudi Wairata

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I thought this LP sounded very authentic but it turns out that this Hawaiian is Moluccan (wherever that is?)! Even so a very nice soundi...
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Stepowski Jarema

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Having so many Eastern European's, especially Poles , living in the UK now it's not surprising that eventually some records from ...
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Sunday, January 06, 2013

Noel Coward

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I seem to have missed adding this gem to the blog in the past although I seem to remember featuring Noel Coward's live album from Las...
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