General CD/Vinyl/Cassette Thread

Well, I've been busy since the last time I've made a post!
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Everything here is from multiple visits to my local thrift store and Saint Vincent de Paul's, the spring rummage sale at my local Methodist church, a different Saint Vincent de Paul's about a half-hour away down in the Wisconsin Dells and the usual Sesame Street purchases which are from eBay.

In terms of everything shown here... *Deep breath*:

CDs
Sesame Street - Sesame Country (1981; CD release from 1992 with added track not included on original release)
Sesame Street - Songs from the Street 3-disc box set (2003) (probably the only time where close to $30 is actually the appropriate lowest price for a Sesame Street CD release).
Annie Lennox - Medusa (1995)
Bette Midler - The Rose (1979) (funny how I now have my own copy after mentioning wanting one after @CousinMerl found his. Now where's my copy of Toto's debut album and that Genesis compilation?)
Britney Spears - Oops!... I Did It Again (2000)
The Very Best of Connie Francis (1986)
Dean Martin - Christmas with Dino (2006)
Elvis Presley - Country Collection (1998)
George Strait - Strait Out of the Box disc 3 (1995)
Harry Connick, Jr. - Home for the Holidays (2003)
Harry Connick, Jr. - What a Night! A Christmas Album (2008)
Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy (1958)
The Essential Janis Joplin (2003)
Johnny Cash's Greatest Hits, Volume One (1967)
Johnny Cash - Biggest Hits (1984)
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 3-disc box set (minus the box) (1992)
Kenny Chesney - Here and Now (2019)
LeAnn Rimes (1999)
Lil' Kim - Hard Core (1996)
Maroon 5 - Overexposed (2012)
Martina McBride - White Christmas (1998; reissue from 2007 with added tracks)
Matchbox 20 - Bent CD single (2000)
Michael W. Smith - Christmastime (1998)
Neil Diamond - The Christmas Album, Volume II (1994)
OK Go - Oh No (2005)
Olivia Newton-John - The Christmas Collection (2001)
The Best of Miss Peggy Lee (1998)
Reba McEntire - Live (1987)
The Best of Restless Heart (1991)
Rodney Atkins - Take a Back Road (2011)
Santana (1969; 30th Anniversary release from 1998 with three bonus tracks)
The Statler Brothers - Christmas Card (1978)
The Statler Brothers - Christmas Present (1985)
Trapt - Only Through the Pain... (2008)
Trapt - No Apologies (2010; Best Buy release with bonus DVD)

LPs
Charley Pride's 10th Album (1970)
Culture Club - Kissing to Be Clever (1982)
Eagles - On the Border (1974)
The Hillside Singers - I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (1971)
Flashdance soundtrack (1983)

45s/EPs
ABBA - Fernando (1976)
Air Supply - All Out of Love (1980)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? (1984)
The Beatles - Help! (1965)
Bon Jovi - Livin' on a Prayer (1986)
The Buoys - Timothy (1970)
Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore (1979)
Derek and the Dominos - Layla (1970)
Diana Ross - Reach Out I'll Be There (1971)
Diana Ross - Upside Down (1980)
Heart - Crazy on You (1975)
Heart - Magic Man (1975)
The Jackson 5 - The Love You Save (1970)
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes (1981)
Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night) (1982; despite releasing after the album it came from Can't Slow Down, said album is only referred to as 'Lionel Richie's forthcoming album' on the label)
The Lovin' Spoonful - Rain on the Roof (1966)
Michael Jackson - Rockin' Robin (1972)
Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You (1975)
The Pointer Sisters - Fire (1978)
Roger Miller - King of the Road (1965)
Sheena Easton - Morning Train (Nine to Five) (1980)
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke (1976)
Stevie Wonder - A Something's Extra (bonus EP included with Songs in the Key of Life; 1976)
Three Dog Night - Joy to the World (1970)
Three Dog Night - Black & White (1972)
Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny (1981)
The Who - Who Are You (1978)
Disneyland Records - Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (late 1960s)
Disneyland Records - The Aristocats (1970)
Profiles in Gold Record 2 (promotional EP from Burger King; 1978)

Cassettes
Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life (1986)
Annie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)

I'd also recommend Asia's debut album, but guessing you have it
Yep. Not only do I have it on both CD and LP, the former is as part of a 2-disc set called Gold which combines all of their first three albums plus a few misc tracks like rare b-sides.
 
