Best finds/buys of 2011 - Year End Review

[Frantic]

Finding him is not problem, I have known the Guitarist for about 30 years. Took his daughter to the prom back in the 80's!

oops....hopefully he didn't catch you nailing her under the bleachers:oops:

 

[legbarecords]

They also recorded it on the Plaid label which was one of Shelley Haims labels also. I actually like the Plaid version better. I need a copy of the Plaid version so if anyone has one let me know.

Sorry, I got the two mixed up. It is the plaid version I prefer as well. My friend got one from a local flea market about 3 years ago and I've been envious ever since. Thanks for posting some of the clips. Really great.

 

[yeyequebec]

My greatest finds this years were in the wild.

Ben Lp on Vertigo original
Deep Purple original UK press stereo
Oliver Klaus LP
All these for a total of $17.99!
Unfortunatly, these records are not really my cup of tea, but I'm sure I will be able to sell or trade them for something cool for me. Oliver Klaus I will keep for my Quebec bands collection
In the 45 dept, I got the rare Dougie Day et ses Gamblers on Ideal. Band from Ontario, but with this 45 release on a Quebec label. Another really cool find for me was the Jades- Chiken fried rice 45. A great piece of R&B from the region of Abitibi Quebec.

 

[tymespan]

I don't really search eBay that much for records but I found two good finds:
an original Fantastic Dee Jays LP for $3 Buy It Now
and The Moxies-I'm Gonna Stay for $11
My nephew found a box of around 100 sixties promos at an auction for around $240, lots of garage & soul including:
Flys -Be What You Is
Magic Plants-I'm A Nothing
Drongos 2 copies of the White Whale single
2 British Walker 45s on Manchester
Remains-Don't Look Back
Alder Ray-My Heart is in Danger
plus more common stuff like The Lost ,Driving Stupid, Last Word on Boom, Greek Fountains,etc

The funny part is the underbidder was the infamous "Count". He runs through this auction every week & leaves bids, suprised he didn't leave a higher bid since his selling prices are always outrageous.

 

[Manos E. Brazos]

The funny part is the underbidder was the infamous "Count". He runs through this auction every week & leaves bids, suprised he didn't leave a higher bid since his selling prices are always outrageous.[

Unlike his personality, which is never outrageous :)

 

[reyes]

This past year was not bad, I got lazy and did little hunt out in the wild, most of it was eBay and private lists. And no big rarities on my list...,

Garage

Danny and the Counts - You need love (Coronado)
The JuJus - You treated me bad (Fenton)
The Mystic Five - Are you for real girl (go go)
Ognir and the Nite People - I found a new love (Samron)
The Viscount V - She doesn't know (Lavette)
The Midknights - Pain (Style)
The Wild Ones - I want to be friendly(Suemi)
The Turks - Tell Me Now (Justice)
Swamp Rats - Psycho (st Clair)

Mexican garage

Los Rockin Devils - loco
Me patina el coco (wild thing) w/PS- (orfeon)
Los Matematicos - deja que Hablen (all day and all the night) ( RCA)
Los Hitters - El Flaco (shotgun) (orfeon)
Los Ovnis - la Ultima Vez ( the last time rolling stones) (Peerless)

R&b soul etc....

Long John Hunter - El Paso Rocks (Yucca)
Jerry Bright - Be Mine ( Yucca)
Bobby Fuller - Judy ( Eastwood )
Bobby fuller - I Fought the Law ( Exeter)
Barry St John - El soul de st John (fresa - Mexico) LP northern soul

And many others, but these were The highlights.

