Saturday, 31 July 2010

Wilfrid Lawson - The Specialist








At the last Hook Road Arena Boot Sale I found a copy of the book, the book was first published in February 1930 the copy I found as from the Thirty-second impression July 1948 completing 251,000 copies. The original cost of a copy was 2/6 (12.5p).
I have a theory that everything you want will one day turn up at a boot sale.

This 1960 release is from my early days of collecting I have seen another copy on eBay. This has one of the most unusual themes as a story line. This record will possibly be always obscure.
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Wilfrid Lawson - The Specialist Pt.1
Wilfrid Lawson - The Specialist Pt.2

Friday, 23 July 2010

Maria Prego's Topo Gigio - Topo Gigio In London




Topo Gigio was a TV series with the main character being an Italian Mouse called Topo Gigio, there is rumour that Gerry Anderson of Thunderbirds fame was involved in the production.
This record is on Century 21 Label and is the second rarest of the 33rpm EP's the rarest being the Daleks which is strange as the Daleks were a product of BBC TV while the Century 21 Records Label was part of one of the independent TV Stations.
This record is not in the best of condition and has taken a lot of cleaning to get it to a passable condition, when these records turn up they are often in poor condition as they were produced for children even a record in this condition with a skip in it can go for up to £20. I picked this record up at a Boot Sale a couple of years ago minus it's cover I doubt if I will ever get a better copy.

This is the first time I have used file compression but it still takes up quite a bit of space on the server when I need the space I will remove this file.





Topo Gigio In London