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03 Mar 05 - 11:57 AM (#1426020) Subject: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen Tops on my list was Skokiann by the Bullawayo Sweet Rhythm Band. It took me close to 30 years to finally find it re-issued. Don't Go To Strangers by the Orioles took even longer. The only re-issue was on a Boxed set of everything they ever recorded, which sold for something like $160. All the other collections left out Don't Go To Strangers. Finally, I found an import "Best Of" that has the recording on it. It sounded as sweet as I remember it, when I finally put the CD on to play. The original recording of The Mockingbird by the Four Lads has never been re-issued, but I still have my 45 rpm and a re-recorded version that isn't as good on another "Best Of" collection. Today, I ordered a not yet released CD of the Four Lads which has Harmony Brown on it... another recording I've wanted to hear again for years. That leaves Guitar Boogie Shuffle by the Supersonics (later "covered by the Ventures) Bluebird Over the Mountains by Ersel Hickey The first Insect Trust album, which HAS been re-issued but is a little pricey for my tastes I'm sure a couple of ohers will come to mind. Are there any recordings you've been looking for for years, and haven't found? Or found recently, as I have? Jerry |
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03 Mar 05 - 01:50 PM (#1426094) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Wesley S Geoff Muldaur's "Sleepy Man Blues" I understand it was re-released in Japan but so far I've not been able to track it down. |
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03 Mar 05 - 02:01 PM (#1426109) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: John Hardly Within the last year I found, as reissues, two recordings for which I'd looked for years... Creighton Lindsey I Ain't Worried Michael Johnson There Is A Breeze |
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03 Mar 05 - 02:39 PM (#1426137) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: George Papavgeris Anything by QUINTETO CONTRAPUNTO (Venezuela) NEW GRAVEL (UK) |
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03 Mar 05 - 04:08 PM (#1426204) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Bill D one record by a young banjo player of the 60s-Walter Forbes..with a version of Poor Ellen Smith on it..(I have one other LP by him already) and one that was borrowed and not returned 25+ years ago..."Logan English Sings the Woodie Guthrie Songbag" ..a wondererful LP! |
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03 Mar 05 - 04:35 PM (#1426230) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: The Fooles Troupe The Four Minute Mile! |
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03 Mar 05 - 04:41 PM (#1426237) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: GUEST,reggie miles I finally found information about a recording I've been looking for for about thirty years. It seems that a white Southern Gospel a cappella group known as the Harmoneers are responsible for the song that I've been searching for, "The Hallelujah Boogie". I suspected but could not remember that it was an RCA label 45rpm. I did remember that it was a green translucent record. I also found that is was recorded in the early 50s and that it is RCA #0321, but still have had no luck locating a copy. |
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03 Mar 05 - 05:52 PM (#1426316) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: GUEST,Dale Bill, I've got THREE albums by Walter Forbes, including the one in question. Ballads and Bluegrass RCA Victor 2472, 1962 Folk Song Festival RCA Victor 2670, 1963 Nashville Coyote JMI 4005, 1973 I saw Walter Forbes in person at the Grand Ol' Opry (I still remember that he did Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase!) and was mightily impressed. When I saw 2472 in the stores, I really wanted it and always intended to buy it, but money was tight in those days right after college, and I delayed too long. All of a sudden it was gone, and though I looked everywhere, I had no luck. Periodic searches over the years came up empty. Then two or three years ago, I saw the lot on eBay, and really jumped. I am not sure anymore, but I think I may have paid $15 for the three of them. At the moment, my equipment is not set up for ease of duplication, and I can't honestly say when it will be. We'll work on it. One you and I have discussed before, Bill, was the second Perry County Music Makers album on Davis Unlimited. Still no luck on that one. There are others, but that's enough for now. |
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03 Mar 05 - 07:43 PM (#1426385) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: johnross Here are a few that I would love to find: "Skiffle in Stereo" by the Orange Blossom Jug Five (Lyrichord LLST 773) -- Dave Van Ronk's first record "A Guy Called Carawan" Guy Carawan (English Columbia SX 6065) "Four For Fun" Rory & Alex McEwen with Richard and Carolyne [sic] Farina (Waverley ELP 113) -- a Scottish EP that included Richard Farina and his then wife Caroline Hester. "Home Made Songs and Ballads" Paul Clayton (Monument M4001/SM14001) |
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03 Mar 05 - 08:14 PM (#1426399) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen Johnross: I'd be real happy to find any of those, myself... You never know. Collectors Choice Music reissues a lot of unusual stuff... I was looking to replace my Kaleidescope album but never could find it as a reissue. Now Collectors Choice has a 3 CD set for $21.95 that includes all FOUR of their Epic albums... I also have picked up stuff on eBay... got all three Pennywhistler albums on vinyl for something like $15 total. I don't know that any of them have been reissued. Jerry |
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03 Mar 05 - 08:16 PM (#1426401) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Bob Hitchcock An album I had owned in the 60's was "Boss Guitar" by Wes Montgomery. I lent it to someone in 1968 and never got it back, and as it was on the Riverside label it was never re-issued until recently. I now have it on CD with bonus tracks after 35 years of searching. Bob |
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03 Mar 05 - 08:54 PM (#1426425) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Charley Noble I'm looking for a Rudy Vallee 78 with "Tattooed Lady" and "Tavern in the Town" on it recorded in 1934. I managed to miss nailing it on eBay a few weeks ago for $15. Charley Noble |
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03 Mar 05 - 09:43 PM (#1426451) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Azizi I'm interested in a CD or record of the Missa Luba {the spelling may be wrong but it is an African mass with lots of drums and beautiful singing}.. Does anyone know anything about this record-starting with the correct spelling and the country- and where I could get a copy? |
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03 Mar 05 - 10:27 PM (#1426467) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker this week found McGuinness Flint 1st album on budget price CD !!! ..and CD of Zolar X unreleased sessions [1970's US Glam Punk Prog Space rock ???] on 'Alternative Tentacles' lable searching for Roy Rogers & Dale Evans track "A Cowboy needs a Horse" on CD.. only got it on 'b side' of "Happy Trails To You" on red plastic Gala Goldentone Records 78rpm.. and of coures i no longer have a working record player so i can copy it to CD.. and CD of Julia Lee.. the recordings issued on Charlie records in the early/mid 80's.. only got them on cassette. and lost the tapes years ago.. .. also curious about some live Pentangle bootleg Cds [particularly live at Berkely..] but only if i can be assured they're good quality FM radio or soundboard recordings.. |
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03 Mar 05 - 10:28 PM (#1426469) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: number 6 Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies one and only album The American Metaphysical Circus. In all seriousness this was a very tasteful album for it's time. It was released in 1969. sIx |
