Whats your best junk shop finds?

I think the best time was early to mid 70s,

I picked up Kenya Collins,The Chosen Few,plus plenty of others for 10p

They tell me even the charity shops have a record price catalogues now.

Kev

Whats your best junk shop finds?

I think the best time was early to mid 70s,

I picked up Kenya Collins,The Chosen Few,plus plenty of others for 10p

They tell me even the charity shops have a record price catalogues now.

Kev

Yeah, A few years ago, when my wife was working in a bookshop the woman from the Cancer Research shop next door came in and ordered a record collector price guide.

My mum works in the Sue Ryder Cancer shop in Winchcombe, Gloucs and they have someone who looks at all the records that come in first. I used to get first dibs on UK pop/R&R stuff but not anymore.

I gave her a list of labels, Stateside, Tamla Motown, London, Oriole, Columbia, etc etc plus "anything with a big hole in the middle" and she used to call me if anything came in!!

My mum works in the Sue Ryder Cancer shop in Winchcombe, Gloucs and they have someone who looks at all the records that come in first. I used to get first dibs on UK pop/R&R stuff but not anymore.

I gave her a list of labels, Stateside, Tamla Motown, London, Oriole, Columbia, etc etc plus "anything with a big hole in the middle" and she used to call me if anything came in!!

The best find for me was a 'Timi Yuro- It'll never...' it was a bit battered, i spent all night cleaning it playing it cleaning playing to get the dirt out. Sold for over £600. Wasnt from a junk shop but it was in a box next to this guys bin waiting for the bin men to take away.

I was at his house buying a handful of 12s and on my way out of his house i noticed all of these 45s in a box without sleeves, he said they were no good and i asked if he wouldnt mind if i could take them which he said yeah 'take em' there's nowt in there its all rubbish.

What a find nearly P***** myself in the car when i flicked threw them and found it.

Brilliant memory from about 5 years ago.

Daz

One of my best junk shop finds was a sealed Martha Reeves L.P. with 'second chance on it great track 20p.

my best two came on the same day when i got

Shirley Ellis - soul time- UK cbs and

The Spellbinders - help me -UK cbs

for £1.20

36 1960s/1970s KPM LPs (Library Music) 50p each - sold loads of them for £10 - £15 each and a handfull at £25+

Whats your best junk shop finds?

I think the best time was early to mid 70s,

I picked up Kenya Collins,The Chosen Few,plus plenty of others for 10p

They tell me even the charity shops have a record price catalogues now.

Kev

Flame N King - Shirebrook market place when it was still covered up. Immediately got 3 figs in trade for it - believe me, that was a lot of records at the time

Jimmy Thomas - Beautiful Night 5p second hand shop in Leeds.

Sold to Keith Minshull that weekend at the Torch for £39 ( I was earning £17 pw at the time!)

Julian

Picked up - Ernie & Ed - Indication on Jayboy for £2.50 few years ago plus Lou Johnson - Unsatisfied on UK London for couple of quid from local secondhand shop.

Local Oxfam shop is looking for volunteer with good record knowledge to sort out their stuff.May apply.

Dave.

Whats your best junk shop finds?

I think the best time was early to mid 70s,

I picked up Kenya Collins,The Chosen Few,plus plenty of others for 10p

They tell me even the charity shops have a record price catalogues now.

Kev

about 5 years ago 100% pure poison lp £1 and Ron Keith - go goota go by what you tell me UK 7" a bit crackly but that was a mixed bag of records and books for £1

Ann D'andrea - Don't Stop Looking - JAMIE

From Oxfam in Surbiton, Surrey years ago.

A lad i know got QUEEN OF FOOLS BRITISH DEMO from a junk shop in york WOW!!!!!!!!!!

Wouldn't like to list how many great buys ive had over the years, lots of u.k stuff ie Sandy Wynns and the like. But the best was from a record fair in Belgium, Two great finds that day first was Autographs Loves Gonna Do You in, but the best was Can't Break The News To Myself - Ben E King - Atlantic U.K. Demo Mint the two discs cost me £20 not a bad buy in the scale of things. Last car boot season i picked up 300 uk 60s many soul related all n/mint after a wash, they cost me 10p each, in this little lot there was Ray Whitley, Charlie Gracie etc. But from oxfam, only realy pop crap, but if you can turn them into soul that ain't to bad. Had a folk L.P out of oxfam for 50P sold on e-bay for £1,100 but this doesn't happen every day. ................ SAM