A little more than a month since the last post, and here's what I've gotten:
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CDs
The Muppets - Muppet Hits Take 2 (1994) (OOP CD that normally goes for $60 at the lowest, only paid $18 for it on eBay!)
Alabama - Just Us (1987)
Brian McKnight - Bethlehem (1998) (was still in it's original shrink wrap with the Target sticker where it's price was $13.99 but I only paid $1 for it)
Fantasia - Free Yourself (2004)
George Jones - Legendary Country Singers (1995)
Hank Williams - Legendary County Singers (1994)
Kathy Mattea - Willow in the Wind (1989)
Loretta Lynn - Legendary Country Singers (1995)
Merle Haggard - Legendary Country Singers (1995)
Miranda Lambert - Four the Record (Deluxe Edition) (2011)
The Oak Ridge Boys - Collection (1992)
Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
Peter, Paul and Mary - The Collection (1998)
Rascal Flatts - Still Feels Good (2007)
Ronnie Milsap - Lost in the Fifties Tonight (1986)
SHeDAISY - Brand New Year (2000) (also still in it's original shrink wrap with the $12.99 Target sticker which I only paid $1 for)
SWV - A Special Christmas (1997)
Tanya Tucker - All-Time Greatest Hits (1991)
Toby Keith (1993) (RIP)
Usher - 8701 (2001) (now if only a copy of Confessions would show up in my town)
Mermaids soundtrack (1990)
Rush soundtrack (1992)
Beverly Hills 90210 soundtrack (1992)

LPs
Bob Seger - Night Moves (1978) (ever heard of 'Original Master Recording' LPs @CousinMerl?)
Jeanne Purett - Satin Sheets (1973)
The Kendalls - Heaven's Just a Sin Away (1975)
Kenny Rogers - What About Me? (1984)
The Oak Ridge Boys - Bobbie Sue (1982) & Deliver (1983)
 
Didn't see the mention at once so I thought I had gotten another mention notification even though my name was nowhere to be found.

(ever heard of 'Original Master Recording' LPs @CousinMerl?)

Right off the bat, I don't think I have. Why do you ask? Guessing it is something kinda similar to the SHM-CDs (those specially mastered albums) I was talking about earlier but regarding vinyl records instead, hence why.
 
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@CousinMerl I asked because I heard of 'Original Sound Recording' CDs but this is the first I've seen it dating back to as early as 1980 (which is when this LP was reissued) a few years before CDs were even a thing. And yeah, they're similar to those type of CDs you mentioned before.
 
@John95, I see. Really interesting that these Original Sound Recordings LPs are a thing. Thet 1980 release date makes you think: Seems like they did attempt remasters really early on, way before CDs started doing them.
 
Time to post again what I've gotten since last time
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CDs
The Muppets - Muppet Hits (1993)
The Muppets - Muppets from Space soundtrack (1999)
The Muppets - Music, Mayhem and More! (2002)
Aaliyah - One in a Million (1996)
Aaron Neville's Soulful Christmas (1993)
Gary Allan - Set You Free (2013)
James Brown - 20 All-Time Greatest Hits! (1991)
Toby Keith - Big Dog Daddy (2007)
Free Willy soundtrack (1993)
Home Alone Christmas (1993)
The Mirror Has Two Faces soundtrack (1996)
Enchanted soundtrack (2007)

LPs
Loverboy - Get Lucky (1981)
Tommy James - Christian of the World (1971)

The highlights here are the three Muppet CDs, all eBay purchases with the latter two being from the same listing and the Loverboy LP since I had previously missed out on getting a copy a few years earlier from my local Methodist church during one of their rummage sales by being unfortunate enough to be a few seconds behind the guy in front of me who ended up getting that copy.

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My entire Muppet music collection as of July 8th (the day that the Muppets from Space & Music, Mayhem and More! CDs arrived), a little more than 10 years since obtaining my first piece which was the soundtrack to Muppets Most Wanted which I got the same day I saw it in the theater for the very short time it was there (went back to the same theater two weeks later Captain America: The Winter Soldier and it was already gone, and it was also a film that they had playing on two screens!). Also included are appearances that they've made on albums by other artists or on compilations but excludes what I have on the Sesame Street side of things as there'd be twice as many.
 
