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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #420 on: December 21, 2014, 12:01:49 AM »


2. The Beach Boys - 'Pet Sounds' mono & stereo (50p)

It took me literally years to appreciate "Pet Sounds." When I first bought it I just didn't get why it was so highly praised. I gave it time, and now I
can finally appreciate it.

Sounds like you got some good deals, obs.
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #421 on: December 21, 2014, 02:36:43 AM »

It took me literally years to appreciate "Pet Sounds." When I first bought it I just didn't get why it was so highly praised. I gave it time, and now I
can finally appreciate it.

I didn't like it the first couple of times through but I kept with it and within about two weeks I was hooked. "God Only Knows" kept me coming back. Man, I love that song!
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #422 on: December 21, 2014, 08:00:28 AM »

I'm the same.
'Pet Sounds' on first play does not sound a (and I hate this term!) 'classic album' in the way that, say, 'Revolver' does.
I'd liken it to 'Astral Weeks' in that respect and possibly 'Forever Changes'.
The whole is bigger than the sum of its parts.
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #423 on: December 21, 2014, 08:32:41 AM »

Almost forgot, got 'Genesis' by The Gods from 1968 on Friday.

In the U.K. now you can get five CDs in cardboard sleeves in a series called.....erm.....'Original Album Series', usually all by one act (there is an Incredible String Band one), but sometimes under a theme.

One such is 'Psychedelia' and in my local, colossal supermarket, for only £9, you can currently get 'Genesis' (The Gods), 'Little Games' (The Yardbirds), 'July' (July), 'The Birthday Party' (Idle Race) and 'Tomorrow' (Tomorrow)....i.e. some of the rarest albums ever made in one little box sharing shelf-space with Michael Jackson and Brussels Sprouts! 

'Genesis' is the odd one out as, even though it's from 1968, it appears to have got to the Land of Prog long before anyone else had (stupidly) thought to!
 
Tricky business yer post-'Pepper' world.....real gems (Idle Race).....real oddities (the brilliant Rainbow Ffolly).....real bland proto-rock/prog (The Gods, and we can throw Led Zeppelin in here).....no wonder the 'White Album' is such a hotchpotch.

Still, at a fifth of £9 it's worth a punt and you get the other four as well.
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #424 on: December 30, 2014, 09:41:41 AM »

Cheap box.

Rather too many £1.99 purchases for my liking but.....
'Be My Baby: The Very Best of The Ronettes' (mint), 18 tracks and a nice companion to the Martha & The Vandellas set.

1. 'Strange Days' 25p
2. 'Pet Sounds' 50p
3. Martha & The Vandellas comp. £1.99
4. The Goons Singles £1.99
5. The Ronettes comp. £1.99
Total spend: £6.72
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #425 on: December 30, 2014, 04:26:38 PM »

Only a matter of time before a 'Blues Collection' CD turned up and, for £1, got the Koko Taylor edition.
Koko was a female Chicago singer, born in 1928, died 2009,

The 'Blues Collection' was a series of magazines/CDs (92 in all) which you could get in newsagents from 1992 to about 1996.

A great series, though it did blow hot and cold, it was particularly good on generic titles ('Hillbilly Blues', 'East Coast Blues'), pre-war artists, and, best of all, the Chicago guys from the 1950s (Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Little Walter).

You had to be careful though, the Muddy Waters and the John Mayall discs were live concerts from the, urgh, 1980s!

.....6. Koko Taylor - Blues Collection No. 29 - recorded 1964-69. £1, haven't played it yet, but looks mint.   
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #426 on: December 31, 2014, 06:34:37 AM »

You had to be careful though, the Muddy Waters and the John Mayall discs were live concerts from the, urgh, 1980s!


The 1980s had some redeeming qualities...


Olivia Newton John magic 1980 video



Olivia Newton-John - Physical Solid Gold 1980





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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #427 on: December 31, 2014, 07:33:11 AM »

No.

But.....far and away Olivia Newton-John's most valuable (and best) record was a one-off 45 on Decca from 1966.
'Till You Say You'll Be Mine', it's brilliant, and very, very collectable.
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« Reply #428 on: December 31, 2014, 08:12:36 AM »

But.....far and away Olivia Newton-John's most valuable (and best) record was a one-off 45 on Decca from 1966.
'Till You Say You'll Be Mine', it's brilliant, and very, very collectable.


Nice. Glad you mentioned it!

http://youtu.be/WUNN52BrE5o

It's not hard to tell who wrote it. :)

http://youtu.be/Y3URFumJw2w
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #429 on: December 31, 2014, 08:01:10 PM »

It's not hard to tell who wrote it. :)

http://youtu.be/Y3URFumJw2w


Jackie's Merseybeat band connection was strong...


The Fourmost - Till You Say You'll Be Mine

The Fourmost   1965




The Searchers - Till You Say You'll Be Mine

The Searchers   1965
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #430 on: December 31, 2014, 08:20:10 PM »

Jackie DeShannon had the most appearances on Hollywood A Go Go and was the only artist to feature the same song twice with When You Walk In The Room.  When other artists appeared on the show, the cameras frequently cut to the the Hollywood A Go Go Dancers.  When Jackie was on the show, the camera focused on her.  The reason was obvious...


