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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #690 on: October 10, 2015, 07:54:13 PM »
For the first time in quire a while I had a really good day at the Crack House. For a change I was able to find some mint condition vinyl in addition to CDs.   8)

LPs:

Mary Martin as Peter Pan, An Original Cast Recording -  RCA LP
Stravinsky: The Firebird - Ansermet/L'Orchestre del la Suisse Romande - London LP (British pressing)
The Best of the Worst of Henny Youngman - Certron LP (I know this is not HiFI, but I couldn't resist.  :Dunno )

CDs

Louis Armstrong: The Gold Collection - Fine Tune 24k Gold CD
Glenn Miller: The Gold Collection - Fine Tune 24k Gold CD
Benny Goodman, The King of Swing: The Gold Collection - Fine Tune 24k Gold CD
The Cole Porter Songbook: The Gold Collection - Fine Tune 24k Gold CD
The George Gershwin Songbook: The Gold Collection - Fine Tune 24k Gold CD
The Best of Dinah Washington - Roulette CD
The Best of George Shearing, His Original Capitol Recordimngs - Curb CD
George Shearing: Favorite things - Telarc CD
The Best of Burt Bacharach: 20th Century Masters, The Millennium Collection - A&M CD
Michael Feinstein: Michael and George, Feinstein Sings Gershwin - Concord Jazz CD
Blue Smoke: Williams-Sonoma CD
Masterworks Dinner Classics: Just Desserts - Sony Masterworks CD
TV Classics - RCA CD
Crystal Visions....the very best of Stevie Nicks - Reprise CD
Carol King: Tapestry - Ode 2 CD Legacy Edition

And this came in the mail:
Mussogsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Oue/Minnesota Orchestra - Reference Recordings HDCD
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #691 on: October 29, 2015, 12:16:32 PM »
I had a doctor's appointment yesterday afternoon and by the time I got out it was the middle of rush hour. So rather than waste time sitting in traffic I figured it would be a much better use of time to make a stop at the record store down the road from the doctor's office.  8-[

Unfortunately they stocked mostly CDs , but they were running a big clearance sale with a big selection of CDs reduced to just 49 cents. While I did not score any rare finds what I did do was pick up a bunch of CDs on from artists or albums I was not really familiar with but were labels that I knew had reputations for good sound and performances (and many of them had band members that I did know and like.)

Most of this stuff I would have passed up at full price, but for half a buck I can afford to take a chance on some lesser known performers.

Jim Brock: Tropic Affair - Reference Recordings CD
Stereophile Editors Choice Sampler & Test CD
Oscar Peterson/Ray Brown/Benny Carter/Clark Terry: The More I See You - Telarc Jazz CD (This was not one of the acts I had not heard of! :lol: )
Janis Siegel: Sketches of Broadway - Telarc CD
Janis Siegel: I Wish You Love - Telarc CD
Tony DeSare: Last First Kiss - Telarc CD
Tony DeSare: Want You - Telarc CD
Rosemary Clooney Sings the Songs of Harold Allen - Concord CD
Scott Hamilton Plays Ballads - Concord CD
Lew Tabackin: Tenority - Concord CD
Alex De Grassi: The World's Getting Loud - Windham Hill CD
Sinatra: Love Songs - Sony CD
Tony Bennett with Count Basie: Some Pair - Pair Records CD
Tony Bennett: Here's to the Ladies - Columbia CD
Jane Oliver: In Concert - Columbia CD
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #692 on: November 08, 2015, 07:04:07 PM »
So when is a trip to PREX not a trip to PREX?

About two years ago when I was getting ready to move I needed to attend a business meeting in New Jersey that ended up being not to far from Princeton Record Exchange. Of you since I was almost in the neighborhood I felt morally obligated to make a stop on my way home and left with my usual multiple bags of vinyl goodies. Well somehow when I got home in all the hustle and bustle of packing up the house one of those bags got packed into a box before I had a chance to listen to any of the albums within. Fast forward to this morning and I was in the basement rearranging tidying up a bit and I stumbled upon the same bag. So today I got a dozen PREX albums to listen to and I never even left by house.  :thumb:





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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #693 on: November 09, 2015, 05:58:10 AM »
So today I got a dozen PREX albums to listen to and I never even left by house.  :thumb:

Hurry, run out and buy Lotto tix!!! :D

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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #694 on: November 09, 2015, 07:30:50 AM »
So today I got a dozen PREX albums to listen to and I never even left by house.  :thumb:

Hurry, run out and buy Lotto tix!!! :D

SN

Already did.  :D

The Mega Millions is up to  $180M. Imagine the buying tear I would go on if I hit that. Hide the women, children and the vinyl.  8)
 
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #695 on: December 08, 2015, 12:36:51 PM »
OK it was time for another trip to the Crack House.

