Art & Inspiration Hot Rod LP Collecting

I go into Hobby Lobby whenever I am near one. Their frames are too expensive, around $15.00. I bought all my frames at Meijer's for $6.99. Wal-Mart and K-Mart don't carry them in the stores around here.

Marty

 

I see that you have one of McMullen's Hot Rod albums. Do you also have the other 4? Including....HOT ROD ALLEY, SHUT DOWN, BIG HOT ROD HITS AND THE ASTRONAUTS-COMPETITION COUPE?

 

i JUST WENT THROUGH A TIME WARP!!!! I went to a car show in Huntington, IN. Cold, damp, low turn out, so I went to Fairmount, IN (home of James Dean) because there used to be an antique toy mall I used to go to. It's gone now. Then I saw the sign, Hi-Fi Stereo record store. AMAZIING!! All kinds of kool memoribilia on the walls, and a whole mess of records!!! This is what I picked up:





It is still sealed brand new!! All of her albums are!! She has been in business for over 40 years. This is her store stock that never sold. She has a clear cover on the albums and inside is a piece of paper showing the date they bought it! I got this album for $18.00. I thought it was a steal. I had others picked out, but she doesn't take credit cards! She has an old electro-mechanical cash register (NCR?) that she has to beat on the enter button to get it to work. It is so kool there! I am going back with cash! There were only a couple Challengers albums that are Hot Rod related. None of the jazz or show tune (where I found this one) records had any hot rods on them. I will be going back to look through the rock & roll albums for some hidden treasures!

Marty

 

I attended a large antique show this weekend and I got these two albums:





Marty

 

great thread, I'm really glad it's got pulled back from the dead! Have any of you guys out there heard the free single that came with that "Surfink" album? It's by a band called the casuals out of Kentucky and is my absolute top favourite hot Rod/street race rock 'n' roll record ever, absolutely wild. I managed to find a clip of it on YouTube, take a listen. You'll be glad you did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJZBpzOjzrw

 

yup, that's why it was called "the black beauty". i have the album, just can't play it!, my record player needs a belt! LOL. www.blackbeautyracing.com

 

john's son is also on the h.a.m.b.

 

It's been a long since the last post. I hope now that garage sale/flea market season is here, more finds can be posted.

Here is one I got last weekend at a community garage sale:



As I sifted through the Christmas, sound track, inspirational, C&W records I found it almost all the in the back of the box. I calmly asked how much the records were. She replied " a nickel". WOO-HOO!!

It plays w/o skipping. The only defect is the bottom of the cover is half wore open.

Marty
Marysville, OH

 

I'll double your money on it.

 

What a guy!

Marty

 

I have Little Deuce Coupe/Beach Boys, Drag City/Jan & Dean, Surfin' Safari/Beach Boys, More American Graffiti, BJ Thomas with a 50's Buick on Cover, a couple ZZ Tops, (1) with their coupe and another with a futuristic coupe and Solid Gold Rock and Roll with a whitewalled 57 Chevy on Cover. It's tough finding Hot Rod LP's back here. I look every time I go to a swap meet, auction, antique store, etc. No luck. I'm going to keep looking, though.

 

It's been a while since I've thought about this thread. However, my most recent LP acquisition is this Bobby Fuller Four album, KRLA, King of the Wheels. I was going hang it up on the wall with the others I have, but I like listening to it too much. I highly recommend this one if you can find it.

 

They have a sale going on right now with the Mr Gasser and the Weirdos, Rods and Rat Finks, and Surfink LP’s and CD’s. You can buy them individually or all three as an LP or CD package deal.

http://www.sundazed.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=2109

I got my LP’s ordered!

Marty
Marysville, OH

 

FYI - you can get 6 LP picture frames from Wal-Mart for ~$7.00 each:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Record-Album-or-Scrapbook-Page-Picture-Frames-Set-of-6/10404229

My wife is gonna love it when I tell her!

Marty
Marysville, OH

 

Here is another alternative to displaying your albums. I like it!!!

http://www.recordsonwalls.com/?gclid=CNuG8snJna0CFUHRKgodI025mQ

Marty
Marysville, OH

 

Now, that is a cool product!- Thanks for posting!

 

Great just great More crap I cant live without! Big Sounds of the drags just arrived yesterday, EBAY, Drag City, also EBAY, and Little Deuce Coupe,yard sale. Thanks boys for starting another addiction.

Merry Christmas to all,

John

 

a while back somebody posted a site that had "Sounds of Sanford" that you could download. I did but lost it in a computer crash.. I raced there in 67 and do'n a web site and waz think'n of add'n some background sounds...
Anyone with ideas where this may be found again
thanks
Pontiac Slim

 

bought this one at Goodwill yesterday.

 

Thatis very kool! The Goodwill's around here haven't had LP's in a while.

Marty
Marysville, OH

 

Great product! Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

 

Not exactly a Hot Rod, but a kool kar from the past. I picked this up at a church flea market for $0.50



Marty

 

I almost forgot, I picked this up at a record store for $3.00.



Marty

 

Again not a Hot Rod, but kinda kool. I never saw this one before until I saw it at Grandpa's Garage http://www.i70grandpasgarage.com/ so I went searching for it on-line and found it!



Marty
Marysville, OH

 

I picked this up at an antique show today:





I couldn't find any on ebay. I found one web site that would sell me a CD copy for $65.00.

There is no date on it anywhere, not even on the record.

Anyone have any info on it?

Marty
Marysville, OH

 

Here's my only drag record -- it looks like no one has posted it yet. I'm showing the front and back.

 

Here is my haul from visiting a record store in Toledo, OH last weekend:

Album cover only, no record:



Again no record, just the album cover:



Not exactly a hot rod, but way kool car. I haven't listened to the album yet:



and the back to show the rest of the car:



Marty
Marysville, OH

 

When I was home on leave, I found a 33 1/3 L.P. of "hot rods and Dragsters in stereo" and I took it into work at Chassis Research and drove every one crazy except Roger Wolford.

 

I do have some old lps ,but have alot of 45s listen to them on my 1962 wurlitzer jukebox. my 9 yeay old daughter loves the old music as she says.