Friday Evening Vinyl Finds

Friday evening, strolled into a record store, not expecting to find much but within a few minutes, stumbled across these .....

All from the 1960's with the cover photos and art that I love. All meeting my requirements for album covers (and vinyl too) in good condition. I generally won't even consider the purchase if the cover is looking chewed up and tattered. 

It was one of those record buying excursions where I walked out of the shop, feeling like I had found treasure. None had price tags attached so I had to ask. Those moments the shop owner spends researching the titles on Discogs, always frightens me. Especially when it involves vinyl from the 1960's. The resulting asking price was very much less than I was expecting.

The finds? Well, it was like .... Here's a stack of randomly placed records, I wonder if there's anything eye catching, to take home?

These moments of discovery are always exciting for me. 

Glen Campbell's recording if 'Wichita Lineman' has been a longtime favorite of mine. Though it's not on this record, it was exciting to find a recording with another great, old classic 60's pop tune, 'By the Time I Get to Phoenix.' It was all over the radio back then.

Book Time

A great book to spend an hour or two browsing through. R. Crumb's, "The Complete Record Cover Collection." Full of his drawings and graphics for various record covers, mostly of old Blues, Country and Jazz recordings from the 1920's and 30's. Many obscure musicians and recordings. It's fascinating pausing and lingering for a moment or two, over each illustration before turning the page and discovering what's next. It causes me to want to search out each and every record.

Goodreads

An example of one of the many unique, imaginative and colorful images that fill the pages of this book. I've never heard of any of the musicians on this record but would happily give it a listen and add to my record collection based on the cover art alone.