What else do you guys collect???

paul messis

paul messis

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Aside from US garage band 45s, plus other 60s era group records such as British, European, Australian and NZ 45s what else do you guys collect.

Me, I pretty much spend the bulk of my money on US garage and Dutch Beat.

However I also spend a fair amount of cash on UK and US 70s and 80s punk, post-punk and new wave 45s.

Once in a blue moon I go through a phase of buying soul, girl group, r&b and doo wop 45s.... however I haven't purchased much of that stuff this year.


It's rare I will buy anything new... I do find many new bands I may dig purely do LP's moreso than 45s...... do any of you lot dig much of the newer sounds today?
 
Lately I've been collecting Billy Childish stuff and nothing else.
I have everything up to about 2001, but for some reason (probably financial) I stopped for many years.
Now I'm working my way back while keeping track of all the new stuff he's making.
It's a full time job and a drain on my wallet :)

Here's his latest release:

 
I'm hard into obscure US rock/hard rock underground 45s from the 70s (not metal) and it's got to be quality material. No hoarding. Also soul 45s when money permits. I've listened more to those genres the last year than garage actually.

Also started buying UK beat/freakbeat/psych again after a 10-15 year break (and I sold a lot from my old collection so have to start all over again)

Almost no new music. Maybe 4-5 titles a year, soul or punk.

Was heavily into Childish myself until I decided to sell everything (could not find the 45 you were looking for Bård, must have sold it. Sorry) but he still puts on a hell of a live show when in form!

Also nerd collector of certain bands like MX-80 Sound (three different pressings!):flush:

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And Dead Boys!

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And this 45 may just be my all-time favorite US 70s 45 in it's genre (besides City Slang and the Free Flight record) I NEED more records like this!

 
I suppose you could say I collect all sorts of promotional 45s, since those get special consideration whenever I come across them.

As a hobby, I contribute record listings and label scans to 45cat, a 7" single database. Here's what I've done so far...
http://www.45cat.com/member/harvestmanman

I also collect cassettes and (to a much lesser extent) reel-to-reel tapes, and the decks used for playing them.
 
Besides US and worldwide 60s garage 45s, I have good collections of

Australian 70s & 80s garage
Australian surf 45s (such as Atlantics, Resonets etc)
Australian 60s rockers (such as Colin Cook, Johnny Cooper, Johnny Chester etc.)
US rock'n'roll, R&B and soul (James Brown, Bo Diddley, Marvellettes etc.)
US and UK 70s/80s punk/high energy rock 45s
Records and tapes from the Fine recording Studio, Rochester, NY
Thousands of CDs and box sets, never played these days
 
paul messis said:
It's rare I will buy anything new... I do find many new bands I may dig purely do LP's moreso than 45s...... do any of you lot dig much of the newer sounds today?
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I do. In fact I recently saw the Young Sinclairs on a trip to NYC and bought the 45 (and the others that I needed) that you put out. A lot of the new stuff that I like is on the psychier side which won't appeal to people here. I do think the current music scene is better than it has been for the last, say, 25 years. It might not be true for 60s garage sounds though. But you're right, it's more of an LP scene and I wouldn't say that I "collect" it.
 
Andreas said:
I do. In fact I recently saw the Young Sinclairs on a trip to NYC and bought the 45 (and the others that I needed) that you put out. A lot of the new stuff that I like is on the psychier side which won't appeal to people here. I do think the current music scene is better than it has been for the last, say, 25 years. It might not be true for 60s garage sounds though. But you're right, it's more of an LP scene and I wouldn't say that I "collect" it.
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Yeah I loved doing that Young Sinclairs 45, I really dig it.... with regards to my label, I am trying to give the bands I put out a little bit of creative freedom in so much they get to design their own sleeves etc.... the labels however for each 45 however stays the same per 60s garage design aesthetics... the next 45 I am doing is by a cat called Michael Lynch who is a New York songwriter, he has a real jangle-pop quality like Neil Diamond during his bang years.... there are a bunch of other groups/musicians I'd love to put out, but money and not too mention, being so small that not many folks take me seriously always presents itself.... a bunch of bands/musicians today, don't seem to get the DIY punk ethic and genuinely desire fame and accolade, I could write a huge list of current so called hip musicians who this applies too.... which is a damn shame.

Regarding new groups today, I agree there is something positive happening for sure, however I am beginning to see some real phoniness beginning to creep in, which always happens when music scenes start evolving to a state where it confronts the status quo.


With My own music... I'll keep plodding on, I enjoy not being in the limelight, which means less care to what I might say in songs etc.


bosshoss said:
Besides US and worldwide 60s garage 45s, I have good collections of

Australian 70s & 80s garage
Australian surf 45s (such as Atlantics, Resonets etc)
Australian 60s rockers (such as Colin Cook, Johnny Cooper, Johnny Chester etc.)
US rock'n'roll, R&B and soul (James Brown, Bo Diddley, Marvellettes etc.)
US and UK 70s/80s punk/high energy rock 45s
Records and tapes from the Fine recording Studio, Rochester, NY
Thousands of CDs and box sets, never played these days
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Mark, lets face it dude.... you have the best record collection in the entire world.


Mr Segment I dig MX-80 Sound too, one track of theirs is PURE punk genius 'City Of Fools' on the 'Crowd Control' LP.... I wish there were groups today, who had the guts to be brash.... what's your thoughts on UK 70s Rock groups like Sir Lord Baltimore and Crushed Butler???
 
I've gone through a few collecting "phases" in the last 15 years. The bulk of my record buying has been soul through the years, mostly of the danceable variety. My collection now is very polarized, only garage and sweet soul.

But I have zero hoarding ability and only keep a small box of either on hand of what I feel I can't live without at the moment. Anything that has worn on me is on the chopping block to be used to get my next "must have".
 
paul messis said:
.... what's your thoughts on UK 70s Rock groups like Sir Lord Baltimore and Crushed Butler???
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I dig both those bands, but Sir Lord Baltimore (despite the name) were surely American, no?
Anyway, their Kingdom Come LP is one of my absolute favourites from the era.
 
Paul, shame on me, but I have not payed much attention to the Brit 70s underground. Touched on it in the early 90s and have not really gone much back since, bar a few exceptions. Reason being I found much of it quite patchy. Bought Third World War's first album last year. Really dug 2 of the songs, the opener + one more, a lot. Only to find out both were released on 45. Never change a winning formula, 45s!
 
Mr.Segment said:
Paul, shame on me, but I have not payed much attention to the Brit 70s underground. Touched on it in the early 90s and have not really gone much back since, bar a few exceptions. Reason being I found much of it quite patchy. Bought Third World War's first album last year. Really dug 2 of the songs, the opener + one more, a lot. Only to find out both were released on 45. Never change a winning formula, 45s!
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TRACTOR RULES!
 
Satanic Christian puppet albums (there are more of them out there
than you think), also 'Mi Lai massacre-themed' C&W 45s (there are
also more of them out there than you think).
 
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