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03 Mar 05 - 10:38 PM (#1426470) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Alba Still looking for an Album by the Band "Contraband" (70s) I think the Album is called Contraband too. My quest continues...:>) Blessings Jude |
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03 Mar 05 - 10:48 PM (#1426474) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Stilly River Sage Did Ed McCurdy's various albums finally make it to CD? I let them go in a shrewd estate settlement because I thought I could replace them easily, only to find that I couldn't. Last time I looked, they were still out of circulation (and not rendered to CD). SRS |
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03 Mar 05 - 11:03 PM (#1426478) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: number 6 Jude .... the album Contraband is known as Live Band #1, recorded (live of course) at Pasadena Civic Auditorium. It's a bootleg release from 1970. sIx |
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03 Mar 05 - 11:53 PM (#1426497) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: GUEST,Gerry Judy Garland recorded Bei Mir Bistu Scheyn (not necessarily with that spelling) for one of the Andy Hardy movies. It was cut from the movie, but it's still around, and I'm looking for it. Well, I found it on a CD set that has dozens of other Judy Garland recordings, but it sells for more than I want to pay when I really only want the one track. Maybe I'll see it on a remainder table someday.... |
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04 Mar 05 - 12:32 AM (#1426514) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Metchosin Azizi, I used to have a Missa Luba tape, I'll check to see if it is still about. |
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04 Mar 05 - 12:35 AM (#1426515) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Metchosin Yup still here. It was given to me by a friend who had the original recording, I'll check with her for more info. |
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04 Mar 05 - 01:21 AM (#1426527) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Azizi Wow! Metochosin, thanks!! That was fast! I'll PM you |
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04 Mar 05 - 01:31 AM (#1426532) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Azizi Metchosin, I'm sorry I spelled your name wrong in my last post. I wasn't successful in PMing you even after copying the REAL way to spell your name {and even trying the small "m"]. Would you please PM me, and then I'll respond to that. Thanks!! |
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04 Mar 05 - 02:24 AM (#1426543) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Margret RoadKnight Desperately seeking these deleted albums: 4 Alex Bradford LPs - "What the World Needs Now" - "Obey His Will" - "The Gospel Beat Goes On", and - "I Must Tell Jesus" and 2 Roland Hayes CDs: - "Spirituals", and - "The Art of Roland Hayes" |
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04 Mar 05 - 11:54 AM (#1426564) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen Azizi: You can leave your name with amazon.com for Missa Luba and when they get a used CD they will send you an e-mail. I've tried that service before and had success.. Jerry |
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04 Mar 05 - 12:08 PM (#1426586) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Metchosin Jerry, I've been in touch with Azizi and suggested something similar and failing that have offered a copy of mine. |
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04 Mar 05 - 12:20 PM (#1426599) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: GUEST,Scouse (Cookie's gone walkabout) I've desperately looked for anything from Arthur Alexander for years with no avail. Although a 'Folkie." I loved those songs "Anna." from the Beatles and the stones "You better move on." both written by him....As aye..Phil |
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04 Mar 05 - 12:53 PM (#1426635) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Alba Huge thanks number6. My quest has a direction now:>) Best of Wishes Jude |
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04 Mar 05 - 01:21 PM (#1426681) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: GUEST,Chanteyranger Azizi, I have Missa Luba on LP, and if you still have a turntable and would like it, it's yours. Just PM me your snail mail address. Chanteyranger |
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04 Mar 05 - 01:47 PM (#1426708) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: mkebenn Peter and Gordon's LP that included "The land of Odin" and their version of "Rose Connely" titled "Willow Garden". I had it in my hands, but was at a flea market with only ten bucks, and in my other hand was Billy ED wheeler's LP with "coal Tatoo" sigh.. Mike |
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04 Mar 05 - 05:18 PM (#1426878) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: johnross Rhino Handmade has reissued Ed McCurdy's "The Best of Dalliance" in a limited edition of 2500 copies. www.rhinohandmade.com |
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04 Mar 05 - 05:26 PM (#1426881) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: dwditty Wesley S...I saw Sleepy Man Blues on ebay not too long ago...it was up to about $40, so I emailed Geoff thru his web site and declared him "officially vintage." When I think of a recording for which I would be willing to pay way more than I probably should, I check out www.gemm.com. I have even found some of those Japanese CDs mentioned above of obscure recordings - also at no small expense, but I was sure glad to find them. For me, I am looking for "You Are What You Eat" - various artists including John Simon, Tiny Tim, and others. Good luck. dw |
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04 Mar 05 - 05:44 PM (#1426894) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Wesley S Would www.gemm.com be a good place to find the value of vinyl records I have in my possession ? And was the Sleepy Man Blues you saw an old record or the new CD reprint ? I'm reluctant to buy someones old scratched LP. |
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04 Mar 05 - 05:59 PM (#1426908) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Wesley S DWD - I just called Sumpter - the owner of our local record store. His brother is Stephen Bruton - Geoff's producer. He's going to try to track one down for me. By coincidence my local guy just talked to Geoff earlier today. I'm glad this thread got me off my ass to take some action. |
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04 Mar 05 - 08:11 PM (#1426986) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Brakn Loudon Wainwright's first album I just got last year on eBay after spending 30 years going into record shops and heading right for his section (Ha - if he had one!!). I lent a friend Duster Bennett's first? album "Smilin' Like I'm Happy" about ten years ago. Sadly my friend died and I couldn't really go round to his house and ask "Before you sort out his stuff, can I have my album back?" ( I know he'll probably laugh at this!!) |
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04 Mar 05 - 08:14 PM (#1426987) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Peace Badfinger's "Baby Blue" as released on 45. The version on the album is not the same. It is a great rock song. |
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04 Mar 05 - 08:37 PM (#1426995) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Brakn brucie, you got me thinking about Fleetwood Mac's "Need Your Love So Bad" released 1968. I always thought that when it was rereleased in 1969? that strings were added. Is my memory playing tricks with me? |
