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Post by gazz on Nov 11, 2023 21:03:15 GMT
Here's one I forgot to post the other week, which only cost me the princely sum of £3.99 + postage - the seller is retiring this year and is clearing out his shop as quickly as he can! Considering what it actually is (a numbered limited edition white vinyl), that price is an absolute steal!
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Post by ceefer on Nov 17, 2023 18:13:18 GMT
Here's one I forgot to post the other week, which only cost me the princely sum of £3.99 + postage - the seller is retiring this year and is clearing out his shop as quickly as he can! Considering what it actually is (a numbered limited edition white vinyl), that price is an absolute steal! Can you let me know the URL please?
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Post by ceefer on Nov 17, 2023 18:14:37 GMT
Latest addition: The new album from Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - 'Bauhaus Staircase'. Just released yesterday and delivered this morning courtesy of Norman Records via Royal Mail, and it's another fantastic collection of tunes from McCluskey and Humphreys. Looking the business on my turntable in glorious red vinyl too for good measure! Got my copy, what an album with the bass and volume turned up.
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Post by gazz on Nov 17, 2023 20:36:52 GMT
Here's one I forgot to post the other week, which only cost me the princely sum of £3.99 + postage - the seller is retiring this year and is clearing out his shop as quickly as he can! Considering what it actually is (a numbered limited edition white vinyl), that price is an absolute steal! Can you let me know the URL please? You want to buy a copy of the Damned, Ceef? www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155714011079Good price from a good seller
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Post by gazz on Nov 17, 2023 20:37:39 GMT
Latest addition: The new album from Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - 'Bauhaus Staircase'. Just released yesterday and delivered this morning courtesy of Norman Records via Royal Mail, and it's another fantastic collection of tunes from McCluskey and Humphreys. Looking the business on my turntable in glorious red vinyl too for good measure! Got my copy, what an album with the bass and volume turned up. It's a belter, isn't it, mate.
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Post by hatter_in_macc on Nov 18, 2023 11:44:26 GMT
Scarily, within half an hour of reading this thread (but not clicking on the link you provided, Gazz), I've received an email from eBay pushing: The Damned, Grimly Fiendish, NEW/MINT Numbered LTD ED 12" single on WHITE vinyl!
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Post by gazz on Nov 18, 2023 17:54:21 GMT
Scarily, within half an hour of reading this thread (but not clicking on the link you provided, Gazz), I've received an email from eBay pushing: The Damned, Grimly Fiendish, NEW/MINT Numbered LTD ED 12" single on WHITE vinyl! That's seriously shady, Maccy, what the hell?!
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Post by gazz on Nov 30, 2023 22:08:57 GMT
I just HAD to get this one from Suggs and co, and in doing so I helped the lads get their first Number 1 studio album. I could have sworn they'd achieved this years ago with 'One Step Beyond' and 'Absolutely', though, but apparently those two albums peaked - criminally - at number 2. Congratulations, Nuttys!
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Post by gazz on Dec 12, 2023 21:23:49 GMT
Time for another new addition! This is one I've been after for a while. I had it bought for me on CD for Christmas way back in 1990 and it's still one of the best albums I've ever had. The album in question is the utterly brilliant 'Armchair Theatre' by the utterly brilliant Jeff Lynne, and this particular copy is a 2013 reissue on double blue vinyl with gatefold sleeve. It wasn't easy to get hold of, but I was lucky to find a guy in Bern, Switzerland who had a used copy that is as close to Mint as you will find, it really is in fantastic condition. How cool is that?!
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Post by gazz on Dec 13, 2023 8:34:55 GMT
I've just been watching this on YouTube...
... it's a great performance, but it's one of the comments that I'm wanting to point to, which sums Jeff Lynne up perfectly:
"Jeff Lynne is like the Swiss Army knife of rock music. Songwriter. Singer. Multi-instrumentalist. Producer. Arranger..."
Brilliant.
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Post by gazz on Dec 15, 2023 14:33:36 GMT
This one is a real beauty. We all got an Amazon voucher from work the other day and I've been looking for something to spend it on, then I stumbled on a 4-record Ultravox boxed set simply titled 'Extended'. As anyone still reading that isn't bored of my posts will have probably guessed, it's a collection of some of their classic 12" mixes. Strangely, however (and maybe understandably, as it's probably become something of an Ultravox cliche'), 'Vienna' isn't included. What is included, though, is pure, undiluted Ultravox brilliance. Playing at 33 1/3 Rpm, they sound absolutely fantastic and are a real trip back to my teens. This is a fantastic addition to my collection.
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Post by gazz on Dec 20, 2023 14:51:46 GMT
This one is a present from the girlfriend. I missed out on this back in 2019, but I saw one for sale online last week and she bought it me! The very best of INXS in limited edition red double vinyl, one of my favourite ever bands and containing probably my favourite tune - 'Disappear'. Michael Hutchence was - for me, anyway - the last of the great rock stars, and I was gutted back in 1997 when I heard on the radio in work that he had died - I can remember exactly where I was. 26 years ago, where the hell has all that time gone? Anyway, here is it... It not only looks fantastic, it sounds fantastic too. Continue to rest in peace, Mike.
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Post by gazz on Dec 31, 2023 23:14:38 GMT
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Post by gazz on Dec 31, 2023 23:21:54 GMT
Aaaaaand this beauty all the way from 1980 and although the cover is a little creased from the record being stored inside it (my pet peeve), the vinyl itself is still in fantastic condition.... Although my ears ain't at their best, with the old sinuses being as packed as a press conference to announce that Elvis has been found alive, it still sounded fantastic.
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Post by gazz on Dec 31, 2023 23:25:25 GMT
That's it from me, I'm now off to see the new year in with some coughing, sneezing and some faint hope that it's going to be better than the 2023 that I'll be saying goodbye to at the same time with a big "f*** you". I hope you have a great 2024, everyone!
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