What in Analogue Have You Bought Today?

[stevoz]

I had to buy another copy of this as the last one got cancelled and refunded 'due to being sold or unavailable'. Sheese, these sellers who aren't organised stock wise!

 

Anyway, this time via Ebay, Starcastle "Fountains Of Light" Oz 1st pressing, graded excellent but seller claims 'rarely played'. Fingers crossed on this one.

 

[Tony Cox]

4 hours ago, stevoz said:

 

Well done Tony! I suppose it pays to have a number of decent record stores to peruse. Perseverance has definitely paid off!

 

Thanks Steve. I reckon anyone who spends a few hours a week flicking through record racks and crates keeps a kind of browsing history in a part of the brain that gives us a good idea of the likelihood of a record we suddenly we decide we want being out there somewhere! I was pretty confident with this one. 

[stevoz]

2 hours ago, Tony Cox said:

 

Thanks Steve. I reckon anyone who spends a few hours a week flicking through record racks and crates keeps a kind of browsing history in a part of the brain that gives us a good idea of the likelihood of a record we suddenly we decide we want being out there somewhere! I was pretty confident with this one. 

 

Your visiting Chapel Street Bazaar today got me visiting mine (the Vintage Bazaar) this afternoon and I found this:

 

10CC "Live And Let LIVE" Oz 1st pressing, 2 x LP, appears NM for $20. Will play it later this evening....after a movie of course!

 

[Tony Cox]

1 hour ago, stevoz said:

 

Your visiting Chapel Street Bazaar today got me visiting mine (the Vintage Bazaar) this afternoon and I found this:

 

10CC "Live And Let LIVE" Oz 1st pressing, 2 x LP, appears NM for $20. Will play it later this evening....after a movie of course!

 

 

Good score.   That's one I don't see often.

[xtiva2000]

few LP from Discogs Germany... 5 weeks to get here... 3 weeks for seller to ship.. 2 weeks for shipping

 

 

 

 

[muzzagruzz]

On 11/3/2024 at 4:42 PM, Tony Cox said:

Inspired by the always inspiring @April Snow who has long championed these great Aussie pressings, I set out to add to my collection of three Maxicut records (Dire Straits and the Stones), all of which came out tops when compared to the UK and Japanese originals I had.

Being Melbourne, there are record shops galore with crates to dig to your heart's content, and I managed to add a whole heap of titles to the collection in just 3 or 4 outings over the past week and a half.

I have actually played them all in that time, and I'm happy to say they're all 'keepers' - although the Smokie compilation 'All The Best' remains elusive and now tops my 'holy grail' wants list!  I won't resort to Discogs just yet - it's lurking out there somewhere, I know it!

 

Bob Seger’s ‘The Distance’ is my favourite of his and I reckon it’s his finest hour. I have an original 1982 pressing, bought when it came out.

[vinilink]

On 12/03/2024 at 6:47 PM, Tony Cox said:

Then this afternoon this happened.

 

After lunch in Prahran I popped into Chapel Street Bazaar and dug into a few crates scattered around the joint, and lo and behold, look what I found!

 

Both are Maxicuts and both records are NM (from different stalls). That was enough good fortune for me for one day, so I headed home wondering how I'd ended up being excited by an 80s Sir Cliff record (@ $18, incidentally), but my elation was justified when I played it later. It may be the best sounding Maxicut of them all - and depsite the unmistakably 80s production, it's a very listenable album all the way through, so a win on that one. 

 

As for Smokie - all's well that ends well is all I'm going to say about that, other than it being another really enjoyable, great sounding Maxicut marvel! 

 

 

The Smokie All the best was the my very purchase vinyl in late 70s when I was a late teen  with 3 in 1 Grundig hifi system 

 

[Rustee]

Picked up another Lenco. This one will be for my son. Will be a nice resto we can do together.

 

 

 

[stevoz]

I am weak.....just now via Discogs, Foreigner "Records", a 'best of', NM Oz 1st pressing, die cut gatefold sleeve at a very reasonable price.

 

[Tony Cox]

7 hours ago, muzzagruzz said:

Bob Seger’s ‘The Distance’ is my favourite of his and I reckon it’s his finest hour. I have an original 1982 pressing, bought when it came out.

