Did some damage at Sally's

[walyfd]

Went to SA yesterday not expecting much. Left with 2 boxes of Duke, Basie, Ella, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington. Lena Horne...

Pictures too large to post but I have enough new stuff to last all winter if I play them once.

[William]

That was a great find, I'm jealous!! Just how many records did you end up with? Were they in good shape?

Bill

[hermitcrab]

boxes?...wow... I think I go to far if I bring home a dollar's worth from the local second hand store .... but a dollar's worth is 10 records as they are 10 cents each...

[walyfd]

Well, it was like 80 albums and 10 were 2 lp sets because the bill was $90... a lot of it was stuff I'd find at record shows for 10 and up...

2 lp set of Sammy live at the Sands, Lionel Hampton at Carnegie Hall. Ella's Cole porter Songbook... Duke at Newport 1956... if I were an earl grant fan, I could have had his anthology....

Sad thing is in 20 years or so, somebody else will be buying them from MY estate... we only rent them!!!!

[electra225]

What is Sally's? Is that a person or a place?

[walyfd]

That's what we call Salvation Army.

[William]

Do you wash them before you play them?

Bill

[walyfd]

Oh, yeah. And clean the covers and replace any missing sleeves, especially those plastic ones Columbia used. I hate those...

Time for a Bags Unlimited order.

[William]

I do the same, and try and get the damp smell out out of the covers too. Most records I find here in Michigan have been kept in a basement for years. The covers really smell moldy and actually have mold on them sometimes. I like finding records in AZ while out there during the winter. No mold there!

Bill

[Firedome]

Nice find, some real classics there.

[electra225]

.....and I now know what "Sally's" is...

[TC Chris]

I do the same, and try and get the damp smell out out of the covers too. Most records I find here in Michigan have been kept in a basement for years. The covers really smell moldy and actually have mold on them sometimes.
Bill

Remember the ammonia trick. Put the smelly things in a box with a bowl of household ammonia and let sit a while. Great for removing smells.

Chris Campbell

[William]

I did not know that, Chris. Thanks for the tip, and I will definitely give that a try and I'll get my sinuses cleaned out too.

Bill