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 | Jul 30, 2026 | Sales Display
Here’s a lovely copy of one of my all time faves: Bobby Timmons’ classic This Here Is… from 1960 on Riverside. The cover here is pretty clean, but there is a little bit of rubbing to note, both on front and back. It is minimal but there. There is...
by Marty | Jul 20, 2026 | Sales Display
Here we are looking at a bootleg version of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon from 1993, on red wax. This one is a rare one – I have not had a copy or even heard of it before I had this one. The cover has a little wear to it – it is a little thin...
by Marty | Jul 6, 2026 | Sales Display
Here we are looking at Jimmy Smith’s Home Cookin’, Blue Note 4050. The cover here has some wear to it – you can see it more in the back cover than the front. The top and bottome edge also have some wear to them – the bottom has a spot about 1-2...
by Marty | Jul 3, 2026 | Sales Display
Here we are looking at Lou Donaldson’s Blues Walk on Blue Note, #1593. This is an original issue stereo in nice shape – all original details. The cover has a small corner cut (lower right on front) indicating it was a cutout at some point. That being...
by Marty | Jul 2, 2026 | Sales Display
Here we are looking at a promo 45 of Herbie Hancock’s Fat Mama on Warner Brothers. As you can see, this is a white label promo of the record. It is in very nice shape, with a couple light scuffs showing but nothing deep, nothing major. The label on the A side...
by Marty | Jun 13, 2026 | Sales Display
Here we are looking at a 45 collection I want to sell…it is a LOT of pieces. We’re looking at about 6000 45s here – most have sleeves, but some don’t, and some of the sleeves are not worthwhile. I have no true idea how it breaks down, but most...
by Marty | May 15, 2026 | Sales Display
Here we’re looking at 2 versions of The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night. One is stereo, one is mono, both are original releases. Though both of these records are in nice condition, I do think the mono version is a little bit nicer than the stereo. The...
by Marty | Apr 12, 2026 | Sales Display
Here we are going to look at 2 Billie Holiday records – a promo of Lady In Satin, and a nice copy of Songs for Distingue Lovers. I will describe each, and then share images and a video clip that combines them at the end of this post. We’ll start with the...
by Marty | Apr 7, 2026 | Sales Display
Here we are looking at WQynton Kelly’s Kelly Blue on Riverside. This one, the cover has some pretty good wear to it. Mainly, you can see that some moron put braided packing tape on every edge…looks like it was done in the 60s or 70s. That aside, there is a...
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...
