I bought this CD for $1...

corplhicks wrote:

Lately all I've seen for months is Christian shit. Rebecca St. James, Steven Curtis Chapman, Plumb. It's as though all the bible bookstores in the Central Valley shut down.

Or all the people who went to church in the 90s suddenly quit...  

I went to "my" thrift store where I've been havin' such a good run of luck yesterday, and I got... nothin'! First time in a while I didn't find something interesting. I hope that doesn't signal the start of another "dry spell."

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Lately all I've seen for months is Christian shit. Rebecca St. James, Steven Curtis Chapman, Plumb. It's as though all the bible bookstores in the Central Valley shut down.

Or all the people who went to church in the 90s suddenly quit...  

Ha. Too bad the ones who went in the 80s didnt. Or perhaps they did and I should have been thrift store shopping in the 90s...

Crazy enough most of the black metal I own has come from Goodwill. Granted most of it came in one big haul when someone had obviously dumped their collection. But I've picked up other ones along the way.

corplhicks wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

I picked up Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon for a buck at the thrift shop last week...

DUDE. Not fair. I went by five Goodwills on the way home from Sac to Fresno yesterday, and they all had the same stupid shit. I mean, I already own Dark Side, but would gladly purchase another copy if found at a thrift store.

Then I will not tell you that I found Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance, If - 3 and Nat King Cole meets Lester Young on vinyl.... two bucks each.


Finding If at any GW was definitely was a surprise. I've seen their first two albums usually over seven dollars at any record store.... When you can find them.

Info on this band at this site:
http://www.vintageprog.com/classic70srock/if.htm

chewie wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

I picked up Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon for a buck at the thrift shop last week...

DUDE. Not fair. I went by five Goodwills on the way home from Sac to Fresno yesterday, and they all had the same stupid shit. I mean, I already own Dark Side, but would gladly purchase another copy if found at a thrift store.

Then I will not tell you that I found Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance, If - 3 and Nat King Cole meets Lester Young on vinyl.... two bucks each.


Finding If at any GW was definitely was a surprise. I've seen their first two albums usually over seven dollars at any record store.... When you can find them.

Info on this band at this site:
http://www.vintageprog.com/classic70srock/if.htm

Those are very good finds. GW can be great with vinyl--last one I picked up was TS Stay Hungry--but many seem to be doing it less and less. Going even further with that thought, I went by a MASSIVE GW depot up in Sutter last week during work. They carried no CD's. Cassette tapes, yes, and vintage electronics galore, but no freaking CD's. Weird.

I bought the following albums for 1$ each at a good will store yesterday

Under A Blood Red Sky - U2
Boy - U2
Achtung Baby - U2
Running Wild - Airbourne
Permanent Vacation - Aerosmith
The Union - Elton John & Leon Russell

Thelemech wrote:

I bought the following albums for 1$ each at a good will store yesterday

Under A Blood Red Sky - U2
Boy - U2
Achtung Baby - U2
Running Wild - Airbourne
Permanent Vacation - Aerosmith
The Union - Elton John & Leon Russell  

JESUS.  

Scored these from Goodwill and the Hastings dump bin.  No idea why an unopened recently released Battle Beast cd was in the .96 cent bin.
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jstate wrote:

Scored these from Goodwill and the Hastings dump bin.  No idea why an unopened recently released Battle Beast cd was in the .96 cent bin.
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That BB is a cool find for a buck... can I have it?

jstate wrote:

Scored these from Goodwill and the Hastings dump bin.  No idea why an unopened recently released Battle Beast cd was in the .96 cent bin.
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Battle Beast for a buck?? That's insane!

Found a copy of Lawnmower Deth's "The Return of the Fabulous Metal Bozo Clowns" in great condition for a dollar. Also, the original recording or "Youthanasia."

Great score on that Lawnmower Deth

From Hastings dump bin
Golgotha - New Life
No Warning - Suffer Survive
Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments - bait and switch (an unheralded 90's alt-rock classic)

I Am Sam original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Never saw the movie, but the soundtrack always intrigued me. A bunch of artists reinterpret Beatles tunes. Could've been a trainwreck, but it's actually pretty good. For .88 cents.

