A double album that includes five songs leftover from the "Darkness..." sessions, Bruce Springsteen's The River reached no.1 in the US and no.2 in the UK.
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| Bruce Springsteen - The River (1980) |
It's listed as number 250 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and I bought it for £1.50. Spotify: Bruce Springsteen – The River
Next was Flanders and Swann's At The Drop of Another Hat, bought for £1.
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| Flanders & Swann - At The Drop of Another Hat (1964) |
It features 14 selections from their musical revue of the same name which debuted at London's Haymarket in 1963. Produced by George Martin it includes such delights as The Gas-Man Cometh and Song Of Patriotic Prejudice .
An Elvis compilation is always a good thing to have around and at £1.50 this collection of 40 songs was a good £s to hits ratio:
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| Elvis' 40 Greatest (1978) |
On double gatefold pink vinyl, it looks good too:
Also for £1.50 was Fire Brigade by The Move:
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| The Move - Fire Brigade (1972) |
It's a compilation of Roy Wood et al's hits including Blackberry Way and Brontosaurus .
Finally for £1 was Pelican West, from eighties popsters Haircut One Hundred:
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| Haircut One Hundred - Pelican West (1982) |
Nick Heyward and co's debut album of brassed-up new wave includes the singles Fantastic Day and Love Plus One. It still had the "free booklet and 2 Bandfax cards" tucked inside the sleeve. I got Graham and Les (Les!).
Spotify: Haircut 100 – Pelican West Plus
In addition I bought a copy of Bruce's Darkness On The Edge Of Town for £1.50 to send to my brother.
Six great albums including two doubles, all in great condition for a total spend of eight of your English pounds, a sunny couple of hours spent rifling through records with other keen vinyl hunters, plus a jumbo hot dog on the way out - my favourite way to spend a Sunday morning!
