These were £1 each: • Simple Minds – Glittering Prize • Chas & Dave – From Tottenham to Tennessee: 39 Rockney & Boogie Woogie-Style Classics (two-disc set). Never bought an album by either artist before. The C & D CD is signed (presumably by Chas and Dave). #CharityShopCDs #ChasAndDave #SimpleMinds

Singles 75p each at Sue Ryder: • Carly Simon – Coming Around Again • Carole King – It Might as Well Rain Until September • Fleetwood Mac – Tusk • Clifford T. Ward – Home Thoughts from Abroad • Duane Eddy – Peter Gunn • Bucks Fizz – Land of Make Believe (Xmas sleeve) #Vinyl #CharityShopSingles

Two “classic” soundtracks I’ve somehow never heard, found today for £1 each: • Ry Cooder – Paris, Texas • Hazel O’Connor – Breaking Glass #CharityShopCDs #RyCooder #HazelOConnor

Three seven-inch singles from the hospice shop: • Ultravox – Vienna (75p) • Plastic Bertrand – Ça plane pour moi (75p) • Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising (£1) #CharityShopVinyl #SevenInchSingles

Very pleased with this find: • John Coltrane – Giant Steps: The Best of the Early Years (“15 original albums on 10 CDs”). This was £3.50 in the hospice shop, which works out at less than 24p per album. #CharityShopCDs #JohnColtrane

Being given away on a local wall: • Driving Rock Ballads (one disc missing) • Ennio Morricone – Cinema Paradiso • Vanessa Paradis – Divinidylle Tour • Peter Gabriel – Hit (2-CD) • Steve Winwood – Back in the High Life • Glam Greats 2: 20 Seventies Sensations #CharityShopCDs

One pound in the hospice shop: Van Morrison – Remembering Now. Came out less than a year ago and was regarded as a “return to form”. #VanMorrison #CharityShopCDs

An LP for £1.50 in the hospice shop: Raiders of the Pop Charts Part 1. Sadly, Part 2 was nowhere to be seen. That said, #1 has the better tracklisting: Madness, Japan, Heaven 17, Incantation, Toni Basil, Fat Larry’s Band, Pretenders, etc. #CharityShopVinyl #RaidersOfThePopCharts

CDs for £1 each: • Sinead O'Connor – The Lion and the Cobra • Kate Bush – The Kick Inside (w/ alternative cover) • Melody Gardot – Worrisome Heart • Carole King – Pearls/Time Gone By (twofer) • Leonard Cohen – Live Songs #CharityShopCDs #KateBush #LeonardCohen #SineadOConnor

Cassettes at 50p each: • Various artists – Cruisin’ 1958 • Nanci Griffith – Once in a Very Blue Moon • Roy Orbison and Friends – A Black and White Night Live • The Smiths – The Smiths CD for £1: • Ravi Shankar – Chants of India #CharityShopCDs #CharityShopCassettes

One pound each: • Jilted John – True Love Stories… Plus • Various artists – Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins #CharityShopCDs #JiltedJohn #JudyCollins

One pound in the hospice shop: • Van Morrison – Hymns to the Silence (1991, 2-CD) #CharityShopCDs #VanMorrison

A pound each at the hospice shop: • All About Eve – Scarlet and Other Stories • Clannad – Banba • Clannad – Macalla • Debbie Gibson – Electric Youth • Debbie Harry – Def, Dumb & Blonde • Madonna – The First Album (only phase I like) • John Lennon – Imagine #charityshopCDs

A pound each: • George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice Vol.2 • Beth Orton – Trailer Park • Beth Orton – Central Reservation Not a huge G.M. fan, but was intrigued by this bootleg – still wrapped, too. I like B.O.’s later stuff so am finally going to hear her earlier work.