Wouldn't like to list how many great buys ive had over the years, lots of u.k stuff ie Sandy Wynns and the like. But the best was from a record fair in Belgium, Two great finds that day first was Autographs Loves Gonna Do You in, but the best was Can't Break The News To Myself - Ben E King - Atlantic U.K. Demo Mint the two discs cost me £20 not a bad buy in the scale of things. Last car boot season i picked up 300 uk 60s many soul related all n/mint after a wash, they cost me 10p each, in this little lot there was Ray Whitley, Charlie Gracie etc. But from oxfam, only realy pop crap, but if you can turn them into soul that ain't to bad. Had a folk L.P out of oxfam for 50P sold on e-bay for £1,100 but this doesn't happen every day. ................ SAM

I was at the same fair many years ago along with Taffy,when you found the Ben E King,you came looking for us two and you had nearly wet yourself with extreme pleasure funny as f*** that was,the big fella mumbling/stuttering/gibbering away like a little baby,mind you we soon bought you back down to earth by making you buy the beer that night in Ostende.

They were good fairs then ,not now to many people hitting them,i used to indulge in going thru' all the race music boxs.loads of big goodies in them all for around 15 Belgian Francs then luvly jubbly

Toby.

Years ago (about 3 years) i walked in the local Sue Ryder shop,just as some bloke donated a box of 7" records,i got 1st pick including the box they came in,all for 50p each.

Miracles on Uk Oriole

Eddie Holland Uk Fontana (Jamie)

9 no TMG 500s + 2 red/white demos all 500 nos.

caroline Crawford Stateside issue

+ a few rock n roll 45s.

Always remember finding two Timi Yuro 45s in a shop in Truro CORNWALL - 1 IT'LL NEVER BE OVER FOR ME and 2 WHAT A MATTER BABY both for 20p

didnt know the big one at the time but had heard the baby washington version, then sold them on for a 5er each - if only you knew then what you now know eh!!!!!

G Davis and R TYler orig from the fridge shop on Lincon Rd near the Triangle 10 years ago..he wanted 50p...I knocked him down to 25p.

"Roosevelt Mathews-You got me digin you/Tighten up-King issue"

,

50 pence about 4 years ago in an Essex junk shop

Dave f............

My hubby was working in Coventry.....and went round the chaz shops on his break.... and found a copy of Drizabone - Pressure for 50p last year JB xx

RECENTLY

BOBBY HUTTON "LEND A HAND" LP £1.99

MIDNIGHT KEEP ON WALKING BY 49P

RECENTLY

BOBBY HUTTON "LEND A HAND" LP £1.99

MIDNIGHT KEEP ON WALKING BY 49P

RECENT FIND IN BOOK SHOP RAY AND DAVE WRONG WRONG WRONG ON GRANT

DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE LABEL THOUGH

Marlena Shaw "Spice Of Life"-Cadet Lp in Ex. for $2 in 97'..

More recently - all Aussie "Tamla Motown-Sample records" - promos.

Isley Bros. "Why When Love Is Gone/Take Me In Your Arms"

Edwin Starr " 25 Miles/Love Is My Destination"

Kiki Dee "Day Will Come Between Sunday & Monday/My Whole World Ended"

Gladys Knight "Nitty Gritty/Got Myself A Good Man"

Gladys Knight "Friendship Train/Cloud Nine'

Spinners " We'll Have It Made/My Whole World Ended"

$1 each @ a suburban OpShop....all very clean for almost 40 years of age

About 4 years ago, Kenny Lynch - Movin Away, - in a pile of non descript pop/chart on my local flea market. 3 records for £1. There was an MVPS - Turning My Heartbeat Up, thought I'd have that as well for that price. Got my £1 out, handed it over, poor woman (looked like a WRVS tea lady Supergran) said "it's 3 for a £1 lovey, don't you want another" I said "Can't find another I want", while thinking, only wished I could!. She said mmm, have both of them for 50p then ...I said, Naghhh, it's OK, have the quid, and I ran off like I'd just found a Golden Ticket

Few 60's bits, Small Faces - From The Beginning LP, 25p, sold on EBay after I'd had my fussy out of it

Spectres - Neighbor Neighbor 45 out of charity shop, (same song as Jimmy Hughes) along with the heap of others I'd bought blind that day, 3 records for a quid. I can't remember what else was in the pile, after playing them I didn't like them, boxed them up and they are now in the loft, at least I hope they are.Nosing on EBay one day and I came across Spectres selling for loads of money! Did a bit of homework, Spectres later became Status Quo. Promptly sold it for £160 to a Quo fan on EBay.