Til You Say You'll Be Mine by Jackie DeShannon



When You Walk in the Room - Jackie DeShannon
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #431 on: December 31, 2014, 08:32:30 PM »

But.....far and away Olivia Newton-John's most valuable (and best) record was a one-off 45 on Decca from 1966.
'Till You Say You'll Be Mine', it's brilliant, and very, very collectable.


I've always considered this to be Olivia Newton-John's best cover...


DAVID GATES (of BREAD) performs "If" (Live in 1975)



1972 - If - Olivia Newton-John
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #432 on: December 31, 2014, 08:37:11 PM »

1970s, oldbrownshoe, but I'll concede that both started their careers in the 1960s.
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #433 on: December 31, 2014, 10:49:31 PM »

When you walk in the room - The Searchers



When You Walk In The Room - Jackie DeShannon (1964)

Jackie DeShannon in John Lennon's shirt on Hollywood A Go Go









Rickenbacker 360/12     The sound of the 60s!
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #434 on: January 01, 2015, 09:24:33 AM »

Why do you say 1970s, HG?
I've got one Olivia Newton-John record - and it's from 1966.
What she did after that is of complete indifference to me!
Grease is somewhere I go for me holidays.

(Note to self // New Year's Resolution // Better me.....etc. etc. etc.....mustn't unnecessarily slag off all the rubbish that happened after 1969.....won't call the 1970s boring.....won't call the truly dire 1980s garbage)
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #435 on: January 05, 2015, 05:41:40 PM »

Had to lurch past a vinyl fiend with a tatty copy of a Soft Cell L.P. ('Oh, exquisite taste Sir') to get No. 7 for the Charity Box.....namely 'Rockabilly Boogie' by The Johnny Burnette Trio, a 28 track compilation on the Bear Family label (a sure sign of quality).

With a 32 page booklet, this was high-end CD product in 1989 as, outside 'Sgt. Pepper's', how many other CDs back then had substantial booklets? 

Very slightly scratched but plays perfectly, cost 99p, and contains all of the 'Rock 'n' Roll Trio' L.P. from 1956.....owned by one JOHN LENNON and one of the most important, and largely unknown, records ever made.....and the various 45s released by the group.

One slight negative, and I had this on another Johnny Burnette compilation, all 28 tracks are pure Rock 'n' Roll/Rockabilly sides apart from track 28, 'Shattered Dreams', which, bizarrely, is a big band number and sounds awful!
ARRRRGGGGHHHH!

Must always remember to programme tracks 1-27 and leave the Sinatra stuff to that rocker Bono!
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #436 on: January 11, 2015, 08:15:39 AM »

New addition to 'Now! That's What I Call 'Charidee'' box.....a 1969 album on Harvest.

1. The Goons - 'Complete Singles' - £1.99p
2. Johnny Burnette Trio - 'Rockabilly Boogie' (Bear Family) - 99p
3. Billy Lee Riley - 'Red Hot' (Charly - Sun rock 'n' roller) - 99p
4. Andy Starr - 'Dig Them Squeaky Shoes' (Bear Family - more rockabilly) - 99p
5. Ray Smith - 'Shake Around' (Charly - Sun rock 'n' roller) - 99p
6. Martha & The Vandellas - 'Command Performances' (Motown) - £1.99
7. The Ronettes - 'Be My Baby' (Philles) - £1.99
8. Koko Taylor - 'Blues Collection No. 29: 1964-69' - £1.00
9. The Beach Boys - 'Pet Sounds' (mono and stereo) - 50p
10. The Doors - 'Strange Days' ('Times' freebee) - 25p
11. Michael Chapman - 'Rainmaker' (Harvest, 1969) - 99p

Total so far: £12.67
Still no Beatles.
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #437 on: January 20, 2015, 04:53:08 PM »

Re: 'Charidee' box.....turning down more stuff than is going in.

Saw 'What's Going On' for £1.99 but (a) never really cared for it, and (b) probably get it for 99p in the next couple of months anyway.

Also £1.99 - 'Who's Next' (don't like it, I'll wait for 'Sell Out') and 'Transformer' (don't like it, I'll wait for the Velvet Underground stuff - 'Nico' is bound to show soon).

Finally, though, some Beatles! - '1', the one Beatles CD that was bound to appear, for £1.99 which I might go back for, but opted for the one that I didn't expect to see.....

12. and 13. The Beatles - 'Live at the BBC', the 1994 version - £2.99.

Total so far: 13 CDs......£15.66.
Still, surprisingly, no modern jazz or Dylan.
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #438 on: January 22, 2015, 08:32:41 AM »

Re: 'Charidee' box.

Quite pleased to get an Ace CD, probably the best reissue (and therefore, by definition, 'the best') label in the world.
14. 'Miami Rockin' Doo-Wop from the Chart label' for £1.99.

Ace do these reissues so well that it's a pity that, amongst others, The Rolling Stones (especially), The Who and, 'Live at the BBC' Vols. 1 & 2 notwithstanding, The Beatles haven't called on their services.   

Total so far: 14 CDs.....£17.65. Must get a few more 49p jobs to bring the average down to nearer £1.
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Re: Recently Bought C.D.'s
« Reply #439 on: January 23, 2015, 12:49:42 AM »

I'm waiting patiently for this gem to come from England...


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