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04 Mar 05 - 08:47 PM (#1427001) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Peace Brakn, Ya got me. There was a 7" record released in 1968. But it may not have been the same take as the one from the Horizon Sessions. Maybe someone here knows for sure? |
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04 Mar 05 - 09:19 PM (#1427017) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: The Fooles Troupe Loudon Wainwright appeared on M.A.S.H. in some earlyish episodes - Trapper, Frank & Henry were in the cast, if that helps to date it. Wouldn't mind tracking down what songs he sang. |
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04 Mar 05 - 09:22 PM (#1427018) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen I'm really fascinated to read these posts. It's not surprising that there are particular records that mean so much to each of us. My niece's son, and I when he was about fifteen got into exchanging music. He wanted to hear all sorts of stuff and was pretty open minded about it. He had friends who started a Punk-Ska band and he wanted to hear more of the old ska and reggae, so I sent him a whole batch of cassettes of jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, folk, black gospel, reggae, ska... you name it. In return, he sent me a cassette that he put together titled "Music We lived Our Lives By." I thought it was SO great that a fifteen year old kid already realized his life had a soundtrack. So, I did one of my own and sent it to him. Think I'll start a thread on this... Jerry |
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04 Mar 05 - 11:06 PM (#1427069) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: GUEST,.gargoyle Mr. Rassmuessen
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05 Mar 05 - 12:33 AM (#1427107) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: The Fooles Troupe Not Regrets, but Memories.... |
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05 Mar 05 - 07:50 AM (#1427251) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen Me Mum says that life is making memories, so you should try to make as many good ones as you can. Jerry |
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05 Mar 05 - 08:09 AM (#1427259) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Sandra in Sydney My very small record collection includes one I bought second hand sometime in the 70's. I haven't played it for years as I gave away my old record player sometime in the early 90's after not using it for a long time. A couple of years ago I found a track by the group on a compilation album - taken from a CD re-release of the LP!! It took a while to get it thru my favourite CD shop & it is as great as I remember & also has bonus tracks. A real treasure that I play a lot. The record is Hush, only album by local group Extradition & is worth up to $1000. Literally a treasure. sandra |
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05 Mar 05 - 08:16 AM (#1427263) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: George Papavgeris for when the time comes, as it's certain to peep behind the final curtain, and leave this planet by and by, good times and friends you should remember each memory a burning ember - and they're what you remembered by. |
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05 Mar 05 - 08:17 AM (#1427264) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: George Papavgeris ..that was for Jerry and for Gargle |
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05 Mar 05 - 09:10 AM (#1427288) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: number 6 I like those words of your Mum Jerry. So true. Thanks, sIx |
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05 Mar 05 - 12:45 PM (#1427405) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: dwditty Wesley S, I checked www.gemm.com Someone is selling the Sleepy Man Blues CD there. |
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05 Mar 05 - 01:37 PM (#1427456) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen Thanks, El Greko: I like that.. Jerry |
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05 Mar 05 - 02:51 PM (#1427474) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: John MacKenzie Missa Luba Philips 4756133 (distributed by Universal) |
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05 Mar 05 - 09:26 PM (#1427720) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen Check out www.bizrate.com. I looked up Missa Luba as an example and they have several to choose from... I wonder if they have Guitar Boogie Shuffle by the Supersonics? Going to check.. Jerry |
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05 Mar 05 - 10:21 PM (#1427745) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: JennyO For my birthday a few years ago, my son tracked down a record that I wanted, from this place - Sonic Recollections It was a record of Wayne and Shuster with four comedy sketches on it: Rinse the blood off my toga A Shakespearean baseball game Frontier Psychiatrist I was a TV addict It's very funny stuff - I didn't think I could get it any more, so I was very pleased. The record was not new, but it was in perfect condition. So they might be worth a look. |
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06 Mar 05 - 04:42 PM (#1428308) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: wildlone Brakn, I picked up a CD by Fleetwood Mac the other day with "I need your love so bad" on it. It also has Albatross No place to go Merry go round Long grey mare Black magic woman Rambling pony Watch out My baby's good to me The world keep on turning Doctor brown Love that burns It is a Columbia/Sony 1996 release 483724 2 I am just looking for records... AND finding them. dave |
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06 Mar 05 - 05:49 PM (#1428346) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: RangerSteve Geoff Muldaur's album for Prestige. Anything on the Davis Unlimited or Kanawha labels. |
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06 Mar 05 - 05:53 PM (#1428350) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: robomatic Steve Lyon album from '84 "No Place Like Mars" with a song on it called "Christmas Ameba". It didn't make it to CD. |
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06 Mar 05 - 05:58 PM (#1428353) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: RangerSteve Here's two more: both records by Bennie and Vallie Cain on the Rebel label and both records by Ray and Ina Patterson on County. |
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07 Mar 05 - 04:22 AM (#1428592) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Peter Kasin Ewan MacColl and A.L. lloyd: "Whaling ballads." One of many of theirs that are out of print. A friend kindly taped it for me and mailed it to me. It would be good to see that released on CD. It is my alltime favorite sea music recording, and the one that inspired me to listen to sea music in general. Chanteyranger |
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07 Mar 05 - 08:47 AM (#1428749) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen Hey, Chantey: I have the album, and yes, it is one of the greatest albums released. A.L.Lloyd also leads the singing in the opening sequences of Moby Dick, as the ship is pulling anchor and hoisting the saile. That album and Australian Bush Ballads by A.L. Lloyd are two of my most treasured albums. I only have the Bush Ballads album on cassette now, as I must have loaned my record and never got it back. Have to check to see if that was ever re-issued on CD. Jerry |
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07 Mar 05 - 09:58 AM (#1428810) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: GUEST Crikey, I have thousands of albums in my basement, many of them mentioned above. Maybe it is time to hook up my old turntable and start plying lp's again. One I woul;d like to have is an Album by a group who called themselves the Masked Marauders..great stuff. Alas it was leant and not returned. Also an album called Cristo redentor by Harvey Mandel. Great thread, really enjoy seeing what other people treasure. Thanks |
