Vintage Vinyl Lamps

Vintage Vinyl Lamps

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...
Six Songs that Seismically Shifted Shit

Six Songs that Seismically Shifted Shit

  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...
Kenny Dorham and the Jazz Prophets Volume 1

Kenny Dorham and the Jazz Prophets Volume 1

 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)...
The Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks

The Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks

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...
Meet the Temptations

Meet the Temptations

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...
Beanies for Bryce

Beanies for Bryce

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...
Helen Merrill – self titled

Helen Merrill – self titled

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...
Wilbur Harden Tanganyika Strut

Wilbur Harden Tanganyika Strut

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...
Chino Feaster – You’re So Much Woman

Chino Feaster – You’re So Much Woman

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...
Ann Richards – Ann, Man!

Ann Richards – Ann, Man!

Here we are looking at Ann Richards’ Ann, Man!  The main thing to see here is the writing on the back cover (idiots!). I included a zoom of it for you. That, and some light wear is all there is to see here – otherwise, this one is in really nice shape. The...