Official Club Polk Thrift/CL Recovery Thread

[BaggedLancer]

Everyone likes great deals.....so what have you recovered from near death at a thrift store or on craigslist? Obviously, if you intend on flipping stuff you might not want to post the price paid, or better yet don't post it at all.....but if it's for your personal collection lets hear it!

Just came from a local thrift today and brought home on vinyl(all in really good condition):

Aerosmith Get Your Wings
Aerosmith Rocks
Aerosmith Dream On
Ashanti Rock Wit U
Bad Company Fame and Fortune
Billy Joel Glass Houses
Blood, Sweat, & Tears Self Titled
Blood, Sweat, & Tears Self Titled
Bob Seger Against the Wind
Chicago IX
Chicago IX
Earth, Wind & Fire All 'N All
Elton John Don't Shoot Me
Fleetwood Mac Rumours
Fleetwood Mac Rumours
Jimmy Buffet Changes in Attitudes
Julio Inglesias Mi Vida En Canciones
Peter Frampton Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Rush All the World's A Stage
Rush Hemisphere's
Rush 2112
Rush Exit Stage Left
Santana Abraxas
Sean Paul Never Gonna Be the Same
Stevie Wonder In Square Circle
Van Morrison Moondance

Over the last couple weeks from the same thrift on CD:

Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell 2
The Cranberries - Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
Helmet - Aftertaste
Bob Seger - Night Moves
REM - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
The Roots - Don't Say Nuthin
Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight
Bob Seger - It's a Mystery
Bush - Razorblade Suitcase
REM - Out of Time
Chicago - Greatest Hits
Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits
Jimi Hendrix - Woodstock
ZZ Top - Eliminator
U2 - Rattle and Hum
The Rembrants - LP

I'm stocking up on doubles, triples, quadruples to use to trade people for other vinyl I might be interested in that I can't come across. Did it two weeks ago with some CD's on Audiokarma and worked out well.

[Face]

From Craigslist I picked up a McIntosh MC-7270 MINT with wooden case for $1200.

Also Polk Monitor 7's, 7C's, and 10 from free to $50 a pair. Recently I missed out on a couple of deals due to a lack of space here.

My local thrift used to sell LP's for $.10 each, now they're $.25 each, still not bad.

[candyliquor35m]

Last week I bought $.50 each

Peter Frampton - I'm in you
Seals & Croft - Sudan Village
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Earl Klugh - Wishful thinking
Neil Young - After the gold rush, duplicate but trying to find one in better condition
Andreas Vollenweider - Down to the moon
Janis Joplin - Pearl

Haven't even had time to listen to all of them yet.

[mhardy6647]

Missed a nice looking "big silver" receiver from the swap pile at the dump today by moments. I think it was a Hitachi. Not like I need any more, so I cannot really complain.

[DaveMuell]

Last week I bought $.50 each

Peter Frampton - I'm in you
Seals & Croft - Sudan Village
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Earl Klugh - Wishful thinking
Neil Young - After the gold rush, duplicate but trying to find one in better condition
Andreas Vollenweider - Down to the moon
Janis Joplin - Pearl

Haven't even had time to listen to all of them yet.

Where are you going for these?

[candyliquor35m]

Where are you going for these?

KCM - Katy Christian Ministries on mason behind the whataburger at Kingsland and Goodwill on mason behind panda express at kingsland has some but their's are $1.99-$2.99. Almost next door to each other.

[SCompRacer]

I didn't bag as many as you did today but the condition of what I got was very good for a change. The Linda Ronstadt with The Nelson Riddle Orchestra is near mint.

Bruce Springsteen -Greetings From Asbury Park
Maynard Ferguson - Echoes of an Era
Men At Work - Business As Usual
Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
Boz Scaggs - Middle Man
Windham Hill Sampler ‘81 (With selections from one of my favorite pianist, George Winston)
Linda Ronstadt & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra - What's New
Marshall Tucker Band - Carolina Dreams
Pablo Casals Conducts Bach - The Six Brandenburg Concertos (three Lp's -appear unplayed)
Arthur Fiedler & Boston Pops - The Symphony

[zingo]

From CL, a Yamaha 7.1 150wpc for $100.

[madmax]

It sure is cool to pick up so much music for nothing. Only audiophiles would pay so much for something that plays something so cheap... :) (in reference to records) I just did a sweep of purchases on ebay for old dixieland recordings. There were a lot of good quality ones.
madmax

[stereo_luver]

An Acurus ACD-11 from CL for $75.
20 assorted pairs of Tara Labs Quantum IC's for $75 from a HiFi Buys in Nashville.
A pair of B&W DM601's from the Bay for $100.

[George Grand]

[QUOTE=BaggedLancer;780082]Everyone likes great deals.....so what have you recovered from near death at a thrift store or on craigslist?

In thrift stores? Over the last 15 years or so? Your heart would fall out if I posted that list.