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07 Mar 05 - 10:42 AM (#1428852) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen Guest makes a good point. Owning records is pleasureable. Actually listening to them is another thing. I know that there are Catters who still listen to vinyl often, but I'm not one of them. I rarely listen to albums or 45's unless it's to specifically tape or learn a song. It's been at least a year since I've played a record. Good title for the song... variation on Dust On The Bible. Dust On The Turntable. Howzabout you? Are you looking for records because you play records often, or are you primarily looking for re-issues on CD. (I'm mostly in the latter category, although I continue to pick up vinyl occasionally because there hasn't been a re-issue. I bought all three Pennywhistlers albums on eBay a couple of years ago. One of these years I may actually listen to them. Hmmm... wonder if they've been reissued by now.. Jerry |
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07 Mar 05 - 11:02 AM (#1428871) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Stilly River Sage I have to replace a turntable because the one in my office was damaged during a break-in a couple of weeks ago. The young thugs who were stealing the stereo dropped the turntable on it's head, obviously not requiring the obsolete device. In the end they left the stereo behind, because a neighbor interrupted them (thank goodness!). The turntable works, but I don't trust it to continue to work, or to be up to it's old self. It wasn't a particularly expensive one, and this weekend I picked up an inexpensive Sony (the place carries only two of them, and truth be told, I have another, much better older one in the other room). I had to chuckle, when the sales guy was so ernest in cautioning me that (as he pointed to a receiver button in the store shelf) "Your receiver has to have a button for Phono." From his expression, I thought he was going to tell me something serious, like it was going to need a different type of plug now or maybe a critical tip for wiring speakers. SRS |
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07 Mar 05 - 11:12 AM (#1428878) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen SRS: A couple of years ago, I went in to a large retail electronics store to buy a new phonograph needle. When I told the salesperson what I was looking for, he went bovine on me... just looked at me blanky. All that was missing was the cud. When I said, "Phonographs... you know, those flat black things you put on a turntalbe, and they go around and around?" And he gave me an even more confused expression. "They have a hole in the middle, like CDS, but they're a lot bigger and the hole is a lot smaller." Still blank. After he told me that they didn't have any, I went and found them myself. Before I left, I showed them to him so he'd know the next time. I felt like I was asking for coal for the eyes of my snowman. Jerry |
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07 Mar 05 - 11:20 AM (#1428891) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Wesley S Stilly - The kid has most likely never used one of those contraptions before. |
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07 Mar 05 - 03:04 PM (#1429061) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: johnross The Masked Marauders' (who were actually memebrs of the Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band) LP is yet another one that has been reissued on Rhino Handmade. http://www.rhinohandmade.com/browse/ProductLink.lasso?Number=7746 |
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07 Mar 05 - 06:37 PM (#1429252) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Rustic Rebel I'm still looking for Mason Proffit's Two Hangmen. Haven't done a search on it though for a few years. I'll check out gemm.com. thanks DW. |
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08 Mar 05 - 04:12 AM (#1429495) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Peter Kasin Jerry, you're a kindred spirit. What a great singer A.L. lloyd was. I don't if the reason for having so much of his recordings, and ones he did with Ewan MacColl out of circulation is because of legal hangups, or if even the folk recording companies don't see enough of a market for them, outside of what's been re-released on CD already (Leviathan, Blow Boys Blow, and a few others). Chanteyranger |
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08 Mar 05 - 09:26 AM (#1429656) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Dharmabum I've recently been borrowing some of the old records from our local library. They've actually got a pretty good collection of some folkways recordings. But it never fails,when I check them out,I always get that look & the same comment,"We haven't had anyone borrow these in years". I've spent the past few months converting my vinyl over to cd,so it's given me the chance to listen again to music I haven't heard for awhile. It's been great to be able to hear artists like Hedy West,Ola Belle Reed,Barbara Dane,Mark Spolstra again. Speaking of Barbara Dane. The record album I'm hoping someday to stumble across at an affordable price is her album called "Barbara Dane Sings The Blues". I've seen it come up for sale a couple of times on Gemm,but the price is way out of my range. Smithsonian/Folkways has a copy of the recording for sale, but I'd really like to run across that yard sale bargain vinyl for 5 bucks someday. DB. |
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08 Mar 05 - 09:45 AM (#1429671) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Roger the Skiffler I've been lucky recently in being able to pick up some "out of print" CDs I've been looking for, in mint condition (Lonnie Donegan Originals for one) and tracked down Peter Price to get his Big Road Blues I've been trying to get hold of for about three years. One I'm still looking for is a compilation of canal songs called Straight from the Tunnel's Mouth. RtS |
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08 Mar 05 - 11:24 AM (#1429726) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen Back in the early 60's I was browsing through a small store front music store in lower Manhattan and came across an album with a mandolin concerto on one side, and a guitar concerto on the other. It was on the Vox label... a prominent label for classical music at that time. I bought it, and was really transported away by the mandolin concerto. I almost wore that record flat, over the years. About 20 years ago, I tried to find the mandolin concerto on CD and enlisted a person I knew in a record store who claimed he could find any classical music ever recorded on CD. He spent months looking for it, using every obscure resource at his disposal, and came up empty handed. Part of the problem is that no one is sure who the composer was. It is "credited" to Guilani, but there were several composers of that name, and there is no documentation to which one this was... or whether it was just another Guilani who never had another piece preserved. A couple of years ago, I finally found a CD, released on the Erato label. The liner notes are in German. Because of the uncertainty of who wrote the piece, I was very hesitant when I put the CD on the first time. But, as Bobert would say, "Dang" it's that good ole boy Guilani! It sounds just as great as it did that first day I took it home nad put it on the turntable in the early 60's. Jerry |
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08 Mar 05 - 01:32 PM (#1429858) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Kevin Sheils Foolestroupe Can't help with the song titles LWIII sang on MASH but can give you the dates etc of the 3 episodes he appeared in as Captain Calvin Spalding. Info from epguides.com He was in 3 episodes in the 3rd season: the overall 50th episode "Rainbow Bridge" broadcast 17 Sep 1974, the 58th "There is nothing like a nurse" 19 Nov 1974, and the 69th "Big Mac" 25 Feb 1975 The titles are probably working titles as I don't recall the series having on-screen episode titles. These are the 2nd, 10th and 21st episodes respectively of the 3rd season. The dates are first US broadcast I'd guess. This may help you track the episodes down. |
