The first goodwill had better records than my local record store, I'm not even joking. The condition may not have been great but I don't even see James Brown records at my record store, if I did they'd have a $50 price tag on them. Fleetwood Mac Ohio players Waylon Jennings Fred Wesley and the JBs Dude snatch that up

I found a George Harrison's All Things Must Pass 1970 box set at a St. Vincent thrift store. 3 record box set with the poster for $1.99. Nice condition. Persistence is key to finding treasures.

YOU LEFT SOME AMAZING STUFF BEHIND!

The first Goodwill had the best Goodwill record section I've ever seen. St. Etienne at Goodwill, wut? I'm at Goodwill #5 and I'm pretty sure you should have just gone home after #1.

I believe that thrift stores have their "favorite" regular buyers who get a heads up about new cool arrivals or records stashed in the backroom. Just sayin

This is so much fun - Come on with the James Brown albums! The Jones Girls.... I can't believe all of the classic soul. The JB's - I hope you picked that one up.

Best record flipper on the internet.

This was such a necessary exercise. This has been my experience in Goodwills for more than a decade. I never believe people’s stories of great finds. Eventually it was fun just to see what you paused on and why.

You are truly one of my favorites to watch

What man jack of us would not rise in salute to the crucible you have endured on the VC’s behalf. Having viewed your videos for the last couple of years, I wouldn't have thought that there would be much to appeal to a man of your elevated and poppy tastes in the outstretched arms of charity. My own particular fancy often collides with the oddball vinyl offerings in this sort of budget boutique. I saw at least 20-30 take-home albums - even considering attrition due to condition, which can be an issue, often rising to a bugaboo, in this kind of emporium. It was nice to see Nana Mouskouri tying to hip up her image with the hat and the Thjis Van Leer was especially tasty to we Focus fans. Many thanks again for your perilous and penny-pinching journey. May you shop long and prosper in the land that rain forgot.

Salute to you for destroying the thrift shop mythos, especially in this day and age. It's mostly garbage. I look too occasionally, but it's gruelling. I have a record strore and drop stuff in for the bottom feeders at the thrift stores. Let their 'expert' value them..😂 ps definitely a few I would have pounced on in the first store, $100 funk record there... Maybe it was trashed ?

Interesting endeavour. Reminds me of a tour of charity shops me and a mate did around Yorkshire about 20 years ago. There was some interesting stuff in that first stop-off. I'd have picked up that copy of the first Hearts And Flowers album, great psychedelic folk/country rock, that's a $30 to $50 album. Wheatstraw Suite by The Dillards and Nevada Fighter by Michael Nesmith are essential albums, for those interested in early country rock. Elsewhere I saw a couple of albums I'm after. The first Black Oak Arkansas album and Pata Pata by the great Miriam Makeba. I have a wide taste in music, with a big interest in country and classical, so I saw quite a few albums I'd have picked up. Nice looking Wynn Stewart, Jean Shepard and George Jones albums, and a fabulous early Eddy Arnold record which I was listening to only yesterday. I don't have Glenn Gould's recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations, so I'd definitely have got that if the record was okay. I find it quite sad they way we tend to look at all these records in Goodwill and charity shops as being a load of crap. This was popular music at some point, clearly bought in their thousands. Sometimes I think we need to put aside our modern sensibilities and delve into this music, and be damned with the gatekeepers of cool. Sorry to bring you back to this 6 months on, I'm sure it's triggering for you. Cheers - Hedley

I'm actually surprised there were 20 Goodwills within a days driving distance. lol

Mann I been looking for the Payback and 360 degrees at a decent price for a really long time, ima start looking in goodwills from now on😭😭

This was satisfying to watch. Thanks for posting.

Love your channel dude! Doing the lords work.

