OK, back to the same shop that was selling the Pioneer...All the audio goodies were moved as they are renovating that section of the thrift store...But, what did I find??? At least, 20 boxes of records on the floor, on a table and under the regular record bins...I must have picked almost 50 albums out of the pile a couple days back! I call it an early Christmas present to myself! In any case, these are some of what I found...50 cents each again!
1. TERRY KNIGHT & THE PACK Terry Knight & The Pack (Lucky Eleven) (You may know these guys as an early incarnation of Grand Funk Railroad!)
2. DICK CLARK Dick Clark In Hollywood (Radio Show) (United Stations Radio Networks) (This looks like a series of interviews from 1989 that Dick Clark did with Paul Linke, Robert Englund, Yakov Smirnoff, Malcolm Jamal-Warner, impressionist Fred Travalena, Brandon Tartikoff and Bobcat Goldthwait...The record includes all commercials and the cue sheet!)
3. "Conversa-Phone's Vocabulary Builder" LP (Conversa-Phone) (As the album says "Word Power Is Your Passport To Earning Power, Social Power and Creative Power")
4. JOE SOUTH Don't It Make You Want To Go Home (Capitol) (This one still has the K-Mart sticker and features his hits "Children" and "Walk A Mile In My Shoes"...)
5. SANTO AND JOHNNY Off Shore With Santo & Johnny (Canadian-American)
6. SANTO AND JOHNNY Encore (Canadian-American)
7. DAVID JONES David Jones (Colpix) (This was the Monkees frontman's solo album from the 60's featuring his versions of "It Ain't Me Babe" and "My Dad"...)
8. LIVING STRINGS, LIVING MARIMBAS, LIVING VOICES, LIVING JAZZ, LIVING GUITARS, ETC. Super Hits Of The 70's (RCA) (Compilation of 70's tunes with a spaced-out cover!)
9. NANCY WILSON The Nancy Wilson Show! (Capitol) (I didn't have this live one from the Cocoanut Grove and in honor of her recent passing, it's a good one!)
10. SOUNDS ORCHESTRAL Cast Your Fate To The Wind (Parkway) (A better copy!)
11. PAM RUSSO A Girl Like Me (4th & B'Way) (I took a chance on this one...Maybe decent 80's pop? It looks like some freestyle in the Lisa Lisa-Sweet Sensation-Seduction vein)
12. GIL TRYTHALL Switched On Nashville: Country Moog (Athena) (I have the album cover, but this time I have the album and I love unusual Moog stuff...)
13. VARIOUS ARTISTS Down A Country Road (Columbia House) (Collection of classic country)
14. LORNE GREENE Young At Heart (RCA Victor) (The star of "Bonanza" sings Frank Sinatra!)
15. MINNIE PEARL America's Beloved Minnie Pearl (Starday) (I bought this in honor of my dad who loved Minnie Pearl's comedy...She was (and is) after all, Grand Ole Opry's "Giddy-Up Go Girl"!)
16. VARIOUS ARTISTS Stay Awake: Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films (A&M) (This 1988 compilation features Suzanne Vega singing the title track from "Mary Poppins", Sinead O'Connor doing "Someday My Prince Will Come", Harry Nilsson doing "Zip-A-Dee Doo Dah" and Ringo Starr performing...what else..."When You Wish Upon A Star", for starters!)
17. THE FUNKY WORMS The Funky Worm (Atlantic) (Another album I took a chance on...Some 80's house music...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6qBh6pij3Y )
18. THE FATBACK BAND Keep On Steppin' (Event) (I know them for the great funky tune "I Found Lovin'" (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F13DA0h5EQ4), but this one looks pretty good, too!...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFR5_u17K1c )
19. LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS The Best Of The Best Of "Little" Jimmy Dickens (Gusto) (Well, it's worth it for this one alone...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkgkWpyVLfg )
20. VARIOUS ARTISTS Up Tight On Fifth Ave. (Columbia Special Products) (Compilation featuring Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, The Cyrkle, Percy Sledge, Ramsey Lewis and more!)
