Friday 28 November 2008

Another successful mission


It was a quiet afternoon at work. Nothing much happening. My mobile sat silently in front of me propped up against my second monitor.

Brr ring Brr ring (well not exactly that noise). The caller name pops up on the screen. Dave Shop.

I smile as this is normally good news. It turns out to be very good news. For those of you that don't know Dave is my regular (for the last 12 years) record dealer. Ive spent more than i care to remember in his shop and also am one of the lucky few to on certain occasions to get access to his house to look through record collections before they are brought to the shop.

It turns out that he is picking up some records from a guy i know who used to work in another local record shop. I know immediately that these records will be firstly unplayed and secondly rare as i've had the good fortune to buy 1000's of records from this source in the past. Theres a catch. The records will be in the shop the next morning.

I have work the next day. Shite. A hasty email is sent off requesting holiday and i'm then i'm free. All i have to do is get to the shop before 10.00am to beat off the other regular record buyers before they get their mitts on the tunes.

Luckily i'm there early and even before Dave and help carry the records into the shop. The other record hunters turn up and i've already taken 90% of all the 12" and virtually all the dance LP's leaving them to fight over the indie, rock and 7"s. Job well done. And i'm £223 skinter. And probably 223 pounds heavier as i struggle out the door with 2 record bags, a full record carry case and one plastic bag full of vinyl.

So what did i buy? Well ill post a full list shortly but to cut a moderately long story short it turns out my choices are spot on as usual (special thanks goes out to my Internet phone once again) and a good profit is guaranteed with the addition of some nice gems to my own collection.

02/12/08
Ok heres the list -

Stuff for sale:

Moodymann - Black Mahogani II
Moodymann - Black Mahogani
3 Chairs - Three Chairs 3
Moodymann - Silence In The Secret Garden
Moodymann - Forevernevermore
Moodymann - Mahogany Brown
Moodymann - Silence In The Secret Garden
Rick Wilhite, Kenny Dixon Jr. & Theo Parrish Present Three Chairs* - Three Chairs
Norma Jean Bell - Dreams / Mystery
Moodymann - How Sweed It Is
3 Chairs - Three Chairs 2
Jill Scott - Slowly Surely (Theo Parrish Remix)
Moodymann - In Loving Memory
Moodymann - Long Hot Sex Nights / The Dancer
Moodymann - Don't Be Misled!
Rick Wilhite - What Do You See?
Moodymann - Don't You Want My Love
Moodymann - Amerika
Norma Jean Bell - One Of Those Nights (Late Night Mix)
Norma Jean Bell - I'm The Only Queen
Kenny Dixon Jr. - Don't You Want My Love
Moodymann - Analog:Live
Andrés - Untitled
Moodymann - Shades Of Jae
Moodymann - Nmywagon
Jello - Lungbone EP
Michael Jackson - Is It Scary (Deep Dish Remixes)
Moodymann - U Can Dance If U Want 2
UNKLE - Berry Meditation
Thom Yorke - The Eraser Rmxs
Broadcast - Haha Sound
Niobe - Voodooluba
Antony And The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
Antony And The Johnsons - The Lake
Michael Gira - Songs For A Dog
Laurent Garnier - Astral Dreams
UR* - Presents The Return Of Acid Rain "The Storm Continues"
Glenn Underground - Secrets Of C.V.O. EP
Glenn Underground - C.V.O. Elements EP
Boo Williams - 12 Tribes
Dave Clarke - The Wolf
Home Video - Citizen EP
Samim* - Heater
DJ 3000 - Drumë EP
Woody McBride - Comedy:Tragedy
DJ Apollo - Trainwrecker
Various - The Mile High Guy
London Elektricity - The Strangest Secret In The World / The Mustard Song
Jerome Sydenham & Dennis Ferrer - Kòkò / Jehlaz
Romanthony - Hold On
Planetary Assault Systems - Planetary Funk Vol. 4
D-Train / Teddy Pendergrass - Keep On (Dub) / The More I Get, The More I Want
Home Video - That You Might
Shazz + StGermain* Feat. Derek Bays - Muse Q The Music
Congos, The - Congo Man (Carl Craig Edits)
Arc-En-Ciel - The Juice
Yoshinori Sunahara - Journey Beyond The Stars
Native Element - Brazil Minus Six
Cyrus - Enforcement
Dave Clark* - Red 2
Nova Nova - Ex EP
Moodymann - Dem Young Sconies / Bosconi
Recloose - So This Is The Dining Room
Recloose - Spelunking EP
Porter Ricks - Port Of Nuba / Nautical Nuba
Mutts, The - C'mon, Come Up, Come In / Excited
Algoritmo - Indus EP
Nuyorican Soul - It's Alright, I Feel It
Scan 7 vs. Scan X - Final Destiny / Transit
UR* - Actuator
Cybotron - Clear
Martian, The - Cosmic Movement / Star Dancer
Martian, The - Journey To The Martian Polar Cap
Basic Channel - Q 1.1
David Spaans - 3D Bingo


And heres what i kept for myself:

Wamdue Project - Resource Toolbook Volume One
Carl Craig - The Album Formerly Known As...
Aquanauts, The - The Titanic EP
Remote (5) - The Swarm
Chaz Vincent - Dream Zenith
Various - NSC 1-4
DJ Sneak - EP
Theorem - Mantra One
Marl Chingus - 6 Months Earlier
Fusion - Never Forget It
Urban Tribe - Eastward
Jaydee - Plastic Dreams
Leftfield - Song Of Life (Remixes) / Release The Horns
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
Bad Company - Inside The Machine (Album Sampler)
Elegia - I Am Not Worried Anymore... A Deal With God
Yanu - Volume 1 EP
Aux 88 - Aux Quadrant
UR-043 - Condition Red
Logic - The Warning / The Final Frontier
Various - Acid House For All. 1
Cyrus - Inversion
Mark Taylor (2) - Vintage Future
DJ ESP - I Like To Get Down
Urban Tribe - D-2000
Nuyorican Soul - Mind Fluid
Brian Harden - The Nubirth Project (Vol. 2)
Kid Acid vs. DJ ESP - Shagadelic
Jeff Mills - Metropolis
Various - Post Detroit Techno
Dave Clarke - Red 3
Porter Ricks - Nautical Dub (Tidal Mix) / Port Gentil
Substance - Scent / Relish Sessions
Various - Geology - A Subjective Study Of Planet E - Volume Two
Callisto - The Paradigm EP
Norma Jean Bell - I'm The Baddest Bitch (Remixes)

Plus a red/white coloured 12" by a band called Isis and a one sided 12" by Athlete which arent on discogs yet.

Its been nearly12 months now and so far i've managed to sell 49 of the 12"s and 8 LP's to make back £719.0o so im well in profit now and still have 18 more records to sell.

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