Rummaging 4 Records

A while back I mentioned that I went home to get my new inspection sticker for my car. While I was there I visited my favorite junk store. They have sooo much great stuff if you're willing to do the work to find it. I'm willing. P.s. I know how much Dennis loves him some ONJ, so this post if dedicated to him.

[1/5] Olivia Newton John's LP Physical (© 1981). It was in pristine condition and even still had the original bonus poster (5) inside! Wheeee! This is why I miss records. You just can't duplicate this kinda stuff with a CD, no matter how hard you try.

[2/4] K-Tel Presents Disco Fire (© 1978)! I still loooove finding old K-Tel albums. Especially the Disco ones. They always had such fun, TV-friendly covers, like this one! It's a double record LP and when you open up the sleeve, inside it says: "Put some FIRE into your DISCO; Learn to do the Hot Chocolate!"...sigh...it's even illustrated! You know I had to buy it.

[3] This is my absolute favorite find of the day: K-Tel Presents- Night Moves: The Professional Approach to Disco Dance Instruction (© 1979)..by none other than...Deney Terrio!!!!! Yep, the same Deney Terrio that taught Travolta how to dance for Saturday Night Fever and host of Dance Fever! The box was still in it's original plastic and contained 2 LPs and a fully-illustrated book! I about wet 'em!! The photographs are insanely GREAT. Before it's all said and done, we're gonna learn how to Disco dance, muthafucka! And that's a promise. Coming soon to a blog near you!

[6/7] And last, but certainly not least, I found this pristine, complete box set: The Swing Era: The Music of 1940/1941. This was just one in a series of boxset released by Time Life in the mid 70's. There were 15 sets total. The boxset I bought contained 3 records, 2 plastic records (anyone remember these? They were made from flimsy plastic and you usually had to put a penny on them, when you played them, so they would stay put) and a fully-illustrated, hardcover book titled How It was to Be Young Then. The books are really great. If you run across one, I definitely recommend picking it up. Great photographs. Fantastic "trippy" cover.

So, there you have it. The few things I couldn't live without. And I was serious when I said I was gonna teach you how to disco dance. I'm scanning as you read this!