Last Friday I went into a few shops and picked up Impeach the Precedent LP which is really great, some of the tracks are beautiful man and it's for charity so do your part. I also picked up the new 12 from Thes One and Raashan Ahmad (Crown City Rockers) - Doin' It. I'm listening to it now and it's a cool summer vibe you should definitely pick up. I also got Giant Panda's '88 Remix 12" which features Thes One and is dope. If you liked their Tres Records stuff (the With It 12" or Bloquera EP) then pick it up to see what they were up to before that.
Anyway, onto the main deal - I raided my pop's flat while he's been away and checked out some of his records. I found some stuff which I think is pretty cool, some rare, some not.
The first thing I picked up is also the illest. A Japanese set of two picture disc 8" records on fat, fat vinyl from HMV. From 1956 they're nursery rhymes and the recording itself is pretty crackly but I just love all the artwork..
Check the cover (see how it opens the 'wrong' way cos it's japanese):

also, the front cover in more detail, the inside and the great picture vinyls: first, second, third, forth ...
I also found a set of two paper-thin see-through red and blue 7" vinyls 'Folk Songs of Miyazaki Prefecture' - these are traditional Japanese folk songs sung when "pounding millet", "collecting thatch from the mountainside", "harvest thanksgiving dances" and "announcing a wedding on horseback". It's made by 'King Record' not sure what year. The cover and vinyls are pretty funky but the songs are like throat wailing singing with no music.
The cover:

The vinyls:

I also picked up a French Jazz 7" called 'Safci'. The music is nice with some unusual instrumentals and a b-side track that I thought was skipping cos it's so syncopated. One track has a cat in the background too


Then there's just some records with cool covers.
Sly and Family Stone's 'Dance to the Music' (man this cover makes me laugh):

Also Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' and The Jimi Hendrix Experience 'Axis: Bold as Love'
Thanks to Tig for lending me his camera and thanks to my Dad

If you want to know more about any of them then hit me up on here

I hope the rest of you post up your favourite cool records - not sure if Thes One is allowed though