Got a pile of Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran 45's in picture sleeves, 50p each from a charity shop...all sold on EBay.

Len Jewell "All my good Loving" / Elevator Song PZAZZ 050 plus a load of other reasonable stuff, junk shop find 2 weeks ago 50p each and I spent £19.50 in total. Unemployed with time to spare sometimes has its benefits, but mostly it sucks

Midge

I reguarly trawl the local charity shops during my jazz funk phase I found SOS/I HAVE FAITH IN YOU BABY EDWIN STAR POLYDOR DEMO (white with red A)in a company sleeve mint condition I paid 20p for it, but sold it at a record fair for £25.00 .

If only I knew then what I know now

Quite a few years ago I was in my local second hand record shop when someone came in and sold the owner, Richard, a carrier bag of records for £15. Richard turned to me and said "These are your sort of thing Dave". There were about fifty import singles, at least two thirds of which were northern. I offered Richard twenty five quid, which he gladly accepted and said "that's a quick tenner". I think I made about £600 off the sale of the contents of that carrier bag

Brighton 'Junk Shop Quarter' 1984 - 10p for a warped (but amazingly played flawlessly) 45 on King. Mmm.. I thought, an alternative to Archie Bell's pleasant little ditty 'Tighten Up'. Great! Along with some Indy flexi-discs, a yellow vinyl u.s. import of 'Butterfly Collector' (The Jam), a Mike Oldfield 'Tublar Bells' pic disc LP (along with another pic disc album the details of which elude me at present... long night!) plus a handful of 12" Test Pressings the likes of Huey Lewis & the News; Rod Stewart & Bananarama.

It was to be seven years later, when my dormant love for the soul scene was just beginning to see re-emergence, that my long time friend & one time 'travelling' companion Kev Draper pointed out the significance of the Tighten Up single in the scheme of the scene at that time: a £75 copy of Roosevelt Matthews 'You Got Me Digging You'!!! Sold for a pleasant £25 to Hert's soul nite promoter extrordinaire the Big 'O', at a Cambridge soul 'nite held above a Snooker Club from memory - but only after Neil had assured himself as to my claims of unhindered playthrough by insisting to the DJ on the decks at the time (Tony Dellar) how this 45 must be 'tested' and before the next tune was cued (sod the punters - eh Neil ).

Charity shop - Brisbane, land of Oz, August 1983: 99 cents... Cheryl someone or other (not the sort of tune to which I alot much memory cells) with a take on 'You Don't Want Me Anymore'. Pretty sure it was on Decca, too (nice black Oz stock copy). The aforementioned Mr Draper relieved me of it within two days of my return to the UK.

On friday this week i was kiling time in Ormskirk town centre, tried all the charity shops. The last one I picked up mint, yes mint "Something keeps aclling me back. Wayne Fontana", british, for a quid...may not be a big sound now but it will replace my nackered copy. I did also left the Beatles Can't buy me love, mint UK...I bought a mint Sweet Sensation album instead from the same shop..

Cheers John

Back in the early 80's during my Skinhead revival years, me and a mate was in the local army surplus store and the guy told us he had a room at the back with records for sale. Wow! Nearly everything on Trojan / Pama was there! Albums & 45s from 1968 - 1972....must have been an original Skinhead who donated them. 45's were 25p each and the albums were £3 each, we paid for what we could and put the rest aside for a later day when we had some more money. Suffice to say, all the (now) in-demand Skinhead Reggae was in there...'Skinhead Speaks His Mind - Hot Rod All Stars' , all the Torpedo releases too.

Foolishly swapped the 'Skinhead Speaks His Mind' (£300+ recently on ebay) for O'Jays 'Lipstick Traces'. Doh! Did manage to get it back off the same guy, though I had to part with some good RnB.

More recently (about 8 years ago!), found a huge box of USA 45's ready for the rubbish dump, the usual Tamla/Gordy/ etc but laying right at the bottom of the pile... Embers - Watch Out Girl MGM blue/gold Issue! Nice.

Newcastle upon tyne in 74. Baby Reconsider - Lean Haywood Fat Fish Demo 10p.

BUT, I didnlt buy as I had no money left as I bought a stack Ric Tic stuff at 10p

Went back, it was gone..