 

[depravedskippy66]

Major want found in 2011: The Valiants - Don't Make The Same Mistake (Dot)

Less exciting, but still cool, finds from last year:

Michael Blodgett - Fire Engine Sky (Capitol)
Christopher Cerf - Sweet Music (Amy - same track as covered by The Koobas.)
The Myddle Class - Don't Look Back (Tomorrow)
Capes Of Good Hope - Lady Margaret (Round)
The Northwest Company - Eight Hour Day (London - Canada)
The Kinetics - Excuses (CBS - Australia)
Raga & The Talas - My Group And Me (World Pacific)
The Chosen Few - Is This A Dream (Go!! - Australia)
The Magic Mushrooms - Look In My Face (Philips)
The Others - My Friend The Wizard (Jubilee)
Quentin E. Klopjaeger - The Long Way Home (Troubadour - South Africa) Thanks to monorock!!!
The Castells - Save A Chance (Black Gold)
MPD Ltd. - No Regrets (Go!! - Australia)

I do have to say that the WFMU Record Fair has been a surprisingly good source for Go!! label 45s; have found approx. a half dozen of them over the past 2-3 years there.

 

[Rich Strauss]

2011 was a good year for garage 45 acquisitions for me. I managed to obtain my top 2 wants:

I also obtained my top 2 Northwest wants:

I also welcomed the following into my collection:

-- Rich

 

[Mr.Segment]

That is a pretty impressive lot of stellar 45s. Congratulations!

 

[Mr.Segment]

The Myddle Class - Don't Look Back (Tomorrow)

This was new to me until I heard a soundclip on eBay recently. Great disc!

 

[depravedskippy66]

This was new to me until I heard a soundclip on eBay recently. Great disc!

There have been a few stock copies on the 'bay as of late - generally selling for about $50.

 

[diggingtheslowness]

Living in Sweden, finds in the wild is hard but I had a great year to pick up records (and sold a lot more to afford them)

US / CAN 45s

BUD & KATHY hang it out to dry (thanks for the g45 forum!)

DOMINATION magic mystery sea / gonna be alright (obscure fuzzy psych record, anyone knows anything about this one? on Daze records, my guess somewhere around 1970 but would be nice to have a year to it.
http://www.popsike.com/HEAR-Rare-Ga...-Magic-Mystery-Sea-Daze-D10/170741274678.html )

THE SEEDS OF THYME twelfth night´s indication (anyone knows anything about this one, killer record but have a sax or similar so might not be for everyone, on the JORA label)

SILK WINGED ALLIANCE home town / flashback (never seen a copy so went all in when a copy finally came up on Ebay, nice Accent label bag too!)

THE CHAINS it´s a shame (on pinpoint, thanks for the trade Måns!)

THE HINGE idols of your mind (fuzzy 1967 psych, comped on one of the Psychedelic Experience volumes)

HOOTERVILLE TROLLEY no silver bird (lynette, another long time want thanks to the want add I had on this forum)

THE TROLLS walkin´shoes (my friend Oscar found a spare here in Sweden from an old collector of US garage which he traded me)

FABULOUS APOSTLES dark horse blues (great 1968 Kansas punker)

LIL BOYS BLUE i´m not there (one of my fave BFTG 45s)

THE TREES don´t miss the turn (big fave, been bidding on several copies but never manage to buy one at a decent price before)

THE TEARS people through the glasses / rat race (a copy sold for three times the price I got this one for the week before, result!)

THE RUNAWAYS i´m a runaway / it can´t be long (two great sides of this obscure 45)

SHY GUYS black lightening light (needless to say this is one of the top favourites of my collection!)

ALICE COOPER reflected / living (first single, great SF Sorrow era Pretty things styled psych)

UGLY DUCKLINGS just in case you wonder / it´s just a thought that I had in my mind (my fave canadian 45 and two perfect sides!)

POOTHER UNLTD tastee freeze (another want, love when you get garage and psych on Soul & R&b labels)

THE LADDS survival (another one I got locally, thanks Sebastian)

UK 45s

MIKE STUART SPAN children of tomorrow (bought from a UK dealer that moved to Stockholm, never thought I would own this one)

DAVID JOHN & THE MOOD digging for gold (all time fave, bought from the same english gentleman)

FLEUR DE LYS gong with the luminous nose (actually a "find" in the wild, not cheap but I haggled down the price a bit, long time want)

ORANGE MACHINE dr crippen´s waiting room (traded my old copy for the nz Gremlins so manage to find another copy in a big trade)

ALAN AVON & THE TOY SHOP a night to remember (small label psych / freakbeat gem)

THE BUNCH looking glass alice / spare a shilling (beat up but plays great, at the tenth price of a minter)

PURPLE WINE it´s my mind (EP financed by the british mental health council!)

