Oddity Archive: Episode 282.4 - Archive Thrifting #31: Summer’s End

[@vwestlife]

Those "Greatest Hits 196x" series of cassettes, LPs, and CDs actually mostly contain re-recordings. You might get one or two original recordings on them. I featured a few of them in my video about re-recordings.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

Love your content man

[@douglasallen9428]

I myself have had nearly every one of those “20 Greatest Hits” compilations (which span from 1956 to 1971, as far as I know) and indeed, the majority of the songs that are included on these are rather poorly done re-recordings of popular songs from that period (although there are quite a few some that are actually the original recordings, though the sound quality does vary).

[@jasonhaman4670]

If someone told me a couple years ago I'd be watching and liking thrifting videos, I'd have been certain they had a stranger sense of humor than I. Yet, here I am. I think it's the 'how the sausage (Archive) is made' aspect, but I now look forward to these.

[@ABCEasyas--]

Any day that Archive Thrifting drops is a good day!

[@seanshea8596]

I'm a vintage Synthesizer /Electronic music guy and those Cordovox Accordions are essentially more like hammond organs than anything else. They also have a TON of tubes inside and are a nightmare to get to function and keep running.

[@douglasallen9428]

Amongst the Garfield books and joystick video games, I would have absolutely bought that Sony Walkman sitting in that glass case! Thanks for another excellent thrifting adventure!!!

[@RickinBaltimore]

That Dangtrippers band sounded dang good.

[@OddityArchive]

I was pleasantly surprised.

[@mightyfilm]

@@OddityArchive Yeah, but somehow I'd imagine disappointed it wasn't something goofy or terrible. Though I did get alternative indie rock from the odd name and use of 1800's style artwork. Surprised it was from the 80's, though. Seemed like a very late 90's, early 00's design aesthetic.

[@TomElvisSmith]

The Tiny Tim album you bought is the one that Tiny said destroyed his career. It was released at the height of his fame on a small label. It has been said that Tiny sang intentionally badly on the record when he recorded it in the early '60's for a reason I forget, but he certainly never wanted it released. The owners of the recordings, of course, realized they could make a quick buck off of it at the height of Tiny Tim mania, and neither Warner Brothers or Tiny was successful in stopping the release.

[@thealrightestguitarist9135]

It wasn't all that long ago when having $100 in your pocket at a flea market or second hand store meant you could buy just about anything. The thrifting videos are always my favourites, but the prices are getting hard to believe.

[@Rando1975]

$10-$15 for those old VHS tapes. Yikes. Most places can't give them away.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

My Salvation Army thrift store had 10 for a dollar on CDs tapes and VHS

[@1903tx]

Those games at the beginning were all priced lower than the estimates on Pricecharting, so not a bad place to shop.

[@richardthefox3412]

If I were a local I’d probably at least occasionally go to 605 Antiques considering the local antique stores never have video games were I’m at.

[@richardthefox3412]

Plus the few times a anime shows up on archive, it’s something I’ve never heard of before.

[@Robovski]

On the Cordovox that looks like some kind of weird PAL connector. But like tripled.

[@thekidfromiowa]

They didn't notice Cosmo's Factory was broken in half? Was it like that when it was sold or was it broken during the time in the store? Shows how indifferent thrift store staff can be.

[@singinglawnchair]

@@thekidfromiowa I've unfortunately seen stuff like that at thrift stores and worse. A few weeks ago I saw a record I've been looking for for a while only to find it just absolutely covered in mold.

[@eggman09]

There is a Brian Wilson autobiography - "I am Brian Wilson" from 2016, I enjoyed it at the time. Someone "borrowed" it and I haven't seen it since... but I'd read it again.

[@OddityArchive]

News to me. Gonna have to seek it out.

[@BGNOLA]

Dangtrippers, on the same label as the Flat Duo Jets (if you see their album, pick it up)

[@DanZero77]

Nice selection of games at the first store (prices slightly better than online averages too). I also saw The 7th Saga in the SNES games, definitely a divisive RPG these days. The Dangtrippers sounded very much like The Posies who were a similar type of band out from the Seattle area and their 1990 album Dear 23.

[@doctorwhofan6340]

6:16 and that's why I cracked one open one year for a science fair project on the differences of crt and HD tvs!

