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I restored this 1982 album today, which I had bought at a garage sale for € 1,50 last weekend, all accidentially, coz I was an on my way back home from a longer trip to the east, and in a hurry, when suddenly, in the middle of a thick forest, a derelict half-timbered house popped up on the side of the road.
This whole place was a mess, a mouldy and damp scrapheap; the house, the junk on offer, and the decidedly modest seller who was sitting on an oversized leather armchair observing everyone closely who stopped their car to take a look around.
I only later found out that this place is known for several unsolved murder cases. There was one gawky guy who was following me all around, trying to engage me in a conversation about the Beatles and Rolling Stones, which did not only make me feel all tired but also irritated, because whenever I flipped through a bunch of albums and stopped to take a closer look, he would suddenly tear the album out of the crate and comment on it, "Now that's a good one", "Lookee here, holy baloney!", "Great find!", etc. I told him with the most brutal voice I am capable of that the Beatles and Rolling Stones are the most tedious, outmoded, overplayed on the radio, and also totally overrated bands of all time, and wasn't that just the greatest shit album he was holding in his hand. I was only partly successful, but he stopped talking to me.
The seller had a vicious smile on his face when he said, "3 for both".
Anyways, I made it back home in one piece, and today I deep-cleaned this album and one Best of album from the Everly Brothers, which was in even worse shape.
I had to use a desinfectant to clean the cover, but now it is shining like new.
It's a UK reissue on the Jasmine label, which is known for licensed jazz releases from the 50s and 60s. Still releasing vintage music today.
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They started their business in 1982, and this was their fourth release. The licence they got from MCA Records, it seems.
According to Discogs, there are 120 versions of this album, the most recent a 2022 audiophile reissue for the Acoustic Sounds Series.
But folks, let me tell ya, this release on Jasmine is just awesome, The sound is spacious and warm, and the light crackle accompanying the music is exactly what you want from a vinyl record. It sounds as if it is part of the music.
The vinyl had a few fingerprints on it and one scratch on the A-side, but nothing that would disturb the glamour of the recording.
I think that now that I have taken care of this record, I could easily sell it for 20 €, which I won't do, coz the music is still alive, even sprightly at times, as if it has just awoken from a long slumber.
Not sure, what people think about the Jasmine label, but this release and accidental find is a big surprise.
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The rest of the albums on offer were mostly tasteless Best Of albums in poor condition, some of their jackets were even glued together by the mold, so I left this place as fast as I could.