UK BANDS - PIC SLEEVE ISSUES

THE GODS baby´s rich / somewhere in the street (finally found a Swedish issue, great sleeve)

THE KOOBAS royston rose (french only 45 of this freakbeat gem, found in Utrecht)

ROGER JAMES FOUR better than here (amazing freakbeat / mod 45)

EURO 45s

LUCKY ALBA j´ai l´habitude (crude Belgian fuzz gem, been after one for years!)

PENNY WISE silver girl (did some heavy trading for this dutch gem, first copy I came across ever)

THE COUNTDOWNS sex maniac (great swiss garage)

I CHEWING GUM senti questa chitarra (my fave italian garage 45!)

COOL STOVE big sensation (digging for gold fave, one of the best euro 45s in my mind)

CUBY AND THE BLIZZARDS your body, not your soul
THE SNAP SHOTS hip hip hurray (both rebought since I traded my copies to a friend last year)

REST OF THE WORLD 45s

OS BRASAS ao lhe chorando, pedi perdao por ser feliz EP (great brazilian fuzz / garage EP)

OS JOVENS coracao de pedra EP (another brazilian gem, found from a fellow DJ here in Stockholm who mainly collect brazilian grooves)

THE GREMLINS blast off 1970 (NZ psych gem, been after it for a long time until I managed to trade it of an english friend)

 

[howlin' hoosier]

Red Beard and the Pirates? Ahoy, matey - feast your eyes on a splendid shot of the group:

 

[The Raven]

hey Howlin Hoosier, any way you could make this photo more high res? or is the blurriness in the photo and not in the upload/scan/whatev??

 

[The Raven]

View attachment 318
SOUNDS OF NIGHT – Sorrow (Hap) Two-sided teenaged moodiness from the bustling outpost of Sterling City, Texas. Stories and photos to come at LoneStarStomp.[/quote]

Westex, very very psyched to read this story and see those photos - other than the Elevators more introspective moments, few bands have made a finer mesh of moody garage and texas psych than the Sounds Of Night...just curious, is the original record just as lo-fi as it seems on the Wyld Sydes vol 1 comp it appears on?

 

[ratfinkie]

Living in Sweden, finds in the wild is hard but I had a great year to pick up records (and sold a lot more to afford them)

US / CAN 45s

BUD & KATHY hang it out to dry (thanks for the g45 forum!)

DOMINATION magic mystery sea / gonna be alright (obscure fuzzy psych record, anyone knows anything about this one? on Daze records, my guess somewhere around 1970 but would be nice to have a year to it.
http://www.popsike.com/HEAR-Rare-Ga...-Magic-Mystery-Sea-Daze-D10/170741274678.html )

THE SEEDS OF THYME twelfth night´s indication (anyone knows anything about this one, killer record but have a sax or similar so might not be for everyone, on the JORA label)

SILK WINGED ALLIANCE home town / flashback (never seen a copy so went all in when a copy finally came up on Ebay, nice Accent label bag too!)

THE CHAINS it´s a shame (on pinpoint, thanks for the trade Måns!)

THE HINGE idols of your mind (fuzzy 1967 psych, comped on one of the Psychedelic Experience volumes)

HOOTERVILLE TROLLEY no silver bird (lynette, another long time want thanks to the want add I had on this forum)

THE TROLLS walkin´shoes (my friend Oscar found a spare here in Sweden from an old collector of US garage which he traded me)

FABULOUS APOSTLES dark horse blues (great 1968 Kansas punker)

LIL BOYS BLUE i´m not there (one of my fave BFTG 45s)

THE TREES don´t miss the turn (big fave, been bidding on several copies but never manage to buy one at a decent price before)

THE TEARS people through the glasses / rat race (a copy sold for three times the price I got this one for the week before, result!)

