2013 Official Year End Roundup

[EXPO67]

To be honest I dramatically cut down on my 45 habit and was selectively concentrating on acquiring folk-rock and psych 45s during 2013. I also started buying LPs again after a 5/6 year break!

WCPAEB - 'Transparent Day'
WCPAEB - 'Shifting Sands'
DISRAELI - 'Tomorrow's Day'
FLAVOR - 'Heart Teaser'
WE THE PEOPLE - 'When I Arrive'
BEATEN PATH - 'Doctor Stone'
SURFARIS - 'Hey Joe'
SPARROW - 'Isn't It Strange'
SPARROW - 'Green Bottle Lover'
LEATHER BOY - 'Jersey Thursday'
DRIVING STUPID - 'Horror Asparagus Stories'
PLYMOUTH ROCKERS - 'Don't Say Why'
GURUS - 'Come Girl' (Italian pic sleeve)
SHEPPARDS - 'Poor Man's Thing'
DEL SHANNON - 'Move It On Over'
MUSIC MACHINE - 'The Eagle Never Hunts The Fly'
TEARS - 'Weatherman'
CLEAR LIGHT - 'Night Sounds Loud'
BILL SODEN - 'Rainy Day'
KEITH GREEN - 'L.A. Smog Song'
GROWING SOCIETY - 'The Red Fuzz'
CHILDREN - 'Enough Of What I Need'
BLUE THINGS - 'Orange Rooftop Of Your Mind'
WIG/WAGS - 'I'm On My Way Down The Road'
DEL SHANNON - 'Gemini'
MUSIC EMPORIUM - 'Nam Myo Ho Renge Kyo'
SURF SUNS - 'I Can't Stop It Now'
WRENCH - 'The Day Is Hard'
EPICS - 'Louie Come Home'
PERILS - 'Hate'
CENTURYS - 'And I Cried'
RAIK'S PROGRESS - 'Sewer Rat Love Chant'
RONNIE MICHAELS - 'All Night Long'
SOULBENDERS - 'Hey Joe'
SURFARIS - 'Search'
STORYBOOK PEOPLE - 'Afternoon Glare'
CHAPARRAL TRIO - 'Roxanne'
HIGHER ELEVATION - 'Odyssey'
JURY - 'Who Dat?'
ROGUES - 'Wanted Dead Or Alive'
LONDON KNIGHTS - 'Go To Him'

Plus many others.

I filled some holes in my UK collection including items by Tomorrow, Pink Floyd, Who, Them, Skip Bifferty, Bo Street Runners, Zombies, Living Daylights, Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, Smoke, Kippington Lodge, Misunderstood, Gun, Masterminds, Californians, Fleur de Lys, Action, Boys, Calum Bryce, Turnstyle, Tickle,

My favourite 45 I bought this year is The Surfaris - 'Search'
Thanks to Mans for hipping me onto a seller for this one.

 

[nadorozny2001]

off the top of my head-
the zoo -i cry & six miles from the cage 45's
the eyes- arrival of the eyes ep
birds-next in line 45
just us-i don't love you anymore
bryan neale & the checkmates manhunter ep
the cyclones-the dew ep
straydogs-mum's too pampering 45
and a bunch more that i can't remember
oh also d'surfers lp
the celtics-seven 0 seven lp
orly ilicad & the ramrods- sounds 66 lp
last three are from the philippines & quite good
also a craigslist ad that had
los walkers 1st lp & walking up
los teen tops first lp
los in-action lp
& a cartoon caricture of los shakers !! framed

 

[bosshoss]

That's an incredible list Monster Mike.

"The Souls Of Death Row"...what is that?

 

[Monster Mike]

That's an incredible list Monster Mike.

"The Souls Of Death Row"...what is that?

Thanks Boss! I only use the proceeds from selling records to fund my hobby/addiction, so it took a massive amount hustle and LOTS of luck. Lots more I didn't have time to mention as there's always a kid tugging on my pant leg as I type. Lol

I posted a clip of The SODR in the secret society section. Had planned on putting a comp together early next year, but instead let Mr. Warren use most of the stuff for future releases.