@John95, Some good stuff in there, for sure. Also nice to see your Muppets album collection.

I would like to find that 'Enchanted' soundtrack, plus the 'Free Willy' one would be nice.
 
Intended to post this a month ago but got sidetracked. But anyhow, it's been a bit of a dry season in terms of albums but here's some random stuff I picked up in May and June.

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Nothing this month so far, in part due to the main local thrift shops being closed for the summer vacations essentially throughout the entire month and another one (which recently moved across town a few months back or so) hasn't restocked in a long time and more or less ran out of CDs after the move (I only saw two the last time I was there so hopefully they'll fill the CD shelf sooner or later).
 
Here's what I've gotten since my last post. First image is from what I found at my usual thrift stores, while the other two are what I got during my town's city wide garage sale this past weekend.
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CDs
Andy Gibb - 20th Century Masters (2001)
The Bangles - Greatest Hits (1990)
Barry Manilow - Tryin' to Get the Feeling (1975)
Blackstreet - Another Level (1996)
Blue Oyster Cult - Super Hits (1998)*
City High (2001)
Counting Crows - Recovering the Satellites (1996)
Crossfade (2004)*
Everclear - Sparkle and Fade (1995)*
Everclear - Songs from An American Movie Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile (2000)
Frankie Valli - Greatest Hits (1996)
George Strait - Latest Greatest Straitest Hits (2000)
The Very Best of Gladys Knight & the Pips (1988)*
The Best of the Hollies (1993)
Juvenile - Juve the Great (2003)
Kesha - Animal (2010)*
Loretta Lynn - 50th Anniversary Collection (2010)
Loretta Lynn - White Christmas Blue (2016)
Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)*
P!nk - Greatest Hits... So Far!!! (2011)
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss single (1999)
The Very Best of Poco (1975)
The Police - Every Breath You Take: The Classics (1995)
Tanya Tucker - Greatest Hits (1989)
Third Eye Blind (1997)
Thompson Twins - Greatest Hits (1996)
The Zombies - Absolutely the Best (1999)
Rush Hour soundtrack (1998)
Billboard Top Rock 'n' Roll Hits - 1969 (1993)

LPs
The Archies - Everything's Archie (1969)
Carly Simon - Hotcakes (1974)
Carpenters - Now & Then (1973)
Loretta Lynn - You're Lookin' at Country (1971)
The Supremes Sing Holland-Doizer-Holland (1967)

45s
Glen Campbell - Homeward Bound/(Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay (1969)

Cassettes
Billy Joel - The River of Dreams single (1993)
Michael Martin Murphey - Blue Sky - Night Thunder (1975)
ZZ Top - Afterburner (1986)

*Album I've previously had (and might've shown in a prior post) but was missing at least one portion of it usually the back cover.

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My local library has a display case in the front of the building that every month has something new in it, normally a collection of items related to a certain topic belonging to someone who lives in town. This month it's LPs that actually belong to someone that my mother went to school with and is related to an open discussion that'll occur at the library on the 29th regarding the resurgence of records in recent years which I actually am planning on going to. A few of the LPs shown here I already have, but there is one in particular that I would die to have (and don't think I need to say what it is).
 
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My local library has a display case in the front of the building that every month has something new in it, normally a collection of items related to a certain topic belonging to someone who lives in town. This month it's LPs that actually belong to someone that my mother went to school with and is related to an open discussion that'll occur at the library on the 29th regarding the resurgence of records in recent years which I actually am planning on going to. A few of the LPs shown here I already have, but there is one in particular that I would die to have (and don't think I need to say what it is).

I mean, you just have to wait until nighttime, then break in, break the glass and take that Muppet Show record. Shouldn't be too hard :lawl:

But anyhow (and for real), I think the concept of displaying a certain collection of a town local at a public place like that is really neat, especially as it is a new "thing" every month (and for small-ish/moderate sized towns it makes sense: Things like this and the open discussion highlight some of the individuals and help give a tighter knit feel of togetherness in a way that I guess isn't really felt in bigger cities. Cool either way). And yeah, that one for August with the vinyl records is perfect for this thread (And I suppose the person is still alive? Sometimes when they display stuff like that it is to commemorate the passing of a local, but not this time I guess).

