There's a lot of incredible finds listed on this particular page. My finds are so very few and far apart, here in Australia. Count yourselves lucky!
I'm guessing it is either an US (CD-3601) or European (CDA 63601) market issue, rather than one of the numerous Japanese market releases. Nice work. I like to find those early Japanese A&M master plus discs.
Yes, CD-3601, booklet and inlay printed in U.S.A., no barcode, but the disc is Audio Master Plus, Made In Japan. So was it made before the US manufactured CDs?
I don't know about Melbourne but I've always had lots of finds in Sydney on the occasions that I have got to visit.
Talking of Bootlegs this is the only one so far i've found in the local charity shops around a year or so ago...
The one on discogs is made by Matsushita. If the matrix is stamped (not hand etched), then it is not so early. I think the DADC plant was one of the earliest US plants manufacturing CDs (in 1984), but they probably didn't make discs for A&M. AFAIK A&M mostly used Denon for their early US market discs. Denon discs can be dated. Also, the earliest A&M discs have inserts printed in Japan.
Earlier this week, I was in Hillingdon and popped in to a Cancer Research shop. Got 'The Original Soundtrack' by 10CC for £2. I've got a couple of their compilations but don't really know their stuff other than the many hits I used to hear on the radio as a kid in the 70's. The vinyl is a bit scuffed and crackles a bit (but doesn't jump thankfully) and there's a fantastic monochrome gatefold sleeve design from Hipgnosis. Fellow Queen fans may have heard that some claim 'Une Nuit A Paris' could have possibly inspired Freddie when writing Bohemian Rhapsody... Back in North London today and in a St Lukes, I picked up a UK late 70's/early 80's reissue of Band On The Run for £3 and a UK 12" of the '88 mix of Blue Monday for £5. Already got a few copies of BOTR, but not a UK pressing on vinyl and this one was cut by Harry Moss. Never thought the '88 mix of Blue Monday was as good as the original, but pleased to have got this. Apparently, Quincy Jones supervised production. Who knew?
NO are/were on his QWEST label in the U.S. at the time. Almost as strange as Chris Rea being on Motown! EG.
Yeah, around 1986...not sure how long the contract lasted but Let's Dance definitely came out on Motown in the US! He mentions how chuffed he was, in the liner notes to one of the reissues. EG.
I never really thought about it even though I have some NO releases on Qwest. Joy Division also ended up on Qwest.
Years ago I got a few 60s Motown / R'n'B records from a charity shop in Newcastle and they had his name wrote on the labels. They were almost certainly his, the right era for his youth (he'd have been about 15 / 16) and such an unusual name. They were great and I still have a couple, unfortunately not the ones with his full name wrote on them. They were all playable but very scratched and scuffed without sleeves. There was The Temptations, Spencer Davis Group, Jimmy Cliff and Sugar Pie DeSanto (fantastic!) that I bought, but a lot that I left because I already had them.
I'm in Melbourne and I never have any trouble finding stuff. Plus I'm not a hoarder so I leave everything I've already got or don't want.
In a city of 5m people, there must be good areas and bad areas for finding stuff. The little Melbourne near me is a dead loss.
The difference between a good thrift and a bad thrift is down to the management. There's some Salvos shops I'll go into every day but others once a year ( and that's usually a waste of time).
My best haul for ages. A fiver in total for this lot (17 discs): • Weather Report – Heavy Weather (£1) • Adrian Sherwood – Never Trust a Hippy (50p) • Pretenders – Get Close w/bonus tracks (50p) • Cowboy Junkies – Lay It Down (50p) • Various – Right Now: Atlantic Club Soul and Deep Cuts 3-CD set (50p) • Various – Doo Woo Chartbusters 10-CD set (£2)
Some £1 CDs today. Plus a few LPs including these two. A bit pricier than my usual spend, but it seems they are well worth it, especially the US pressing of Juice.
