Absence makes no sense, but nonsense...

Big apologies to anyone who has checked these pages lately and it's inaction.. medical dilemmas and holidays have hindered the Hordeing - but here's a taste of a few recent pickups..
Firstly a trip to Surry Hills Salvo's brought these gems forth.. proving that oddball can still be found at a decent price..

C'mon Aussie C'mon... - The Aussie Battlers - KGC Records - 1979

(only 50c!!)

Uri Geller - Uri Geller - Fork Bender Records - 1999

(I'm sure I didn't pay the marked $4..)

This collection of 70's Marvel monster comics reprints (covers only - ask no questions.. and receive all for $1) also proves that it's always worth digging into boxes of books that haven't made it to the shelf yet. Of note is WMD #6 where Groot makes his historic first appearance before becoming a major film star.. would like to read the story tho...

Also pulled out this Batman classic from 1966 for a buck, with a great TV show style story based around the alphabet - no better way to learn your ABCs..

Batman and Robin from Alfred to Zowie - Golden Press - 1966

I suspect that this came with a record, long gone, telling the story also.

While delving into the TShirt racks I took a small bated breath and hoped this would fit, which it did unlike most great tshirts that I find, and was only $4..

Thrasher - Itsus International - Canada - date unknown

Once again, please bear with me as I attempt to be more reliable in updating this blog.. it encourages me to see that it has now pushed over the 2500 views mark, and if anyone would like to leave a message via the post comments or the messagebook at the bottom of the page then it helps me realise that The Rack finds it's way into other peoples homes (and hearts)...

Going Walkabout

As we head into Australia Day long weekend, which sees Kaspar and I making tracks down to Melbourne, I thought a look at some discs from the past that made us aware where exactly in the world we stood and how we got here, and what awaited us when we arrived..
Staying with my father in the outskirts of Melbourne usually uncovers some treasure from the local ops, and am hoping that in the very least to expand Kaspar's ever increasing Hot Wheels box..
This collection also contains one of my favourite spins - Rod Roger's 'Island Songs of The Great Barrier Reef' - Hayman Island never sounded so good...

The Australian - Bob King Crawford - RCA Victor - date unknown

Souvenir of Australia - John Clements - HMV - date unkown

Beneath the Southern Cross - Wayne Senior et al - World Record Club - post 1964

Beneath the Southern Cross - Wayne Senior et al - HMV - post 1964

This Australia - Leonard Teale et al - CBS - date unknown

Songs and Sounds of Australia - Dennis Gibbons et al - W & G - 1973?

Corroboree - John Antill & Grand Canyon Suite - Ferde Grofe

World Record Club - date unknown

Wombat Track - Mary Sunders & Drew Daniell - W & G - date unknown

Walkabout - Lionel Long - Columbia - date unknown

Sign On with Captain Cook - Kenneth Neville - Music For Pleasure - date unknown

January the Twentysixth - Bob Young - Bank of NSW - post 1967

All Abound for SydneyTown - Captain Crabbe and the Garden Gnomes

Bunyip - date unknown

Bolters, Bushrangers & Duffers - Gary Shearston - CBS - date unknown

The Bold Bushrangers - Lionel Long - Columbia - date unknown

The Highwayman - Edmond Samuels - Columbia - date unknown

The Young Camp Stockman - Buster Noble - M7 Records - date unknown

Around The Boree Log Vol. 2 - Kevin Brennan - Festival - date unknown

Australian Folk Songs - Burl Ives - Summit - date unknown

Australia And All That Jazz - John Sangster - post 1970

Water Dwellers - John Robertson - RCA Victor - date unknown

Islands of The Great Barrier Reef - Rod Rogers with The Tropic Island Serenaders

W & G - date unknown

Paradise Volume One - John Sangster - Trinity - 1977

Let's finish with an occasional visitor to these shores on her first visit..

Royal Progress - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II & husband

Radiola Records - 1954