I'm sure we've done this topic many times before but what the hell.....
Whilst I’ve never been one for gambling on things like the horses, football or whatever I’d regularly gamble good money on buying records blind ‘cos they looked interesting or should I say more specifically because the details on the label looked/sounded interesting.
I guess the major difference between these 2 forms of gambling is that a lost bet on the track means just that, your money has gone for good, whereas buying a record blind that turns out not to be a winner gives you at least a chance to sell it on and recoup your losses.
And lets not forget years ago there wasn’t that wonderful catch all tool called the internet and that massive music library known as YouTube hadn’t even been thought of
And so it was in the summer of 1987 I received a well known list out of Illinois.
Buried deep in the small print was a record I’d never heard of though I knew of other things on the label.
However it was the compelling description that convinced me, nay forced me to bid on it.
Can’t recall the exact details but - come on - who wouldn’t bid on a record described as obscure mid sixties mid tempo group out of Detroit.
Now if that didn’t have you quickly writing a reply out nothing would.
However there was a snag.
The record had a 1cm crack from the running groove inwards. Oh? Mmmm.....
Bah, undeterred I bid accordingly.
Well I never - they don’t call me Bobby Big Balls for nothing as I romped home with the record.
And I’m sure you’ll all be pleased to know that I’ve still got the record and I still handle it with kid gloves.
And yeah it still is probably my best ever blind buy from the states.
So what's yours?
Derek
PS. Very much doubt if it’s the same group who sang “Roar of the crowd” on Tina as that label came out of California. Or if it was the same outfit that cut for Poncho as that was another west coast operation.
Best blind find I ever had was the Si Hightower mini album Test Pressing from a skip outside Monarch in L.A. in '76. A true one-off I believe.....
Ian D
I'm sure we've done this topic many times before but what the hell.....
Whilst I’ve never been one for gambling on things like the horses, football or whatever I’d regularly gamble good money on buying records blind ‘cos they looked interesting or should I say more specifically because the details on the label looked/sounded interesting.
I guess the major difference between these 2 forms of gambling is that a lost bet on the track means just that, your money has gone for good, whereas buying a record blind that turns out not to be a winner gives you at least a chance to sell it on and recoup your losses.
And lets not forget years ago there wasn’t that wonderful catch all tool called the internet and that massive music library known as YouTube hadn’t even been thought of
And so it was in the summer of 1987 I received a well known list out of Illinois.
Buried deep in the small print was a record I’d never heard of though I knew of other things on the label.
However it was the compelling description that convinced me, nay forced me to bid on it.
Can’t recall the exact details but - come on - who wouldn’t bid on a record described as obscure mid sixties mid tempo group out of Detroit.
Now if that didn’t have you quickly writing a reply out nothing would.
However there was a snag.
The record had a 1cm crack from the running groove inwards. Oh? Mmmm.....
Bah, undeterred I bid accordingly.
Well I never - they don’t call me Bobby Big Balls for nothing as I romped home with the record.
And I’m sure you’ll all be pleased to know that I’ve still got the record and I still handle it with kid gloves.
And yeah it still is probably my best ever blind buy from the states.
So what's yours?
Derek
PS. Very much doubt if it’s the same group who sang “Roar of the crowd” on Tina as that label came out of California. Or if it was the same outfit that cut for Poncho as that was another west coast operation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DhQ_IC9HmA
Edited by Derek Pearson