I always find it mildly depressing when personalized items end up in places like this.

That Magnavox recorder NEEDS the remote to do anything. I had the same model.

@CantankerousDave

6 ай бұрын

I have a similar model made by Philips, and yeah - the remote is a must. You can’t access the onboard HDD menu without it.

Actually, that Laurel and Hardy DVD set is an Australian PAL printing; that much can be deciphered by the green boxes with the G-in-a-triangle-symbol rating and the text "General" on the back.

@kaksikymmenta3

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, and it's Region 4. I used to buy a lot of Australian import DVDs; they were easy to get in Finland and worked on most TVs, unlike region 1 discs.

@OddityArchive

6 ай бұрын

My bad.

Literal LOL at the boomerang. In my early youth, our neighbors had that Moody Blue blue vinyl... I'd never seen anything like that, never forgot it. And I didn't know Fibber McGee and Molly made the jump to TV.

@brianhebert6152

6 ай бұрын

I'd buy it just for the colored vinyl, and I'm not even interested in collecting Elvis records!

2:37 The members of 10cc also worked on the soundtrack for the cult film Animalympics. And speaking of vinyl, Michael Fremer worked on the film and voiced half the characters. 3:14 I've seen quite a few "accidentally-bought" PAL releases at a local library's book and DVD sale. And I once accidentally ended up with PAL copies of Watership Down and 101 Dalmatians.

Awesome find on the DVD recorder - even though it was nice having a Thrifting episode this week I don't mind Ben's Junk being whipped out again for this!

@OddityArchive

6 ай бұрын

It's very much in the queue.

@TheMediaHoarder

6 ай бұрын

That recorder is made by Funai and they’re decent when they work, the stuff I’ve uploaded here has all been captured from their machines. I had one with a hard drive that went bad but someone here said to try replacing the caps.

3:20 That Laurel and Hardy DVD is the Australian PAL version. We don't have a G rating in the UK, that would be "U" here.

@OddityArchive

6 ай бұрын

I had my regions mixed up. I have a couple of "U" European PAL sets, saw the triangle and got myself mixed up...as I'm prone to doing.

@Larry

6 ай бұрын

@@OddityArchive Someone must have moved from Australia and dumped all their stuff there, I bet that boomerang belonged to them too.

I have the Moody Blue vinyl, the Blue one! Also extremely jealous of the HDD/DVD Recorder! Awesome haul!

At the beginning seeing Santa on his back on the bookshelf most likely means that Santa drank a little too much Christmas cheer during the holidays. Then again, that is how a good number of us deal with the holidays. Happy New Year Ben and all followers of OddityArchive.

Ben was how I found out Phil Spector died and it’s how I found out Rodriguez died. I LOVED his music and I’m thankfully he at least lived long enough to see how famous he really was, at least in South Africa.

@LdeinerProductions

6 ай бұрын

Also, that live where Ben listened to Cold Facts, is that still available to watch?

@OddityArchive

6 ай бұрын

I streamed it on KZread for the sake of convenient listening, I never used it in a livestream.

@LdeinerProductions

6 ай бұрын

@@OddityArchive Oh OK, I misunderstood. My bad.

@LdeinerProductions

6 ай бұрын

You might wanna get it though. Idk how much an original pressing of that album goes for, but considering how poorly it sold, apart from the various bootlegs in South Africa, it might be worth it for the rarity alone.

4:50 good decision those kodaks are infamous for the gears disintegrating

I scored half of the NTSC version of that late period L&H DVD collection at our neighborhood Goodwill, and maybe someday I'll work up the nerve to watch it, too.

I got a Toshiba DVD recorder with remote at my goodwill for $8 all working and in like new shape. A common problem on all funai built players is the SMD caps. They like to go bad causing it to not burn correctly and if they get bad enough not play a DVD at all.

@TheMediaHoarder

6 ай бұрын

I have one of those that went bad, thought it was the drive but will try replacing the caps and see if I can bring it back to life. The hard drive was neat but I really never had any use for it, in hindsight I should’ve filled it up with infomercials from a standard-def sub channel that showed them continuously.

thanks for the thrift, Ben. hopefully the DVRs got something spicy on it.

