Junior - Mama Used To Say (English Party Mix)

Nandy didn't leave too many clues this time. No circled, starred, or crossed out songs on this one; just the Nandy label on the front and the letters "R" and "I" real big on the b-side written in black permanent marker. Suffice to say because there weren't any circled tracks, I ignored this record until I listened to it this week. Though it drags on a little long, I thought it was too good to sit on. So I moved it up to this week.



(From Mama Used To Say, 1981 Mercury; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

As always, click the Nandy tab to hear all the Nandy records so far. And check back for the main post on Sunday for something real special from the newest Goodwill in town.

(Belated) B-Side: Nu Shooz - Make Your Mind Up

This is a little late but here is the B-Side to the I Can't Wait 45, "Make Your Mind Up".


(From I Can't Wait single, 1986 Atlantic; On 45RPM record; Found at Goodwill of Deland, 17-92 location for .69 cents)

Edwyn Collins - 50 Shades of Blue

I had some different plans for what I was going to post this week, but I ran across this article and I decided it was definitely time to throw up some Edwyn Collins. Since suffering from two massive strokes in 2005, Mr. Collins has begun preforming again. But because of the damage done to his brain, he is now suffering from dysphasia and can't remember his own songs. From The Observer via CNN: "After my stroke I'd lost all the songs I ever wrote. I could recognize them as mine when I heard them on stereo but I couldn't remember any lyrics. That took ages, writing them out and relearning all the phrasing."

Here's "50 Shades of Blue" from the eponymous EP. Later this week I'll post a B-Side from the same EP.


(From 50 Shades of Blue EP, 1989 Demon; On 12" vinyl [45 RPM]; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

More Edwyn Collins:





EDIT (May 16th): Only one person downloaded this one so I'll save myself the time posting a B-Side. I'd still love to though, so comment if you want me to post one.

Bonus: Brothers Johnson - You Make Me Wanna Wiggle

(From Light Up The Night 1980 A&M; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

The Brothers Johnson - Stomp!

The Brothers Johnson have had a sort of revival since last year when Justice sampled their track "You Make Me Wanna Wiggle" for Justice's debut album. And not too soon either. The Brothers Johnson are one of the great American funk bands. And they don't do too bad with disco either. "Stomp!" is one of their biggest hits, good enough for Nandy to break out the felt pen and circle it on the label. She also circled "Light Up The Night" and "This Had To Be". It's also worth noting the delightfully tacky cover art too. One of the best record covers I've seen.


(From Light Up The Night 1980 A&M; On 12" vinyl; Found at Goodwill of Orlando, Michigan location for $1.00)

More Brothers Johnson:

An exciting new series on Foundvinyl, The Nandy Collection

Last Sunday, while going on my regular parade of the thrift stores here in Orlando, I came across a collection of about 18 various funk, R&B, soul, disco and new wave records all from the same collection. All the records are labeled with the same name, Nandy, written in permanent marker on white tape stuck to the record labels. I have no idea who Nandy is: whether he/she/it is a man or a women, casual music lover or DJ, whether NANDY is some sort of acronym or even if Nandy is alive or dead. The only clues I have are the markings that Nandy has left for me on each record; and Nandy left plenty.

So far, my idea is that Nandy is a woman, because her level of organization is something usually reserved for a female. For example, Nandy has circled all of her favorite songs on each record and crosses out songs she dislikes. Sometimes Nandy will even circle/cross out an entire side. This could also count towards the argument that Nandy was a DJ because it would be easier to determine what songs to play but DJ's don't usually preform with full albums and most of the collection consists of full albums.

I'm also assuming that Nandy is from New York, because three of the records from the collection are compilations produced by New York radio stations. The newest of which is from 1987, so I'm assuming she lived there around that time. Where she lived before and after, who knows?

But this is all speculation. The greatest thing Nandy left for me was the great condition she left her records in. All the records are wonderful: fun, soulful and mostly classics. But unfortunately, they are mostly forgotten classics. Which is why this week and for the next year or so, I will post at least one Nandy record a month. I'll give details on the quirks of each record so you can also kind of speculate who Nandy might be. You will know when I am featuring a Nandy record when you see the Nandy collection banner at the head of the post.

This is a very exciting find and I can't wait to share them with you all. Be sure to check back every week or add Foundvinyl to your RSS feed to stay in touch.

Edit: Well, what can I say? I've pretty much inherited a good chunk of Nandy's total music collection. I went back to Goodwill yesterday and there was another big load of Nandy records waiting for me. I bought them all which totals my Nandy records to 39. I'll keep going back until they stop putting them out I guess.

So, from now on, you can pretty much consider Nandy a regular contributor on Foundvinyl. I kind of feel silly for making so much fanfare about the collection now that I've got almost 40 records from her but oh well I guess. You'll be seeing that new snazzy Nandy banner a whole lot on here.