That Tom Waits album sounds really great too. It was recorded live in the studio and mixed directly to two track tape as it was performed.

It’s a lot of fun to find good vinyl records for cheap prices. Last Saturday, I found Leo Sayer’s “Endless Flight” (1976), The Partridge Family’s Greatest Hits, and Three Dog Night’s “Suitable for Framing”(1969) for 1 dollar apiece.

I just saw the Bob Marley One Love movie yesterday. The movie covers the making of Exodus. You really scored finding the Exodus album. It's a meaningful masterpiece.

@RobertFithen

5 ай бұрын

I need to see that.

Such a great story. You got some great diamonds among the stones. I’ve been a little apprehensive about estate sales or even thrift store digging. But now I may get myself out there again. Well done.

Another very entertaining video.

@RobertFithen

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

They had a very eclectic mix of music. Lot of good finds. Great vid.🎉🎉🎉

Nice work Robert. I've still never heard The Germs.

@RobertFithen

5 ай бұрын

I think it's something best introduced when you're a teen.

That’s amazing you found the germs album! Even more hilarious that you were a germs vinyl punk rock celebrity “you the guy that found the germs album” No it was him! So funny Ralph the dog on qualudes!

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day also happy valentine's day ❤😊

Willie Nelson's "Stardust" album was the best selling lp when I began working in country radio, spring 1978. It was a precursor to 1983's "What's New" by Linda Ronstadt and Nelson Riddle. Willie's lp contains three hit singles -- Georgia on My Mind, Blue Skies and All of Me.

It's great to find stuff in the wild. I just picked up a four-LP lot (the records were sold in lots) by someone who had no idea what they had. I got 1 good (but not valuable) record, 2 metal grails that fetch over $100 each, and another rarity all for $35.

Thanks Robert👍 its always fun to see what you've dug up in the wild.

Always great to find gems for great prices. Actually nice to find gems regardless of the costs. Funny I Have paid Pennies for records and $$$$ for just one.

Some good finds you got bob marley, tom waits, and velvet underground. My first tom waits record was nighthawks at the diner you definitely need to check that one out. Tom waits earlier music from the 70's till around the mid 80's sounds more jazzy/bluesy then around the mid eighties he got more experimental. It's all good I just think for some people his experimental stuff is acquired listening his album raindogs is another favorite. I also have the same VU record and I gotta say foggy notion is probably the best song on there. I still believe their debut album with nico is their best.

@RobertFithen

5 ай бұрын

Agree with Velvet Underground. I will definitely be checking out more Tom Waits.

Great video. I Tom Waits. Especially Blue Valentine and Rain Dogs. Definitely one of a kind. He can make you laugh and cry.

$3...Now That's Rather More My Sort Of Budget...

It's pretty cool you go to a estate sale and you spend less than 20 bucks and you turn it into an entertaining video

What can't be uttered on YT: "Alan Vega & Martin Rev".

@JWD1992

5 ай бұрын

Brilliant!

@RobertFithen

5 ай бұрын

Or Mike Muir and Robert Trujillo

Nice finds! You are dedicated! No way would I wait in the wee hours of the morning pitch dark,for a spot in line to see what the estate was selling I would have to know that there was something I wanted in the sale!! But your dedication pays off!!

Fela's album with Ginger Baker is worth a listen

Congrats! Always nice to be surprised in a good way.

nice shirt, good band.

I’ve got the 2nd pressing of Germs (GI) too, and I’ve always thought the same thing about how great it sounds. Even beat up copies of that record sound great. Darby’s voice powers right through scratches. I did pay about 35 times what you paid. Great find!

You’d make a great radio show. The way it used to be, the way it was intended, when DJs were tastemakers

I really only appreciate the records I find in the wild and not online or from record stores

The Germs GI album looks like a used Germs album cover should look like ..tattered. Joan Jett did alright by them with her Production .

The guy with the germs!

Robert - Funny idea, this spring you should take us all on a field trip playing disc golf with Steely Dan, Beach Boys - Pet Sounds, and Andy Williams records.

@Joe-ny2up

5 ай бұрын

But play it really serious...hmm critical shot...calls for Dire Straits.

Regarding radio broadcasting and cars I never even thought about that. Great point. The last time I had a gasp moment was the fresh dance album Superdiscount. In Truck Store, which is a record shop in Oxford. At £30 bargain.

Sounds like a crazy sale.

@RobertFithen

5 ай бұрын

It's like it was two different collections.

I watched this yesterday and today I got Stardust for a dollar

Germs GI for $3!!! Nice FIND!!!!!!!! I'm jealous.

When I die somebody will get a lot of Exodus... but not THAT Exodus. I've got original Bonded By Blood and Pleasures of the Flesh on vinyl. I think Fabulous Disaster was when I moved to CDs. Don't buy 'em much these days, their singer (Zetro) just sucks too bad, he sounds like a tongue-tied muppet. Germs for $3 is all you can ever ask from the world. :)

Foreign Affairs was my first exposure to Tom Waits as well. I drank a lot back then, so this album was right down my alley. Man, I loved this record. So depressing, so sad at times, so drunk was I. Speaking of Jim Jarmusch, Waits was in Down by Law. Smashing video, Robert.