I see you try out these electronics and wonder about what happens at US thrift stores before they go out on sale. I really hope someone safety tests them so they're not a risk of blowing up if someone plugs them in. I'm a charity shop volunteer here in the UK, and I function test a lot of the AV gear we get - a lot fails, sadly. Cheap DVD players that won't eject the disc; cassette decks that either play wobbly or won't record anymore; turntables that only play at either 33 or 45 but not both. It all ends up as e-waste. Though, actually, LCD TVs are the worst for not working. One thing fails on them and they're unusable.

@OddityArchive

6 ай бұрын

I don't think any two stores are the same. I'm just such a cynic that I test everything as much as possible.

@TheMediaHoarder

6 ай бұрын

In the US it’s usually as-is, it either works or it doesn’t.

15:23 It does say "Lo"a"d

"I think this boomerang is defective; it landed in South Dakota." Also how you know a plane and its passengers are defective. Zing!

3:16 Thats a Australia pressing.

Glad you grabbed that Lord Buckley, Ben! It's one of the only times I said to grab it (to my phone) and you did LOL All the best and better to you for 2024

'Tis the season for thrifting. Happy Holidays, Benny-boy! 🎄

4:11 Not only did their boomerang not come back, it landed 9,000 miles away!

Those two XTC CDs look like old copies and would have been of interest to me had I been in the same thrift store. I've actually not seen any of their 1980s albums in any UK charity shop despite them being from there.

@OddityArchive

5 ай бұрын

I've got the later (rather odd-sounding--like someone overcompressed it, then reintroduced dynamics by riding the fader) Caroline CD's. Those Geffen ones are tempting if I happen to be around on the next half-price day.

Truth be told, you and LGR always seem to find much more interesting stuff on your thriftings. We rarely come home with beyond one or two grabs. How do you do the thing?! Also you should have picked up the Shakin' Stevens album and sent it to Robyn of 8-bit Show and Tell.

Hope you had a great Christmas Ben, hope you’ll have a great New Year as well. Take care!

You should check out, Point Blank's 'On a Roll'. It's a pretty decent early 80's rock album, IMO. It was right behind the Melanie record.

ZAPPY NEW YEAR ODDITY ARCHIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6:02 I wonder in which context Melanie named that album with the Portuguese word Madrugada. 😮 You said it is an obscure album of hers, and the Madrugada usually is the 'best' part of the night to do 'obscure' stuff. 😮

You should have bought that DVD for the bogger could have done a Ben’s Junk 13:43

@TheMediaHoarder

6 ай бұрын

I wanted to see the “How to host successful parties” DVD.

13:32 Shoutout to Ce Ce Peniston! I'm so mature.

Why would anyone own a DVD player that isn't region-free?

@TheMediaHoarder

6 ай бұрын

Was gonna say that Ben missed out on an Oppo, that’s what I have and it’s great. There’s still plenty of other quality region hackable players though, and they’ll output PAL through HDMI which most current TVs can display with no conversion.

1989 is the year I was born. 😊

3:45 Gordo!

I’ll have to look but I think I might have the original MST3K volume 10.

hdd dvd what a cop 😁

I'm confused. Did that Goodwill have a theft problem of someone stealing one shoe out of each pair? I'm sure it wasn't, but imagine if that was the case. Some crazy guy going around sneaking half a pair of shoes out of a store. Actually, doesn't feel that out of the realm of possibility. I was at a Marshalls, one in a very good suburban area, where someone returned their old, worn out, covered in grass stains and dirt (at best dirt) and it got restocked. Either that or someone stole the new pair and left their filthy ones behind.

@OddityArchive

6 ай бұрын

People were stealing pairs of shoes. The matching shoe (or skate) is now held behind the counter.

@mightyfilm

6 ай бұрын

@@OddityArchive That's what I'd assume, but then again I wouldn't put it past some prankster to just steal one shoe out of every pair to mess with the staff.

Is it Blitzen or Blixem?

Okay, not even done with the video and I gotta say Ben, second tier Laurel and Hardy? Past their prime? I beg to differ. I quite enjoy the Fox period and especially dig films like THE DANCING MASTERS, THE BIG NOISE and GREAT GUNS. Sure, Stan Laurel had almost no say when it came to the creative aspects of the films, but they're still enjoyable in their own right. Please read my reviews of them and pick up the two Fox sets, they are not nearly as bad as their reputation implies. The less said of the two MGM films and ATOLL K, the better though.

@OddityArchive

6 ай бұрын

I had a feeling you'd chime in on this one.