 

It's a killer album, and the opener ''Even Now' is Seger belting one out like only he (or Springsteen) can, full of that highly charged 'blue collar' emotional energy that is his trademark.  Stirring stuff, and along with the live 'Hollywood Nights' from 'Nine Tonight' my joint favourite Bob Seger track. Side two is strong throughout as well.

 

"She gets to me - somehow -

Even now"

 

[Tony Cox]

6 hours ago, vinilink said:

The Smokie All the best was the my very purchase vinyl in late 70s when I was a late teen  with 3 in 1 Grundig hifi system 

 

 

My first bit of serious audio gear was a Grundig as well. One just like this one. 

 

 

 

 

[ray4410]

[gasman1003]

A couple of simple, yet essential items arrived today:

 

 

A new Thorens turntable belt and replacement cleaning fluid for my Flux HiFi Ultrasonic Stylus Cleaner.

 

I quite like the much larger bottle of fluid and dropper, not cheap but lasts an awful long time.

Edited March 14, 2024 by gasman1003

[gasman1003]

This also arrived today.

 

I buy virtually no singles, but when it's a new one by Martha I make an exception.

 

 

Martha - Is Tomorrow Just A Day Like All The Rest?

Big Scary Monsters Records, UK & Europe, 2024, BSM 341

275609H1/A

275609H2/A

 

Edited March 14, 2024 by gasman1003

[dcmutt]

Great Aussie Garage Rock

Lots of fun to listen to

[gasman1003]

 

A pack of MoFi master sleeves and the new LP by the wonderful John Smith.

[stevoz]

Saw @April Snow's post re: spinning this....I do love the title track, like love it and was convinced that it was on one of the Joan albums I already own...but no, it can't be, it's this albums title track......but it is so familiar to me. I have to have it, so Discogs offered me a bargain copy. My 10th Armatrading LP.

 

Joan Armatrading "The Shouting Stage" NM German 1st pressing.

 

[xtiva2000]

From Discogs AU - Glenn Gould playing Harpsichord 

 

[Almaz]

This arrived on Friday. I don’t know what the consensus is about this MoFi pressing. To my ears it sounds like a success for MoFi.

It never ceases to amaze me what a diamond tip running around the groves of a piece of round vinyl can produce. Great hobby, always learning every day, then you have nights like this. Valves are at a three hour glow, how good.
 

 

Edited March 24, 2024 by Almaz

[stevoz]

Just now via Discogs, Deep Purple "In Rock" NM 1970 German repress from an Aussie seller. Been wanting this for awhile now so it's about time.

 

 

Also, today at Aldi.....absolutely nothing to do with music but @April Snow might be interested in buying one!:

 

Apologies for photo size....and damn it, I can't find Wally in the crowd illustration on the actual mug!

 

[April Snow]

10 minutes ago, stevoz said:

Just now via Discogs, Deep Purple "In Rock" NM 1970 German repress from an Aussie seller. Been wanting this for awhile now so it's about time.

 

 

 

Also, today at Aldi.....absolutely nothing to do with music but @April Snow might be interested in buying one!:

 

Apologies for photo size....and damn it, I can't find Wally in the crowd illustration on the actual mug!

 

 

hahhahaaa love it - that is freaking fantastic !!!!!!!  you made me laugh so hard  

 

 

Edited March 25, 2024 by April Snow

[stevoz]

26 minutes ago, April Snow said:

hahhahaaa love it - that is freaking fantastic !!!!!!!  you made me laugh so hard  

 

 

 

Mission accomplished.

[stevoz]

I was driving past my local 'Vintage Bazaar' which was on my left earlier this afternoon and I knew I shouldn't be tempted to make that left turn and that I should  instead turn right for home.....but of course I turned left!

 

Ten Years After "The Classic Performances Of" Oz 1st pressing.....looks NM....$20. Excited by this one, will give it a listen tonight (after a movie of course!)

 

 

Santana "Zebop!" Oz 1st pressing....also looks in very good nick. I've never heard this album but I do like Santana and at $10, I thought 'why not?'.

 

Mastered at A & M by BG with lacquer cut by Aussie Tony Taurins at CBS Artarmon. Should sound nice.

 

 

 

Edited March 26, 2024 by stevoz

[xtiva2000]

Couple of LP from Discogs AU seller. Mint but without any pop and noise 

 

 

[Hydrology]

A "tiny" bit of crate-digging in Shimokitazawa on Sunday...