The Crate Digging & Bargain Bin Finds Thread

[CrazyDiamond84]

Found this for $1.50 at a garage sale yesterday.

 

[Selaws]

This was a decent find. These 4 10" records were listed for £10 with little info, just 1 photo, and the promise that they were in "mint" condition. I'm always weary of statements like that (they very rarely are "Mint") but for that price I took a gamble.

They turned up yesterday and not only are they all original but they are indeed in fantastic condition (not mint, but no issues). A great score as the Bird & Diz alone can sell for a pretty penny.

 

[OMC]

This was a decent find. These 4 10" records were listed for £10 with little info, just 1 photo, and the promise that they were in "mint" condition. I'm always weary of statements like that (they very rarely are "Mint") but for that price I took a gamble.

They turned up yesterday and not only are they all original but they are indeed in fantastic condition (not mint, but no issues). A great score as the Bird & Diz alone can sell for a pretty penny.

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Some seminal stuff there. Nice score!

 

[Selaws]

Some seminal stuff there. Nice score!

Im pretty chuffed with them, I expected them to be bashed up reissues to be honest.

I recently got the Charlie Parker Mercury & Clef 10" box which includes the Bird & Diz 10", but to have an original is pretty cool especially with the David Stone Martin artwork. The only other original albums with his art that I have is "The Magnificent Charlie Parker" and "Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio".

The Ronnie Scott in this pile is fantastic too, I have a copy of that already but certainly not in as good condition as this one.

 

[Russ I]

Small hit at a local thrift store today. All the vinyl is at least VG+ and the Stones, Dylan and Big Chill are NM-. Heck the Stones package overall is in sweet shape. Feels stupid to admit, but this kind of thing still gives me a rush. For all the Ray Coniff, Andy Williams, and low-budget classical records I see, it's always a big surprise to find something worth having.

 

[djdavedk]

Hit the ice cream shop last night, picked out loads from the dollar bins. Here are a dozen.

 

[Russ I]

Hit the ice cream shop last night, picked out loads from the dollar bins. Here are a dozen. View attachment 186544View attachment 186545View attachment 186546

Nice. What's the vinyl look like with this ice cream shop's dollar-bin records?

 

[djdavedk]

Nice. What's the vinyl look like with this ice cream shop's dollar-bin records?

Always have to check condition. Often NM/VG+, but can also be heavily worn. He also has $5, $10, and higher prices. Killer jazz outside of my range.

the owner is a jazz nut.

upcoming drops that won’t be $1

 

[NewsFedora]

Thank you @Russ I for pointing me to this thread.

I do my share of crate-thrifting at local Goodwills, Habitat For Humanity ReStores, and other such bargain shops where hundreds of musty, seam-split records are haphazardly packed tightly together on the bottom of some store shelf. 99% of these records are quite literally trash.

But I live for the rush of finding that one rarity, that one gem that inexplicably has not been beaten to hell and back. Even with the occasional scratch and surface noise, I treasure many of these finds, sometimes more than an overpriced limited edition 180g audiophile record. There's something cathartic about pulling something out of the pile, and knowing that in a way, you saved it from the trash heap.

Anyways, neither of these records I picked up today really tug at me in that way but still figured I'd show them off.



The Brubeck is an import from Holland. It's a nice live recording from 1955, not too much to say about it. You know Brubeck, so you know what to expect.

As for the other one, here's what I posted over in the Fresh Grabs thread...

Sometimes I think we should have a separate thread called "Stale Grabs" that focuses entirely on thrift store and yard sale oddities we rescued from that gigantic pile of white gospel and classical music records.


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Grabbed this from a thrift store today along with a random Dave Brubeck Dutch import. This is a band called "The Chimps" although it doesn't actually say that anywhere on this record. It was a side hustle of another group called "Thomas A. Edison Electric Band" and they quickly spit out two Chimps albums as a way to capitalize on Monkees-mania in 1967. I'll let the overly-excited author of their discogs page take it from here:



So yeah the album begins with two Monkees songs which are followed by a goofy yet forgettable original tune called "The Chimp's Theme" before you're suddenly greeted with this:



Then it goes right back to harmless pop for the duration of the album, although that psych-ish organ starts creeping back into the album's closing track.

In conclusion there are worse things I could've spent three bucks on.

That's all for now! But there will be more. Oh yes, there. Will. Be. More.

 

[avecigrec]

I'd call this $50 well spent.

 

[avecigrec]

This year's Free Store haul:





No absolute bangers like the past couple years, but a few things I'm pretty excited about, a couple I'm curious about, and a handful of gifts to pass along.

 

[avecigrec]

My dad's friends told me about a guy who sells vinyl out of his furniture shop on weekends at the dirt mall in the town down the road; he's shutting down the vinyl sales and had everything down to 60% off this weekend. This was $40 (Canadian):