We’ve had a steady flow of indie and punk 7″s as well as a bunch of really great folk, psych, punk, new wave, and experimental LPs, and they are flying off of the shelves. Feel free to make suggestions to us about records you wish we carried.
Is Summer finally really over? Come by and taste our variety of hot teas, or keep warm with a cup of our tasty coffee!
We welcome trick or treaters… so don’t be shy tomorrow!
We recently acquired a complete collection of Brooklyn’s Spivey Records. The label was founded by legendary blues singer Victoria Spivey and jazz historian Len Kunstadt in 1961. The label released vinyl up until 1985, continued with a few reissue CD releases into the 90’s but came to a complete halt in 1996 when Kunstadt passed away.
These records are all in fantastic shape, hand pasted covers intact and vinyl like new. These records will sell as an entire set. If interested please contact us or stop by.
Here are the releases, cat #, artist, and title. Please note that the catalog intentionally skips from 1018 to 1020. Release 1019 was planned to be “Buddy Tate All Stars” but was canceled due to release complications surrounding Victoria Spivey’s death on October 3rd 1976.
1001 Buddy Tate – A Basket of Blues
1002 Victoria Spivey – Victoria and Her Blues
1003 Willie Dixon + Various – Chicago Blues
1004 Williams, Sykes,Johnson – Three Kings and The Queen
1005 John “Shortstuff” Macon – Mr. Shortstuff
1006 Greer, Slim, Johnson Etc – The Queen and Her Knight
1007 Louis Melcalf – I Got The Peace Brother Blues
1008 Spann, Smith, Johnson – Bluesman of the Muddy Water
1009 Various Chicago Artists – Encore Chicago Blues
1010 Muddy Waters Bluesmen – Done it Again Vol #2
1011 Hoggs, Sikes, Dixon – All Star Blues World
1012 City To Country Various – All Star Blues World
1013 Otis Spann – You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone
1014 Slim, Sykes, Williams Etc. – Kings and the Queen
1015 Various – Spivey Blues Calvalcade
1016 Willie Dixon & Guests – Maestro Willie Dixon
1017 Spann, Dizz, Rucker Etc. – Spivey Blues Showcase
1018 NY Blues Artists Etc. – NY Really Has the Blues
1020 Turner, Dicey, Doc, Bell – Sit Down and Write a Letter
1021 Washboard Doc, Hep 3 – All Star Blues World
1022 Eunice Davis – What is the Blues?
1023 V-Spivey With Dan Russo – All Star Blues World
1024 Brenda Bell, Metcalf – All Star Blues World
1025 Beulah Bryant Etc. – All Star Blues World
1026 Bell, Johnson, Story – NY Really Has the Blues Stars
1027 Louisiana Red, Bren Bell – Let Me Tell You a Story
1028 Bill Dicey – Caught In The Act
1029 Bluzioso, Uncle Boogie – NY Really Has Blues Stars
1030 Victoria Spivey – Victoria and her Blues
1031 Spann, Lawhorn, Spivey – Up in the Queens Pad
1032 Brenda Bell & 9th St. Stompers – Go Tell My Other Man
1033 Bill Dicey, Holmes Brothers – Operator! Operator!
1034 Larry Johnson, N Riddles – The DR’s Basin Free
1035 Dicey, Holt, Allen, Riddles – NY has the Blues Stars Vol 4.
1036 Screaming Jay Hawkins – All Star Blues World
1037 The Art of Brenda Bell – All Star Blues World
1038 The Art of Andy Story – All Star Blues World
1039 Nat Riddles, Hilbert – The Art of Nat Riddles
2001 Victoria Spivey, All Stars – Recorded Legacy of the Blues
[Above: Cabinet photo found online of Arnold Print Works cat at the foot of two gentlemen at a table].
New Arrival: From the 1860’s thru the 1910’s, the Arnold Print Works of North Adams, Massachusetts produced fabric that was printed with toys like these, ready to be cut and sewn at home. The company also made patterns including: pugs, owls, and various types of felines. We currently have two in stock, one of which is an authentic miniature (image below) dating well into the 1890’s.
