Ah, the good old days when the local church jumble sale was worth the walk - these days the vicar's helpers would more likely take out anything of interest and stick it on Ebay.
Last jumble sale I went to, I was probably looking for Famous Five books I hadn't yet read. Wouldn't happen now - such racist muck would be intercepted and burned by those who want us to disown our past
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
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So I'm not a huge Fan of Pink Floyd's stuff post 'Animals', but I saw this for a quid in the charity shop and thought I'd give it a go. Very self-derivative, but quite a nice ambient + listen.
Another £1 impulse, a bit pop-rock for me but good fun.
Back to old favourites...
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Colosseum - 'Those About to Die Salute You'
If you can get past the rather silly cover, this is IMO a rather good jazz-blues LP.
Label: Fontana – STL 5510, Fontana – STL.5510
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country: UK
Released: 1969
Genre: Rock
Style: Blues Rock, Fusion, Jazz-Rock, Prog Rock
Barry
Et sequitur:
Colosseum - 'Valentyne Suite'
The title is apt - it really is a rock-jazz suite.
Label: Vertigo – VO 1, Vertigo – 847 900 VTY
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country: UK
Released: 1969
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock
Barry
When I were a mere snip of a lad (7 - 10 years old), I used to like to read the Famous Five books. Terribly dated now and very 'middle class': the 'baddies' were always foreign or from the 'lower classes'. But - was "George" (the 'tom boy' girl) the first candidate for a potential trans-gender character in childrens literature?
Regarding vicarage jumble sale helpers picking out 'plums' for sale on eBay - I have no problem with that; the purpose is to raise as much cash as possible. After all it's what Oxfam do (as I'm sure so do other charities).
Barry
Marianne Faithfull - 'Broken English'
I had forgotten how good this LP is.
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I'm Lawrence.
When I was that age I used to buy books at the jumble sales. I really liked the Pan horror series. (I'm not sure my parents ever looked at the books I bought.) I've still got quite a few and going back to read them years later I was shocked how graphic they were!
I can still remember one story about 2 boys who liked to take radios and stuff apart in their shed to see how they worked. Then they decided they wanted to know how the little girl next door worked. Fortunately I had the sense not to copy the things I read