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Black Flag - Damaged
(1981, Unicorn/SST) Comin' At Ya / The Whole Gelatinous Thing in the deadwax; side 1/2




an interesting history on this pressing and the "anti-parent" sticker on the back cover from wiki...

Their distribution deal with Unicorn—which was associated with MCA Records—resulted in an initial pressing of 25,000 copies. MCA Records president Al Bergamo listened to the album prior to release & claimed that it was "anti-parent", although he never cited a specific lyric that led him to that conclusion.[11] As a result, MCA refused to distribute the already-pressed-and-packaged album which bore an MCA Distributing Corp. logo on the lower right corner of the back cover. Black Flag members had to personally visit the pressing plant and apply a sticker over the MCA logo which read, "As a parent... I found it an anti-parent record"[6][7][12]—thus essentially throwing Bergamo's words back in his face.

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The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
(1977, Warner Bros) BSK 3147; w/ "also contains Sub Mission" sticker on back cover

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Lester Young - "Pres"
(1961, Charlie Parker Records) PLP-402 Stereo in the deadwax

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The Mothers Of Invention - Mothermania The Best Of The Mothers
(1969, Verve) V6-5068X





a tasty find in a garage-stored record collection this afternoon. I've been helping a friend of my neighbor sell her deceased husband's HiFi gear since last year. The house is sold and so time for the 300+ records and garage system to go. I was lured out there with mention of jazz records in the collection - which turned out to be lots of 70s CTI and Grover Washington but a couple of Miles Davis, lots of nice first pressing 60s classic rock including a lot of the SF bands, probably more than a few upgrades. My neighbor and I picked out about 2 dozen records each, and I'm going to clean her records on the RCM and help setup the Thorens TD-160 for her (came with an extra headshell + Grado and Shure carts, will check whether the styli' are worn out). I get to sort out the rest of the gear and records, and sell them for the friend. fun stuff.

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Jefferson Airplae - Early Flight
(1974, Grunt)

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Jim Capaldi - Oh How We Danced
(1972, Island) STERLING LH in the deadwax; mastered by Lee Hulko at Sterling Sound



Recorded December '71 at Muscle Shoals studios. with Paul Kossoff, Steve Winwood, Dave Mason.

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Beaver & Krause - In A Wild Sanctuary
(1970, Warner Bros)




Beaver (Moog; Hammond Organ) & Krause (Moog) produce lots of literal bleeps and bloops, with backing from Howard Roberts, Bud Shank, Milt Holland, Dave Grusin, lions, birds, monkeys, SF cable cars and buses.

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Flora Purim - Stories To Tell
(1974, Milestone)



with Airto, Ron Carter, Earl Klugh, George Duke. Miroslav Vitous, Carlos Santana, Hadley Caliman on selected tracks. a 99 cent find last weekend.

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The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun
(1968, Warner Bros) 1973 issue with Burbank palm trees label; artisan symbol in the deadwax




from the garage stored collection that I picked up this weekend.

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Miles Davis - Big Fun
(1974, Columbia) PG 32866; 1977 issue




w/ John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, Airto, Jack DeJohnette, Joe Zawinal, Dave Holland. another one with the collection I picked up this weekend. Listening to sides 1/2.

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The Bill Evans Trio - Moon Beams
(1962, Riverside) RLP 9428 Stereo

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Randy Newman - Land Of Dreams
(1988, Reprise) mastered by Robert Ludwig at Masterdisk, NYC



Produced by Mark Knopfler, Jeff Lynne. with Mark Knopfler, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Larry Fast.

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Judy Mowatt - Working Wonders
(1985, Shanachie) Canadian pressing

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The John Renbourn Group - A Maid In Bedlam
(1977, Shanachie) Canadian pressing

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The Ventures - Another Smash!!!
(1961, Dolton) 1963 issue w/ Dark Blue label




an excellent condition dollar thrft store find this morning.