THE RUNAWAYS i´m a runaway / it can´t be long (two great sides of this obscure 45)

SHY GUYS black lightening light (needless to say this is one of the top favourites of my collection!)

ALICE COOPER reflected / living (first single, great SF Sorrow era Pretty things styled psych)

UGLY DUCKLINGS just in case you wonder / it´s just a thought that I had in my mind (my fave canadian 45 and two perfect sides!)

POOTHER UNLTD tastee freeze (another want, love when you get garage and psych on Soul & R&b labels)

THE LADDS survival (another one I got locally, thanks Sebastian)

UK 45s

MIKE STUART SPAN children of tomorrow (bought from a UK dealer that moved to Stockholm, never thought I would own this one)

DAVID JOHN & THE MOOD digging for gold (all time fave, bought from the same english gentleman)

FLEUR DE LYS gong with the luminous nose (actually a "find" in the wild, not cheap but I haggled down the price a bit, long time want)

ORANGE MACHINE dr crippen´s waiting room (traded my old copy for the nz Gremlins so manage to find another copy in a big trade)

ALAN AVON & THE TOY SHOP a night to remember (small label psych / freakbeat gem)

THE BUNCH looking glass alice / spare a shilling (beat up but plays great, at the tenth price of a minter)

PURPLE WINE it´s my mind (EP financed by the british mental health council!)

UK BANDS - PIC SLEEVE ISSUES

THE GODS baby´s rich / somewhere in the street (finally found a Swedish issue, great sleeve)

THE KOOBAS royston rose (french only 45 of this freakbeat gem, found in Utrecht)

ROGER JAMES FOUR better than here (amazing freakbeat / mod 45)

EURO 45s

LUCKY ALBA j´ai l´habitude (crude Belgian fuzz gem, been after one for years!)

PENNY WISE silver girl (did some heavy trading for this dutch gem, first copy I came across ever)

THE COUNTDOWNS sex maniac (great swiss garage)

I CHEWING GUM senti questa chitarra (my fave italian garage 45!)

COOL STOVE big sensation (digging for gold fave, one of the best euro 45s in my mind)

CUBY AND THE BLIZZARDS your body, not your soul
THE SNAP SHOTS hip hip hurray (both rebought since I traded my copies to a friend last year)

REST OF THE WORLD 45s

OS BRASAS ao lhe chorando, pedi perdao por ser feliz EP (great brazilian fuzz / garage EP)

OS JOVENS coracao de pedra EP (another brazilian gem, found from a fellow DJ here in Stockholm who mainly collect brazilian grooves)

THE GREMLINS blast off 1970 (NZ psych gem, been after it for a long time until I managed to trade it of an english friend)

 

[ratfinkie]

You are welcome for the Bud & Kathy 45.

 

[HarvestmanMan]

Not the rarest records in the world, but I did find these this year:

Marvin's Circus - Come to Me on MGM - long-time want, near-mint, and for less than $10.
Ides of March - Roller Coaster on Parrot - much better than the terrible-quality version on my Pebbles LP, and also for less than $10.
Beatles - Lady Madonna on Odeon - found for 2 Euros at a flea market in Berlin. Came with the German PS, which is in sorry shape, but the record is one of the cleanest Beatles records I've heard in a long time.

 

[howlin' hoosier]

hey Howlin Hoosier, any way you could make this photo more high res? or is the blurriness in the photo and not in the upload/scan/whatev??

The starting shot I had needed to be cropped quite a bit to lose a lot of fore and background. I did some pruning and adjusted the color as best I could - wish I could have done better, but I don't have the original.

 

[greenfuzz]

The starting shot I had needed to be cropped quite a bit to lose a lot of fore and background. I did some pruning and adjusted the color as best I could - wish I could have done better, but I don't have the original.

I'm the original source of that photo. Unfortunately it was very low res when the band sent it to me. It is a favorite, though.