Just thought I’d let you know that this blog and the mix series is still continuing, I have relocated from the northern to the southern hemisphere while doing a bit of digging along the way. Its taken a bit longer than expected to get settled again and but now I am focused on putting some more time in here.

Im really glad that so many people have shown interest in the first mix. 1030 plays for an idea 3 friends cooked up over a couple of beers has gone way beyond our expectations, so thanks for listening, the next installment is slowly being prepared. Got to run Im off to go and sort through this lot.

New digs for the heads

Quite a lot of the time I’ll pick up a record and buy it just because of the cover art alone and then investigate the music further. My theory is if someone is willing to put enough money and time into the packaging of the product, the music that it contains will be of similar merit.

But then again ill pick up some dollar bin finds just because the content is so damn strange. Keeping this in mind I was pretty excited when I stumbled onto LP Cover Lover and I’ve spent the good part of an hour looking through the weird and wonderful included on the site.

They have really managed to include quite a bit of interesting content, where you can even submit your own covers and buy tshirts too. Must see is the incredibly strange section along with chicks dig record and restoration tips.

There are a few famous ladies back in the day in their prime that you might have seen before.

The biggest record collection in the world but nobody wants it?

Thanks to everyone for checking out the first mix in the DFW Mix Series. The First episode Needle to the Groove has had 850 hits so far which is a pleasant surprise. Thanks for listening we are busy putting together the next episodes for you which will be up online soon.

Something worth checking out is the Dust and Grooves blog. Eilon Paz who is an enthusiastic crate digger himself runs things over at Dust and Grooves. He interviews vinyl enthusiasts from round the world usually in their homes where they talk about their favorite finds and influences.

I really enjoy that he takes the time to ask quite a few questions probing into their musical background and motivations for constantly striving to find that elusive record. He includes quite a few pics of their homes and of course favorite album covers. Check it out at http://www.dustandgrooves.com/

Vinyl Revival – Demand for records is on the rise

Amy Bickel – The Hutchinson News – April 25, 2010

His 16-year-old daughter and her friends couldn’t identify the round black disc. “Is it an overly large CD?” they asked Shane Jensen. How it could even play music was another matter. “All they knew were cassettes and CDs,” he said with a chuckle.

It seems there has been a renewed interest for those circular plastic disks that we at Diggin for Wax all enjoy.

Check out some of the articles at wax for for more details Vinyl is Back

You will also see serious vinyl collectors such as Bobbito Garcia, Chuck D, Questlove, Danny Krivit, Bruce ‘Bluenote’ Ludvall and more being interviewed in the documentary. Check out the trailer below.

This is the first in our new Diggin for Wax Mix Series, the concept is simple, a £20 budget and an afternoon searching for discarded records in 2nd hand bins to see what we can come up with. For the first mix we headed to Islington cash in hand and anticipation for what gems may pop up.

It was a surprisingly hot Sunday summer’s day most people were out and about enjoying the weather in the beer garden with a pint. We decided to head down to Haggle Vinyl to see if we could pick up anything interesting. The sale bins out the front were not really an indication of what was to be had in some of the waist-high stacks in the store.

The store in itself is amazing, there are so many records jammed into the place that you don’t know where to start. On first look pieces appear reasonably priced some of the wares in the main racks are geared more towards the collector as you would expect.

I’ve head that the owner can be a bit eccentric here but he was not working this particular day. The girl behind the counter was friendly and digging for reggae and dub tunes herself. We spent quite a few hours looking under the racks on the floor (enough time that one of the crew went for a kebab and Guinness half way through) and in any cranny which records were rammed.

Went through loads of 80′s and 90′s hip hop, house, techno, soca and reggae all jumbled up in massive piles, these sections are all over the place so you really need to go through each stack to find the good stuff.

The dirt and grit here is amazing, it seems like some of these things haven’t been disturbed for a long time. In hindsight we should have brought along a cloth to wipe down records before listening. The turntables are proper ghetto style, the 2nd turntable had a pair of 80′s Walkman headphones that were held together with sticky tape which had seen better days. Some noteworthy finds are included in the first mix (which I think we did go slightly over budget.. but what the hell……)

In the mix you’ll hear an assortment of 90′s hiphop, soul and funk.

Diggin For Wax 001 | Needle to the Groove

Playlist

Gwen McCray – 90% (President Records) 1974
Love Unlimited Orchestra – Strange Games and Things (20th Century Recordings) 1976
Marley Marl Featuring Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap & Big Daddy Kane- The Symphony (Cold Chillin) 1988
Dream Warriors – Wash your face in my Sink (4th & Broadway) 1990
RUN DMC- Runs House (Def Jam) 1988
Cut Master D.C. – Brooklyn Rocks the Best (Zakia Records) 1988
Ultramagnetic MC’s – Ease Back (ffrr) 1988
Back to the Grill – MC Search (Def Jam) 1992
Double XX Posse – Executive Class (Mel-O Records) 1991
Brotherhood – The Monkey That Became President (JB’s Records) 1975
Sugarhill Gang – The Message (Sugarhill Records) 1979
Tom Browne – Funkin for Jamaica (Simply Vinyl) 1980
Van Twist – Hot Wax (Polydor) 1984
Salt N Peppa – Spinderella’s Not A Fella (But A Girl DJ) (Instrumental) (ffrr) 1988
Ultramagnetic MC’s – When I Burn (ffrr) 1988
Dr Dre – The Roach (Priority) 1992
Heavy D and the Boys – Blue Funk (MCA) 1992
Dr Dre and Snoop Dog – Nuthin but a G Thang (Priority) 1992
Grand Puba – I like it (I wanna Be Where You Are) (Electra) 1995
3rd Bass – Monty Hall (Def Jam) 1989

Diggin For Wax 001 | Needle to the Groove by Diggin for Wax

Look out for a more dancefloor mix in the next installment.

If you weren’t one of the first 100 people lucky enough to download the mix from soundcloud its avaliable here.

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This is the first post of our new blog. It’s a labour of love and all involved are very passionate about music. Although we do focus on Vinyl we are by no means purists. Use (or misuse) any medium or technology available to be creative.

Always a work in progress our aim is to highlight some of the music that may have been recorded and let slip into obscurity, a one hit wonder or just plain strange.

We all enjoy something that takes you by surprise or by stumbling upon a new find by taking a punt on the oddest sleeve art. You never know what you’re going to come home with, maybe it may be your new favorite.

We want to share what is inspiring us and who knows maybe inspire you to get dusty and head down to your local record store too.

In the coming weeks we are launching the Diggin for Wax Mix Series along with some other treats.