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08 Mar 05 - 05:20 PM (#1430016) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: SussexCarole Azizi - I have a Misa Luba LP...if you would like me to put it onto tape send me a pm with details |
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08 Mar 05 - 05:48 PM (#1430032) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Brakn Re Loudon Wainwright (Capt. Spalding) III in M.A.S.H. he sang..... "North Korean Blues" (from "Rainbow Bridge"; sung by Capt. Spalding) "Five Gold Stars" "Big Mac Is Coming" (from "Big Mac"; sung by Capt. Spalding) Capt. Spalding's song about the Nurses (from "There is Nothing Like a Nurse"; sung by Capt. Spalding) "Unrequited to the Nth Degree" (from "There is Nothing Like a Nurse"; sung by Capt. Spalding, Hawkeye, and Trapper) From this site. |
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10 Mar 05 - 10:37 AM (#1431530) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen Oh yeah: I've been looking for a couple of songs by Stuart Hamblin. Hamblin was pretty popular in the 50's as a country artist, and wrote two classic songs: This Old House and It Is No Secret. So far, I haven't found either of those songs recorded by him, as re-issues. And, I don't have them on record. I'd like to learn the songs, and I always prefer to learn them from the writer, if recordings are available. Jerry |
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11 Mar 05 - 12:12 AM (#1432029) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Metchosin Jerry, I believe I have This Old House by Stuart Hamblin on 78RPM. It will take some digging but I will see if I can find it for you. |
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11 Mar 05 - 01:45 AM (#1432050) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: open mike i thought i had posted about a record i am searching....will try again. I am trying to find a copy of Country Blessed by Cris Williamson with Teresa Trull.There is a wonderful song about Calamity Jane on it. I like to sing it, but am not sure of all the words. I was not able to find a copy of that record, or tape, does anyone know of a source? I found a few other later recordings by her (Cris) on e-bay, one of which arrived in the mail today...as i dod get it, but not the 1989 one i am looking for.....Calamity Jane, Queen of the plains, an angel of mercy, riding the range,,,, i think cris wrote this while in high school in wyoming or south dakota. |
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11 Mar 05 - 03:23 AM (#1432066) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: MBSLynne Hah! I never thought of trying Mudcat for the records I want! Years ago I lent an LP and EP to someone who never gave them back and I've never been able to replace them. They were Australian and probably the English and American Catters wouldn't have heard of them. The LP was "Procession Live at Sebastians" and the EP was "Anthem". The single Anthem got (I think) to number 1 in the Aussie charts. If anyone could come up with them, or other Procession records I'd be eternally grateful. When they split up, one of them came to England and joined Manfred Mann for a while. Love Lynne |
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11 Mar 05 - 10:22 AM (#1432214) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Stilly River Sage If you ever wanted to see my Dad really annoyed, borrow a record and don't give it back. Or tell him about one that was borrowed and destroyed. A friend borrowed an LP then let it melt on a radiator, and blithely gave me $5 as if I could replace it easily. It took a while--and when I told Dad about this happening, he was really ticked--as much about the destruction as the loss of the album to me personally. NO one could use it melted! (I think it was Switched on Bach) I work at a university library with a fine arts branch. The librarians occasionally tell stories of students finding citations for recordings, that when they're handed the LP they look so puzzled that they must be taken in hand and shown how to play them. (I guess it's time for the "this year's college freshman was born in 1987" essay to make the rounds.) Another alarming thing about walking into my office and seeing the turntable on it's head was seeing the Carolyn Hester album on the floor. I'd been talking with other Mudcatters about her work a couple of days earlier and hadn't filed the LP back with the rest after listening to it. The LP appears to be fine (it was in the sleeve and cover, also) but I can imagine how that would look on an insurance claim! SRS |
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11 Mar 05 - 03:43 PM (#1432502) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen Woulncha Know? I checked eBay out of curiosity, and they had a Stuart Hamblin lp. in very good condition up for auction. I was the only bidder, and won it. (That's probably as good an evidence as any why they haven't re-issued his stuff.) It's titled It Is No Secret, which is the primary song I was looking for, but doesn't have a track list. I guess I'll find out whe I get it, if it has This Old House on it. And the beat goes on.. Jerry |
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11 Mar 05 - 11:56 PM (#1432808) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Dita Alba, there are a number of groups called Contraband, some even spelt with a K. Given your name my guess is it's this one your after. The one that issued the self titled album was a Scottish folk rock band featuring Mae MacKenna, George and Billy Jackson, John Martin, and one or two others. They issued their only album around 1970 on the Transadlantic label. There was also a single, "Lady for Today" (written by Rosie Hardman). The material was a mixture of Trad and singer songwiter "covers." After the band broke up Mae continued to record solo, George, Billy and John formed Ossian. George founded Iona records, Billy (now William), wrote and recorded Harp music, and John formed Easy Club and also played with the Tannahill Weavers. I imagine that Castle Communications own the Masters as they seem to have the Transadlantic labels back catalogue. The LP comes up on ebay uk reasonably regularly, sometimes for a lot, sometimes for a little, just your luck. I don't think that a CD has been reissued, but might be wrong. I'm writing this from memory, but if you need more details let me know and I'll reply with the album in front of me when I get home. The main other Contraband is a rock/blues outfit who've beem around since the 70's. Type Contraband CD into Google and you'll get lots of hits on them. John |
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12 Mar 05 - 04:21 PM (#1433230) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: hesperis I'm looking for a CD by Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass... the one with the Porgy & Bess suite on it. I need two copies, actually. *sigh* |
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12 Mar 05 - 04:56 PM (#1433255) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Alba Dita, you are spot on. That IS the Band I am looking for. Mae MacKenna, the voice of an Angel. Ossian and the Tannahill Weavers....lol now that's bizzare. As I have played on the same bill as both Bands years back... I always wondered why I couldn't find anymore albums by the Band. This of course was pre internet days....and it has been a private quest, you know, just something that urks you. Someone borrowed the Album from me to tape it and then never returned it!! Thanks so much Dita. Ill PM you. Best of Wishes Jude |
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14 Mar 05 - 12:47 PM (#1434469) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: NormanD I just joined the site today. I have a copy of "A Guy Called Carawan" and maybe I could do a CDr for you, if you're desperate. I've just bought a vinyl - CD copier, and once I get it rigged up I should be able to do this. Norman |