21. WILLIAM STEINBERG AND THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Pickwick 33) Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik & Handel: Water Music Suite
22. THE BANGLES The Real World EP (I.R.S.) (5-song EP of good stuff...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sXNBvnmtu0 )
23. VARIOUS ARTISTS Stauffer Chemical Co. compilation "You And Stauffer Making Good Things Grow" (Stauffer)(Country comp featuring classics from Johnny Cash, Don Gibson, Skeeter Davis, Eddy Arnold, Hank Snow and more!)
24. BILLY MURE Billy Mure's Supersonic Guitars (MGM) (I have the album cover again, but I didn't have the album, so now I do...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mYh0oZvinM )
25. VARIOUS ARTISTS American Hot Wax Soundtrack (A&M) (How many remember this early film with Jay Leno? :-k The soundtrack is a better copy than the one I have!)
26. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN Heaven Up Here (Sire) (I haven't been much a fan of them, but if all else fails, I know someone who is!)
27. THE WHO Odds And Sods (MCA) (A better copy of this record!)
28. GEORGE JONES & TAMMY WYNETTE Golden Ring (Epic) (I saw a few of their records, but only picked up ones I needed in better condition...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9KniULwvjE )
29. ROY CLARK The Incredible Roy Clark (Dot) (I bought this one, too, in honor of Roy, who we lost this year...We'll remember the good times indeed!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSDYBTJ6oDE )
30. ROY CLARK The Everlovin' Soul Of Roy Clark (Dot) (Another good'un!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_qAXgz7s_w )
31. VARIOUS ARTISTS Vol. 1: 20 Chartstoppers (Salem Select Distributors) (Compilation featuring James Brown, The Joe Jeffrey Group, The Glass Bottle, Jim Stover, Lobo, Morning Mist and more rarities...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTOL2tE9pEQ )
32. SANTO AND JOHNNY Come On In (Canadian-American)
33. SANTO AND JOHNNY Hawaii (Canadian-American)
34. THE WONDERBALL DISCO ORCHESTRA Spaced Out Disco Fever (Wonderland) (A lot of space film themes and other 70's tracks...)
35. VARIOUS ARTISTS The Roots Of Rock N' Roll (Fairway) (2-LP Compilation of early R&B tunes from Ruth Brown, Big Mama Thornton, The Midnighters, Flamingos, Orioles, John Lee Hooker and more!)
36. GORDON LIGHTFOOT The Best Of Gordon Lightfoot (United Artists) (I bought this one for "Black Day In July", which I didn't have on vinyl...The song is about the 60's Detroit riots...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPXL3iEVnCM )
37. SYLVIA Drifter (RCA) (I have an old cassette tape of this, but it's nice to have on vinyl...My parents loved her music, but dad was more into the country side of her, while mom loved "Nobody"...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_a3gSyAk5A )
38. VARIOUS ARTISTS Big John (RCA Special Products) (Dad also loved snowmobiles (He had a Ski-Doo), so I was stoked to find this country promotional compilation for John Deere snowmobiles...)
39. VARIOUS ARTISTS Dimension '77 (Kimbo Educational Records)
40. GALLERY Gallery Featuring Jim Gold (Sussex) (Thought I'd take a chance on this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnctn_-q5pw ...I know "I Believe In Music" and "It's So Nice To Be With You"...Detroit group, too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cFm2a5vykc )
41. GALLERY Nice To Be With You (Sussex) (Same as above...Still has the K-Mart sticker on it!)
42. THE OSMONDS Crazy Horses (Polydor) (You guys need to hear this one, if you haven't!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXcj8dFOd1E )
43. THE COWSILLS The Best Of The Cowsills (MGM) (I have their studio LP's, but it's nice to have a best-of compilation!)
44. RAY STEVENS The Feeling's Not Right Again (Warner Bros.) (He had a "streak" of hits in the 70's and this one is another interesting one from him...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw8Eu1Wa7yM )
45. GEORGE JONES All Time Greatest Hits Volume 1 (Epic) (My very FIRST cassette tape, and one I never pass up on vinyl when I see it! I am also reminded of my dad, who loved George's music!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEj0juZshVI )
There were a few more odd albums that will be going to friends who I think will appreciate them, but those are just some more of the ones I'd found on the cheap! :D