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Posted by Bruce on July 28, 2009 with No Comments

Welcome to the Off The Record Blog of my website.

What is this blog all about?

This blog will list a number of records from my (recently expanded) record library, the good, the bad and the ugly.

for this blog, I’ll be covering the era from the earliest records in the archive (some dating back to the mid 1940′s) right up until the period when vinyl was phased out in Australia (around 1991.)

A lot of these have been sourced from other members of the family, while others I have purchased locally and from online retailers through GEMM

So visit the site regularly for all the latest updates.

Please also note, I cannot give information on how much these records cost, if you want any info, then please contact your local second hand record retailer, or contact one of the many thousands of online retailers at GEMM for details.

Please also don’t ask for MP3′s of any of the recordings, due to the fact of two reasons, one is I don’t have access to my record player, as it’s still in storage, and besides that, it is illegal for me to supply MP3s for copyright reasons.

Please note: Unless the original catalogue number is listed on the label or on that record’s jacket, the original catalogue number for any record mentioned is sourced from GEMM.

NEW: 2/7/2010

All singles and LP’s listed on the website that charted in Australia will see the single’s highest position included in the posts. The charts are sourced from The Australian Chart Book – 1970-1992, and the Australian Chart Book – 1940-1969. Both books compiled by David Kent and are available from either Time Warp Records, or direct from David Kent’s Australian Chart Book Website

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