Got these for $1 or less each..
Gemini five...black anthem
Gemini five..babylon rockets
Rush...exit stage left
Whitesnake...saints and sinners
Billy Squier..creature of habit
Billy Squier..hear and now
Mad margritt...animal

Picked up GnR's Use Your Illusion II and Shaw/Blades' Hallucination for a buck apiece at the thrift store yesterday.

Always annoying how Use Your Illusion I and II never show up together. Took me awhile to find both of them together for sale at the same time. I like that Shaw/Blades disc.

From Rockaway's dollar bins plus 10% off. You have to get on the floor to root through them all and on top are the new vinyl releases. Had a very LA hipster scoff at my efforts. Pretty proud of that.

Queensryche - Operation Live Crime box set
Hirax - Chaos and Brutality
Def Leppard - Songs From The Sparkle Lounge
Asia - Aria
Death Ray Vision - We Ain't Leavin Till You're Bleedin
Ogre Tones - s/t
Divine Heresy - Bringer Of Plagues
Complete Control - Reaction
Helmet - Strap It On
DevilDriver - Beast
Crucif*cks - LD Eye
Marshall Tucker - Southern Spirit
Steve Earle - Revolution Starts Now
Rock Star Sountrack

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Always annoying how Use Your Illusion I and II never show up together.

Yep, I said the same thing. "Dammit, now I'm gonna have to find the other one" cuz my collecting OCD will not allow me to only have the second volume.

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You have to get on the floor to root through them all and on top are the new vinyl releases. Had a very LA hipster scoff at my efforts.

You should've, ahem, "accidentally" elbowed him in the nuts while you were down there.

When those albums came out I had a roommate who bought them day one on CD. For years I just borrowed his copy's, then when he moved on I stopped caring about GNR. Down the road I decided i wanted them and hell if it didn't take years to find both together. I've come around on liking them more as a double album than I once did. I was of the school that said make it one album with just the killer material. These days I kinda dig the whole thing. Still love the quote Matt Sorum said in one of those bios - he joined GNR to rock out not do ballads and orchestrations.

Any dude wearing a scarf in 70+ weather (while drinking Starbucks too) will keep me far away from his nuts as possible. I do wonder if his derision was from me truly being in the way or if he got a look into my basket. Eye rolling from music snobs = quality purchases in my book.

From Salvation Army
Blue October - Foiled

From 4 for a buck Hastings sale
Blood Meridian - Kick Up The Dust
Proper Grounds - Downtown Circus Gang
Meices - Dirty Bird
Inspiral Carpets - Devil Hopping

Couple thoughts:

1. Both Use Your Illusions should be released as a double album as was planned,

2. It seems like I always gotta get on my knees at record stores around here; why can't they just find a way to put stuff at eye level?

3. I am certain Fat Freddy has some kind of thrift store CD black magic.

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3. I am certain Fat Freddy has some kind of thrift store CD black magic.

If only that were true, then my want list wouldn't be so damned long. It would be nice to snap my fingers as I walk through the thrift-shop doors and have, say, X-Sinner's Get It magically appear on the rack.

Kind of cool, I found Yes: Union and Rolling Stones: Bridges to Babylon at Goodwill. Keith must've somehow given me a portion of his powers. .

corplhicks wrote:

Kind of cool, I found Yes: Union and Rolling Stones: Bridges to Babylon at Goodwill. Keith must've somehow given me a portion of his powers. .

(bows head) You have done well, young Jedi.

On a related note, I stopped by "my" thrift store on Wednesday and came up empty. Hey, hicks, quit stealin' my mojo!!!

Fat Freddy wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

Kind of cool, I found Yes: Union and Rolling Stones: Bridges to Babylon at Goodwill. Keith must've somehow given me a portion of his powers. .

(bows head) You have done well, young Jedi.

On a related note, I stopped by "my" thrift store on Wednesday and came up empty. Hey, hicks, quit stealin' my mojo!!!

Today at Salvation Army: Raven: All for One and Death Angel: Ultra Violence. The student has now become the master (co-PAHHHH...).

[j/k I didn't even go to Salvation Army today]

From Hastings dump bin

This Is Metal's Most Covered Moments Of The 80s 2 discer
Marvin Gaye - I Want You remaster
Patti Smith Group - Wave reissue