An yeah, That open discussion on the 29th sound very interesting (hopefully you'll share some details here after the fact). Maybe at some point they'll display a VHS collection in there and have a discussion on VHS tapes as they are having a revival of popularity too? Maybe not.
 
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Here's what I've gotten since my last post.
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Most of the CDs here actually come from a CD case that I bought from my local St. Vinny's for only $4 that was full of a bunch of what I'd describe as loose CDs as they only included their disc and front cover with most of the booklet cut out. The Sesame Street CD is from eBay so a bit of a return to form as it's been a while since the last time I've gotten one.

The highlights here are the Sesame Street CD (for reasons further explained a little down), Mariah Carey's Charmbracelet as I had no idea this album even existed until now (can't say I've even heard any of the songs on it before) as it was released during a notable point in her career as it was her first album after the release of Glitter, Duets II as it was Frank Sinatra's final studio album before his passing in 1998 and the 45's of What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? and Running Bear as they're two of my favorite songs.

As for the Sesame Street CD, on the surface there's nothing really special about it as it's actually one of a small handful of their albums that was actually given a rerelease in 2009 which normally would mean that the prices for them is more affordable when compared to most of their CD output where they were only released once. However, for whatever reason Silly Songs is the odd one out where it's harder to find it's original 1996 release (which is what's pictured) than it's 2009 reissue and whenever the former does show up on eBay (which normally is once every few months) it's priced about the same as the majority of the ones that were only issued once (at least $30 as the lowest price). And after keeping a close eye on listings for it for about a year ever since finding the cassette version at one of my library's book sales (which I've mentioned in a prior post last October), I finally lucked out on a listing with a price that I considered to be reasonable (it rounded up to about $18), but the catch was that it came from Hong Kong! That said, I considered the at least week and a half long wait for it to arrive to be a fair enough trade out when the other option would normally be to pay an unreasonable amount. Plus, the listing had been up for about a month by the time I finally got around to it which meant that I guess I had more patience to wait for it than most probably would've.

As for all of what I got:

CDs
Sesame Street - Silly Songs (1996)
Barbra Streisand - A Star is Born (1976)
Barbra Streisand - Collection: Greatest Hits... and More (1989)
Barbra Streisand - Walls (2018)
Barry Manilow - The Greatest Hits of the Seventies (with bonus More Acoustic Manilow disc) (2006)
Bee Gees - One (1989)
Carly Simon - Coming Around Again (1987)
Carly Simon - My Romance (1990)
Carpenters - From the Top 4-disc box set (1991)
The Cars - Just What I Needed: The Anthology (1995)
Celine Dion - Unison (1990)
Cher - Love Hurts (1991)
Cher - Closer to the Truth (2013)
Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely (1958)
Frank Sinatra - September of My Years (1965)
Frank Sinatra - Duets II (1994)
Johnny Mathis - Better Together: The Duets Album (1991)
Johnny Mathis - The Global Masters (1997)
Julio Iglesias - Tango (1996)
Lisa Stansfield - Affection (1989)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More from the Road (1976)
Mannheim Steamroller - The Fresh Aire (2007)
Mariah Carey - Charmbracelet (2002)
Mariah Carey - E=MC2 (2008)
The Osmonds - 21 Hits (1995)
Trick Pony (2001)

45's
The Everly Brothers - When Will I Be Loved (1960)
Jimmy Ruffin - What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1968)
Johnny Horton - The Battle of New Orleans (1959)
Johnny Preston - Running Bear (1959)
 
Always interesting to see and read your rundowns of what you've gotten as of late, @John95.

And lots of interesting stuff this time as well, with some of that insight in some of the standouts.

Most of the CDs here actually come from a CD case that I bought from my local St. Vinny's for only $4 that was full of a bunch of what I'd describe as loose CDs as they only included their disc and front cover with most of the booklet cut out.

Reminds me of those two compilation albums I found last year or so (I don't think they showed up in any of my posted photos? May have to rectify that) where it was just the disc and the booklet/front cover in a plastic sleeve. Luckily I had some of those slimline cases.

