Library Record digging stories

[Notforhighwayuse]

Love hearing people's stories about finding library records, whether that be from store basements, flea markets, offices, dumpsters, garages, etc. Please share your best finds and tales. Linking to existing posts/blogs that talk about this is encouraged.

[radioman]

For a year or so in the early 80s I worked at a video-facilities/ production-house in London's Soho. Lunchtimes were often spent digging in local charity shops and second hand record stores. They were a fruitful hunting ground for library records, since the area was full of media-related companies. I recall buying around half a dozen Peer International releases. Each cost 25p. Bargain! :-)

[Retronic]

Wow.  Those were the days!

[Mr]

Whilst never having been lucky enough to find any in exotic locations myself, I find they can end up in the weirdest places in record stores sometimes - I visited a few when out travelling this summer, and was lucky enough to find my first 'pre-green' first edition KPM nested between a spoken word meditation LP and a stereo test record, in a section labelled 'Misc./Oddities'. And in pretty good condition too, I might add! Rehoused, It has been given a new home in the "library" section of my record collection.
- I have also found library LPs under the section unappealingly labelled 'sound effects' in the past.



I never really noticed the "Jim Goff" detail (lower right square) before having it in my hand - I'm guessing he was maybe the designer?


I seem to recall reading on the forum that someone once found a stack of NRE LPs in a hospital.

[Lord Thames]

I never really noticed the "Jim Goff" detail (lower right square) before having it in my hand - I'm guessing he was maybe the designer?

I hadn't seen that either - there is a sleeve designer of that name active in the 60s and 70s, good spot!