Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Sharity Blues

Getting into the Christmas music sharing hobby has some ups and downs. Lots of ups - great music, excellent and exciting vinyl finds, sharing the good stuff with the rest of the Christmas music world. But, as I'm finding out, one also encounters a few downs.

So here's Sharity Blues Entry #1.

Found a great looking Pied Pipers album at a local record store. Cover was in great shape. Love the artwork!


 
In the record store, I examined one side of the record. Not too bad. Not mint, for sure, but probably good enough to get a good rip from. Definitely worth the 50 cents I paid that day (local record store gives some gooooood deals...)

And then, I got the record home, pulled it out of the cover, and saw this on the other side:


 
Who knows how many years ago, someone taped, TAPED!!!, a flexi-disc, FREE AUDITION record to the Pied Pipers album. And left it there. Forever.

Any idea what 40 year old tape does to vinyl? Think it will come off? Hint: it will not. Sigh.

But, as with any good Christmas story, there's a happy ending. I found that Captain OT over at A Christmas Yuleblog had previously shared this album, with a different cover. I believe the music is the same, just the artwork is different. I give Captain OT the nod for adorableness :-)

So, avoid the sharity blues and jump over to the Captain's place for The Pied Pipers.

2 comments:

  1. The good Cap'n was reviewing my share of that LP, actually, but no big deal. I think I've actually found four different covers for it now. And only four of the tracks are performed by The Pied Pipers. One of them is Thurl Ravenscroft, one I think is Norma Zimmer, and the other names escape me at the moment.

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  2. Oops - you're right. Sorry Ernie.

    While the taped-on record made for an interesting find, it was kind of a bummer. Glad you had shared it out already. And glad it only cost me 50 cents.

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