Mariah Carey's Charmbracelet as I had no idea this album even existed until now (can't say I've even heard any of the songs on it before) as it was released during a notable point in her career as it was her first album after the release of Glitter, Duets II as it was Frank Sinatra's final studio album before his passing in 1998 and the 45's of What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? and Running Bear as they're two of my favorite songs.

Those really do seem like good finds. By the way, I've noticed a fair amount of Mariah Carey albums among your finds so I guess she's a favorite artist of yours, same with Frank Sinatra (as I seem to remember his work having appeared a few times in your photos).

Those '45 vinyls seem to be nice pickups as well (speaking of which, I don't think you haven't spoken a lot of your favorite songs before so to hear these are two of those is nice to know).

As for the Sesame Street CD, on the surface there's nothing really special about it as it's actually one of a small handful of their albums that was actually given a rerelease in 2009 which normally would mean that the prices for them is more affordable when compared to most of their CD output where they were only released once. However, for whatever reason Silly Songs is the odd one out where it's harder to find it's original 1996 release (which is what's pictured) than it's 2009 reissue and whenever the former does show up on eBay (which normally is once every few months) it's priced about the same as the majority of the ones that were only issued once (at least $30 as the lowest price). And after keeping a close eye on listings for it for about a year ever since finding the cassette version at one of my library's book sales (which I've mentioned in a prior post last October), I finally lucked out on a listing with a price that I considered to be reasonable (it rounded up to about $18), but the catch was that it came from Hong Kong! That said, I considered the at least week and a half long wait for it to arrive to be a fair enough trade out when the other option would normally be to pay an unreasonable amount. Plus, the listing had been up for about a month by the time I finally got around to it which meant that I guess I had more patience to wait for it than most probably would've.

That's... a surprisingly elaborate story for how you came to own with that one, but a really fascinating one for sure. Really do seem like a hassle (and a costly one, with having to Ebay it from HK and all), but as long as you're satisfied with all of that, I think it's neat. And yet again with the rarity of the Sesame Street albums (seem to be a constant, doesn't it? lol).

I've found a bunch of stuff so may have to show them off here soon.
 
By the way, I've noticed a fair amount of Mariah Carey albums among your finds so I guess she's a favorite artist of yours, same with Frank Sinatra
I like many artist across a wide variety of genres, but yes she's one of my favorites in terms of modern R&B. In fact, as of now I have all the albums in her main discography from her 1990 self-titled debut through 2010's Merry Christmas II You minus the soundtrack of Glitter.

Luckily I had some of those slimline cases.
I have lots of those too but I've recently switched to using a big CD case (three currently including the one from my prior post with the third one still having some empty spots) because they can often take up too much space (I'd say loose CDs as I call them make up roughly 25% of my whole collection) and they break more easily if you accidentally drop them compared to a standard jewel case. They do provide good fodder though for whenever I donate a loose CD after being able to find a replacement that comes with the whole case.
 
Here's what I've gotten since my last post, a mixture of stuff from my local thrift stores, a garage sale and the latest rummage sale at my town's Methodist church this past weekend.
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The highlights shown here are the LPs for Sesame Disco! & The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder and the CDs of the single of Waterfalls by TLC and The Christmas Attic by Trans-Siberian Orchestra for now I own a physical copy of one of my favorite Christmas songs, the original Christmas Canon.

Sesame Disco! from 1979 is the sequel to Sesame Street Fever from 1978 which was actually one of the first Sesame Street LPs I ever got (and have previously mentioned the story of how I got it on this thread) back in 2016 and have been searching for it ever since. And after all these years, there it was at my local Saint Vincent de Paul's thrift store about two weeks ago in a crate of other LPs being sold for $1 each which I almost missed on account of it not having it's cover (the cardboard sleeve pictured was an extra I had) with only it's label catching my attention.

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder came from a garage sale that was happening on a Tuesday of all days and was originally a Target exclusive when it was first released back in 2022. It might be hard to see, but it still has it's original shrink wrap along which I've only cut the side of to let the vinyl disc out. In fact there were quite a few newer LPs there still shrink wrapped all for only $1 each, including a duplicate of this one. My copy has a clearance sticker on it showing it's original $16 price as well as what it was cut down to when the people running this garage sale bought it. It's also a colored vinyl disc being purple making this the second colored one I've gotten after the soundtrack for The Muppets Mayhem (ironically also a Target exclusive).