Lots of new LPs are in. A really nice mix of clean pressings (some originals, reissues, DMM pressings, and some sealed). Artists include: Chambers Bothers, John Mayall, The Animals, Gil Scott Heron, Donovan, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, The Fugs, The Byrds, The Clash, Sandy Bull, Taj Majal, The Band, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Butterfield Blues Band, Ray Baretto, Ravi Shankar, Alla Rahka, Ali Akbar Khan, Indian compilations, Tibetan compilations, Bali compilations, Subhalakshmi, Missa Luba, Hugh Masekela, Bob Marley, The Harder they come, Olatunji, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Mississippi John Hurt, Blues compilations on Arhoolie and Biograph, Rev Gary Davis, Blind Willie McTell, Memphis Minnie, Bukka White, Colwell Winfield Blues Band, Jimmy Reed, Albert King, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson,Tom Rush, Tom Paxton, John Fahey, Robbie Basho, Incredible String Band, Pentangle, Eric Andersen, Phil Ochs, John Hammond, Peter Walker, Steve Noonan, Steve Giulette, Mimi and Richard Farina, Bert Jansch, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, Yusuf Lateef, Pharoah Saunders, Paul Bley, Eddie Davis, Charlie Parker, Sphere, John Coltrane, Jack McDuff, Hank Jones, Cedar Walton, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, Eddie Vinson, Mal Waldron, Cannonball Adderley, Champion Jack Dupree, Herbie Mann, Charles Tyler, Sun Ra, Less McCann, Freddy Roach, David Newman, Charles Lloyd, Roland Kirk, Tommy Flanagan, Willie Bobo, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Art Taylor, Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Bud Powell, Lester Young, Richard Groove Holmes,Morton Subotnick, and more! Come check them out before they are gone.
Very scarce gospel recording found here in town. Supposedly pressed in the mid-late 90’s and never officially circulated, the resurfacing of Eunice Johnson’s “Somebody Called Jesus” 12″ single has recently turned some heads. The record features Daptone artist Naomi Shelton (and more) on back-up vocals and was musically arranged by Mr. Cliff Driver.
New Arrival: Taxidermy fox mask by well known Brooklyn taxidermist M.J. Hofmann from his shop once located at 989 Gates Ave. Hofmann was also very involved in taxidermy publications through the 1920’s,1930’s,and 1940’s. He also sold taxidermy supplies and decoys.
[Above: Published advertisement in taxidermy magazine for M.J Hofmann’s “Decoy Owls”.]
We Sell Turntables: We’ve added Numark PT-01USB record players to our inventory. These portable turntables come equipped with a12V power supply, A/V, 1/4″ and 1/8″ outputs for home use, and Mac/PC compatible software for archiving your LPs and 45s as MP3s.
Thanks to everyone who has been supporting us during our new morning hours. If you haven’t made Black Gold your early morning coffee stop, do it! We will be reopening after the holiday weekend at 6 a.m. this Tuesday, September 7th.
New Arrival: Interesting folk painting of calvary in paradise scene from Florida area. Possibly 1940’s.
Tons of used LPs and 7″s out on the floor now and more this upcoming week. Squarepusher, Tortoise, MC5, Flying Saucer Attack, Smashing Pumpkins, Trans Am, Slint, Rodan, June of 44, Eric Dolphy, Blonde Redhead, Hendrix, Don Caballero, Pele, Memphis Slim, Pavement, Labradford, JFA, Beck, and much more.
Attention local musicians: If you or your group have a vinyl release, bring one by. We also welcome independent record label releases, so if you have a label come in and talk to us about it.
Look Familiar? Trans Am’s self-titled parody of National Geographic Magazine’s 1980 SpaceSounds flexi, and the SpaceSounds flexi itself. The likeness occurs all the way down to the Thrill Jockey’s logo, which is essentially the Nat Geo Square logo in a “T” shape.
By popular demand: We will be opening our doors to you at 6:00 a.m. beginning this upcoming Tuesday, August 24th. Our new hours will be:
Tuesday: 6AM – 8PM
Wednesday: 6AM – 8PM
Thursday: 6AM – 9PM
Friday: 6AM – 9PM
Saturday: 10AM – 9PM
Sunday 10AM – 5PM
Monday: CLOSED
Stop by on your way to work and check us out! See you then.
New Arrival: Antique full body bobcat mount.
Last Laugh Records, The label that brought you some really great punk reissue 7″s from Freestone, The Reactors, and The Eat, got their hands on the original reels from one of the holy grails of 1977 US punk: The Fingers Isolation 7″. This record by Pittsburgh, PA shredders is so sought after that original, clean copies have seen a return of between $3,500 and $5,000 dollars on the secondary market. On Tuesday Black Gold will have some copies of this brand new repress for sale.
New Arrival: Columbian pressing of female pop psych group, The Cake. This is their S/T album from 1968 [DECCA]. This came from several large collections of LPs that included many international pressings of American and UK rock, golden era Jazz LPs, 90’s alternative classics, as well as an incredible group of world music LPs. A lot of this stuff has already gone out today and more will hit the bins on Tuesday.