Exodus is a great album - I play it loads. I have a reissue copy but one day I’ll pick up a clean original. $3 a record, what’s not to like!

Somewhere around 20 years ago I found a first pressing of that Germs album for about the same cost as yours…and then sold it for what was a good amount of money at the time, probably around $50. I see what it goes for now and kick myself.

Definitely check out more Fela!

Oooooh... If you're actually somehow new to Waits on vinyl, keep an eye out for *Nighthawks at the Diner.* It's legendary for all the right reasons.

Interesting story about Estate sales. We don't have those here. Germs WOW!

@Pluralofvinylisvinyls

5 ай бұрын

You’d be surprised. I’ve gone to a few in the middle of nowhere, and even there if you’re an hour early you’re late

Great scores Robert, congratulations. You must have had "that" kind of rush when you saw that Germs LP (it's a feeling us crate digging dudes know all to well). Kind of makes me wonder what else had been there before you got in.

@RobertFithen

5 ай бұрын

Yes, there's nothing quite like that kind of surprise.

EXodus is EXcellent. Nice find.

Morbid!!! I must confess that I have sometimes thought the same thing!

Nice haul for 26th in line. Exodus not beat to hell is a find and Foreign affairs is one of my fave TW albums, but then I'm a fan. You may like Rain Dogs...it has a similar vintage and feel. Beautiful Maladies is a fun TW comp.

@RobertFithen

5 ай бұрын

I've heard that about "Rain Dogs". Definitely going to check it out.

Whoa there buddy. I care about Skeeter Davis!

Cool Shirt! Where did you get it? Did you see Luna live?

If Marley played polkas. 'We're German, (German) and I hope you like German food."

$3 Germs. Incredible. I also prefer the single version of Lexicon Devil. However, I would enjoy hearing the album version on a clean second pressing I got for $3 more than hearing the single version on my phone! Woah, that thought about car accidents and voices on the radio was pretty interesting. All I will say is, if your on-air persona was as humorous as your KZread persona, they went out on a high note. You always crack me up.

@RobertFithen

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

Nice Luna shirt!

Cool finds! I've mostly given up on estate sales, garage sales etc for records. The only time i have any luck with records at estate sales is when it is a huge estate sale with things that have more of a cult following of collectors. Like sports memorabilia, hummels etc. Glad you had good luck. Also, sure you know but Fela Kuti did a few albums with Ginger Baker in the early/mid 70s. It goes into a little detail about it in the ginger baker documentary. A pretty wild watch if you're ever interested. Cheers.

@RobertFithen

5 ай бұрын

I've seen that documentary, I think it was called "Beware Mr. Baker"

@JeffK.

3 ай бұрын

No, this was filmed around 1971, with Baker and somebody else going through the desert in a Land Rover to meet and play with him. Very raw and grainy, sort of like On Any Sunday.

I haven't done the estate sale thing yet. Sounds interesting but not sure I need more records badly enough to go through the hassle.

I always wondered what the lyric was between "exodus" and "people " until now.

Did you find the Winger box set? Also, did you know there is a Winger box set?

@ericwincentsen587

5 ай бұрын

Does Kip Winger even know about it?

How many people have died and Ryan Seacrest was the last voice they heard...

@RobertFithen

5 ай бұрын

You take your chances when listening to Ryan Seacrest.

Did you know belinda carlisle go gos tried out for the germs as the drummer she only lasted about a week she got sick so she never officially did live shows just little trivia

@RobertFithen

5 ай бұрын

I did not know that.

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Teleported? 11:44

Germs and Tom Waits, ironic. Waits is a source of audio bacteria!

Estate sales are cream for buying used albums. You just have to get there early to beat the scalpers...er...collectors. I love when the people running them ask me how much I'm willing to pay. My response is always the same, "I don't pay more than a dollar for a used album." 9 out of 10 times they bite. Sometimes they try to play hard ball and say $2.00, thinking they just swindled a sucker when I agree, and pat themselves on the back for their mad negotiation skills. Still, there's always an underlining hint of sadness when I go to estate sales. I just have to wonder, are these vultures going to circle over my house when I am gone and pay pennies on the dollar for my life? It's kind of disgusting when you think about it.

@RobertFithen

5 ай бұрын

It is very sad. This is why you need to know the value of your belongings and let others know. There's definitely a lesson to be learned.

I stopped watching after this $3 Germs find of yours. You can stop making videos Mr. Fithen, it cannot get any better than this!

@Pauldjreadman

5 ай бұрын

Lol

What a joke for that estate sale... so corrupt.

You can't use the word 'suicide' anymore on KZread??? Has everyone gone completely bonkers? By now that has become a rhetorical question, it seems. I think a thorough appreciation of the albums by Suicide is in order! Like, pronto.

You can't say suicide on KZread? What are we a nation of infants.

Something even more morbid - How many people die watching KZread? And how many people die watching one of your videos? Or even worse, one of mine? Since you have WAY more subscribers than I do, yeah, it's more likely. Sorry. Ha