 

[MopTopMike]

My top TBM rated gains for 2013:

Blox "Hangin' Out" VG+
Cicadelics "We're Gonna Love This Way" M-
Monstabuckings "Love Fever" VG++
Knights Bridge Quintet "Sorrow In C Major" VG++
Hotbeats "Listen" unplayed!
One Of Ours "Feel The Pain" VG

 

[bosshoss]

I posted a clip of The SODR in the secret society section.

Thanks Mike. That'll teach me for not logging in when I'm browsing.

 

[mansson66]

Here are a bunch more from this year...

Surfaris – Search
Mojos – What She’s Done To Me / Go
Electric Prunes – Ain’t It Hard / Little Olive
Brass Buttons – Hell Will Take Care Of Her
Sound Sandwich – Apothecary Dream
Jake Holmes – Dazed and Confused (The 45! only took me a few years...)
Off-Set – Xanthia (Lisa)
Clouds – Visions
Guess Who – Clock On The Wall
Raga & the Talas – My Group and Me
Just Luv – Valley Of Hate
Outsiders – And Now You Want My Sympathy
Finestuff – I Want You / Big Brother
Oxfords – Time and Place
Vejtables – Shadows / Feel The Music
Bubble Puppy – Beginning
Kak – Rain (1st, non LP 45)
Hides – Don’t Be Difficult
Denims – I’m Your Man
Boys From New York City – I’m Down Girl
Harry Hellings & the Radials – Tale Of A Crystal Ship
Malibu’s – Cry
Knights Of The Road – The Color Of Dream
English Setters – It Shouldn’t Happen To A Dog
Seeds – Bad Part Of Town
Luv'd Ones - Up Down Sue
Ron Wray Light Show – Speed
Legend – Enjoy Yourself / Portrait Of Youth
Heard – Stop It Baby
Intruders – Bringin’ Me Down
Chocolate Watchband – Misty Lane

Jesters Of Newport - Stormy
Outsiders - Inside Of Me / On My Magic Carpet (IMO one of the best Swedish 60's '45s)
Sharon Tandy (& Les Fleur De Lys) - Hold On
...I bought
Bonnie St. Claire - Surrender
as a xmas gift for my girlfriend. The 70's pressing. Much more powerful mastering job than the 60's pressing


...there's been more + my girlfriend's buying 45s too...
Her biggest ones this year are probably
Victoire Scott - 4eme Dimension
Ronnie Bird - Sad Soul / Rain In The City
Les Marquis - Fire Horses
The Famous Crew - A Painting On The Wall
Traffic Sound - Meshkalina
...and a bunch more, mostly French, with names that escape me. Great stuff though.

 

[sonnyboypaco]

Not at home right now. I need some time to list this years' purchases... but it's been a pretty good year by my standards - I've been able to fill a few gaping holes in the collection + some nice surprises as well. Just a coupla weeks ago I picked up a M- Rogues - You Better Look Now / Train... here in Stockholm of all places... not a cheapo score but a good price for such a clean copy
A coupla more from the top off my head...

Third Bardo - Five Years Ahead Of My Time
Groupies - Primitive
Tree - No Good Woman
Beaux Jens - She Was Mine
Run-a-Rounds - I Couldn't Care Less
Expedition To Earth - Expedition To Earth

...more to come...

Really green with envy right now...

 

[sonnyboypaco]

Been on a tight budget throughout the whole year, so I had to cherry-pick what to buy/bid for/… Hopefully, there’s some prospect of my getting some top wants in the near future hee hee…

