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Cut it out ! My planned raid on Manchester Fopp this week delayed for a while, regrettably. :D

No cause for alarm! Bought used via Amazon.uk from Guernsey-based Zoverstocks for £3.04 including shipping :excited: ((Ever tried Zoverstocks with their massive stock of low-priced used items? The recent growth of the used CD market must be a sign of the straightened times!)

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Guernsey.. Ah yes, that Mega-Warehouse on an island catering for UK CD and DVD bargain hunters. And tax exile Banker Boys.

Greatest ever find on Guernsey - the Ken McIntyre UA double CD set in a small shop in St Peter Port for £11. I nearly wet myself in the shop ! :D

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Guernsey.. Ah yes, that Mega-Warehouse on an island catering for UK CD and DVD bargain hunters. And tax exile Banker Boys.

Greatest ever find on Guernsey - the Ken McIntyre UA double CD set in a small shop in St Peter Port for £11. I nearly wet myself in the shop ! :D

Nice find! The McIntyre set is pretty darn good!

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A bunch of non-jazz.

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Fountains Of Wayne - Utopia Parkway and Welcome Interstate Managers

The first time I ever heard Fountains Of Wayne was when the song, "Red Dragon Tattoo" was used for a show on TV. (I think it was some kind of Stephen King adaptation.) I immediately liked the tune and wanted to hear more from the group. Subsequent to that, I discovered that one of the band members wrote the catchy song for the one-hit wonders depicted in the movie, "That Thing You Do". For whatever reason, they fell off my radar until recently when I heard one of their songs again. I asked myself, "Why don't I own any of these guys' CDs? I like them!" I remedied the situation with these two CDs. Fortunately, they're readily available and I was able to get like-new copies for less than $4.00 each delivered.

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She Thinks I Still Care: The George Jones Collection

This is a 2-CD, 40 song compilation of Jones' United Artists years. I really wanted the Bear Family box of all his UA material but I really can't afford it and I tend to listen to smaller sets more frequently anyway.

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The President and the First Lady

Not Prez and Lady Day but a 20-song compilation of George Jones' duets with Tammy Wynette. Rather than chase down a handful of individual albums, I decided to go the compilation route and allowed myself to be happy with that.

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Asleep At The Wheel - Ride With Bob

Their 2nd tribute album to Bob Wills with an all-star cast of guest artists.

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The Three Sounds - Soul Symphony and Elegant Soul

This is my final farewell purchase at YourMusic.com before they close up shop at the end of the month. Even at $3.99 a disc, these two were all I could find of interest out of their highly depleted and rapidly thinning stock. I'm going to miss the site. BMG/YourMusic.com were a great way to build up a nice collection at great prices.

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This curiously-named album contains some great stuff - Dave Lambert and Buddy Stewart with Gene Krupa's Orchestra and Red Rodney's Be-Boppers and Annie Ross's classics - "Twisted", "Farmer's Market", etc - as well as LH&R material, 25 tracks in all.

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Ordered over the past couple of weeks. Went a little bananas with american music releases. But they really are affordable and a treasure trove:

Emile Barnes' Harmony Four (american music)

Wooden Joe Nicholas (american music)

Prelude to the Revival, Vol. 1 (american music)

Prelude to the Revival, Vol. 2 (american music)

Bunk Johnson 1944 (american music)

Kid Thomas Valentine Creole Jazz Band (american music)

George Lewis Bands Trios & Quintets (american music)

Kid Howard La Vida Band (american music)

Barnes and Bocage Big Five (american music)

Johnny St. Cyr (american music)

Also:

Tiny Parham 1926 - 1929 (chronological classics)

Denis Charles -- Captain of the Deep (eremite records)

The Parham I'm really looking forward to hearing. The Timeless double CD release is ridiculously priced at amazon, so that was out. But this 1926-29 chrono classic seems equally well received.

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To "reward" myself for giving blood today, I stopped in a local record store - I had decided to pick up a cheap Tabby Thomas blues album I had seen if they still had it. Well, they still had it, but they had just put out four Blue Note CDs which I didn't have:

Elmo Hope - Trio and Quintet (Conn)

Art Blakey - Orgy in Rhythm (Conn); sealed!

Lee Morgan - The Procrastinator (Conn); sealed!

Paul Chambers - Whims of Chambers (McMaster).

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