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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One pound from the hospice shop: • Japan – Tin Drum (1981) The woman at the till thought that Japan were “interesting” and a “concept band”. #CharityShopCDs #Japan

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This was £1.50 from the hospice shop: • Genesis – Nursery Cryme (1971) No idea if I’ll like it, but surely worth a go. #CharityShopVinyl #Genesis

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

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.

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

#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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

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

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

These were £1 each in the hospice shop. The Beth Orton is a two-CD set originally priced at $7.99: • Lloyd Cole – Bad Vibes (1993) • Beth Orton – Comfort of Strangers (2006) #CharityShopCDs #LloydCole #BethOrton

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Atonement is definitely the DVD I’m seeing most copies of while playing “pairs” in the charity shops. Any other contenders? #DVDalignment #DVDsYouSeeALotOfInCharityShops

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Two £1 CDs from the hospice shop today: • Elastica – Elastica (only ever heard the singles). • Various – The Best of the Cambridge Folk Festival (on Strange Fruit Records and features Loudon Wainwright, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Steeleye Span, Leo Kottke, etc.) #CharityShopCDs

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Three 50p CDs from Barnardo’s: • Queen – A Night at the Opera • Rolling Stones – Blue & Lonesome • J. J. Cale – Okie #CharityShopCDs

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

A CD from the hospice shop. Once £13. Today £1: • David Bowie – Changesbowie (1990). Pretty sure I have all the songs on other CDs but couldn’t resist it anyway. #CharityShopCDs #CharityShopping #DavidBowie

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

After a “barren” period of #charityshopping, bought four CDs today: • Electric Light Orchestra – The Ultimate Collection, 2-CD set: £1 • Angelo Badalamenti – Soundtrack from Twin Peaks, 50p • Serge Gainsbourg – Classé X, 50p • John Martyn – Solid Air, 50p #CharityShopCDs #ELO

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Cassettes from Barnardo’s (50p each): • Loudon Wainwright III – More Love Songs • Ry Cooder – Ry Cooder • Nanci Griffith – Late Night Grande Hotel • Dire Straits – Communiqué #CharityShopping #Cassettes

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

One pound at the hospice shop: • Kate Bush – The Whole Story (1986). Own it on vinyl already and the running order makes no sense, but I wanted to have “Experiment IV” and “Wuthering Heights (New Vocal)” on CD. #CharityShopCDs #KateBush #CharityShopping

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

One pound at the hospice shop: • Mike Oldfield – Five Miles Out (1982). Not sure how much of a Mike O fan I am, really, but keep finding his CDs and keep buying them anyway. #CharityShopCDs #MikeOldfield

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

My first decent CD find for a while: • And We'll All Have Tea: English Folk Anthology (feat. Richard Thompson, Maddy Prior, Shirley Collins, Watersons, Albion Band, etc.) The sticker said £1 but the lady at the till charged me £2 because it’s two CDs. #CharityShopCDs #Folk

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

One pound from the hospice shop: • Meat Loaf – Dead Ringer (1981). I only have Bat Out of Hell, so this doubles my Meat Loaf collection. Unfortunately, online reviews say it’s not very good. Are they right? #CharityShopCDs #MeatLoaf #CharityShopping

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Fifty pence in Barnardo’s (but once £2 in Cancer Research): • Sharon Shannon – Out the Gap (1994). #CharityShopCDs #SharonShannon #CharityShopping

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

One pound in Cancer Research: • Julia Fordham – Swept (1991). Her third album. I only have the first two. Apparently there’s a version with a bonus disc, and a US issue with different artwork, but I was pleased to find this “regular” edition anyway. #CharityShopCDs #JuliaFordham

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Two from Sue (Ryder): • John Harris – Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll: The Ultimate Guide to the Music, the Myths and the Madness (£1.75). Feat. bits on Can, Captain Beefheart and Mark E. Smith • Lol Tolhurst – Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys (£1.35). Any good? #CharityShopBooks #MusicBooks #TheCure

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

A CD for £1 in the hospice shop: • Count Basie and His Orchestra – April in Paris (1957) #CharityShopping #CharityShopCDs

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I was slightly tempted – but only slightly – to buy this stack of John Lennon bootlegs in Barnardo’s. They were 50p each but seemed to be home-burned CDRs. #CharityShopCDs #JohnLennon

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Charity Shop Gold @charityshopgold.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

#CharityShopCDs just in: • Jackson Browne – Running on Empty + Solo Acoustic Vol.1 (both 75p). • Bruce Springsteen – Darkness on the Edge of Town + 3-CD Essential Bruce (75p/£2.50). • Neil Young – Silver & Gold (£1). • Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells a Story (75p). Quite a brown(e) haul all round.

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