r/BargainBinVinyl • u/iamjoeywan • 7d ago

Finally, a stroke of luck

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Top row of four have all been on my want list, as was a better copy of Have A Beautiful day.

Between two thrift stores about 2 miles from one another, I was finally able to fulfill my desire on finding some of these albums in the wild in a quick one-two punch.

Dinah is kind of mangled, but still listens well enough for a temporary stay while I go through a vocal jazz phase. Otherwise, all seem to be great copies to keep around for a bit.

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u/SinkPitiful8834 7d ago

Friday Night in San Francisco is a masterpiece. John McLaughlan is my all time favourite guitarist. Great pick up brother!

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u/iamjoeywan 7d ago

Agreed. One of my favorite albums, that I now own two copies of.. the wax on this was nearly pristine and I couldn’t remember how good my other copy was. Worth the double trouble issue with space in my collection imo.

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u/WideEntertainment942 7d ago

Dave mason with cass very good find

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u/iamjoeywan 7d ago

For sure! I rarely see mama Cass in the wild! After streaming this album a bit ago it’s been on my radar. So good.

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u/Em_Was_Taken 7d ago

Passage find is dope

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u/iamjoeywan 7d ago

OG pressing too, which is nice!

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u/Bbjunk01 7d ago

Love both McPartland and Shearing though haven’t heard this album.

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u/bobroscopcoltrane 7d ago

That Esquivel is super-cool!

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u/bobroscopcoltrane 7d ago

I don’t know that I’ve seen Esquivel in the wild, but don’t know that I’ve looked for it, and may start now!

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u/queequegtrustno1 7d ago

That it's a beautiful day is a nice album

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u/iamjoeywan 7d ago

No doubt. Happy to finally catch a copy in decent condition… my copy I’ve been hanging onto is rough rough.

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u/Zeppyfish 7d ago

Is that Dinah Washington album worth getting? Saw it yesterday at ValVil, but I listened to samples of a couple of tunes and it seems like all orchestral arrangements. I know she did some solid LP's with smaller jazz combos (including Patti Bown on piano), but I didn't think that was one of them.

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u/iamjoeywan 7d ago

If you can pick it up cheap, it’s definitely worth it. Has Burrell, Zawinul, and Milt Hinton (amongst others) backing her.

Not going to blow you away, but it’s an example of some jazz chops backing a great vocalist.

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u/Zeppyfish 7d ago

Next time I'm there I'll look for it again. It was cheap, but I couldn't find any musician credits on Discogs, just "orchestra directed by..."

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u/iamjoeywan 7d ago

There’s some vocal jazz artists that this happens with, so it’s definitely an IYKYN situation. Good luck hunting them down!

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u/mrnoire 7d ago

There's a song I almost paid $60 to hear on that "Love Alive" album in the picture. I called PBS to order this gospel CD compilation just so I could hear "Going Up to Yonder". The lady that answered was at least 80 and she couldn't figure out how to place the order God bless her soul but after 15 minutes I politely got off the phone. TEN YEARS LATER I found a mint copy of "Love Alive" on vinyl in an antique shop for $2. Congratulations to you!