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Buddy Merrill - The Best Of Buddy Merrill
(1969, Accent)



I'm a sucker for easy listening/jazz guitar titles, the Les Paul/Chet Atkins wannabes. This was a 50 cent clearance shelf grab. Buddy Merrill was a regular with Lawrence Welk. He had a style of guitar playing known as multitracking, according to wikipedia. This is a wonderful sounding recording. includes a cover of Take Five. The Accent label was distributed by GNP Crescendo.

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Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond, Bobby Correll, Bob Kindle, Frank Blake - The Greats!!!
(1963, Crown)

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Nektar - Down To Earth
(1974, Passport) STERLING RL in the deadwax; mastered by Robert Ludwig at Sterling Sound; engineered by Geoff Emerick



progressive and funk elements set around a demented circus theme. fairly accessible rock nicely recorded.
I grabbed a bunch of Nektar records last year when they showed up on the HPB clearance shelf.

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17 degrees today..a mite cold for riding and also last night the church called and my second 4671 is finally ready (after ONLY a 4 month wait) ..so we drove down to get it and stopped at the thrifts on the way home...

must be in a mood for female singers ...and its always "Linda time"
always had an interest in bird calls and this came with a big book , so
when I get tired of pop rock..well now , I have another alternative....

(think it'll be more of a tweeter workout than fullrange - pun intended)

JC was a no-brainer

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Cream - Disraeli Gears
(1967, Atco)

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Jethro Tull - This Was
(1968, Reprise) 1970 pressing



Tull's debut recorded in the summer of 68. blues rock.

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Rush - self titled
(1974, Mercury) MASTERDISK G.K. in the deadwax; mastered by Gilbert Kong



lots of good early 70s heavy metal in the debut. big fat guitar and bass chords. Not a big fan of their later stuff, but this is a lot of fun with great sounding mastering on the major label release.

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Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
(1975, Swan Song)



the favorite Zepp album for Plant and Page. I haven't listened to this one enough to be overplayed like most of the earlier LZ records. This double LP of the band at their peak is a treat. #70 on Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest albums list.

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Muddy Waters - self titled (compilation)
(1972, Chess) 1976 reissue of "McKinley Morganfield AKA Muddy Waters" originally released on Cadet



Most songs recorded in early to mid 50s with piano, guitar, bass and drums.

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Robert Fripp - God Save The King
(1985, EG) STERLING in the deadwax



a compilation w/ frippertronics selections from the 1980 album "God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners" and The League of Gentlemen album. David Byrne vocals on a couple of tracks.

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Touch - Touch
(1969, London Coliseum) Stereo DS 51004



Psychedelic prog rock from Hollywood. jazz, classical, hard rock, organ. The gatefold sleeve splits in the middle, with record loading from the top.

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Roy Orbison - There Is Only One Roy Orbison
(1965, MGM) Mono pressing

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Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
(1981, Warner Bros) TOWNHOUSE LONDON in the deadwax



Black Sabbath instead of Black Friday here. 10th studio album and 2nd with Ronnie James Dio on vocals. Keeping a few miles safe distance between me and the malls but I did hit a garage sale and a couple of thrifts, and found a few pristine dollar records buried in the Andy Williams and Mac Davis titles.

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Poncho Sanchez - Bien Sabroso!
(1984, Concord Jazz) Mastered by George Horn; Concord Jazz Picante label



clean latin jazz with the percussionist, no electronics or 80s studio tricks. Sanchez worked with Cal Tjader and his music is influenced by him. a $1 find at GW today.

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Wishbone Ash - Wishbone Four
(1973, MCA)



I saw these guys in the early 70s, probably touring in support of this record. I picked up this copy a couple of years ago from the 50 cent clearance shelf at HPB.