*The Roots “It’s been a long journey” (Brownfield)
*The Sunsets “The hot generation” (Festival)
*Vincent Oddo “Tripsey” (J-2 Records)
*Topsy Turbys, The “Hey tiger” / “Snake woman” (Liberty Bell)
*The Quests “Shadows in the night” / “I’m tempted” (Fenton) [unplayed!]
*Plastik Peeple “Wait” (Sanfris)
*The Stumps “Think of the good times” (Boyd)
*The Band of Wynand “Day-time, nite-time” (Gemini)
*Veil “Something’s wrong” (Track VIII)
*Hot Coffee “Cheatin' On Me” / “Some Day You Will Die” (Plamie)
*Crystal Rain “You and me” / “World on fire” (Dynamic Sound)
*The Malibus “Cry” (Planet)
*The Malibus “Cry” (Malibu)
*Weird Street Carnival “The inner truth”/ “The subterranean edible fungus” (Copra)
*The Cobras “Try” / “Good bye” (Milky Way)
*Thee Sixpence “ Fortune Teller” / “My Flash On You” (Dot)
*The Run-A-Rounds “Couldn’t care less” (Manel)
*The Go-Betweens “Have you for my own” (Cheer)
*Canterbury Fair “Song on a May morning” / “Days I love” (Koala)
*Strange Fate “Hold me baby” / “Love is like” (Continental American Recordings)
*MIKE OGILVIE & THE BLUES OF PURPLE "Miss Dove" (Sandal Wood)
*The Pussy Group “Come back June” (Saint Martin Record)
*Keith Field “Stop! Thief” (Polydor)
*The Legay “No one” (Fontana)
*The Voids “Come On Out” / “I'm In A Fix” (Polydor)
*Obsession of Sound “Set your mind free” / “Visions of soul” (Clear Hill)
*The Outsiders “You remind me” / “I don’t care” (Polydor)
*Kings “Fathers name is dad” (Montana)
*Bryan & The Brunelles “Jacqueline” / “Louie Louie” (HMV)
*The Same People “Don Nadie soy” (Odeon)

 

[Mr.Segment]

Right. 2013. Yet another year I wasn't supposed to spend too much money on records. But judging on previous posts in this thread, I had a slow year! Good to see so many of you really having a ball in 2013.

I bought a shitload of 45s this year, but thankfully most of them were under $100. Some of my kids needs to move out before this will change. Which is perhaps a good thing. Either way.

So here is my top three US garage acquisitions from this past year

Numero uno by a long shot is this one.

Cirkit w/PS.

Had the PS, needed the 45. Now they are (for the first time) back together! Good times were had by all.

Pastels: What can I say (Century)

Top want moody killer! Looks a bit rough but plays VG+(+). Which one came first, the one with or without the Century logo? Now I only miss Circuit Breaker...which I believe will be a tad harder to score.

The Coachmen: Drambuie (Century)

Very pleased with this VG++ copy. First heard by me on TS, seemed impossible to find (pre-eBay mindset)

The rest is a bit of a blur, but here is a rough list of memorable purchases

Trackers: You afre my world (Landa) Surely a recent quantity find?
Golliwogs: Brown-eyed girl (Scorpio)
Patriots: What a drag it is (Murbo)
Wyld: Lost One (Charay)
Yesterday's Obsession: The Phycle (Pacemaker)
Marilyn Mattson: He means so much to me (Allied)
Palace Guards: Better things to do (U-Doe) VG++ upgrade
Johnny Nitzinger: Plastic window (Soft)
Plymouth Rockers: Roll over Stephen Foster (Plymouth)
Underground balloon Corps.: (Heart) Made of soul (Scope)
Perils: Hate (Velva)
Canadian Rogues: Run and hide (Paris Tower) + picture insert
Frisco Mint (Eastwood)
Disraeli (several)
Music Machine: Talk talk (on first label design)
Bill Hjerpe, Innkeepers, Interpreters, Disraeli, Warmest Spring, Flameouts: all with PS
Illusions: I know (A.C.P.)
MC5: Looking at you (A2) No PS...sob
Breakers: Don't send me no flowers.. (Amy)
Music Emporium: Nam myo... (Sentinel)
Fonograf Four: You're not foolin me (Recettsic)
Joey Gee & the Come-Ons: She's mean (Sara)
Eliminators: She's alright (no label)
Palace Guard: Greed (Parkway)

++++

Did a nice sweep of UK 45 staples I missed from the Who, Kinks, Stones, Them, Animals, Poets+++

Top of the heap for me being a more or less M- copy of this, first heard on the AIP Freakbeat series (early 90s) and finally mine. This has a really strong production, squeaky clean pressing with that amazing laid-back attitude really coming through strong! (sorry for the Les harris'ish scan! Dunno what happened there..