Taken from a box of CDs being given away outside a house: • Best of The Pogues • Nouvelle Vague – s/t • Frank Black – s/t • Big Audio Dynamite – This Is Big Audio Dynamite • Cathy Dennis – Waterloo Sunset • The Other Two – Selfish • Pulp – Sorted for Es & Wizz/Mis-Shapes 1–4 = albums; 5–7 = singles

CDs for 50p each at Barnardo’s: • The Cult – Dreamtime (1984) • The Cult – Love (1985) Never heard either of these before. #CharityShopping #CharityShopCDs #TheCult

Playing “pairs” in the hospice shop I aligned CD doubles of Crowded House (Woodface), Madonna (Music), Simple Minds (Glittering Prize) and Annie Lennox (Diva). #CharityShopCDs #CDsYouSeeALotOfInCharityShops #CDAlignment

Two £1 CDs from the hospice shop: • Burning Spear – Resistance • Gregory Isaacs – Victims #CharityShopCDs #BurningSpear #GregoryIsaacs

Nice CD find at the hospice shop: • Catching Up with Depeche Mode (£1). It’s an American-only variant of their singles album, with a different running order. #CharityShopCDs #DepecheMode

#Chazzer CDs, all £1: • Boomtown Rats and Bob Geldof – Loudmouth: The Best Of • Bryan Ferry – Slave to Love: The Best of the Ballads • PJ Harvey – Let England Shake (never actually heard a “Pajamas” Harvey album) • Natacha Atlas – Halibi: Classics and Collaborations #CharityShopCDs

Four CD finds today: • Pulp – Primal: The Best of the Fire Years 1983–1992 (£1) • Various artists – This Is Psychobilly (50p) • Various artists – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid soundtrack (50p) • Various artists – Hairspray: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (50p) #CharityShopCDs

A quick survey of the least loved DVDs in Barnardo’s: • 4 copies: Anchorman • 3 copies: Bridesmaids / Despicable Me • 2 copies: Hop / Casino Royale / I, Robot #DVDAlignment #DVDsYouSeeALotOfInCharityShops

Barnardo’s special offer: buy three and get the cheapest CD free: • Billy Joel – Greatest Hits Volume 1 (1973–1978) & Volume 2 (1978–1985), 2-CD, £1 • Queen – Jazz, 50p • Van Morrison – The Best Of (one for the car), nought pence. #CharityShopCDs #Queen #BillyJoel #VanMorrison

CDs all £1: • The Pogues – Red Roses for Me • Marianne Faithfull – Vagabond Ways • Julia Holter – Loud City Song • Sinéad O’Connor – Am I Not Your Girl? / Universal Mother / Faith and Courage / I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got Never heard a Sinéad album before! #CharityShopCDs #SineadOConnor

One pound from the hospice shop: • Bruce Springsteen – Chapter and Verse. A 2016 compilation CD tied in with his autobiography. Five previously unreleased tracks. #CharityShopCDs #BruceSpringsteen

A pound each from the hospice shop: • Haircut 100 – Pelican West…Plus. Know the hits. Never heard the album. • Billy Joel – The Stranger. Have it on vinyl, but happy to find the CD. #CharityShopCDs #Haircut100 #BillyJoel

Latest CD finds: • Louis Armstrong – Louis and the Angels/Louis and the Good Book (two-fer, £1) • Wizard of Oz soundtrack (50p) • George Harrison – Living in the Material World (£1) • Emmylou Harris with Ricky Skaggs – Hickory Wind: The 1978 Solar Cal Benefit (£1). #CharityShopCDs #EmmylouHarris

One pound in Cancer Research: • Purple Rain DVD (shrinkwrapped). I know the album well but somehow never saw the film. #CharityShopDVDs #PurpleRain #Prince

A nice find in the hospice shop for £1: • Moondog – More Moondog / The Story of Moondog #CharityShopCDs #Moondog

One pound each at the hospice shop: • Bryan Ferry – As Time Goes By (1999) • Adam Ant – Hits (1986) #CharityShopCDs #BryanFerry #AdamAnt