Thrift Store Treasures

[HarvestmanMan]

Atlantic never printed "Promotional" on their labels, but instead, used a colored label or a white label (white for mono, light blue for stereo, I believe, with the same song on both sides).

That and the misspelling of "Heaven" make me 99% sure it's a fake.

Edit: It's definitely a fake.

This single was released with the same tracks as a picture disc, and as a white/blue promo with "Stairway" on both sides. However, all of these list the time as 8:02 not 7:55.

 

[JGTiger]

haha! WHAT A FIND, A FAKE in a Thrift Store! How very FUNNY! Thanks for the info!!!!!!!!

 

[MopTopMike]

There were THOUSANDS of the boots made in the late 70s. Very common

 

[JGTiger]

Mike- What a stupid record to fake, who ever had the cash to produce those should have invested in a much wiser choice, in my opinion, like a rare Garage 45.... thanks for the info! It is a find that will I will be laughing about for a while! Like we all NEEDED to hear that insipid song one more time in our lives!!!!

 

[HarvestmanMan]

who ever had the cash to produce those should have invested in a much wiser choice

They could have made a boot of "Black Dog" instead. That only appeared as a framed memorabilia piece in the late '80s.

 

[buckeyebeat]

Mike- What a stupid record to fake, who ever had the cash to produce those should have invested in a much wiser choice, in my opinion, like a rare Garage 45.... thanks for the info! It is a find that will I will be laughing about for a while! Like we all NEEDED to hear that insipid song one more time in our lives!!!!

Uh, you can sell a lot more LZ boots than 'rare garage 45' boots, especially since this was done years before there was any kind of market for original garage 45s, let alone boots. Don't for a minute think the generation of bootleggers were in it for 'artistic freedom' - they were into making fast money.

I've junked (or at least seen and passed on) boots over the years. Especially classic rock and doowop stuff. I've come across a couple Northern Soul boots from the 1970s Soussan era.

 

[JGTiger]

Yes, good point, but I just wish it was any other song besides Stairway....!

 

[HarvestmanMan]

Found these two in the thrift store today.

 

[paul messis]

I did it once too, to get to the USA. Way too much stuff to ship, sold 75%ish of my collection. My original garage stuff was shipped but my hoard of comps was distributed to some worthy youngsters who reminded me of myself at their age.

HEY those comps are in good hands hahaha.... they've been a big influence on my early twenties life.... I am the only young dude knocking out authentic styled garage these days, and it's mainly cos of those comps.

The other day Gavin, I was at a chicks house and it had the same smell as your old flat, the jos sticks mixed with the uh-hum medicinal herb haha.... reminded me of your pad, driving the mini down the little alley way and that nuclear mound in the distance at the back.

 

[paul messis]

the stock copy BRIGANDS.... jealous!!!!

 

[Hicksville Hogwash]

the stock copy BRIGANDS.... jealous!!!!

Mint baby but getting less minty with every play. :oops: Is a stock better than a DJ copy rarity / value wise??? huh! so what!! ...lets go scrape off another micro-layer of wax.

....and the smell I remember was old ladies hairspray from the salon downstairs and freshly fried chips from the Sikh owned Chippie next door. Oh man curry sauce and chips.... drool.... the Incense/herbals was only to cover up my neighbours odours permeating the walls.

 

[HarvestmanMan]

I had a big find a couple years back at a junk shop: "Just In The Nick of Time" by Syng McGowan, VG++ condition, for 25 cents. Not garage, but still a quite desirable piece of Northern Soul.

Unfortunately, the shop closed down about a year back...I never had any other good finds like that.

 

[Westex]

Pleased as a peach to have scored a nice mono copy of the Bobby Fuller Four's KRLA lp in a thrift just east of Duke City, New Mexico. 25 cents. "Never To Be Forgotten", "Let Her Dance", "The Lonely Dragster", "Saturday Night"... amazing songs. Life is good.

I doubt the Plague or Chob will rear their carcasses today in ABQ but we shall see.

 

[HarvestmanMan]

I found the Collectors' first album today. I'm pretty excited to give it a spin, as it's the only piece of wax by the Collectors that I've ever seen in person.

 

[Hicksville Hogwash]

http://soundcloud.com/agentugly/bill-neil-the-mark-iv

Found this WV obscurity a long time a go. Is this really Garage or really country? It is cool enough to keep me interested in posting and playing it. Nice mid 60's gar-edgey guitars with downer hillbilly vocals. What category does this belong?

 

[MopTopMike]

I would file this as a crude country sound. Not TBM-worthy.

 

[Hicksville Hogwash]

Yes you are right.... I get so starved for my thrifted garage out here that something like this sounds close enough for me. I won't post the errrmmm .. psychedelic country flip "A Girl Named Tomorrow"..:confused:

 

[Westex]

http://soundcloud.com/agentugly/bill-neil-the-mark-iv

Found this WV obscurity a long time a go. Is this really Garage or really country? It is cool enough to keep me interested in posting and playing it. Nice mid 60's gar-edgey guitars with downer hillbilly vocals. What category does this belong?

I don't hear any garage here... just moody country.

 

[HarvestmanMan]

Yep, definitely country.

That's an interesting effect on the lead guitar, though.

 

[down-n-out]

I found a copy of Elvis' Mystery Train on Sun yesterday at an estate sale. Can anyone point me to a good web-site that would allow me to confirm it's authenticity? It does not have 1973 etched in the run-off groove, but I'm not sure what else to look for.