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1. OceanMan
   

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   Posted 8 years ago #

   oh, it's real A Salvador! hard to believe it, but it really seems like i am the only person that is even interested in them?
   seriously strange. i asked the dudes that run the place why they would ever sell them for a quarter each and they said they just want to get rid of them. i ain't gonna complain.

   as far as my finds... honestly Po, i wouldn't even know where to start...

   tons of Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, Isaac Hayes, Herbie Hancock, Hot Chocolate, Chic, Kool & the Gang... you name it.

   it just goes on and on. bonkers.

   the missus and i are loving all the disco lately, (i've always been a huge fan of any-and-everything Bernard Edwards) but the gem of the lot so far is probably a NM copy of this Nina Simone track from 1959... (and i do mean 'NM'. not sure how this even exists in that kind of condition.)

   

   another i really like is this 4 Seasons. it was one of the ones taped into the sleeve... thing plays flawlessly... it's like it's brand new (other than the label, of course)

   

   i never made it to the city today, it's snowing like a mofo but i will keep you guys posted next time i go back.

2. OceanMan
   

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   Posted 8 years ago #

   come to think of it, the *REAL* gem of the dig was this (the 7" version, which is not on teh Utube, sorry)

3. OceanMan
   

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   Posted 8 years ago #

   so i brought the Missus™ with me for dig #6 at that same place and walked out with about 140 45s for $30 after 3 hours or so of digging...

   just after we paid the guy asked me if i had seen the ones in the back... and i'm all "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT"

   turns out they have a couple thousand more in the back room that *nobody has even gone thru yet*

   gives me the shakes just thinking about it.

   oh man, i am gonna rape that place when i go back there next week.

4. Saakki
   

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   Posted 8 years ago #

   Damn boy. Sounds like a treasure cave.

   Well here is something what I have been spinning.

   

   

   

5. OceanMan
   

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   Posted 8 years ago #

   seriously jealous of those slipmats... missed the boat on those unfortunately.

6. callmemistertibbs
   

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   Posted 8 years ago #

   OceanMan said:
   seriously jealous of those slipmats... missed the boat on those unfortunately.

   That makes two of us.

   Just hoping PL70 knock out a few more sometime...

7. OceanMan
   

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   Posted 8 years ago #

   so it looks as if we're set for (sigh) yet another snowstorm here tomorrow... s'gonna postpone this 45 dig a day or two most likely.

   starting to feel like a jonesin junkie over here.

8. Fecam
   

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   Posted 8 years ago #

   Just pulling records from the racks and came across this:

   

9. OceanMan
   

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   Posted 7 years ago #

   damn, it's way past time somebody blew the dust off this thread cause I KNOW y'all been digging some records...

   here's my latest favorites:

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   sorry for the shite photos... but we sure do love our 45s

10. De La Tribe
    

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    Posted 7 years ago #

    Every time I go to a record store I look for some Ethiopians... No luck yet.

11. OceanMan
    

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    Posted 7 years ago #

    yeah, anything by The Ethiopians seems hard to come by and pricey once you do...

    one of my all time favorite Jamaican groups, tho

    there's a 2013 anthology called 'Freedom Train' out there on 180 gram wax which is well worth grabbing, if even for the track 'Obeah Book' alone.

    

12. De La Tribe
    

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    Posted 7 years ago #

    Obeah Book is great! My favorite is Bad To Worse (also covered by Tim Timebomb (aka Tim Armstrong) when he was putting out a song a day (plus artwork to go with each song) for a year). I'll definitely be on the lookout for Freedom Train.

13. De La Tribe
    

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    Posted 7 years ago #

    While channeling my inner Master Shake I decided to buy a few christmas gifts for me...for being such a good boy this year.

    Weird coincidence that I happened to come across The Ethiopians.

    

    

    

    

    

14. OceanMan
    

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    Posted 7 years ago #

    some nice scores there. that Ethiopians gets 5 stars from this guy.

    ok, i have literally been sworn to secrecy, but i just can't stand it anymore and i HAVE to tell somebody about this...

    i figure you guys are all far enough away from here that it's safe.

    (deep breath)
    a friend turned me on to this hoarder-type dude who lives near here whose wife is forcing him to sell off all his records and audio equipment.

    i've never seen anything like it, it's a diggers wet dream.

    dude's entire house is stacked floor to ceiling with records, every room and the whole garage too.

    i would estimate that dude has upwards of 40K records all in boxes. no joke. music from all over the map, but so far i've grabbed about 120 LPs and as many 45s... Herbie Hancock, Isaac Hayes, Bar-Kays, Kool & the Gang, Isley Bros, Temptations... it just goes on and on and on, and the guy takes very good care of all of his stuff, almost all of them are VG+ bordering on NM-. i've been KILLING my discogs 'wantlist'.

    seriously, it's f***ing CRAZY.

    but it even gets crazier.

    i already said the guy is a hoarder, right?

    well, another thing he likes to hoard is vintage super high end audio equipment.

    friday (along with about 60 records) i brought myself home a pristine SL-1700 (mark 1) that honestly looks and works like it just came out of the box.
    he has a SL-3 that he says he doesn't want to sell, but i think i can get him to come around, he has upwards of 15 old Dual TTs, probably another 30 turntables, all decent, a whole room full of high end speakers... amps, tape decks, tuners... it really is mind-boggling.

    my next trip i'll be (hopefully) bringing home a Sansui AU-9500 amp and matching TU 9500 tuner... these things have to be seen (and heard) to be believed... the highest of high end, just google the damn thing... and it's just the tip of the iceberg, dude has rooms full of this kind of stuff.

    my friend who introduced me tot his guy got super pissed off at me for posting about it on the facebooks when i got home from out first dig there (i was supposed to keep it secret, and let's just say that i have lots of fellow diggers on my FB feed), and not being able to FREAK OUT and tell somebody about it is seriously driving me nuts.

    i think we're going back in after Xmas, i'll keep you guys posted.

    in the meantime, i dream of this:
    

15. SF Knight
    

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    Posted 7 years ago #

    Dude, if you can do one thing. Take at least a few pics. It sounds like something even just for yourself that'd be dope to look back on in years to come!

    Any obscure records in there? Private press/Prog/International/Library?? Is he selling stuff at reasonable prices

    You should clean him out man before a dealer jumps on it. You could even flip a bunch of it yourself.

    Sounds like a once in a lifetime find bro!

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