Whats on your turntable tonight?

@boxer12  -

"It looks like you have some keepers in that shed. Can I have your wife's phone number please :-) "

HA!  If my wife knew of anyone interested in my records, she'd gladly arrange to have them removed, when I'm out, of course.  Heck, she'd even stuff a locomotive horn in a box and send you off with that as well.

I have 2 more boxes to open containing stuff that hasn't seen the light of day for 30+ years.  More goodies to come....

Although, I made some rather nasty discoveries.  Termites invaded the old shed and ate through some boxes including one with records.  They devoured the jacket of one of my prized UK pressings of Pere Ubu's "Dub Housing".  To make matters worse, the critters got into the inner jacket and left trails of poop or saliva or whatever it is on the vinyl.  It is impossible to remove. 

Another rude discovery, I'd left the original shrink wrap on some records rather than getting proper outer sleeves.  What a mistake!  As the name implies, "shrink wrap" over the jackets DOES continue to shrink over time.  So, when I pull out a record with a bulging jacket, it's a sure bet the record has a mild kink.  OUCH!!  Some records respond to pressing with weight for a couple weeks, some don't.  The take away is, take the outer shrink wrap off your records as soon as you can.  Spend the money to buy proper outer jacket sleeves.

Whoever did it probably removed his own post. He probably made a mistake or an error or decided not to post whatever he wrote

@mammothguy54,

Yeah, Thunderclap Newman, a favorite from college days that got spun a lot on the independent radio station I listened to.

Where else could you hear 3 funny Brits playing almost every instrument imaginable including a kazoo. Pete Townshend (under the alias Bijou Drains) playing bass was a plus.


Speaking of Sparks, I believe I have "Kimono My House" in the shed. Allegedly the Mael Brothers, Russell and Ron, the principals of Sparks are still making music.

Sadly, not on vinyl (sacd). Though I owned each album in my youth. The search is on for replacements. These were nicely recorded.

Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years

@sourpuss123 Both of those recordings were recently released by MFSL.  Still Crazy is a one-step release.  I have them both, but haven't listened to them yet.  They may be sold out by now.