Went on a vinyl dig this weekend,I bought a total of 16 albums! Found some rare stuff that I've been looking for,at unbelievable prices.Some of these albums were only $1.....yes,I said one dollar! Here are some of the albums I found:

a rundown of the albums I bought....

***George Benson 'Livin Inside Your Love' (1979)---this is a 2-record set and I paid only $1 for it Contains his hit remake of L.T.D.'s "Love Ballad" but I'm not familiar with the other tracks.Can't wait to explore this album.

***Narada Michael Walden 'Awakening' (1979)---I thought of Paligap when I found this one Based on his recommendation,I'm excited about hearing this album.

***Narada Michael Walden 'The Dance Of Life' (1979)---also can't wait to get into this album.Contains the disco/R&B hit "I Shoulda Loved Ya".

***Ray Parker Jr. 'After Dark' (1987)---this is arguably his best solo album and it proved to be a late-80s comeback for him.Contains the two hits "I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone" and "Over You",a superb duet with Natalie Cole.

***Andre Cymone 'AC' (1985)---back in the day,I had this on cassette.It's so good to finally have it on vinyl.This is my favorite Andre Cymone album.The entire Side One is incredible.And yes,the Prince-written "Dance Electric" is here too.

***Con Funk Shun 'Candy' (1979)---I almost jumped for joy when I found this one I'm determined to find every Con Funk Shun album on vinyl and I'm off to a great start.

***Con Funk Shun 'To The Max' (1982)---This just might be their best 80s album,containing jams like "Ms Got The Body","Ain't Nobody Baby" and the Quiet Storm favorite "Love's Train".

***Linda Clifford 'If My Friends Could See Me Now' (1978)---I bought this album mainly for the hit single "Runaway Love"

***Raydio 'Raydio' (1978)---Funkpill and Vainandy know how much I wanted this album,lol.I've been searching for it for awhile now! I now have all of the Raydio albums.

***The Spinners 'Pick Of The Litter' (1975)---I'm in the process of collecting all of the Spinners albums.This was their biggest album.

***The Spinners 'Happiness Is Being With The Spinners'(1976)---The last album they recorded with lead singer Philippe Wynne,who left soon thereafter.Contains the full-length extended version of "Rubberband Man".

***Peaches and Herb '2 Hot' (1978)---in case you haven't noticed,most of the albums I bought are from the late 70s That's my favorite era.Albums like this one make up the soundtrack of my youth.

***Evelyn Champagne King 'Smooth Talk' (1977)---her excellent debut album.

***Heatwave 'Hot Property' (1979)---I found this album several months ago,but I bought an additional copy this past weekend.This album is so rare,I wanna have more than one copy.I can't believe that this album wasn't as big as their first two albums.It's equally impressive,imo.

***Rebbie Jackson 'Centipede' (1984)---the song "Centipede",written and produced by her brother Michael,is one of my favorites! I don't know if the rest of the album is any good,but it's worth it just for the title track.Interestingly,this album contains a remake of Prince's "I Feel For You".I wonder if her version is better than Chaka's,whose version also came out in '84.

***Maze featuring Frankie Beverly 'Live In New Orleans' (1981)---this is one of those albums that I've been wanting to buy,but never got around to it.I found a brand new,sealed copy.

now ...i love that Happiness Is ...The Spinners...ITS SO KYUTE


And that Confunkshun album just LOOKS good

paisleypark4 said:

paisleypark4 said:

and the music isn't too bad either

I hate you David.

Unfortunately,I didn't find a few albums that I was looking for...

GQ's second album (1980)
the Sexual Harassment 'I Need A Freak' album (1983)

I was also looking for any albums by Tierra,but no such luck

Stymie said:

because you love me
but you can't love me
because you hate me

SoulAlive said:

I can always look for those other albums for you here in Chicago. Send me a list.

woo!!!
good dig!!!