FOUND A MINT UK DEMO OF MARLENA SHAW"LOVE HAS GONE AWAY" WHICH I SOLD TO RUSS WINSTANLEY AND HE PLAYED IT THAT NIGHT AT THE CASINO.

ALSO FOR 10P A MINT UK DEMO OF BRENDA LEE JONES "YOU'RE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE"

AND LOU RAGLAND"SINCE YOU SAID YOU'D BE MINE" UK WARNER BROS DEMO.

WAS ONCE IN 2ND HAND SHOP IN HUDDERSFIELD AND FOUND A BOX OF SUE LYNNES"DON'T PITY ME". THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN BOOTLEGGED SO LEFT EM THERE, DOH! MUST HAVE BEEN 50 COPIES. LIFE GOES ON!!!!

not a junk shop find but got hold of cajun hart gotta find a way on a date stamped uk wb demo for a mere tenner from an ad in the back of record collector magazine fell on hard times so sold it to ade pearce of cotswold records for £65

not a junk shop find but got hold of cajun hart gotta find a way on a date stamped uk wb demo for a mere tenner from an ad in the back of record collector magazine fell on hard times so sold it to ade pearce of cotswold records for £65

also not a junk shop find but i got good rockin for a quid probly not a big find but not bad for a quid

I picked up a Competion Aint Nothing,on Action, out of a local junk shop a bit worn but who cares for 10p many many moons ago.

What would it go for now?

Kev

Edited February 24, 200817 yr by good angel

I didn't have the money for a taxi home from a footie match, around '76/'77 and it was freezing.

25 mins 'til the next bus back to Washington.

Walked into a second hand shop in Church Street North, Roker.

Mainly to keep warm, but also on the off-chance.

They didn't have as many records as most junk shops at the time .......... BUT

One cardboard box full of LPs, about 40 of them.

A Danny Williams LP on Deram (Without sleeve) including 'Whose little girl are you' ... When it was right at it's peak.

I still have it now.

An Ike and Tina Turner Italian LP inc. a version of 'Shake a tail feather'.

An Atlantic various artists LP inc. a superb Mary Wells version of 'I can't get no satisfaction'

A gold Warner Brothers LP by Bill Cosby inc. lil' old man.

I once ordered a load of records from a 'dealer' in Middlesbrough ....

£1.20 each or 10 for £8.00, something like that.

A small box advert in Echoes, aroung '85/'86

Presumed they were pressings and UK re-issues. AND OBVIOUSLY HE DID

When they arrived they were all originals ...

Only explanation is it was the aftermath of a death/divorce and he didn't know exactly what he had.

I can just imagine some widow walking into his shop and asking for a tenner for these Northern Soul records.

When they arrived I nearly vomited.

Phoned him up and asked if he had any left.

Someone had beat me to it by five minutes.

H.B. Barnum - Heartbreaker. Capitol green demo.

Magnificents - My heart is calling. Patheway multi coloured issue.

That bird (was it Evie Sands ???) on Rising Sons white demo.

Are three that spring to mind, but there was some great stuff.

That bird (was it Evie Sands ???) on Rising Sons white demo.

Edie Walker "Good guys" (old Patience Valentine c/up)?

...and I'm envious! My only one was in Summer 1973, in a local junk shop we'd used for years, I found Earl Grant "Hide nor hair" US Decca. This was when it was a big tune, and we all KNEW that it was going to be pressed the following week - which of course turned out to be untrue!

Edie Walker "Good guys" (old Patience Valentine c/up)?

Yes, i stand corrected .. I had a feeling I was on the right track, first name-wise

It wasn't a white demo either.

Black issue, with those multi-colour arrows.

Walked into the house after a hard day at work ...

Nonchelanltly opening my package of 10 pressings ...

I nearly choked !!!!!!!!

I've just remembered one of the other ones aswell ...

David and the Giants - Ten Miles High on crazy horse khaki issue with a drillhole.

Back in the late 70s i found in a junk shop in Carmarthen:

O'Jays - I'llnever forget you (Imperial Audition copy mint)

Chiffons - Nobody knows whats going on (Laurie) Nr mint

Orlons - Envy (Cameo Demo) Nr mint

Frances Nero - Keep on loving me (Soul) Ex+

+ others. All 10p.

I was in there that much, the guy asked me out. Oh dear that spoiled it!

Back in the late 70s i found in a junk shop in Carmarthen:

O'Jays - I'llnever forget you (Imperial Audition copy mint)

Chiffons - Nobody knows whats going on (Laurie) Nr mint

Orlons - Envy (Cameo Demo) Nr mint

Frances Nero - Keep on loving me (Soul) Ex+

+ others. All 10p.