[@antonionunez2312]

that’s cool mentioned Shango hehe

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

14:22 - can't believe the Left Banke released this album with full frontal nudity.

[@JL-sm6cg]

I watched it as a preview, and didn't notice that. Not that I would want to see it anyhow.

[@bradmad8346]

The Tiny Tim cover art is nightmare fuel.

[@matthewpaul6904]

NO SHOT! I've read that same Moe Howard biography. Really interesting

[@robertwilson-lq1lr]

We Left Bank fans should meet up in the last phone booth.

[@dmcintosh1967]

It's a good thing you didn't pick up that Panasonic book shelf stereo system. The reason is the entire CD charger mechanism is cheap plastic and now that they are pushing 20 years they just disintegrate.

[@frazzleface753]

Dangtrippers sounds pleasingly upbeat and optimistic.

[@georgeprice4212]

Re: Cosmo’s Factory: DAMMIT!😮

[@leejtam0914]

BN Criterion sale is always a rip off

[@willcail]

Pac Mania is currently go to Pac Man game. The isometric levels are good

[@jasonhaman4670]

I guess I must be weird-within-weird... I always liked It's a Wonderful Life... probably the only xmas film I like, actually. Meanwhile, I don't like A Christmas Story or the National Lampoons series. I remember It's a Wonderful Life being one of very few movies available on Beta at K-Mart in the late 80s. Was always tempted to buy it, even though we never had a Beta VCR, just to have a movie I liked kn Beta. Wish now that I had.

[@OddityArchive]

It is a recognized classic, just for whatever reason, I've always found it alternately boring and syrupy. Everyone seems to have those classics they don't like, guess it's mine.

[@shannon9993]

A Christmas Story and Black Christmas (the original) are both directed by Bob Clark and the guy's sense of humor is much more effective when the film is openly horror.

[@OddityArchive]

@shannon9993 For what it's worth, both movies sit proudly in my collection.

[@singinglawnchair]

Was the "Is Math Real?" book written by Terrence Howard? lol

[@OddityArchive]

The handful of how-to books at the hardware store are infinitely more useful than anything in that section. They also seemed to think math and science are 100% interchangeable.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

​@OddityArchive welcome to current year Ben. Sadly math is very much real and according to my mom I still suck at it. Lol

[@darrennobbs3488]

Hi ben. Oddity archive thrifting aka charity shop

[@SamuelColeridge1772]

Love me some Tiny Tim. That was a score

[@edwardburek1717]

Regarding the Barnes & Noble visit, there was me thinking that Waterstones had the monopoly on "witty" description cards. Who let these guys loose on them?

[@JL-sm6cg]

@10:03; well, you ARE in South Dakota after all. Lol

[@jesusramirez4537]

wanna get me a music CD with album cover just for good ol times sake. used to have a CD rack. man o man. time flies

[@BearorBust]

Pitfighter for SNES is utter garbage, one of the worst games on the system.

[@derekroberts6654]

i’m wondering now if you ever ran across the experimental 70s group Penguin Cafe Orchestra i listened to thier first album on Spotify and… the best way i can explain is if Pink Floyd stuck with the “Atom Heart Mother” musical direction it would be very similar.

[@OddityArchive]

Never heard of ‘em.

[@ratmadness4858]

Unhealable Deep Cut Discounts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yes this is from Firesign Theater

[@robmclean4352]

7:01 Fun fact: Mia is my wife's name! (Hi, Mia!)

[@Shadowfoxxy30]

I have a mint copy of that tiny tim bootleg

[@cpnscarlet]

"Nothing more, nothing less???" Benny Boy, you're getting older.

[@sf-dn8rh]

How do you play a half record?

[@Metlhd313]

Ever consider doing a video like this for yard sales?

[@OddityArchive]

All I ever see at garage sales around here are baby clothes.

[@yvonnerogers6429]

👍🏻

[@neilforbes416]

Moving Pictures are an Australian group, their biggest hit was *What About Me* issued as a single on the EMI-distributed WBE label as WBE-648 in January, 1982. The label owned by ex-Master's Apprentices guitarist Glenn Wheatly who became manager for John Farnham. (13:40) Those names aren't going to mean much to Americans, but then Americans don't really know or care about anything outside their insular little world.

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

That was an interest comment, right up until you started sperging about how bad America is. Do better, mate.