And let's not forget the wonderful world of obscure US hard rock/rural/stoner/basement jam 45s, shall we!
Damn hard to come by and still really a relatively obscure field of collecting. Doesn't seem to be much sharing of information going around. So this year, three 45s really stood out.

Number one by a f****n' long-shot!

Free Flight: All your love (RM)

Simply the greatest 45 from the 70s I've heard since discovering Volt Rush Band. Like an early 70s version of a well-groomed Misfits. That's what springs to my mind anyway. And really great background vocals I did not notice at all when listening to the rough mp3 cut from the auction. Desert island record.

2. Buck: Long hot highway (Silk Banana)

Bonus find of 2013! While slowly browsing myself to death, hundreds and hundreds of pages, testing every stupid keyword I can think of. This appeared. On the last page. I could not believe my ears. Or eyes. Buck; though left a smile on my face that saved the later half of 2013. Both aurally and, ehm, visually. Dry, hard rockin' but smooth, and with a raw fresh sound. Just how we like it!

The boys!

3. Southern Raleway: Lonely man (Harvest)

May not have bought this in 2013. But certainly rediscovered this year! Originally bought after hearing a soundclip of the OK'ish rockin' flip, I played the the b-side sometime this year in a good and comfy red-wine haze and got blown away! What we have here is the perfect underground power ballad! A must-hear. A perfect companion to the already grailish Petroc and Pals 45 on Bootleg. I need to make a comp of these sort of songs for those who care as much as me

Honourable mention goes out to In-Sex (Hammer), Supachief, Zapata (Metro-Dome), Derringer (Burr), Fingers (Police) and Dokken (Hard)(yes, Don Dokken...)

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Been a barren year for original promo photos. Closest I got was this. Although it is a nice period piece!

Got lucky on a M-'ish BIn of this and now only need the Minit version...

Scanning central in the underground bunker

Getting back to an alphabetized system and more and better shelving is a huge priority in 2014.

From me and Rick (R.I.P.): Have a jolly New Year's Eve and a smashing 2014!

 

[chas_kit]

poor year for garage for me, as I was selling collectibles and buying LP reissues in all kinds of genres.
good year for selling. Here's the day I had 4 of the top 5 and 8 of the top 16 jazz records on ebay:

 

[soundog III]

2013, was that a pin code or a year-gone reference?...

Ahhh memory, that inevitably revised, generally less reliable reference that invariably trades in tricks & asides, cursory highs & FIEND BE GONE interim lows.

Regarding MONSTROSITIES acquired this past year, through sheer power of inertia & what might be beast characterized as something along the lines of incidental interim left field heads up scattershot momentum, the following paltry few acquisitions that best lit my windows these fair few seasons past would have to include the following:

OK , here's my #1 score. I'll rely on the good folks observing this to characterize why, in fact, this should rate as a score. ( Hint: : It's quite likely the rarest Yradbirds 45 extant) Yes, i kniw it's spelled Ydarbrids but I couldn't resist...



& yes, heres' a mockup of the -->open your mind . & please be kind... PS



This below pictured aviarialy chiming mood enhancer lightened my day, if not, after somewhat tepid negotiations , me coffers. El Presidente ( the seller) severely understated the severity of this offering, ah well...



Holy Smokes !!! --> here's a fave. Western Pennsylvania, reportedly. As mild mannered a rocker as I'd allow to breach the portals... & yes , it's the repro, still, do YOU have an original ???



Though it goes somewhat against the grain, I opted for a repro here. Vive' Les '70's !!!



OK, just recalled that this ferocious circa 1979 Scottish crie de couer recently descended on the Oulde Homestead on a dark & curiously not terribly stormuy day sometime this soon to be last , year. Yikes, it's a KILLER !!!!!!!!!!