As for everything shown:

CDs
Alicia Keys - The Element of Freedom (2009)
Aqua - Aquarium (1997)
Barbra Streisand - Hello Dolly! soundtrack (1969)
The Essential Cyndi Lauper (2003)
Elvis - White Christmas (2000 CD release of Elvis' Christmas Album & Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas on a single disc)
Fats Domino - Christmas is a Special Day (1993)
The Fray - How to Save a Life (2005)
Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted (2009)
Lee Brice - Hard 2 Love (2012)
Loretta Lynn - The Christmas Collection (2005 CD release of Country Christmas from 1966)
Michael Bolton - Soul Provider (1989)
Neil Diamond - 50th Anniversary Collection (2017)
Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music (1987)
Ricky Van Shelton Sings Christmas (1989)
Tammy Wynette - Winners (1993)
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Greatest Hits (1995)
TLC - Waterfalls single (1995)
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear (1991)
Tom T. Hall - 20th Century Masters (2000)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Christmas Attic (1998)
Now That's What I Call Faith (2010)

LPs
Sesame Street - Sesame Disco! (1979)
Alabama - Christmas (1985)
John Waite - No Brakes (1984)
Johnny Cash - At San Quentin (1969)
Johnny Rivers - Rewind (1967)
Kenny Rogers - Love or Something Like It (1978)
Kenny Rogers - The Heart of the Matter (1985)
Loretta Lynn - I Wanna Be Free (1971)
Loretta Lynn - One's on the Way (1972)
Neil Diamond - You Don't Bring Me Flowers (1978)
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder - Music from the Series (2022)

Cassettes
Bob Seger - Beautiful Loser (1975)
Carpenters - Close to You (1970)
Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers - Smile (1985)
 
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Aqua's first album? Well yes, it is (although the name is' Aquarium', while 'Aquamarine', as you listed it as, is a film, I think). I have that one and the following one, 'Aquarius', since some years back (bought as a late 90's throwback).

And it does look like you found a lot of neat stuff once more.

Sesame Disco! from 1979 is the sequel to Sesame Street Fever from 1978 which was actually one of the first Sesame Street LPs I ever got (and have previously mentioned the story of how I got it on this thread) back in 2016 and have been searching for it ever since. And after all these years, there it was at my local Saint Vincent de Paul's thrift store about two weeks ago in a crate of other LPs being sold for $1 each which I almost missed on account of it not having it's cover (the cardboard sleeve pictured was an extra I had) with only it's label catching my attention.

That one is certainly a good find. Too bad it is missing the cardboard slipcase cover, but luckily you even saw it by the label. It reminds me of how I recently saw the Mickey Mouse Disco vinyl at the thrift shop earlier this week, another novelty Disco record from 1979. How interesting they were putting out disco records so late when disco was essentially dead at that point. But then again, there were some disco records in the early 1980s as well so the rumors of disco's death at the end of the 70's was greatly exaggerated, I'd say :lol:).

The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder came from a garage sale that was happening on a Tuesday of all days and was originally a Target exclusive when it was first released back in 2022. It might be hard to see, but it still has it's original shrink wrap along which I've only cut the side of to let the vinyl disc out. In fact there were quite a few newer LPs there still shrink wrapped all for only $1 each, including a duplicate of this one. My copy has a clearance sticker on it showing it's original $16 price as well as what it was cut down to when the people running this garage sale bought it. It's also a colored vinyl disc being purple making this the second colored one I've gotten after the soundtrack for The Muppets Mayhem (ironically also a Target exclusive).

I didn't know they gave a vinyl soundtrack release to more Disney+ original shows than the Muppets Mayhem one you showed off earlier, but apparently they did. Neat that it was still in its wrap (in mint condition!) and thusly not used before: I sometimes think of people donating unopened movies/albums to the thrift shops and I always assumed they bought/got as a gift at some point and never ended up watching/listening to it (too bad; I can just imagine them sitting there on the shelf unused) so they gave it away to a secondhand shop.
 