And this time I even came up with an LP!  :yay2:

LP

Mozart, Symphony No. 40/haydn, Symphony No. 45: Dorati/ London Symphony Orchestra - Mercury Living Presence Stereo

CDs

Peter Cincotti - Concord
Jim Brickman: By Heart|Piano Solos - Windham Hill
Boz Scaggs: Hits - Columbia
Poulenc: Mass in G Major: Robert Shaw Festival Singers - Telarc
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue/An American in Paris: Kunzel/Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra - Telarc
Pachebel: Kanon - Slatkin?St Louis Symphony Orchestra
Dvorak: Symphony No. 8: Previn/Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Tony Bennett: Here's to the Ladies - Columbia
Holly Cole: Dear Dark Heart - Blue Note
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Bernstein/NY Philharmonic - Golden Records
Passion and Pleasures Vol. 7: London Symphony Orchestra performs Franz Schubert - Victoria's Secret 24k Gold CD
The Best of Scottish Pipes and Drums - Reflections
Traditional Airs for Harp and Flute, A Celtic Christmas: Fine Tune 24k Gold CD
Vince Guaraldi Trio:A Charlie Brown Christmas - Monster Music High Definition CD

Tidal is fun, but sometimes a guy just has to crawl around on the floor and get dirty at the dollar bins.  :thumb:


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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #696 on: December 17, 2015, 09:43:16 PM »
I had to go pick up my wife's daughter from school in Philadelphia today. She will be crossing the pond to do the Spring Semester at Cambridge so not only did we have to get her, but we had to empty her dorm room and take everything home with us. Since all of us now have small cars it took two of us to carry all her stuff. She rode home with her father and I stuffed my car and started to travel back solo. Well by the time we hit the road it was raining pretty hard and getting close to rush hour and the traffic was backing up fast. So faced with an extra long ride home in bumper to bumper traffic I came up with a plan....... Take some side roads and travel from Philadelphia to long Island via Princeton. What better thing for a tired road warrior to do than wait out the traffic by taking a break from driving at PREX?  :rock  (Yeah, like I really need an excuse.  :roll: )

Vinyl picking are starting to get thin, even at Princeton Record Exchange, As Blu-ray discs are starting to squeeze out a lot of floor space that used to house LPs. But I guess if it helps pay the rent and keep the record shop open (even if they do keep less stock than they used to)  I can't complain all too much.

Even though I only found 1 LP (I probably would have found more if I had crawled around on the floor looking in the dollar bins, but that area was pretty crowded and I did not have all that much time. I had to be on the road in two hours and a full out assault on the entire PREX inventory can take 6 - 8, and yes I have done that many times.   :thumb:
Anyway, here is a list of what I came away with:

Gould: West Point Symphony - Fennel/Eastman Wind Ensemble, Mercury Golden Imports LP

John Pizzarelli with The George Shearing Quintet: The Rare Delight of You, Telarc CD
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Erich Kunzel/ Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Telarc CD
Mighty Sam McClain: Blues for the Soul, Telarc CD
Mahler: Symphony No. 4: Reiner/Chicago Symphony, RCA Living Stereo CD
Leonard Bernstein, Total Embrace: The Composer, Sony Legacy 3 CD  Set
The Turtle Creek Chorale: Postcards, Reference Recordings HDCD
Bernstein: Candide Suite Etc: Oue/Minnesota Orchestra, Reference Recordings HDCD
Clark Terry: Express, Lark/Depaul University Big Band, Reference Recordings HDCD
Ella Fitzgerald: Sunshine of Your Love, Verve CD
Ella Fitzgerald: The Very Best of the Duke Ellington Songbook, Verve CD
Ella Fitzgerald: Music & Music, Songbook Selections 1956-1959, Hear Music CD
Peter Cincotti: East of Angel Town,  Concord CD
Ray Brown Trio: Live from New York to Tokyo, Concord CD
A Sheffield Christmas Collection, Sheffield Labs CD
Nancy Bryan: Neon Angel, Analogue Productions Originals CD
California Guitar Trio: Pathways, Discipline Global Mobile CD
Charlotte Church: Enchantment, Columbia CD

