by Marty | Feb 10, 2025 | uhhh...
Lamps Made from Vintage Vinyl Records I am upcycling old lamps and making lampshades from vintage vinyl records. I use 7 inch, 10 inch, and 12 inch records in a variety of configurations, all of them vintage vinyl records. I am building every lamp by hand and each one...
by Marty | Jun 12, 2020 | General Tomfoolery
Popular music swings and sways with the changing times for sure. Being by definition popular, it can also become pretty pedestrian and collectively uninspiring for years at a time. However, every once in a while, a song hits the charts (or not) and it seems to...
by Marty | Apr 9, 2025 | Sales Display
Here we are looking at Duke Pearson’s Wahoo! on Blue Note. The specific issue with this one, is to look at the damage in the upper left corner, on the top edge. In my write-up I referred to this as “chewing” but it is truly some form of dry...
by Marty | Mar 16, 2025 | uhhh...
Here we are looking at Kenny Dorham and the Jazz Prophets Volume One from 1956 on ABC Paramount. This one has a really solid cover overall, though the back shows clearly established levels of foxing/age and discoloration. I zoomed in on what looks (in the picture)...
by Marty | Mar 12, 2025 | uhhh...
Here’s a very rare and cool version of The Sex Pistols, Never Mind the Bollocks. This one, is a version from the initial release, before it had 12 tracks (Surrender added). The way I identified it, was using the fact of back cover song listings, the pink offset...
by Marty | Jan 14, 2025 | uhhh...
Here we are looking at Meet the Temptations to see the damage to the cover. It is actually in decent shape, aside from the water/staining/damage…but it is all a matter of personal taste there. I zoomed on the problem spots, and I am only trying to show you what...
by Marty | Jan 3, 2025 | uhhh...
Hey Bryce – I really think only a few of these are from McDonald’s but I have no true idea. I know there are 4 McDonald’s ones in packages – I am assuming these are undesirable ones. The desirable ones I saw, include especially the ones in the...
by Marty | Dec 29, 2024 | Sales Display
Here, we are taking a look at my for-sale copy of Helen Merrill’s rare and wonderful self-titled debut from 1955 on Emarcy. The main thing to see and understand with this one, apart from kind of normal aging, are two issues: the bottom edge is split, just under...
by Marty | Sep 24, 2024 | Sales Display
First, we’ll look at Johnnie Hodges’ Blues a Plenty. Click any image to zoom in, using the browser to return here. This copy is in pretty nice shape overall, but does has some slight issues. First, on the cover (back more than front) there is some...
by Marty | Sep 14, 2024 | Sales Display
Please note: With more research, I determined with little doubt, that this one is a reissue from about 62-63. The only difference in it from the original, is the label – it is Oxblood (not blood red) and it is missing some text the original labels put between...
by Marty | Sep 13, 2024 | Sales Display
Here we are looking at Chino Feaster’s promo single of You’re So Much Woman. As you can see, there is some pretty significant damage to both labels. The A side is a little better than the b side. Both labels have peeling and damage. I saw some scuffing on...
