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 | 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...
by Marty | Dec 30, 2025 | uhhh...
Here is some Johnny Cash Wall art…it is the iconic B/W pic of him giving the bird at Fulsom Jail, as well as a super rare pic sleeve from 1959 for The Little Drummer Boy (no record, darn it!). Cool stuff! So I went back to my shop this morning, and I went...
by Marty | Dec 14, 2025 | uhhh...
Here’s one of my favorite Christmas records. If you start it, it will keep playing for you -Merry Christmas! Jingle Bells - Booker T and the MGsSanta Claus Is Coming to Town - Booker T and the MGsWinter Wonderland - Booker T and the MGsThe Christmas Song -...
by Marty | Dec 12, 2025 | uhhh...
Here we are looking at Cal Tjader and Stan Getz with their sextet. This is the Stereo version of Fantasy in beautiful red translucent wax. I can verify that this one is is the first pressing by the run out matrices – they match the last 2 on the release page. ...
by Marty | Nov 29, 2025 | Sales Display
Here, we are looking at Introducing The Beatles on Vee Jay. I can say first off, that finding a true copy of this (not a regional bootleg of some sort) is more difficult than it seems. I have many, many copies of this title, but not many are real ones, and fewer still...
by Marty | Nov 25, 2025 | Sales Display
Here, we are looking at Compact Discs I have for sale. I recently acquired a large collection, so will sell them. The CDs are all priced individually, in the PDF file that lists them here. I am assuming they are all great condition, but I do know some jewel cases were...
by Marty | Nov 6, 2025 | uhhh...
Here are the only known recordings of The Social Whores that I am aware of. These are from 1986-87, recorded at Shane Pringle’s house in Fort Myers, Florida, on my brand new Ross 4×4 4-track cassette recorder. We had one microphone, and recorded it a track...
by Marty | Oct 11, 2025 | uhhh...
Here we are looking at Stanley Turrentine’s Up at Minton’s on Blue Note from 1961. This is a nice copy overall, but does have a few flaws that bring the price down a lot. The cover of this one is pretty solid, but there is some kind of slight discoloring...
by Marty | Sep 30, 2025 | uhhh...
Here we are looking at the stereo reissue of Jimmy Giuffre 3’s Trav’lin’ Light, from 1959. It’s on Atlantic. This is a really nice copy – and I have 3 or more of them to compare right now, so you can trust me. 🙂 But the front on this...
by Marty | Sep 15, 2025 | uhhh...
Here we are looking at Paul Chambers’ GO! The main reason we are looking at this one, is because there is a super tiny runout groove on side 2. If the label is off-centered at all, it is a problem – but this copy does not have that issue. The label is...
