Unexpected Prog Finds

As already reported, found a still wrapped LP All This And World War II, a movie soundtrack from 1976, a few years ago at a long-defunct used record/thrift store down the street (for the original price). Somewhat rare. It was an odd, unsuccessful movie project with Beatle songs set to images of World War II. It's only connection to prog or prog-related is that it had on it Peter Gabriel singing Strawberry Fields Forever and Bryan Ferry warbling She's leaving Home (other examples are Magical Mystery Tour by Ambrosia, Lovely Rita/Polythene Pam by Roy Wood, With a Little Help from My Friends/Nowhere Man by Jeff Lynne, and the London Symphony Orchestra doing The End) . Unfortunately, it had other covers done by the likes of the Bee Gees, Helen Reddy (RIP), and Leo Sayer (he did three which goes to show how much clout this long-forgotten has-been had back then).

Edited by Rednight - March 25 2021 at 14:17

Artik wrote: I collect vinyl only,  so all my unexpected findings are records 1. Found on the flea market among cabbage and pants: The Collectors - first album from1968. I had no idea who they were, but the cover and side-long track made me full of hope. Bought it (cheap) and was blown away - what a gem it is! <3 2. Another time when I struck prog gold was in small record store (the only one in my town) where there were new cds and small section of used records - mostly pop/pop rock. Among all those boring stuff, out of the blue, there was first Magma (double lp). Asking for the price I tried not to sound too excited :) The price was pretty cheap (10$) but the seller announced the price with apologetic voice as it was the most priced record (being double) in the whole bin.

One time I bought a CD copy of Genesis's self-titled album at a bric-a-brac sale at a remote farm in Overijssel

I found a Matt Stevens cd at the local cd store near me. He's an english musician on here that has a solo career and also plays with the post rock band the Fierce and the Dead. I've found a few others here and there over the years including some late 70's Kayak albums and a Barclay James Harvest album in a record store I used to go to(on vinyl that I still have somewhere). I've found Genesis and Rush in thrift stores and probably some other stuff as well. It's been a while though.