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14 Mar 05 - 01:41 PM (#1434501) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: NormanD ARTHUR ALEXANDER. Everything Alexander The Great recorded is available on CD reissue. The best compilation is the one from Ace Records (UK), it's marginally better than the Razor & Tie issue. His very last CD, "Lonely Just Like Me" (Elektra) may now be deleted, but crops up on eBay. He cut this as his "rediscovery" record, great songs, good production that brought his beautiful, soulful voice out. It looked as though this one would break him through after years of poverty....and then the poor man died suddenly. He's the only singer whose songs have been covered by The Beatles, Stones, Bob Dylan, Elvis P, Elvis C, Nick Lowe, John Prine, Robert Plant, Roger McGuinn, etc.....and he's now laying in a grave without a headstone. |
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15 Mar 05 - 11:38 AM (#1435328) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Stilly River Sage NormanD, what is the make/model of the LP to CD copier? Is this from DAK or someplace specialized? What was the cost? Let us know how it works for you--several folks in other threads have expressed interest in this stand-alone functionality (vs going through a computer). SRS |
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15 Mar 05 - 01:32 PM (#1435410) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: NormanD I have a Philips DR600 CD burner. It's also a player, but I use it just for copying and playback. I bought it 2nd-hand from a friend and paid £60, a fair price for a two-year old piece. You can get new ones with bigger hard drives, and they're generally available, you shouldn't have to go to specialist stores. I looked at using a software programme for my computer, but had a couple of problems with this: I use Apple Mac, so the software choices are limited; and, more importantly, my computer is in another part of the house from the hi-fi, so even if I could get a long-enough cable, there'd be too much running backwards and forwards between the two. And I'm no hi-fi or computer wizz, so I went for the most convenient option. The burner fits in with the rest of the hi-fi separates, being the same dimension as the amp, etc. I think the quality of the recording will ultimately depend on how good your record deck is, and investing in a new stylus is no bad thing. I haven't yet looked at the possibilities of scratch elimination, etc; some computer progs have all this, I don't know how good they are. I'll probably still end up keeping the old vinyl albums - being over-sentimental, anally-retentive, you name it - AND have them on CDr, creating another pile of music - AND stick them on the computer, iTunes... Norman |
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15 Mar 05 - 01:46 PM (#1435422) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Lancashire Lad Re Macs and recording I use a Mac for transfering vinyl to CD and have found a programme called Toast to be effortless, simple and has great results. If you have a modern Mac you can also use iTunes for CD burning too but its not as quick as Toast. You cant get round the problem of a long lead though RE Records youre still looking for The Trugs - Self titled LP Jez Lowe - 1st LP Bluewaterfolk - 2nd LP LL |
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15 Mar 05 - 01:49 PM (#1435428) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: open mike there is a thread on c.d. burners.. i have a Marantz / Superscope unit. one (cdr 300?) is capable of running off of the battery pack. so it is portable. the other next model up in price has these interesting features...... 1. it has 2 c.d. decks so can copy/dub. 2. it can change the speed and not change the pitch--slower or faster 3. it can change the pitch and not change the speed- -up to an octave above or below. 4. you can select small passages to repeat for studying a complicated riff or passage... |
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15 Mar 05 - 03:26 PM (#1435479) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen I just received the Stuart Hamblin album in the mail today, and it has both songs he wrote that I've been looking for. If I hadn't started this thread, I probably wouldn't have been checking eBay at the time a copy appeared for auction. Jerry |
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16 Mar 05 - 02:02 AM (#1435813) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Metchosin good to hear Jerry, I was feeling remiss because I hadn't started sifting through my record collection yet. |
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16 Mar 05 - 11:03 AM (#1436095) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Stilly River Sage NormanD, thanks for the commentary as well as the burner information. When I was burning some files from cassettes I was in my office next to my computer, but the sound system in here doesn't have all of the adjustments that the receiver and decks in the front room have. You've illustrated a great point--I don't need to bring all of my best equipment into the office, or move my computer into the living room if I get a setup like yours, or get some really long cables. (Actually, I have the cables, but haven't used them yet. As you say, it's the running back and forth that makes the task less precise than it needs to be). There are a couple of threads going now where people are looking for particular recordings of things. I'll have to read through and make a list, then sit down with my LPs and see what I can find. If nothing else, it's great to revisit those old vinyl friends. SRS |
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11 Sep 05 - 11:55 AM (#1561076) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen O.k., it doesn't really qualify as a record I've been looking for, but I checked to see if Bob Gibson's first album on Riverside I ComE For To Sing had been re-issued on CD. Not only has it, there is a second complete Bob Gibson album on the same CD. Yahoo! Bob Gibson was very influential in forming my love for folk music, and it was a special honor for me many years later to book him for a folk festival I ran. It's not often that we get to meet our heroes, so it meant a lot to me. Very special. Jerry |
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11 Sep 05 - 01:09 PM (#1561122) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Big Jim from Jackson A 45 rpm that I used to have and would like to have again is a song called "Unitar Rock"; on the other side it was (I think) "Cherokee Dance". Both songs were played on a one string "guitar", and one was sung in a gravely voice that made you want to clear your own throat as you listened. I don't remember who did it, but it came out in the early '50's if my memory is accurate. As a recording it is just a novelty record with no great redeeming qualities either social, cultural, or any other criteria, other than I'd like to get a copy of it still on record, dubbed to tape, or copied on to CD. |
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11 Sep 05 - 01:56 PM (#1561148) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen Hi, Jim: I checked out Unitar Rock on CD Universe (where you can search by song title) with no luck... I did see that I can finally get National City by the Joiner Arkansas Junior High School Band (whice has banjos AND trombones). There's a series titled Hey! Look What I Found, that has National City on one of the CDs. Talk about weird stuff... You can also own your own personal copy of Abraham, Martin & John by Mom's Mobley, or It's A Gas by Alfred E. Neuman. They have Winin' Blink' and Nod by the Simon Sisters on one of the CDs. Most of the stuff is by oddities like Tab Hunter or other non-singers. The stuff is baaaad, but not so bad that it includes anything by William Shatner.. Jerry |