 

[eleelandc]

waiting for my last purchase of 2013.

Back from a trip to the House of Raers here in Houston(hoping that Pete will join our little board to give you all access to the stacks too)....
Paid going rate but got some things that I was not going to find in the 25 cent pile...
Chaz & The Classics (Girl of the 13th Hour)
Stereo Shoestring (starter copy of On The Road South that plays better than it looks)
SHerwoods (If You Could See)
The Great Believers (comin up fast)
A-440 (Torture)
Zakary Thak (Green Crystal Ties)
The Union (on Radel)

 

[nachete_888]

Back from a trip to the House of Raers here in Houston(hoping that Pete will join our little board to give you all access to the stacks too)....
Paid going rate but got some things that I was not going to find in the 25 cent pile...
Chaz & The Classics (Girl of the 13th Hour)
Stereo Shoestring (starter copy of On The Road South that plays better than it looks)
SHerwoods (If You Could See)
The Great Believers (comin up fast)
A-440 (Torture)
Zakary Thak (Green Crystal Ties)
The Union (on Radel)

Woow, really, the world is small, my last purchase is flying from Texas to Asturias at this moment.

 

[HarvestmanMan]

I did a lot more record shopping in 2013, mostly for obscure 45cat contributions. My finds are nothing compared to some of the rarities on here, but I still found a bunch of rather common stuff. Notably:

The Gentrys - I Can't Go Back To Denver (75 cents at an antique mall)
The Smoke Ring - No Not Much (99 cents at Amoeba in LA)
The Exiles - Come Out, Come Out Whoever You Are ($4.99 at Caveman in LA)
Timmy Willis - Gotta Get Back To Georgia (75 cents at an antique mall)

And one of my most desired records: the Myddle Class's "Don't Let Me Sleep Too Long". It's the Buddah re-release, but it was just $5 at a record fair (where I ended up buying a lot more records than I sold!).

Most of it was cheap dollar-bin finds or items of that nature. As a result, nothing I found was that uncommon.

Here are 52 of my best finds of the year. (It's a legitimate site, but Mediafire doesn't allow downloads if it detects copyrighted content. Don't worry!) Be warned, there's much more psych/pop than garage...
http://www50.zippyshare.com/v/85093385/file.html

 

[analolaygwani]

The best ones or at least the ones that are very special for me in 2013:

Paul Martin- It happened
Jesters iv - she lied
English setters- It shoudn't happen to a dog
Bare facts- Bad part of town
Guess who - if you don't want me
The Romans- The drag
Group therapy- Take me back
Count & the colony- Can't you see
Wyngates- See what's right
The mods- Days mind the time
Next of kin- Lovely song
Morning dew- Go away
Painted faces-Things we see
The Jam- Something's gone
The knickerbockers- Rumors gossip words untrue
Pedestrians- It's too late
Yo yo's- Gotta find a new love
Tony & terri- I want you
Bojax- Go ahead
Boston tea party- Is it love
Malibus- Cry
Billy & the kids- Won't you love me please
Missing links- I cried goodbye
AND JUST 1 MINUTE AGO THE BEST ONE!!

THE MOD 4- OPEN UP YOUR MIND

 

[eleelandc]

Malibus- Cry

Those being made available here for buddy prices was awesome!

 

[HarvestmanMan]

Screw all of what I just posted - I just found the two issues of Rebel Teen (the Nov. '83 premiere issue and another from '88) that I thought I lost...right on this computer desk, no less.

As some of you may recall, I found those two for $5 (for the pair!) at a record show last November. Hey, it's close enough to being a 2013 find...

 

[mansson66]

After mucho looking and searching my girlfriend also got:
Toni Basil - Breakaway / I'm 28 (A&M)
...this year. She got it for the gorgeous flip side - great moody sway beat cross between girlgroup and L.A. folkrock sound. The a side is, unfortunately for us who don't care much abouth that scene, a very desirable 'northern' spin. Written by Ed Cobb and got 'all the moves', but a bit too generic for my ears :p

 

[EXPO67]

"I'm 28" is my kinda scene!