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 | Mar 16, 2026 | Sales Display
Here we are looking at Duke Pearson’s wonderful LP Wahoo! This is the 4th copy of this one I had for sale…I sold one for $800 (first mono), then sold a 61 repress for $350, I have another 61 repress (VG) for $240, then this one – which is a G graded...
by Marty | Mar 10, 2026 | uhhh...
Here we are looking at Tony Fruscetta’s self titled LP. This one, the cover looks like it got beat up a bit, then fixed, while the vinyl is in better shape. The cover has the bottom edge fixed (many years back, judging from the tape color) and it has a split...
by Marty | Mar 5, 2026 | uhhh...
Here we will be looking at 2 wonderful Blue Note records – Horace Silver Quintet’s Horace-Scope, and Wayne Shorter’s The All Seeing Eye. The Wayne Shorter record is in very nice shape. The cover is clean on both sides, with a little normal wear/age...
by Marty | Feb 23, 2026 | uhhh...
Here we are looking at Nico’s Chelsea Girl on Verve, stereo, 1967. Not a lot to say about this one, because it is sealed. But that in itself makes it a super rare, cool find – a sealed copy of this is pretty wonderful to discover. The shrinkwrap is popped...
by Marty | Feb 23, 2026 | uhhh...
Here we are looking at Grachan Moncur III’s Some Other Stuff, Blue Note 4177, from 1965. This is a rare one for sure – this is the only copy I have ever had of it, and I never see it anywhere. The cover of this one has some age/shelf wear to it, but is...
by Marty | Feb 22, 2026 | uhhh...
Here we are looking at Billie Holiday’s Lady In Satin. This one is a promo, white label Columbia from 1958. This copy is a top copy – it is in excellent shape, all around. I have a couple of these right now, and this is the best copy of it that I have. The...
by Marty | Feb 20, 2026 | Sales Display
Here we are looking at Howard McGhee’s LP, The Return of Howard McGhee, Bethlehem BCP-42 from 1956. This is a nice copy, showing only minimal wear. The cover is clean with only minor wear, more age showing on the back than the front (because it is white). The...
by Marty | Feb 15, 2026 | uhhh...
Here we are looking at the Gil Melle Quartet’s Quadrama from 1957 on Prestige, #7097. The cover here has some light wear and age showing, but it is still solid. The front and back panels show the age in discoloring in that it simply looks a little old, but...
by Marty | Feb 8, 2026 | Sales Display
Here we are looking at a collection of 103 comedy 45s that spans the years between the 1950s and the early 80s. There are all kinds of things in here, from novelty songs to silly stuuf, and also straight up comedy routines like Sister Mary Elephant by Cheech and...
by Marty | Jan 21, 2026 | uhhh...
Here we are looking at Julian Adderley Quartet’s Portrait of Cannonball, Riverside 12-269. This one is a nice one overall, but does have a little wear to it. The cover (which I never cleaned or did more than simply wipe down)has some degree of dirt and age...