Awesome finds Great video

I bailed out around store 11. I may have missed where you told how much the records cost and what kind of records you were looking for. You passed a Bob Dylan record. There was a record, with a naked lady and a guitar in front of her, that is a good electric guitar record. It's worth $20. Also Donovan and Waylon Jennings Lps. Some of those odd records have surprisingly good music on them. You have to study the album jacket. Goodwills have gone up on the price which makes it uncomfortable to buy odd, unknown records. It's unfortunate because you can learn a lot with one and two dollar records. Thanks for the video.

you passed by MANY worthwhile titles from that first goodwill...not just soul, funk either, the surf folk and rock titles. some seemed in good shape from the covers, etc... no clue why you would not grab them but a captivating watch none-the-less

I salute your intestinal fortitude on attempting and completing this endeavor.

Lucky you for finding that Saint Etienne ep. Were you hoping to find gems like The Men They Couldn't Hang, The House of Love, KMFDM, Meat Beat Manifesto, Sheep on Drugs, See See Rider, The Heart Throbs, Felt, or The Field Mice? LOL

I tried to look up those b frank white lies lp's..the yellow ones from the 4th store.. cant find info on them...strange

There were def some gems scattered in there but was it worth the driving you did?...not sure but thanks for video. Fun to see whats out there. The last gem I saw was at 40.56...the Lure of the Grand Canyon by Andre Kostelanitz with spoken word from Johnny Cash on it. He narrates a decent into the canyon ...pretty cool actually. Columbia cs 8422 if you're curious.

I enjoyed your video. I was rooting for you. Slim pickings. Are there any record/exchange stores with dollar bins there? May have more fun and better luck. I saw a few I would have snagged if in good shape; Frida, Engelbert "We Made it Happen, The Ventures.

Haha you are a trooper for sure. It's been slim pickens for a while in goodwill I think. So many people are into the hobby. Need to find a thrift store where rich, young hipsters are dying maybe? :)

Oh shit cool runnings sdtrk! Man this is great! I’m there. When do you get to Mesa? Did you not get the James Brown or was it beat up. Peace ☮️ Namaste at home next time the Zonkman

I live in an area where old people are dying. I don't even have to leave the house.

I really want this record and they had it at no 4 it was liz anderson husband hunting

Generally speaking if you find anything that's halfway interesting in a Goodwill, the vinyl will be in toasted shape. I've found a few rare examples, but the thing is with Goodwill is you have to go often. Find the one that caters most to vinyl or CDs. I have that Bacharach soundtrack album and some AWB. Those Garfunkel albums are pretty good. Everyone needs at least one Michael Franks album (soft piano jazz). Come on baby, get you some Barry White. That Donovan is good. Anyway, time for a doob and coke break. Happy hunting.

How much were the records?

Thanks for doing this so I'm never tempted to. I watched in full and to be honest with you your experience is better than mine's ever been. You stumbled into a lot of rubbish but atleast there was Heart, James Brown, Ten Years After, yadda yadda... even if the condition was bad. The Lively Ones looked to be in good condition. I would've bought that. It could be a solid $15 to $40 depending on condition. I've never found jack squat. Not enough rich old people dying I guess. Thanks for being a hero. I absolutely decimated the 👎🏻 upon your request.

It’s a dirty job, but somebody has to do it!

Was your goal simply to prove that going to Goodwills is an exercise in futility or were you also looking for certain records for your collection or for resale at the same time ?

Goodwills visited- 20. Gasoline burned 8 gallons at 4.62= I’m not gonna do the math, you should check out this new thing called Discogs ORRRR these things called “Vinyl stores” it’s like a record store but for 36.96 you get ONE record lol. OK I lied , I did do the math. I saw two perfectly good Ventures records

That Jimmy Swaggart tho.

Don Ho vs The Pope in a steel cage match.

You pass over an early Julie London LP! There is only one thrift store in my town and the kids that volunteer there pull the good records for themselves. I stopped buying vintage records about 4 years ago when Diana from Diggininthecr8 change my direction in music. BTW, I have 5 albums that appear in this video: Julie London, Ten Years After, Donovan, Ventures and Nancy Sinatra.

Did I see aStan Getz fly by?

You miss a lot greAt rare soul lps

If there is one thing you can take away from this video is the great find you can be putting on your shopping list even though a partner or wife is prolly gonna kill you for it lol

Its been cherry picked