Disco 12"

[BakeliteDisco]

I'm always looking for records.  The more obscure kind of record the better.  I love test pressings, white labels, radio announcements.  In the 1940s people used to send messages to loved ones on records, I haven't found any of those yet.  My real love is for original underground disco records, especially 12"s, which are always lurking.

[Big Daddy Audio]

I am a music searcher as well.  I tend to gravitate towards jazz, obscure rock, New Age (exclusively Windham Hill due to the quality of the pressing and the nature of the typical original owner) and also search for good quality, high bias cassettes.  I also look for good quality audio gear, vintage isn't as important as it once was.

Welcome to the fold.

That is all.

[alexandra]

Paul, while you are out and looking for Wyndam Hill disks, look for their sample compilations.  Maybe you've seen them -- if not, search on-line.  In a previous life, I worked for a large media distributor (music and video outlets all over the country).  Since I worked in the corporate office, the perks were that I got to meet many artist and we got lots of record label samples (a whole lot of BMG as they had a really swell rep at the time). 

Wyndam Hill put out a sample disk each year and the ones I got back then were great.  Now, it's hard for me to track them all down because we've moved so many times since then, but having a mix of their artists on one CD was great (this was back in the day when CD burners did not exist!).  The WH stuff is the best quality -- production and talent-wise.

Anywhooo... if you do a search for their sample CDs, you might find some stuff worth aquiring.

Thriftily!
Alexandra
www.livingwithoutmoney.blogspot.com

[Big Daddy Audio]

I've acquired (on either vinyl or cassette or both) the following "samplers":

Windham Hill Guitar Sampler
Windham Hill Piano Sampler
Windham Hill Sampler 1981
Windham Hill Sampler 1982
Windham Hill Sampler 1984
Windham Hill Sampler 1986
Windham Hill Sampler 1988

They are all good.  I also have a two cassette box of "Sanctaury - The Best of Windham Hill" and a cassette of "The First Ten Years" and "An evening with Windham Hill."

Finding ones that I don't already have is getting tough.  I'm sure I don't have the whole catalog, but I'm guess there are some fairly rare ones out there that maybe just didn't sell.

The most common ones are George Winston, mainly "December."

That is all.

[Mattie]

I think I mentioned in another thread the type of records I search for - engine noises (recorded at drag races and motorcycle races) and old hillbilly music.  They are not easy to find, believe me.   

[alexandra]

Hmm... I'll put you in my will if the hubby and I go at the same time.  I believe I have a few of the early 90's on CD.  And Steve Kindler signed one of his CDs for me in the early 90's too... I'll throw that in as well!

But of course, it could only over the hubb's dead body... hence, the provision in the will...

I have seen the 92 sampler on tape offered on Ebay and used on Amazon.  That one is worth getting!

Thriftily,
Alexandra
www.livingwithoutmoney.blogspot.com

[eddieb]

I'm always looking for records.  The more obscure kind of record the better.  I love test pressings, white labels, radio announcements.  In the 1940s people used to send messages to loved ones on records, I haven't found any of those yet.  My real love is for original underground disco records, especially 12"s, which are always lurking.

oh my god who are you... you're the coolest! i'm a dj myself and collect vinyl of ALL sorts...

but you had me at Bakelite...

[eddieb]

I'm always looking for records.  The more obscure kind of record the better.  I love test pressings, white labels, radio announcements.  In the 1940s people used to send messages to loved ones on records, I haven't found any of those yet.  My real love is for original underground disco records, especially 12"s, which are always lurking.

i collect alot of this too... alexandria mentioned wyndam hill records... i have this GREAT record i bought for a buck from wyndam hill... its a story book record... the tale of peter rabbit, and the story of two bad mice... narrated by Merryl Streep (sp) i use it in many performances as segues (sp again) between our songs...