Saturday, October 13, 2007

Record Albums you will mostly likely see in Trash cans.


Whenever you walk into a Goodwill, or a Salvation Army, or any thrift store for that matter, their are certain records you will find :

#1: The First Family - This Spoof on John F. Kennedy and his family was made in 1962, and by mid-'63, it had sold over 7 Million copies. It even won a grammy for album of the year. After JFK was assassinated, sales plummeted, because nobody wanted to buy the LP, for obvious reasons. Before the tragedy, a second volume was released which is slightly harder to find [This means you might have to go to 10 Goodwills].

#2: Thriller - Yes, I'm talking about the album by Michael Jackson, back when he made music, and was not just a clue in the People magazine puzzle. I think that everybody must have bought this LP, and 1/2 of them donated them. I don't think that I could give this one away, really.

#3: Whipped cream and other delights - this record by Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass is more of an in-joke among record collectors, than it is an LP. Millions and Millions of these were pressed, and Millions and Millions were boughts, and Millions and Millions of these were donated. The LP itself is probley worth less than a penny.

Now, for one album you don't see to often [at least not me] :



#1: Orbit in Space - This comedy album, By Jose Jiminez, is Not rare, but just hard-to-find. The one copy I saw in a dollar bin in a record/book store, had the back covered with mold, which was sad.

Ok, a bonus record you don't see too often :

#5: Anything by Redd Foxx. His stuff is harder to find than buried treasure. I mean, it's not that hard, but I'm talking about finding his records for a buck or two, not 20.00.

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