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11 Sep 05 - 02:00 PM (#1561151) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: pdq Big Jim from Jackson, There was a man called "One-string Sam". Sorry, I don't know anything about him, but a name may be a start. |
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11 Sep 05 - 02:14 PM (#1561154) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: pdq Jerry Rasmussen, So, you forgot to mention "Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits"? If you don't have Bob Gibson's last record "Making A Mess..." you are missing a gem. The songs are all by Shel Silverstein who chips in commentary, if not singing, on a few songs. Mr. Gibson's effortless singing voice is gone, but he can "sell the song" like nobody else ever could. The backing is pure Nashville studio but every note fits every word perfectly. A masterpiece of writing, singing and musicianship. |
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11 Sep 05 - 02:23 PM (#1561160) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen I had a 45 rpm of Bob Gibson doing We Are Marching to Pretoria. Had no idea where Pretoria was... figured it might be a suburb of Peoria. Had a rousing chorus, though. Jerry |
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11 Sep 05 - 02:27 PM (#1561167) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen My general feeling on obscure recordings is that if it hasn't been re-issued in England, German or Japan, it never existed. I've picked up several old jazz albums on CD, re-issued in Japan. I'm waiting for one that is an old favorite of mine by Barbara Carroll. It's been almost six months on back order, but they say it will be shipped in the next week. I also picked up another favorite old album by Matt Dennis... a jazz singer and composer who wrote many standards. It too was reissued in Japan. Let's hear it for the Japanese! I wonder if they've ever re-issued Guitar Boogie Shuffle by the Supersonics? Jerry |
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11 Sep 05 - 03:15 PM (#1561209) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: John MacKenzie Jerry if the chorus goes We are marching to Paetoria Praetoria Praetoria we are marching to Praetoria Praetoria hooray. Sing with me I'll sing with you And so we will sing together, sing together sing together Sing with me I'll sing with you and so we will sing together As we go marching along. Then it's a Boer war song and Praetoria is a town in that country. Giok |
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11 Sep 05 - 03:42 PM (#1561232) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Leadfingers I just bought a turntable from Richer sounds for £50 - All I have to do now is sort out the tech side of transferring my old Vinyl onto CD ! |
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11 Sep 05 - 03:43 PM (#1561233) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Leadfingers Whoopee !! 100 !! |
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11 Sep 05 - 03:53 PM (#1561237) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: sapper82 A late '60s/Early '70s thing called Burundi Black. African drumming. Guest Gerry, Crich Tramway Museum gift shop has some Judy Garland CDs at £1.99 or £2.99. They might be worth contacting. Wife says that they might be available from Garages etc. |
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11 Sep 05 - 07:40 PM (#1561359) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Big Jim from Jackson Thanks for looking, Jerry. And let me second pdq's comment about the Bob Gibson CD. I didn't hear Bob until 'way late, but he had to be the best of the '60's folkies. I've had the pleasure of meeting his daughter Meridian---very nice lady. |
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12 Sep 05 - 09:52 AM (#1561724) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: GUEST Interest in this was expressed up a ways in the thread. I have it, it's a good un The Old Bush Songs A.L. Lloyd Larrikin LRF 354 (CD, Australia, 1994) Recording selection and executive production by Warren Fahey Master tapes licensed from Topic Records, London CD cover: Patrick William Marony, "Starlight's Hold-up at the Dance Hall", oil on canvas, courtesy of National Library of Australia Tracks 1. Waltzing Matilda (2:46) 2. The Kelly Gang (3:30) 3. The Drover's Dream (2:53) 4. The Cockies of Bungaree (5:52) 5. Flash Jack from Gundagai (2:06) 6. Bluey Brink (3:10) 7. Brisbane Ladies (3:27) 8. The Derby Ram (3:11) 9. Bold Jack Donahue (3:48) 10. The Wild Colonial Boy (5:34) 11. The Hold-Up at Eugowra Rocks (2:17) 12. Euabalong Ball (2:24) 13. Rocking the Cradle (2:46) 14. Lachlan Tigers (2:29) 15. The Lime-Juice Tub (1:45) #1, 10-12 and 15 are from The Great Australian Legend: A Panorama of Bush Balladry and Song (Topic 12T203, 1971) #2, 3, and 13 are from First Person (Topic 12T118, 1966) #4-9 and 14 are from Outback Ballads: Songs from the Australian Bush and Outback (Topic 12T51, 1960) |
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12 Sep 05 - 10:52 AM (#1561773) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen Guest: Thanks so much for posting that information about A. L Lloyd. One of my all-time favorite albums is the Bush Ballads album he did. To my knowledge, it's not out on CD (although I'll check again... you never know.) The CD you posted sounds gerat and I'll see if I can get it. But, it don't have Maryborough Miner on it... Sigh........... Jerry |
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12 Sep 05 - 08:04 PM (#1562316) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: GUEST,Gerry sapper82 wrote, Guest Gerry, Crich Tramway Museum gift shop has some Judy Garland CDs at £1.99 or £2.99. They might be worth contacting. Wife says that they might be available from Garages etc. Thanks. Cheap CDs of Judy Garland are available lots of places, but so far as I know (and I've looked at many, many of these CDs) Bei Mir Bistu Sheyn is only on one of them, an upmarket release that's unlikely to be remaindered for a while. Still, I'll have a look. |
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13 Sep 05 - 03:21 PM (#1562926) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Myrtle Mary Asquith's LP 'Closing Time' |
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13 Sep 05 - 04:54 PM (#1562973) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Cool Beans OK, off topic, but since we're talking Bob Gibson, does anyone remember his Vermont Maid Syrup commercial? It aired the same time "Marching To Pretoria" was getting radio play. Around 1989 I got to tell him how much I liked it. A cagey old pirate who lived in a tree Loved syrup much better than golden jewelry. He buried his treasure chest out in the glade Filled with jugs of the syrup that's called Vermont Maid So learn well this lesson from my serenade: There's no finer syrup than sweet Vermont Maid It's naturally flavored with the very best grade Of real maple sugar -- that's my Vermont Maid. |
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13 Sep 05 - 10:09 PM (#1563183) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: number 6 One record that I have been searching for over the years is "Stink" by the McKenna, Mendelson Mainline. The search ended when 3 weeks ago my God Daughter (who happens to be quite a guitar player herself) came out here for a visit ... low and behold she had a pristine copy of it for me! God Bless her! sIx |
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13 Sep 05 - 10:25 PM (#1563191) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen I waited many years to get a copy of Bluebirds Over The Mountains by Ursel Hickey, and finally found a mint copy. It was the shortest record ever to reach the top 40. Small honor, I guess, but I always loved the song. Hella-Hella-Hella, Bluebirds over the mountains, Bluebirds over the sea-ee Bluebirds over the mountains Bring my baaby to me Jerry |
