My most awesome Goodwill score ever!

BuckeyeTim
BuckeyeTim Posts: 483
edited July 2011 in The Clubhouse
So, I was at work today getting terribly hungry. I decided to make a run to Wendys to grab a quick burger. It just so happens that I had to drive by the local Goodwill and I made a quick turn into the parking lot...why not, I can have as much lunch break as I want now.

I made a brief stop by the electronics dept and saw pretty much nothing. An old Soundesign "stereo" and a small pair of optimus speakers....blah. Moving on. I then hit up the record table. Looked like nothing special, the same old christmas, gospel, Herb Alpert, and Ray Conniff.

As I was skimming through the tubs a voice came from behind me. "I have more records", the lady with the Goodwill badge said. She had a shopping cart full of albums and parked them to the side and told me to feel free to go through them. I took a couple steps over to the cart and just about crapped myself! It looked like somebody's personal collection!

There was Beatles, Dylan, Jefferson Airplane, Hendrix, Kinks, Velvet Underground, Neil Young, Grateful Dead, Stones, Doors, etc.... I was in heaven. And the vinyl itself was all in great shape! I pushed the whole cart to the register. 116 albums for $35! After I got home and started going through each one and checking the Goldmine guide, It appears that I have virtually all early pressings. Some of the Grateful Dead and Stones (and others)are Mono even!

I did the happy dance all the way out the door.
I included a couple pics of just a few of them.

I now officially love Goodwill!
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  • EDUBAG
    EDUBAG Posts: 403
    edited July 2011
    Wow!

    Congrats on "THE SCORE"

    Nothing much to say after that,

    Eduardo
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited July 2011
    You Suck !!! :mad:JK....nice score!:wink:
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,198
    edited July 2011
    One of these days I'm going to have a Goodwill story. Until then, I'll just be happy for those of you who have found great deals.

    Awesome find. Congrats!!
    Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out.-John Wooden
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited July 2011
    abso lutey ****** awesome

    congrats :D

    wayne
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  • Oldfatdogs
    Oldfatdogs Posts: 1,874
    edited July 2011
    Doesn't it feel good to be in the right place right time. Nice pick. Dan
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  • BuckeyeTim
    BuckeyeTim Posts: 483
    edited July 2011
    gdb wrote: »
    You Suck !!! :mad:JK....nice score!:wink:

    I'll take that and enjoy it with a sh** eating grin!
    I see people make great grabs at Goodwill and other thrift shops and wonder why I never find anything even half decent. I think I'll be hitting these places a little more often from here on out

    Tim
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited July 2011
    Good score. You picked the best time to go by there. They usually put the stuff out during the day. If you go by after work, most of the good stuff is gone. You're going to starve to death now with no lunch.
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  • Gavin.Wright
    Gavin.Wright Posts: 125
    edited July 2011
    congrats - maybe you ended up with the rare bob dyaln "freewheelin" album? :)http://www.ehow.com/how_2127275_identify-_freewheelin_-bob-dylan_-record.html
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited July 2011
    Atta' boy.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Almadacr
    Almadacr Posts: 185
    edited July 2011
    That is a great score , congrats .
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,395
    edited July 2011
    What a haul! If you have duplicates of any of those... let me know. Check that copy of Yesterday and Today. If it is an early enough copy, you may have a "second state" Butcher Cover on your hands.:cool:
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited July 2011
    I've found a couple tings at Goodwill over the years but not much. What I hate is when I find a pair of speakers, one of them mint condition while the other one is trashed. Very frustrating. Or a nice old receiver with no tubes, or no knobs or something missing that is sorta hard to find. I tend to stick to estate sales and a yard sale depending on size and location.
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  • fbm211
    fbm211 Posts: 1,488
    edited July 2011
    Nice score Tim.

    On another note, what did you replace those 565s with?
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  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,047
    edited July 2011
    What's a record?:wink::tongue:

    Kidding aside, 116 albums for $35 :eek:?!?!?!?!?! Nice job.
    Shawn
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited July 2011
    Good onya!! It was your birthday too!!! Nice :smile:
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  • BuckeyeTim
    BuckeyeTim Posts: 483
    edited July 2011
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    ...... Check that copy of Yesterday and Today. If it is an early enough copy, you may have a "second state" Butcher Cover on your hands.:cool:

    No such luck. That was the first thing I checked when I seen Capital on the cover. As I slid the album out I realized it was the Apple/Capitol version (Apple label) with "Mastered by Capitol" in the deadwax.
    fbm211 wrote: »
    Nice score Tim.

    On another note, what did you replace those 565s with?

    I picked up a Carver TFM35x from a fellow forum member. More than happy with it, but looking to upgrade so that I can move this amp to the spare room with the Monitor 10's and the Dynaco pas2 pre. I am currently running a vintage Kenwood integrated with matching tuner through the 10's....but I have 2 pair of 10's.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited July 2011
    Great score!

    An entire vintage collection for $35! Sometimes luck just finds you.

    Congrats on the great score.:smile:
    Carl

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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited July 2011
    Excellent! I saw the first (self titled) Love album and, Country Joe and the Fish "Electric Music For the Mind and Body" and many many other greats in there. Now get to listening.:smile:

    Greg
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2011
    It's back to the 60's,,the worm has turned for you.Congrats.:smile:
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited July 2011
    WOW!!! That's one HELL of a good score there!!!
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