And guess what, by the time I finished shopping the traffic had dissipated enough that I did not hit one slowdown all the way home.  8)
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #697 on: December 20, 2015, 11:49:56 AM »



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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #698 on: December 26, 2015, 08:27:05 PM »


Bill, FYI, as far as I know AC will not allow you to forward images from them to another site. This image is just showing up as a blank when I view your post.
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #699 on: December 26, 2015, 09:02:16 PM »
Thanks Tom It shows up on my computer,  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #700 on: December 26, 2015, 09:03:00 PM »


Bill, FYI, as far as I know AC will not allow you to forward images from them to another site. This image is just showing up as a blank when I view your post.
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #701 on: January 05, 2016, 11:30:46 AM »
I was in the neighborhood last night, so I made a quick run through the Crack House and picked up a handful of CDs:


Night and Day - John Williams and the Boston Pops Celebrate Sinatra
Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops: The Great Fantasy Adventure Album
Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops w/AZUSA Pacific University Choir & Central State University Chorus: AMEN!, A Gospel Celebration
The Essential Bob Dylan
Lou Reed: Walk on the Wild Side & Other Hits
Led Zeppelin I
Pearl Jam: Vs.
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #702 on: January 21, 2016, 09:21:04 PM »
I got a birthday gift from the Crack House, they sent me a coupon good for 50% off on my next purchase, so I just had to make a trip over there.  :roll:

All CDs again today (The vinyl picking have been very slim as of late).

The Lemonheads: It's a Shame about Ray
The Lemonheads: Come on Feel
Andy Statman/David Grisman: Songs of Our Fathers
Alexis Cole: A Kiss in the Dark
The Ray Bryant Trio: Ray's Tribute to his Jazz Piano Friends
Beethoven: Symphonies 1&2 - Solti/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Dvorak: New World Symphony, Carnival Overture - Andre Previn/Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Field: Piano Concertos 2&3 - John O'Connor, Piano, Charles Mackerras/Scottish Chamber Orchestra
The Very Best of Elvis Costello

All for less than $6.  :yay2:
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #703 on: January 28, 2016, 07:27:56 AM »
After a long drought I was finally able so score some decent condition vinyl at the Crack House yesterday!!!!

The Boston Pops: Fiedler in Rags
Hugh Masekela: Waiting for the Rain
The Weavers: Reunion at Carnegie Hall, Part Two
Great Songs of Christmas By the Great Artists of Our Time - I jumped all over this because for as long as I can remember it was in my father's record rack. When My mother sold the house it was one of the records that got tossed because it was so beat up. I never actually remember hearing it, but I can picture it sitting there in the rack as clear as day. I guess it was just a small part of my childhood. This is a mint like new copy, so I will actually get to listen to it.  :nodding

And of course, I found a few CDs as well

Stanley Jordan: Cornucopia
Eddie Money: Greatest Hits
Michael Bolton: Timeless, The Classics
The Eagles: Hell Freezes Over  I have no idea what happened to my copy of this CD, one of my kids probably has it and I am sure it will show up, , but at 99 cents for a mint copy I figured what the heck, it's not even worth looking for anymore.
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Re: An Afternoon At The Crack House
« Reply #704 on: January 29, 2016, 09:23:00 PM »
So I came up with a decent sized haul at the Crack House today.    :clap:

All digital, but lots of good music

Fantasy Band: Sweet Dreams - DMP CD
Grover Washington Jr.: Soulful Strut - Columbia CD
Rosemary Clooney: Demi-Centennial  Concord CD
Toni Tennile: More than You Know - Varese Sarabande CD
Madeleine Peyroux: Half the Perfect World - Rounder CD
Tuck & Patti: Love Warriors - Windham Hill CD
The Very Best of Dusty Springfield - Mercury CD
Classics Volume 8, Joan Baez - A&M CD
Edie Brickel: Picture Perfect Morning - Geffen CD
Mariah Carey: #1's - Columbia CD
The Roaches: Speak - MCA CD
The Best of Earth Wind & Fire, Volume 1 - Columbia CD
Bugs Bunny & Friends Sing Songs Recorded by The Beatles and Elvis - Rhino CD
Frat Rock!, The Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Party Tunes if All Time - Rhino CD
Ferrante & Teicher: All Time Great Movie Themes - EMI CD
The Viennese Album - CBS Masterworks Dinner Classics CD
Breakfast in Bed - CBS Masterworks Dinner Classics CD
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