I've been busy setting up my online odds and ends store. This is my attempt at sifting out treasures from junk and making a firm hobby out of it. =) I test all the vinyls, and do not sell badly scratched vinyls. So rest assured, these are all decent playable vinyl release! Plus, I'm stocking the same sort of offbeat Asian a go-go music I love in the shop.
So.. up on my etsy store are these vinyls:
This is a beautiful, kitschy LP from the 60s, during the height of the exotica craze.
A Japanese release, this record features instrumentals with a distinct samba beat.
Hear a clip here:
etsy 5 - hamsterguppies.etsy.com
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If you love kitschy cover songs as much as I do, you're in luck.
Here in this lot are 3 vintage Asian EPs, all of which feature cover versions of popular international songs, done in Mandarin/ English.
Rita Chao (Mandarin)
- Only Friends (Francoise Hardy cover)
- Lonely Heart (The Thunderbirds cover... a 60s Singaporean band)
- Gonna Be Alright (Gerry and the Pacemaker's cover)
Penny Lim & The Silvertones (English)
- Beautiful Sunday (Daniel Boone cover)
- You are 21, I am 16 (Agnes Chan cover)
- She's A Lady (Tom Jones cover)
- The Glow of The Sun
Unknown Girl Singer (Mandarin)
- Kiss Me Goodbye (Petula Clark cover)
- 3 original songs in Chinese
Vintage and sold as-is. However, I have tested all 3 EPs, and they all play perfectly. Only one song (The Boy Next Door) from the Rita Chao EP skips, and hence I have not listed the song above.
Preview a clip from all 3 EPs here!
etsy 4 - hamsterguppies.etsy.com
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This is a Offbeat A Go Go LP recorded in Singapore in the 1970s. Presenting to you, The Spiders!
LP features a very groovy and psychedelic cover. All songs in this vinyl are instrumental covers, heavy on the organs (think The Zombies' Odyssey and Oracle kind of vibe).
Vintage and sold as is. I've tested the LP and it plays perfect except for one skip in Side A, which you can hear in the sample below.
Songs featured:
1. Yellow River
2. Venus
3. Love Grows (Where Rosemary Goes) (*small skip in intro)
4. Ride Captain Ride
5. Time Is Tight
6. Up Around The Bend
7. Mr Bloe
8. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
9. Down On The Corner
10. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
11. Betwixt and Between
12. Candida
Sample a clip of some tracks here:
etsy 2 - Hamsterguppies
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