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Greatest Finds at A Flea Market

Posted:
Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:06 am
by n/a5
Probably been done before but I wanted to share my moment today:
Found Original U2 Pride 45 in decent condition for 50 cents. When I went to London last year some SOB was asking $50 for it!
Colin Hayes Hold Me 45 for the same price.
I had them already but wanted to save them from the heap. I have done the same for Cactus World News albums back in the early 90's when Caldor relegated them to the bargain bin....heck I must have brought 4 copies of it.

Posted:
Sat Feb 12, 2005 10:48 am
by Otters Walk Among Us
It was pretty bizarre what you'd find in the Caldor bargain bin way back when.
I remember picking up the Dislocation Dance - Show Me 12" and thinking what could possibly have made the buyer for a cheezy low-end department store chain pick up an unknown

Posted:
Sat Feb 12, 2005 4:01 pm
by UniversalRadio
It wasn't a flea market but in buttfuck Illinois (You could walk to Iowa from there) there was this retail store called The Bargain Bin. Well the coolest record store in town flooded so they sold their merchandise to the Bargain Bin. The records were in

Posted:
Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:42 pm
by Surly
Whenever I go to Cincinnati to visit friends, we always take a trip to the flea markets up the freeway between Cincy and Dayton. We always find the weirdest stuff there, and usually for 25 cents each. I've found a few CDs at these places, including:
Ca

Posted:
Mon Feb 21, 2005 5:05 pm
by weybmusik
Your Right Man[:)]
I was assigned in Honolulu Hawaii as part of my job.The only place I enjoyed most is the SWAP MEET every Wed/Sat/Sun because I GOT JACKPOT THERE. I got lots of vinyls and CDs.
I Got my Screaming Sneaker-Marching Orders EP
Wi

Posted:
Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:17 am
by buffalochipz
I found CDs from Rubber Rodeo and Strange Advance at a flea market in Florida.
Our local Meijer (combo grocery/KMart type store) had 2 dollar cutout CDs from Redd Kross, Shonen Knife and Laibach.
I'll have to visit those flea markets that Surly mentione

Posted:
Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:04 pm
by Darvoset
an original Madonna Boytoy belt...gave it to my (ex) girlfriend at the time..and well, she has it still...lol.

Posted:
Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:18 pm
by n/a5
I will have to fit this into two categories:
Rescue from the heap of Twisted Sister and Led Zepp type bins: (That is I have most of the songs on my hard drive or cassette but I had to rescue the Vinyle from the heap of shit! For instance I saw Michael

Posted:
Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:43 am
by Bitter Almonds
The day I find a Poesie Noire compilation is when I hit paydirt. In the meantime, I'll have to keep lookin [8D]

Posted:
Sat Apr 02, 2005 12:58 am
by geoffolehane
A couple years ago I found the CD version of "The Other Ones" for $2. It was an original version from the late 80's. You can always tell when it has the A-A-D label on the cover somewhere. In the 80's when CD's were first coming into being, they'd slap

Posted:
Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:29 am
by egg-roger
Got 'Certain Sculptures' by A Drop In The Gray at a second hand store in a Detroit suburb while on a business trip. Cost maybe a buck.

Posted:
Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:38 am
by GlitteringPrize
I went to a garage sale and got the Incredible shrinking Dickies on Yellow Vinyl!!!!!!!!!!
also at a Garage Sale I got some Obscure New Wave 45's, I knew the names but not the songs until I played them(I have to go take a look at them My mind is going

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Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:58 pm
by Moparmark
In a real scuzzy flea market in my home town I stumbled across four boxes of records.Among the Glen Cambells,Hall and Oats and various Christmas lp,s I found a Spizzenergi lp.Not a great lp but a weird find for a buck.I think I got Toni Basils first lp as

Posted:
Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:32 pm
by Hondo
[quote][i]Originally posted by Surly[/i]
<br>Whenever I go to Cincinnati to visit friends, we always take a trip to the flea markets up the