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SURPRISE This is a pretty dang good LP

For those of you who take a flyer or two when buying older, used LP's or, like me, are cleaning up a bunch you've had around for years and never really listen to on a good rig, I have a question. What are some that you thought "what the hey I'll give this a whirl" and been pleasantly surprised by BOTH the music and the sonics? Artist, title, label, and number, please. I will start with one I just cleaned up this evening:

WAR: "The World is a Ghetto" United Artist; UAS-5652
4yanx
mknowles16
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I received some LAST cleaning products recently. On a lark, I cleaned an old LP and it completely put some of my recent 180 gram purchases to shame. My daughter and I were jammin to Funkadelic's "Uncle Jam Wants You" Warner Brothers BSK 3371. Purchased new in the 70's.
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dekay
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A white vinyl 45 rpm 10" single of India Arie singing "Strength, Courage and Wisdom". It has "the gap" (clothing company) logo on one side and her picture on the blank/flip side (manufactured by Neverstop records).
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czapp
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I just cleaned up an old copy of Little Feat - "The Last Record Album. I don't have it in front of me, so I can't offer label info. I was amazed at the recording quality given it's early 70's vintage. Some great Lowell George songs - Long Distance Love for one. Little Feat
was/is an extremely tight band with excellent musicianship.
mes
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Prior to selling off my analog rig :-( I cleaned up a few old lp's I'd been listening to on CD and was amazed at how good the recordings were. The quality of the music didn't surprise me, they are amongst my favorite of all time. Don't have them in front of me so can't say labels. They are; Roxy Music "Stranded" and "For Your Pleasure" and Audience "House on the Hill".
plato
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4yanx, if you like "The World is a Ghetto" then I'm sure you'll like WAR's "Why Can't We Be Friends" (United Artists LA-441-G). It's always been one of my personal favorites -- a lot of great songs, well-recorded. I particularly like the instrumental, "Smile Happy". :)

Thanks for the tip on "W is a G" I'll have to see if I can find a copy.

Frank
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