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14 Oct 09 - 10:44 PM (#2746179) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: GUEST,jay galloway North Korean Blues by L. Wainwright III Oh Tokyo, They got some saki, and sashimi, and some clean sheets, Oh, kimono, oh, kimono, Tokyo's the town that I love the best, East may be East, and West may be West, Forget about between, it'll drive you insane, And teach you things you never knew before. The chords start with G and alternate between G and D finger picking as you make the changes. |
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15 Oct 09 - 12:01 AM (#2746207) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: PSzymeczek Mine that are in storage in Augusta Georgia. |
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15 Oct 09 - 01:33 PM (#2746727) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Bettynh My cassette player ate my copy of "Root Crops and Ground Cover" by Metamora (though I don't think they called themselves that at the time). The cassette came packaged to look like a seed packet (kinda cute). There was a great song about the monster that was supposed to live in Lake Champlain that was later used in the background of a documentary film. Can't find it anywhere. |
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15 Oct 09 - 02:00 PM (#2746748) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Don Firth The Stranger from the Sea, by Joe Hanson. Several good songs, including the best translation from the Welsh of "Venture, Gwen" that I've ever heard. Hanson had a kind of "reedy" sounding tenor and he accompanied himself on the autoharp. "Obscurity" label, 10", LP. A web search failed to turn up the record, but I learned that Joe (Joseph) Hanson was a gay writer of mysteries (hated the term "gay," preferring straight out "homosexual") with several books out. At one time, he had a radio program entitled "The Stranger from the Sea" on which he sang folk songs. I ran across the record in a record store back in the early 1950s, listened to it, but discovered I didn't have enough money on me to buy it. When I came back the following day, someone had beat me to it. Good songs, a couple of war horses (he does "Greensleeves"), but a few songs I've never heard anywhere else. All well sung. Don Firth |
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15 Oct 09 - 05:06 PM (#2746921) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Suffet Bob Dylan, Let Me Die in My Footsteps 45 rpm single by Columbia Records. I have Happy Traum singing that song on a Broadside LP. --- Steve |
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15 Oct 09 - 10:23 PM (#2747137) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: GUEST,Gerry There's a live recording of Dylan doing Let Me Die at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rNPooTVM3Q and maybe a different version at http://www.mojvideo.com/video-bob-dylan-let-me-die-in-my-footsteps/20919031c8f4ea0c1dbd |
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18 Oct 09 - 05:59 PM (#2747501) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Gurney I'd like to get Madeleine Peyroux's first CD, but I don't think any got as far as here, and we haven't got Ebay here but an equivalent, so I think I've got no chance. There was also a talking country blues single called 'Hot Rod Jalopy' that I'd like to hear again. The Jag crashed, but the jalopy didn't. Likely story, eh? |
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18 Oct 09 - 06:21 PM (#2747515) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Bettynh Gurney, are you talking about Dreamland Looks like you can get an MP3 of it anywhere. |
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18 Oct 09 - 09:02 PM (#2747637) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Gurney There was one before that, Bettynh, according to the website. I have all the rest, including the shared CD with William Gallison. Dreamland was the first of hers that I got, almost by accident, a throwout from the local library. She's doing a tour in NZ this year, sharing with several other notable jazzy ladies. |
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18 Oct 09 - 09:03 PM (#2747639) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Charley Noble 100! Charley Noble |
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18 Oct 09 - 09:26 PM (#2747641) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen Since I started this thread, some of the records I was looking for have come out, or surfaced on ebay. Maybe I should amend the title to say Records You're Still Looking For That You Can Afford.... Jerry |
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19 Oct 09 - 09:57 AM (#2747897) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: GUEST,Edthefolkie (There's a Blue Ridge Round My Heart) "Virginia" - the version I grew up with, owned by my late mum, was a 78 from about 1930 with an absolutely superb little trumpet break at the end, positively Satchmo. "The Lass With The Delicate Air" by Mavis Bennett - again from around 1930. Originally from the period of the Beggars' Opera. It has been recorded since by Julie Andrews but errr....I don't think I want that version. One which I first heard about 1968 on John Peel's programme was "Collegiana" by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - tracked that one down on a double album called "Rare Junk" also containing the deathless "Even Fat Boys Can Make It In Santa Monica" |
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19 Oct 09 - 11:24 AM (#2747959) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: GUEST,Edthefolkie Re the above, turns out the version of "There's a Blue Ridge Round My Heart, Virginia" is in fact by the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra. No idea who's doing the "vocal refrain" but the trumpet break is by a gent called Norman Payne in the style of Bix Beiderbecke, not Louis Armstrong. And a jazz collector in Derbyshire has a copy for sale! Isn't the Web wonderful and aren't I a sad person, now to find a cheap Dansette on eBay. |
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19 Oct 09 - 11:52 AM (#2747976) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: GUEST,buspassed It totally staggers me the price some people are willing for old vinyl. I recently discovered that two much prized items in my collection, 'Bright Phoebus' and '3/4 AD' [still played regularly on an old but high quality turntable/tone arm/cartridge & stylus set-up] could prove a starting point for another pension! |
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19 Oct 09 - 11:53 AM (#2747978) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: GUEST,buspassed 'to pay' might fit in there somewhere! |
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21 Oct 09 - 06:30 PM (#2749783) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Edthefolkie "Bright Phoebus" is indeed very sought after (I wouldn't mind a copy myself). The reason WHY it's so rare is a sorry tale told many times in this part of the aether. I thought of another one. Do sleeves count? I have the Young Tradition first album bought from an emporium above Kenton station - it's never had a sleeve. Did it end up on some folk club wall? I suppose nobody does that with CD inners these days! |
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21 Oct 09 - 07:40 PM (#2749848) Subject: RE: Records you're Still Looking For From: Jerry Rasmussen In pop and rock music there's a funny inverse relationship between quality and price. It all relates to rarity. If you want to get an original 45 rpm (or even a 78 rpm) of the Penguins singing Earth Angel, you can find one at a reasonable price because it was so popular that there are a ton of copies around. The Penguins were considered "one hit wonders" even though they recorded a lot of quality material. When they signed with Mercury, their agent made it a package deal. The Penguins were on the Dootone label and there was another unknown group who were label mates. Their manager insisted that Mercury sign the other group, too or the deal was off. The other group was the Platters. Now if you want an original copy of the Penguins doing Oookey Ook in pristine condition, we might be able to do business. Jerry |