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Lonnie Franklin - Love is So Right / Can't Get Enough

I know this is out there in blogdom, or it was for a while somewhere, but it's one of the few items I ever bought on Ebay that cost more than 20 bucks, I just don't buy stuff on ebay, it because an...

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A. Langston - Living Together

This record really reminds me of when I found THE MINT - SKYWALKING 12" back a few years ago. It was so damn good, so damn interesting that no one could believe it was still under the radar. I mean...

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Unknown Power Pop Gem. SLB - Banana Records (a. Griffith j. Miller)

Hello friends, once again I need your help, I have some MEGA BLOG DROPS coming very soon, but in the mean time, does anyone know what the hell this is? I think it is from the 79-86 range and if it is...

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Ron Anderson - Easy Street (TX rural folk rock brilliance)

A quite excellent and virtually unknown 1979 folk rock gem from Shreveport LA via Austin TX. There are some really excellent songs on here, and his vocals and the style often emulate the more country...

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Brian Ziegler - S/T (Almost unbelieveable AOR synth rock madness)

As most of my devoted blog followers are well aware, I often get swamped with new finds, recordings, uploadings, ebay selling, and all the rest of this stuff I do in my spare time, and I will make...

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Street People - S/T LP (teardrop records San Antonio TX 1977)

Does anyone know anything about this record? I can't find any info, it's in very bad condition but I know where a nice one is for a small sum of money and I was wondering if I should buy it, I can't...

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BENNY'S LIVE - S/T (Private Press Label 1979 Dallas TX)

Excellent and very off the radar, under-appreciated Jazz Fusion local masterpiece that I think deserves a much higher price than it has been getting in the last couple of auctions I saw, which were...

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Joseph Brunelle - Round To It (Full NM rip)

Found a pristine sealed copy of this later era downer folk genius ditty (1981) over in the dollar bin a pretty major store. Not sure how you miss this but it certainly made me happy. Anyway, a couple...

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Governor's State Jazz Band Live - GSU JAZZ LIVE!

Dropping ultimate college jazz heat on your unworthy heads! Sometimes the best records are in your own backyard. The goodwill 3 miles from my house has churned up some of my all time favorite finds...

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A Train - S/T LP (John Howe, Buddy and Bruce Flett) - Southern Star Records 1979

Yet another amazing find on Southern Star records, I had never even heard of this label before but somehow they keep popping up in different places, and both were really great, this particular piece is...

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Dave Rakes - Summerwine LP (1972 lounge psych funk)

More first time available on the web goodness, this time from Dallas TX's own Dave Rakes, when I saw the back cover I thought this would be another bad country lounge cover band but was very pleasantly...

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Masta Plann - The Way of The Plann (Filipino Gangsta Rap Cassette from 1994)

This tapes gives a whole new meaning to the term Philly Rap. So, how many of you have heard quality mid 90s filipino gangsta rap? Well, here is your chance. I actually think the beats are pretty good,...

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Cix Bits Band - Can't Turn Myself Around (Haze Records test pressing only)

Okay I must admit I downloaded these files from the ebay auction and spliced them together into one track, sounds fabulous and it must be heard tho, awesome track in the style of my PALER SHADE OF...

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Ciwe Furs - ...of Green Echoes (1995 unknown DIY indie psych folk cassette)

 I was originally going to post one of the tracks from this cassette along with many more like it in a new compilation mix tape, but seeing as how at the moment I only have about half the tracks I need...

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Kindred Spirits - For Your Comfort (Obscure Xian Folk Rock)

Here we have a nice Xian album that is pretty under the radar still, I don't think it is available anywhere yet on the interweb.  It's a kind of mixed bag, some good lo-fi downer folkrock stuff with...

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Andrew E - Ober Da Bakod (The Ata Kak of the Phillipines... Almost.)

Andrew E remixes 'other movie themes' for us in freakishly weird Filipino hip-house/techno-hop/mickey mouse club meets ata kak and skeelo without a rabbit or a hat. This is somewhere between Genius and...

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First round of ebay auctions up, more to come

User: tilly1774Lots of interesting and unknown xian items and soul/funk/modern stuff too. Much more to come hopefully. Ending Sunday.

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Hello all, info, an imaginary comp, and an update.

Hello, the auctions are going well, I have decided to put together a compilation of all the best tracks from my giant collection of rare and 80s christian smooth pop/yacht rock/disco LPs, (Turning...

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NEW COMPILATION! Jerry Curls For Jesus and The Heavenly Amen (rare gospel...

Well friends, it's been a while since I have posted anything so I figured I would do something big, I've been promising a xian yachtrock soul comp for a while, and it is still in the works, but untill...

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Fabulous Friends - Hard Enough (Budweiser Records 1983)

Well things have been going really well for me lately, found a crate of rare NY indie rap records from the mid to late 90s, sold my metal cassette for 120 bucks and my UGLY WANDA metal cd for 175 on...

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NEW COMPILATION: Boat Shoes and Mustache for Jesus (An 80s Retrospective of...

The Xian Yacht Rock Compilation is complete! Get it now and feel the wonderful ocean breeze bristle through your mustache, and take a minute to think about how lucky you are to have a yacht with a...

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Records from the comp on EBAY

Hey, just letting you know that some of the records featured in the compilation are being auctioned on EBAY under the seller name Tilly1774. Also there are 3 or 4 others that are going to be featured...

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Michael White - Where Are You Now LP

The first full length LP I am featuring from my recent comp, it is actually not technically speaking a Christian album, it just has one Xian themed track. Really it is just an excellent, previously...

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The Crowns of Glory - Won't It Be Grand (Peacock LP)

A nice gospel soul/funk album in a slightly more traditional style than some of the more popular Peacock LPs that have made a resurgence with the gospel funk genre, but it is quite good and I rather...

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Handy Man (aka Vermond Chryar) - The Adventures of Handy Man CD 1996

Hello my friends, it's been a while since I posted and I have a whole slew of items to put up, I mean the chest is literally overflowing at this point so I figured I would just start at the top and go...

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