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Curiously Common Records

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Ambien Gnome

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Not necessarily just common records, but common records which, to you, seem like they shouldn't be common. I'm talking about used records.

Here's a few for me:

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Promo only 10in red vinyl for Idlewild. This is EEVVVEEERRRYYYWWHHEERREE. How? Why?

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EEEVVVEEEERRRYYYWWHHEEEEERRRRREEE!!!!
Always trashed, but this record I swear is in every used record store in the world. Why? Was it a huge seller? Seems strange.

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I have to nominate Jackson Browne, Running on Empty. I have seen that album so many times at so many different thrift stores. Not even mentioning the record stores.
 
In 40+ years of collecting, I've NEVER seen that Outkast record.... any Outkast on vinyl for that matter. Where are you located?

I assume this is the Atlanta Rap band Outkast?
 
Yes, the rap group.
I'm in Phoenix.
I see this so often in the used bins.
Finally picked it up for $2 just because I'm a fan.
There's always one on ebay for 99 cents as well.
 
This is interesting, and I am sure varies vastly from region to region.

Here in Brooklyn there is a ton of old R&B, Hip Hop, and Jazz. Most common would be Sugar Hill Gang 12 inches.
 
Ten Years After was big back in the late sixties-early seventies so yes, the Ssssh album sold big.

Probably played at A LOT of parties too which explains the trashedness of a lot of them.

My copy, however, is pretty pristine.

Doug
 
jgordon said:
Where in BK? I love old hip hop and jazz.
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Fort Greene area, of course. Lots of second hand stores - mostly clothing, tons of shoes, a couple toasters, and usually 50-100 records in the corner somewhere. If you catch them at the right time you'll get some real gems, including old hip-hop demo 12-inches that (now famous) artists were passing out on Fulton St. Most were on cassette, but they pressed some for DJs of course.

At least that's this white boy's understanding. :) But if you're into Talib Kweli, Biggie Smalls, ODB, Mos Def, or Chubb Rock, this is your place.
 
Ambien Gnome said:
Not necessarily just common records, but common records which, to you, seem like they shouldn't be common. I'm talking about used records.

Here's a few for me:

41926026.jpg

Promo only 10in red vinyl for Idlewild. This is EEVVVEEERRRYYYWWHHEERREE. How? Why?

Ten-Years-After-Ssssh-296842.jpg

EEEVVVEEEERRRYYYWWHHEEEEERRRRREEE!!!!
Always trashed, but this record I swear is in every used record store in the world. Why? Was it a huge seller? Seems strange.

Add on!
Happy Holidays!
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I've never seen either of those.
 
Sam Cogley said:
I've never seen either of those.
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Neither have I:scratch2:

I'll say that i've seen a couple copies of U2's "under a blood red sky" single floating around, which I find odd, as I beleive it's on a full album as well, and it may have been a limited release or something.

Nothing to uncommon/common at the thrifts otherwise beside the usual suspects.
 
I wish I could find that 10 years after album here! The one I've seen about 20 billion copies of is Barbara Streisand's Kristofferson or whatever. Pretty much everywhere I go, sometimes multiple copies at the same place. I got excited that I found a Lovin Spoonfull album at a GW here only to find there was no record in the sleeve. They performed at Woodstock along with 10 years after and I don't see much of either of those bands' music in any format.
 
George Micheal's Faith (1987), it was a bestselling album, yet I can not find a copy of Graceland at thrift stores and that sold even better?!
 
Appreciated. Kwelli's not really my thing, but I'd love to get my hands on some NAS, Biggie, Gang Starr, Wu Tang and Mobb Deep. Have not had good luck finding hip hop on vinyl. I found Black on Both Sides at a thrift in Chelsea, mint condition for $0.50. THat was sweet.

stencil said:
Fort Greene area, of course. Lots of second hand stores - mostly clothing, tons of shoes, a couple toasters, and usually 50-100 records in the corner somewhere. If you catch them at the right time you'll get some real gems, including old hip-hop demo 12-inches that (now famous) artists were passing out on Fulton St. Most were on cassette, but they pressed some for DJs of course.

At least that's this white boy's understanding. :) But if you're into Talib Kweli, Biggie Smalls, ODB, Mos Def, or Chubb Rock, this is your place.
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At the thrift shops I see tons of "soft rock" from the 70's. Man I'll bet that even the people that liked that music back then wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole now!
 
Shaun Cassidy, Anne Murray, Tons of Babs, Slim Whitman (I never thought he was real!) Dan Fogelberg (which I think is a bit strange, but it's allowed me to have a near prfect copy of most all of his albums), Kenny Rogers..the list is huge. Yet finding, say, clean copies of Three Dog Night, which was a monstrous group in the 70s, is near impossible. I found a sealed copy of one of their worst albums, near the end of their career (Cyan) and besides bad music a horrible mastering and recording job. Big disappoint, but can't get to upset over 50 cents. Was at a thrift today, and found 12 or so albums in near mint, including a 3DN live album, Thick as a Brick, a Jeff Starship and a C,S &N, so it was a good day. All were owned by the same person, very clean, vinyl not exposed so it could roll out, then I saw a Lovin Spoonful, some Beatles, some M&Ps, great late 60s, early 70s, but it was all trashed. Not the same owner, just right after the good ones..
 
Different discs were popular in different places. I think between the vinyl dealers that are paying off the help, and the odd young hipster skimming for their own collection, we get very little decent rock/pop stuff in the thrifts. The usual suspects are Glen Campbell, Ray Conniff, Herb Alpert, and general adult stuff from the 60s and 70s. Even Tom Jones has dried up, and you used to find that everywhere. As far as used record shops, you see everything. You no longer find really desireable old school stuff coming in. You get some repressing things, but no clean original pressings unless it is the odd stick. And for the odd one that comes in, you can expect to pay a good amount.

That being said, the really peculiar or rare lp that shows up in the thrift shop is one that they overlooked, so it doesn't cost much. They get beat to hell Beatles records that are worth 50 cents and throw $10 on them, and the rare RnB disc gets tagged a buck and you can flip it on ebay for substantially more. You take the good with the bad.
 
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