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Tonight’s Listen: Roy Hamilton, You’ll Never Walk Alone. I picked up my second copy of this nice album on Saturday in the Ames Goodwill on Lincoln while we were in town for a family photo shoot and, later in Boone that evening, a wedding and reception for friends.  At seventy-nine cents, a bargain. Roy’s voice…

Last weekend (I think it was—maybe the one before) I went digging through a few thrift stores in Des Moines and found some cassettes I considered curious enough to pick up.  After listening to them, a group of songs were worthy of importing: the luck albums imported last night were: Digable Planets: Rebirth of Slick…

I awoke Saturday morning in a funk and started browsing CL for old local ads for records.  I ran across two lots and make offer to purchase—the first lot I picked up on Saturday afternoon from a gentleman who’d dropped the price to $35 to move the records out of his basement. He seemed thrilled…

Had a respectful run in St. Paul Goodwills this weekend—aside from meeting a great veteran of digging while sorting through crates of Christmas and commons, I walked out with a few great deals at $1 apiece. List includes— Johnny Thunder—Loop De Loop (Diamond, 5001) Tommy Edwards—Tommy Edwards (Lion, L70120) Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela—Main Event,…

It makes digging through Des Moines thrift stores and flea markets seem so pointless. . . Be sure to check out all the great stories, album covers, and sounds at Voodoo Funk: http://voodoofunk.blogspot.com/

I should say, off the bat, that it’s hard to feel like I’ve been digging without visiting a flea market or thrift store—used book/music stores just don’t feel dirty enough to have been “dug”—there is no dirt, no smell, no threat of illness.  That said, I had a brief dig today at a used book…

My mom called me from Des Moines tonight to tell me about a new addition to the family, my baby brother Milo.  They found him at PetLand. When my parents (and Milo) were back in town tonight, Stacy and I drove to the West side of town to pay a visit to the new (and…

Tonight’s selection is a nice, light jazz flute selection, Bolling’s Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio: (image courtesy of Amazon.com (click for product listing)) No real reason this record jumped up above the others tonight outside it’s cover—I’d picked up this album in a flea market or bulk buy last year and remember the…

I love boxed sets!  I just found a bargain online for the Sugar Hill Records Story boxed set and am really looking forward to the set arriving at our humble Buchanan home.  Stacy and I have enjoyed Rhino’s “Best of Sugar Hill” on a number of road trips, and to now have not only one…

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