I don't do much ebay, A-Gon, CL or any stuff like that. Best ebay was a cuter than **** NAD power amp for $7. The shipping was $14.

[BaggedLancer]

[QUOTE=George Grand;780321]

In thrift stores? Over the last 15 years or so? Your heart would fall out if I posted that list.

I don't do much ebay, A-Gon, CL or any stuff like that. Best ebay was a cuter than **** NAD power amp for $7. The shipping was $14.

Let's hear some thrift steals.....:D

[edbert]

Add a couple to the mix. I called/emailed to check what the models where since they aren't listed.

R15's and a Pioneer SX-40, both supposed to be in good condition

Monitor 7's, still available as of 2 minutes ago, and in good condition.

No affiliation, just thought I would pass the info along.

[tx_polkhead]

Hey edbert, as far as I know those Monitor 7's are mine, emailed the guy selling these and he is going to deliver them to me next time he is in town. fifty bucks seems like a good enough deal. Now I have to decide if I want to use them as rear surrounds or for a bedroom system. A few months ago I picked up some RTA-12c's for $150, before long I'll look to replace the Infinity center channel and the AR Sub and be Surrounded in POLKS!

[edbert]

Cool! Glad to know someone here picked them up! I didn't have anywhere to use them so I figured someone here could.

[avguytx]

I saw those speakers the day they were listed but I just don't need another pair of bookshelf speakers since they'd never get used and Denton is only 10 minutes from me.

What I've found during this month (January 2008)....

McIntosh 1900 receiver $10 (with original wood case)
Klipsch Heresy H-BR's $10
Carver TL-3300 CD, Denon DCM-560 and a ADC SS-450X EQ for $100

This past weekend at a garage sale, I picked up about 40 albums in VG+ condition of which 5 were MFSL and Nautilus SuperDisc's for $20. Plus, there were some very cool LP's in there including a Crown Test LP from the late 70's and some Maxell sampler LP's. I'm almost getting tired of coming across speakers and I'm getting to where I don't pick them up anymore no matter how cheap they are. I'm running out of space!

[Face]

Very nice!

[zingo]

I got an HK integrated amp for free of CL. The guy said it was broken, but the line through worked even though the integrated didn't. It was a fun discovery.

[BaggedLancer]

Today was a good day, picked up 350 45's(still haven't sorted), all the albums listed below, and then another 15 or so that are heading in a box to a member on the forum.

5th Dimension Living Together, Growing Togther
5th Dimension Portrait
ABBA Greatest Hits Volume 2
Bee Gees Main Course
Bee Gees Here at Last
Bee Gees Gold Volume 1
Beefeater Need a Job
Billy Joel The Stranger
Blood, Sweat, & Tears 3
Bob Dylan Desire
Bob Dylan Greatest Hits
Bob Dylan Greatest Hits
Bob Seger Night Moves
Boz Scaggs Hits
Bread Guitar Man
Breakfast Club Self Titled
Bruce Springsteen Live 1975-85
Carpenters Singles 74-78
Cats Soundtrack
Christopher Cross Every Turn of the World
Commodores Heroes
Dan Fogelberg Captured Angel
David Bowie Never Let Me Down
Doobie Brothers The Captain and Me
Doobie Brothers Best of the Doobies
Eagles On The Border
Earth, Wind & Fire Electric Universe
Ella Fitzgerald Gershwin Song Book
Elton John Greatest Hits Volume 2
Fleetwood Mac Tusk
INXS To Look At You
Isaac Hayes Don't Let Go
James Taylor JT
James Taylor Dad Loves His Work
James Taylor JT
Jethro Tull War Child
Kansas Leftoverture
Luther Vandross Busy Body
Lynyrd Skynyrd Gold & Platinum
Miles Davis Live at Filmore
Moody Blues A Question of Balance
Peter Frampton Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Pink Floyd Animals
Police Synchronicity
Prince and the Revolution Purple Rain
Rolling Stones Made in the Shade
Rolling Stones Tattoo You
Rush Signals
Simple Minds Once Upon a Time
Steely Dan Countdown to Ecstasy
Steely Dan Countdown to Ecstasy
Steely Dan Katy Lied
Steely Dan The Royal Scam
Steely Dan Aja
Steely Dan Gaucho
The Temptations Skys the Limit
Three Man Army A Third of a Lifetime
Van Halen Van Halen 2
War Greatest His

[BaggedLancer]

Another good Saturday:

Bee Gees Greatest
Bee Gees Spirits Having Flown
Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet
Bread Manna
Cheap Trick All Shook Up
Dan Fogelberg The Innocent Age
Dan Fogelberg Netherlands
Deep Purple David Rose
Doobie Brothers Best of the Doobies Volume 2
Doobie Brothers Minute By Minute
Electric Light Orchestra Face the Music
Elton John Honky Chateau
Elton John Self Titled
Elvis Costello Armed Forces
Firefall Elan
Firefall Undertow
Frank Sinatra Trilogy
Genesis Invisble Touch
Jacksons Victory
Jimmy Buffet Volcano
Jimmy Buffet Changes in Attitudes
Journey Evolution
Journey Escape
Journey Escape
Men At Work Business as Usual
Moody Blues To Our Childrens Childrens Children
Moody Blues A Question of Balance
Moody Blues Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Moody Blues Long Distance Voyager
Moody Blues On The Threshold of a Dream
Peter Frampton Frampton Comes Alive!
Police Synchronicity
Prince and the Revolution Kiss
Santana Greatest Hits
Souther Hillman Furay Band Self Titled
Steve Miller Band Fly Like an Eagle
Styx Paradise Theater
Survivor Vital Signs
Tom Rush The Best of Tom Rush

Andrew Lloyd Webber Evita
Beethoven Symphony #9 Choral (Box Set)
Elton John Rock of the Westies
Elton John Caribou
Fleetwood Mac Rumours
Fleetwood Mac Rumours
Fleetwood Mac Rumours
Jefferson Starship Red Octopus
Joan Baez Gulf Winds
John Denver Back Home Again
John Denver Farewell Andromeda
Noel Paul Stookey Paul And
Toscani Wagner(Red Seal, box set)

[BaggedLancer]

Good Saturday night:

Peter Broggs Rastafari Liveth
Billy Squier Don't Say No
Tom Petty Hard Promises
Van Halen II
Paul Young Between Two Fires
The Cars Shake It Up
Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin Self Titled
Van Halen Fair Warning
Van Halen Women & Children First
Aerosmith Greatest Hits
Cheap Trick All Shook Up
Rush All the World's A Stage
Rush Hemisphere's
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd The Wall
The Police Ghost in the Machine
Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 74-78
Led Zeppelin Physical Graffitti
Queen News of the World
Humble Pie Rockin The Filmore
Jimi Hendrix Smash Hits
Eagles Hotel California
Lynyrd Skynyrd Live
Eagles The Long Run
Van Halen Self Titled
AC/DC Highway to Hell
Peter Frampton Frampton Comes Alive!
Rush A Fairwell to Kings
Santana Zebop!
Rush Permanent Waves
Aerosmith Self Titled

[BaggedLancer]

Another great day of vinyl at the store, hopefully delihaus can make it up this way one day....I just can't get through them all.

For my personal collection:

Aragon Ballroom Orcestra Lord of the Rings Theme
Asia Alpha Quiex II LEP
Average White Band Self Titled
Bad Company Self Titled
Billy Joel The Bridge
Billy Squier Emotions in Motion
Black Sabbath Sabbath Blood Sabbath
Bob Seger Stranger in Town
Bob Seger Stranger in Town
Bob Seger Bullet
Bob Seger Against the Wind
Chicago Greatest Hits
Chicago 17
David Lee Roth Crazy From the heat
Doobie Brothers Takin' It To the Streets
Doobie Brothers One Step Closer
Dr. Hook Pleasure & Pain
Electric Light Orchestra II
ELO Greatest Hits
Elton John Blue Moves
Fleetwood Mac Mirage
Foghat Live
Foreigner Double Vision
Genesis And Then There Were Three…
Genesis Abacab
Genesis Self Titled
Grand Funk Railroad Caught in the Act
Jefferson Starship Dragon Fly
John Cougar American Fool
Kansas Drastic Measures
KC and the Sunshine Band Self Titled
Led Zeppelin II
Meatloaf Bat Out Of Hell
Michael Jackson Thriller
Michael Jackson Thriller
Molly Hatchet Flirtin with Disaster
Out of the Blue Inside Track Blue Note
Quiet Riot Metal Health
REO Speedwagon
Rick James Cold Blooded
Rolling Stones Made in the Shade
SOS Band On the Rise
Southside Johnny I don't Want to Go Home
Steely Dan Katy Lied
Steely Dan Gaucho
Steely Dan Aja
Steve Miller Band Greatest Hits 74-78
Stevie Nicks Bella Donna
Talking Heads Fear of Music
The Kinks Low Budget
Triumph Allied Forces
Triumph Thunder Seven
U2 Under a Blood Red Sky
Van Morrison Moondance
Voyage Fly Away
Yes Going for the One



And what makes the whole day even sweeter.....one of the guys I talk with in the morning before the place opens brought me a never played 7" Beatles picture disc. Going to get a frame and hang it on the wall. Today was a GREAT day.

[candyliquor35m]

I made my monthly trip to the thrift store today and was happy with what I found all for $6.50. Four of the 8 still had shrink wrap on the cover which is not good for the album but it is what it is.

Freddie Jackson - Rock me tonight
Whitney Houston - self titled
George Howard - A nice place to be
George Howard - Dancing in the sun
We are the world :)
Jeffrey Osborne - Emotional
Kirk Whalum - Floppy disk
Billy Ocean - Suddenly