Posts Tagged ‘music’

Charity Vintage: Columbia Portable Record Player

Friday, February 15th, 2013

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Columbia Portable Record Player being sold on eBay in support of Thames Hospicecare
(Ends 15 Feb, 2013 10:32:49 GMT)

Keeping with the music theme from last week’s Charity Vintage choice, we’ve spotted this fab vintage Columbia portable record player being sold in support of Thames Hospicecare*

The perfect partner for going round early morning car boot sales in search of rare vinyl!

*At Thames Hospicecare our philosophy is that together we provide skilled and gentle care for adults with cancer and other potentially life shortening illnesses and their families, friends and carers, giving them hope and dignity throughout their illness both up to and following death.

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Tuesday Huesday: It’s Christmas Once Again!

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

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Harry Simeone Chorale - "It's Christmas Once Again" album cover art work by Willie Lonardo

Season’s greetings, it’s Christmas once again!

This week’s Tuesday Huesday post is topical, bright & festive. It features artwork by Willie Lonardo for the 1973 Harry Simeone Chorale It’s Christmas Once Again album cover.

Thanks to the King of Jingaling aka FaLaLaLaLa for the use of this image. Check out his Flickr set of vintage Christmas albums!

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Watts Cooking?

Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

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45 record single sleeve for "Watts Cooking" by Tommy Watt & His Orchestra

We’ve just seen this record in a nearby antiques centre and liked its cover so much we took a couple of quick snaps.

Not being familiar with the work of Tommy Watt we didn’t actually buy it, but having given him a quick listen on Spotify it’s very 60s cocktail party with a bit of “Bewitched” and “I Dream of Jeannie” thrown in!

detail from the 45 record single sleeve for "Watts Cooking" by Tommy Watt & His Orchestra

Taking another look at it, the artwork is very reminiscent of one of our favourite illustrators, Bill Charmatz.

It would look great in a small frame – we might go back for it!

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Bernard Buffet

Friday, March 18th, 2011

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detail from vintage 1968 Bernard Buffet exhibition poster

We’ve been meaning to do a blog post about Bernard Buffet for a long time.

detail from vintage 1968 Bernard Buffet exhibition poster

The recent purchase of this vintage poster brought it to mind once again. We had it sent from France and it advertises an exhibition held in 1969 at the Musée d’Unterlinden in Colmar.

detail from vintage 1968 Bernard Buffet exhibition poster showing gold frame

It’s just come back from our wonderful local framers, Abacus. We chose burnished gold – reminiscent of an antique religious icon.

detail from vintage 1968 Bernard Buffet exhibition poster

It now hangs above our bedroom fireplace. We love it!

pile of Ella Fitzgerald LP covers illustrated by Bernard Buffet

We also framed these vinyl album covers that were illustrated by Buffet.

pile of Ella Fitzgerald LP covers illustrated by Bernard Buffet

The set – Ella Fitzgerald sings Gershwin – dates from 1959.

Ella Fitzgerald LP cover of a corner in a room with bed, chair and picture on the wall illustrated by Bernard Buffet

Ella Fitzgerald LP cover of a table with wine bottle, glass and vase of flowers illustrated by Bernard Buffet

Ella Fitzgerald LP cover of a table with alarm clock, paper, envelope and pen illustrated by Bernard Buffet

Ella Fitzgerald LP cover with a woman's face illustrated by Bernard Buffet

Great records and great covers – a perfect combination.

four framed Ella Fitzgerald LP covers illustrated by Bernard Buffet

He’s a fabulous artist – so distinctive – and one of our real favourites. Here’s a link to the online Musée Bernard Buffet…

…and here’s a 2-minute, black & white film from 1962 of Buffet and his wife, Annabel in their chateau and private chapel that we discovered on the British Pathé website – there’s so much beautiful art on the walls!

We’ve set up a Bernard Buffet Flickr group – please add your images if you have some or just have a browse!

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Spanish sing-a-long

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

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vintage Spanish sing-a-long boxed set of records and song book

In our most recent e-mailout, we featured this somewhat eclectic mix if items seen below.

collection of recent antique and vintage finds including Spanish music boxed set

Amongst them was this fabulous record set… Escuchar y cantar or “Listen & sing”.

detail of cover of vintage 1950s Spanish song book & record box set contents of vintage 1950s Spanish song book & record box set

It’s a sing-a-long teaching aid for learning traditional Spanish songs, helping with pronunciation etc.

illustraion of Mexican bean wearing a sombrero

It comprises a set of records and an accompanying booklet written by Raymond N Jacovetti.

vintage illustration of identical red birds looking through telescopes

It was printed in New York by Holt, Rinehart & Winston and published in 1965.

vintahe illustration of little girl and old woman holding crooks looking for their sheep

The most striking feature is the gorgeous illustrations that the booklet is packed with.

vintage illustration of the heads of a man and several women with him holding a red heart above his favourite

They’re by someone called Mac Shepard.

vintage illustration of a little girl with a rocking horse

We’ve never come across his work before, but we were immediate converts.

He’s got his own distinctive style, but if we were going to compare him to anyone it would be Bill Charmatz who we’re big fans of… click here to check out the Flickr group we started.

vintage illustration of four mules

We’re now on the hunt for more examples of Mr Shepard’s artwork!

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