Andre Cymone
I'm soooo dying to find
his solo works... and that
girl group (Vanity 6 clone)
that he produced

I used to have Pick Of The Litter
on vinyl also
"Games People Play" is one of
my favorite songs EVER

so this George Benson "Living Inside Your Love"
is this the same song Earl Klugh
(with Patti A. & nem on BG vox)
did for this album?

(I've heard it sampled somewhere
a Roc-A-Fella project maybe?)

that MAZE live one is a gem
I remember seeing that vinyl
at my cousin's house back in the late 90's
and them telling me the story
of how they went to that concert & all

and Aisha has told me so much
about that Narada album
I've seen it a couple times
but won't willing to pay the price
they wanted like $10 bucks for it
it was mint condition...
I think I wanna hear it first

goah you found a lot didn't ya? unbelievable. I missed my chance to go on one. I got the dates mixed up.

Soul: This is the last album Philippe Wynne was on with The Spinners

Contains the single You're Throwing A Good Love Away





[Edited 7/21/08 9:46am]

DirtyChris said:

Yeah DC That Album "Girl Talk" is bangin, especially "Don't Waste My Time". I found my copy on ebay, I wonder why Andre didn't do anymore work with that group "The Girls"

Abdul said:

thanx... I couldn't
remember the name of the group

I've been successful in avoiding
ebay.com (aka Lucifer himself)
for a while now, I think I may relapse soon

Abdul said:

2 much info i just gave out on that ..org note me
[Edited 7/21/08 10:25am]

DirtyChris said:

It's the same tune. Earl's superior version was sped up and looped for "Pain" by 2pac (Above The Rim soundtrack).

SoulAlive said:

"You are, you are" is just as good as "Runaway love"

Cinnie said:

okay cool!!! thanks
I knew I heard it SOMEWHERE

was "Pain" featured
on anything else
a GH comp maybe?
cuz I know for a fact
I never owned the ATR soundtrack
I've heard some of it
but never owned it

DirtyChris said:

Didn't DMX do a remake of "Pain"? That's closer to your Roc-a-fella mindgarden.

Besides, 2pac's output has been recompiled so many times, who knows which 2pac album you heard it on.

Nice picks "I".

Questions out of curiosity:
Were these sealed copies?
(I know some record stores...(cough, Tower)...used to have "resealing" machines in the back)

What condition were the records in when you played them (scratches)?


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

LOl I worked at tower and yup we had resealing machines.Good picks Dave

I'm glad you are not speeding your money on that hagdonna person

theAudience said:

Don't all wrecka stows have these? They're usually not of the same quality as the wrecka company seal, but more like a guarantee seal...

theAudience said:

Well he did mention "unbelievable prices" (1$ albums?), which leads me to think that they are probably no better than VG or VG+.
An interesting side note; I've noticed that records in my local record stores are usually in far better overall condition compared to the ones I've bought online and had shipped to me from the States

Sander said:

I'm sure many, if not all, have them.
I just happened to see this one in operation with my own eyes via a friend who worked in one of their stores.



tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

funkpill said:

Thanks for the info.I'm gonna look for this album next time

theAudience said:

No,these records weren't sealed except for the Frankie Beverly and Maze 2-LP set,which was brand new.The other records are in great condition,for the most part.No major scratches or anything.

Cinnie said:

I was thinking of Ja Rule's cover:

Oh no, you can have that one. I've got Ray's solo album "Woman Out Of Control" which is pretty good and the 45's "The Other Woman", "Let Me Go" and "Bad Boy". I'm thinking about getting "The Other Woman" album the next time I see it or maybe the album after that which contained "Bad Boy" and "The People Next Door". I can't mess no late 80s though....horrible, horrible times.

What I really want is the 12 Inch version of the song "The Other Woman". Do you remember that one? Now that one is rare.



Check out "The Book Of Love".....

Once a friend came to me and asked me if I knew the way
He said his woman stepped out and he really thinks he's turning gay
So I took him by the hand and I looked him right in the eyes
I said falling in love with a man ain't no surprise

Those lyrics are right up my alley.




That's the album I'm looking for also.