Jello Molds, Surfers, Rascals and Kinks

A few weeks ago the folks were running errands around town and stumbled upon a small family-run Estate Sale.  So Mom gave me a call, and I got to do some shopping by proxy. 

First they found a pile of copper and pink aluminum jello molds.  I added 2 pineapples, a bunch of grapes and a fish to my collection.

  

Then they dug through a big box of 25c kitchen utensils and came up with a twinkle star cake server for my collection, a fun souvenir of Acapulco bottle opener for my barware collection, a ladle, and a slotted spoon, both made in Japan of stainless steel and a quality you just don't find today.

 

They brought everything home in this beat up suitcase.  As you can see it had a piece of duct tape wrapped all the way around it.  It came off, but now the suitcase really needs to be cleaned and painted.  Then Mom would like to try transforming it into a table.

 

I had never heard of Skyway Luggage before, but they've been around since 1910 and are still in business today.

There was a stack of LP records for 50c each.  Several of these were brought home for the purposes of cutting up the cases and crafting with them so the discs were not checked for damage.

The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl - 1963

Time Peace: The Rascals' Greatest Hits - 1968

The Beach Boys are in my top 5 favorite bands of all time so that album, even in falling apart condition, was a definite yes that Mom didn't even have to ask me about.  I love the pop art style for the cover on Time Peace.

The Kinks Greatest Hits - 1966

I really like the photo collage on this cover and I'm hoping to try my hand at making a bag of some kind with a clear vinyl sleeve on the side to hold a record album cover.

1979

double album

I'm not a terribly big fan of The Village People and why they were put together as a band but they are a great example of cheesy disco era marketing. 

I've been keeping an eye out for these Disney story albums for years as I would love to have a collection.  The discs appear to be in decent condition even if the covers are all kinds of beat up (like poor Snow White).  Robin Hood was the greatest find as it is my single favorite Disney film.

My mother has a collection of record sets that includes some Gilbert and Sullivan music and a fairy tale story record.  On that fairy tale record is a version of the tale of Sleeping Beauty that gave me the heebie jeebies as a child because they actually have Maleficent cackling.  Only once did my sister attempt to use that in place of a bedtime story and I'm sure she regretted it because she had to share a room with me.



Snow White is the most beat up of the story albums with spotting, wear marks and several missing story book pages so I am hoping that the record plays well.  If not, I have something for a fun record bowl!

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