I've gotten quite a bit since last time. A mixture of my local thrift stores, a few garage sales, an eBay purchase and my library's latest book sale this past weekend.
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The highlights here are the soundtrack of The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland as it was the only Sesame Street album I had back in the day (albeit on cassette) thus it's the only one with sentimental value (even if there are others that I prefer over it). The two Sesame Street LPs which I found at a garage sale a few blocks from my home (actually told the lady running it that she made my day when I found them). Merilee Rush's Angel of the Morning as the title song is one of my favorites and KC and the Sunshine Band's Part 3 for having one of my favorite cover designs ever.

CDs
Sesame Street - The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland soundtrack (1999)
Billy Joe Royal - Greatest Hits (1990)
Cher - Closer to the Truth (2013)*
David Ball - Thinkin' Problem (1994)
Dean Martin - My Kind of Christmas (2011)
Doris Day - Golden Girl (1999)
Henry Mancini - Greatest Hits (1993)
John Anderson - Seminole Wind (1992)
Lorrie Morgan - Leave the Light On (1989)*
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On (1992)
The McGuire Sisters - 36 All-Time Greatest Hits (1996)
Paul Anka - His Best (1978)
Paul Anka - Duets (2013)
Sawyer Brown - Drive Me Wild (1999)
Tom T. Hall - Ultimate Collection (2001)
Pearl Harbor soundtrack (2001)

*Already had, but replaces prior copy that was missing booklet and/or back cover.

LPs
Sesame Street - Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert (1972)
Sesame Street - The Count Counts (1975)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
Jackson Browne - Hold Out (1980)
Joe Stampley - All These Things (1976)
Introducing Johnny Rodriguez (1973)
KC and the Sunshine Band - Part 3 (1976)
Merrilee Rush - Angel of the Morning (1968)
Wings - Venus and Mars (1975)

Cassettes
Alannah Myles (1989)
Don Williams - I Believe in You (1980)
Highway 101 - 101² (1988)
Loretta Lynn - Lookin' Good (1980)
Lou Gramm - Ready or Not (1987)
Merle Haggard - That's the Way Love Goes (1983)
Merle Haggard - Amber Waves of Grain (1985)
Reba McEntire - Unlimited (1982)
Coal Miner's Daughter soundtrack (1980)
 
CDS:

Xiu Xiu Forget
Sam Cooke – Night Beat
U2 – The Joshua Tree
U2 – All That You Can't Leave Behind
Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures At an Exhibition
Australian Haydn Ensemble – The Haydn Album
Jimmy Yancey/Big JoevTurner – Nothing But the Blues
Blind John Davis/Hot Lips Page – Nothing But the Blues
Roosevelt Sykes – The Original Honeydripper
Baby Animals – Baby Animals
Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Madvillain –Madvillainy
 
That's a neat-looking bunch, @Swartzweldian. Have never seen so many Japanese albums stacked together.
Yea, taking the photo was slightly complicated. I spread them all out on a table and had to climb up on a chair to get all of them in frame.

The 3 on the top right column are actually Korean. The "Rija" album is actually pretty good. The 2 below it are pretty awful IMO lol Not really "city pop" per se, but the same era of Asian pop music.

I'm currently building shelves to be able to display more album covers. The art work is just too beautiful to be kept hidden away.
 
The 3 on the top right column are actually Korean. The "Rija" album is actually pretty good. The 2 below it are pretty awful IMO lol Not really "city pop" per se, but the same era of Asian pop music.

I see. I don't think I've heard about City Pop Vinyls before and after a quick search I saw it's a Japanese thing so I assumed all of these were those City Pop ones, but yeah, as you say it's essentially the same era of 70's-80's Asian pop genre.
 
Well so I figured I should get going trying to catch up by posting stuff I've gotten since my last thrift pickup post.

Here's stuff from August to September, approximately:

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I suppose the "big" points of interest in my opinion are top left (Tenderness Junction by The Fugs) & top right (Time's Up by Living Colour); those were quite interesting. More stuff a bit later.
 