I was in there that much, the guy asked me out. Oh dear that spoiled it!

The things people do to get a bargain

Kev

Edited February 26, 200817 yr by good angel

The things people do to get a bargain

Kev

The guy thought I was in there for a different reason, not my type!!

I was really happy to find the Jaynettes LP on TUFF, Sally go round the roses, in a Swedish equivalent to a car boot sale near the Arctic circle. Roughly £2. I bought it for the cover, mostly, to be honest, and it turned out to be a lovely record!

Last year I was in Charity shop in Aberdeen and they were selling Lps for ridiculous prices EG Beatles Lps for £12 etc in crap condition

There was a small pile of 45s on the flor with no sleeves. The usual rubbish pop but then a copy of Cado Belle - Got to love on an Anchor issue.

She charged me £1 for it. Clened it up to ex cond and sold it to the soul supermarket on here for £30 - Not a bad return.

P.S I had the cheek to tell them that their person who looks through their records and prices them had missed that one!

Whats your best junk shop finds?

I think the best time was early to mid 70s,

I picked up Kenya Collins,The Chosen Few,plus plenty of others for 10p

They tell me even the charity shops have a record price catalogues now.

Kev

Found a immaculate Mint Stateside white demo/red A of theTemptations - "Girl Why Do Want To Make Me Blue" at a car boot sale mixed with a collection of 70/80's pop. 20p.

Found a immaculate Mint Stateside white demo/red A of theTemptations - "Girl Why Do Want To Make Me Blue" at a car boot sale mixed with a collection of 70/80's pop. 20p.

"

Found my 3rd copy in 2 years of Gladys Knight..( For sale by the way) "No one could love you more" last week.. market stall actually, but in the spirit £3..

Its strange how you get lucky with some titles..

Over the years Ive found 2 Garnet Mimms " looking for you" Black UA,

2 Invitations "Whats wrong" Stateside,

2 Nancy Ames " I dont wanna talk" Columbia,

But really not that much else outta Junk shops ( in UK) worth mentioning in 30 years of scouring..

Did find a Congress demo of Richie Adams in Ilford once tho'.....

( That doesnt count as it was a record shop even if it was £6.50 ?? !!)

"

Found my 3rd copy in 2 years of Gladys Knight..( For sale by the way) "No one could love you more" last week.. market stall actually, but in the spirit £3..

Its strange how you get lucky with some titles..

Over the years Ive found 2 Garnet Mimms " looking for you" Black UA,

2 Invitations "Whats wrong" Stateside,

2 Nancy Ames " I dont wanna talk" Columbia,

But really not that much else outta Junk shops ( in UK) worth mentioning in 30 years of scouring..

Did find a Congress demo of Richie Adams in Ilford once tho'.....

( That doesnt count as it was a record shop even if it was £6.50 ?? !!)

My best find was the only UK copy of "love Bandit" Atlantic test press. Not the Kenya Collins but the other one.

I remember on the radio a few years ago they were talking about record prices,a girl phoned in,said she had picked up Willy Wade,single a northern soul record at a car boot,for 20p and sold on Ebay for £300.

Kev

Looking through a few charity shops today, came across this priced at 50P There Are

I'll start again, fingers are to big. As i said saw this one priced at 50p There Are Roses Somewhere In This World - Bobby Taylor - Sunflower issue, not my cup of tea, but will come in handy for trades. Anyone out there fancy doing trades, drop me a line - - SAM.

my best two came on the same day when i got

Shirley Ellis - soul time- UK cbs and

The Spellbinders - help me -UK cbs

for £1.20

Yes I got a 'Spellbinders' on UK CBS for 49p from a charity shop in Leeds. JM valued it at £50.

G Davis and R TYler orig from the fridge shop on Lincon Rd near the Triangle 10 years ago..he wanted 50p...I knocked him down to 25p.

Did they not have an " Ice Man " as well , Pau ? .........

Malc Burton

Forgot about this one, or 6 . In the Torch days, after going there the week before, I was looking through a record shop in Leeds (OK, not a junk shop I know) and found 6 copies of 'The Shakers - One wonderful moment' on US import for 50p each. Took them to the Torch that next week and sold them all for £30 each. It was an in demand tune then. Damn good return and £180 in those days was like £5000 now. PUKKA!!!!!

Edited March 6, 200817 yr by steveluigi