Pasadena City College Flea Market - The Movie

So it is safe to say that I am now addicted to the PCC flea market for all of my record buying needs. The selection can't be beat, and the prices......oh the prices..... if you have already watched the video on YouTube you know that I promised to say what I bought. And I do below.

Know that I have gone to the PCC flea market pretty much every month for the past six months, which has netted me many many new albums. So here's the video, I really enjoyed talking to these guys they were super helpful, and as you will be able to see, very knowledgeable.

Get yourself to the PCC flea market on the first Sunday of every month and go buy some records from them!!

50,000 DJ's Can't Be Wrong
Volume One (Comp)


Bob Dylan
Greatest Hits (With Rare Poster)

Ravi Shankar
Live At Monterey Pop Festival

The Original Boogie Woogie
Piano Giants

Canned Heat
Cook Book (Best Of)

Rockin With J.T.
J.T. Brown & His Boogie Boys

Greatest Of The Groups
(Comp)

Original Oldies
Vol. 9 (Comp)

B.B. King
My Kind Of Blues

B.B. King
Rock Me Baby (Greatest Hits)

Meade Lux Lewis
Boogie Woogie

Elvis
G.I. Blues

Elvis
His Hand In Mine

Pete Johnson - Hadda Brooks
Swings The Boogie

Champion Jack Dupree
Archive Of Folk Music

Stan Getz
In Concert (Life)

Stan Getz
Stan Getz - Joao Gilberto

The Surf Stompers
The Original Surfer Stomp

The Johnny Cash Collection
Greatest Hits Vol. 2

Culture Club
Colour By Numbers

This Is Maurice Chevalier
RCA

Fats Waller
Sings & Swings

Taj Mahal
Giant Step - De Ole Folks At Home

Original Recordings By
Duke Ellington (2 record set)

T Bone Walker
Singing The Blues

Jimmy Reed
Best Of

Jimmy Reed
Roots Of The Blues

Howlin Wolf
The London Session

Otis Spann
The Bottom Of The Blues

Wednesday Night = Vinyl Night at Bar One

I found out about Vinyl Night at Bar One a few weeks ago from a flyer in a local record shop. If you are in the LA area this is definitely worth checking out.

Bar One serves a variety of beer and wine and welcomes customers to bring their own records to play on Wednesday nights. We had a great time there and did a little video about our night......

For my record side I chose.......

We had just picked it up the weekend before. Nothing like a little reggae of your choice at a low key bar on a Wednesday night :)

For more info on Vinyl Night at Bar One - http://www.bar1noho.com/events/

Ray Bryant - Me and the Blues

Jazz is probably one of my very favorite genres. We can thank jazz for being the basis of so many different types of music that exist now. Ray Bryant is a relatively new discovery, but I love this sound. Perfect for a lazy day exploring a local park.

Elvis' Christmas Album

Sometimes its hard to get in the Christmas spirit when you live in southern California. It's just so sunny all the time, it doesn't feel like December. If you are having a hard time getting into the spirit, Elvis might just help you get there.

These Records are in Every Store and at Every Yard Sale.

Occasionally now that I have let the world know what a record collecting freak I am I will receive a donation from someone trying to get rid of mom's or dad's or grandma and grandpa's record collection (see above).

It's really fun to dig through hundreds of records in search of gems in the comfort of your own home. In addition to the donations a still spend quite a bit of time sifting through the records at shops, yard sales, and goodwill. Wherever I am there is always at least one copy of the following albums.......

1. Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams
2. Barbara Streisand and Kris Kristofferson - A Star is Born
3. Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good
4. Some variety of 1950's era Christmas music
5. Something by Sergio Mendes

I'm sure there are more but these are the heavy hitters. Why is this?