Here's what I've gotten since last time:
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The biggest highlight here is the original LP for A Christmas Together from John Denver & The Muppets from 1979. Not just because the album itself is 45 as of this year, but because this marks the first time I've actively gone out of my way to get the original LP of an album I've already had on CD in the nearly decade that I've been collecting records. Sure, there's been others that I've gotten despite already having their CDs (like the John Denver & Johnny Cash ones shown here), but in those cases they were all ones that I happened to stumble across and wasn't actively looking for them.

As for everything else:

CDs
Sesame Street - CinderElmo (2000)
Aaron Tippin - What This Country Needs (1998)
Aaron Tippin - People Like Us (2000)
Alan Jackson - High Mileage (1998)*
Barry Manilow - Manilow Sings Sinatra (1998)
BlackHawk - The Sky's the Limit (1999)
Boston - Don't Look Back (1978)
Brian Setzer Orchestra - VaVoom! (2000)
Chad Brock (1998)
Crystal Gayle (CD release of I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes from 1978)
Darryl Worley - Hard Rain Don't Last (2000)
FireHouse - Hold Your Fire (1992)
The Fixx - Greatest Hits: One Thing Leads to Another (1989)*
Green Day - Warning (2000)
Highwaymen - Super Hits (1999)
James Taylor - New Moon Shine (1991)
Jessica Andrews - Who I Am (2000)*
Jessica Simpson - Sweet Kisses (1999)
Jo Dee Messina - I'm Alright (1998)*
Mary J. Blige - Share My World (1997)
Rascal Flatts - Rewind (2014)
U2 - The Best of 1990-2000 (2002)
Pure 70's (1999)

*Replaces prior copy that was missing at least one part like the booklet or back cover.

LPs
John Denver & The Muppets - A Christmas Together (1979)
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - Going Places (1965)
John Denver - Rocky Mountain Christmas (1975)
Johnny Cash - Ride This Train (1960)
Johnny Mathis - Portrait of Johnny (1961)
Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise (1972)
Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1978)

Cassettes
Kylie Minogue - Locomotion single (1988)

BONUS PICS
Sesame Street's 55th anniversary has since happened (November 10th), so here's all the music I've gotten related to the show which I've been collecting since 2016. In total, it consists of 9 LPs, 4 45's, 19 CDs, 2 3-disc sets, 4 sampler CDs, 2 outside albums where Sesame Street characters appear on at least one track and 3 cassettes (2 of which are from book and tape sets).
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The biggest highlight here is the original LP for A Christmas Together from John Denver & The Muppets from 1979. Not just because the album itself is 45 as of this year, but because this marks the first time I've actively gone out of my way to get the original LP of an album I've already had on CD in the nearly decade that I've been collecting records. Sure, there's been others that I've gotten despite already having their CDs (like the John Denver & Johnny Cash ones shown here), but in those cases they were all ones that I happened to stumble across and wasn't actively looking for them.

That's an interesting story (and at first I thought that with "The Muppets from 1979" you meant the film, but then I got it). I had to go look that up and really seem like it's a nit of a curiosity, as apparently that TV special is not available on any home video format and all there exists is very low quality TV/VHS rips from the late 70's/early 80's. Kind of funny how the soundtrack is available on CD and LP (but maybe a rarity) but the TV special it is based on is unavailable and rendered a "Keep Circulating The Tapes" case, even though it's well rated on IMDB (7.7/10).

Also, it's a really neat find by the way. Mus not have been easy to find that one, I'm guessing.
 
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I had to go look that up and really seem like it's a nit of a curiosity, as apparently that TV special is not available on any home video format and all there exists is very low quality TV/VHS rips from the late 70's/early 80's.
The TV special was actually conceived after the album was made, though I ended up watching it a full year before first hearing the album. In the nine years since I first saw it, counting this year I'll have only watched it four times as admittedly it's not one of my favorite Muppet specials.

Kind of funny how the soundtrack is available on CD and LP (but maybe a rarity) but the TV special it is based on is unavailable and rendered a "Keep Circulating The Tapes" case.
In a funny reversal, a few years later in 1983 the Muppets did another special with John Denver called Rocky Mountain Holiday which actually was released on video 20 years later while it's soundtrack never made it past it's original 1983 release meaning no CD counterpart.
 
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got the latest album by Civic yesterday, got around to unpackaging and testing it out tonight and it sounds great as expected, do love a handy lyrics sheet that reverses as a poster
 
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