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Record Store Day 2021 – Drop 2: “They Keep Pulling Me Back In!”
We have looked askance at the feeding frenzy by design which was the thrust of RSD by a few years after its origins. For me, most everything I wanted was in the UK edition in any case, so it was … Continue reading
Posted in Record Collecting
Tagged 2021, Harold Budd, record shopping, Record Store Day, Ultravox
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REDUX: The Horror of Format Paralysis
November 18, 2013 When I got home from the trip to D.C. to see Simple Minds, something was gnawing at me that needed attention. Namely, when Jim Kerr surprised his fans with word of a solo album in 2010, hot … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Record Collecting, Scots Rock
Tagged Jim Kerr, Lostboy! A.K.A., multi-format rigging
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Gott Im Himmel! East-West Records Is Still Open In Orlando, Florida…50 YEARS LATER
I got off on a tangent the other day when discussing how I bought “Nightclubbing” by Grace Jones from a K-Mart record nook [not quite a store] back in the days when I biked to local shops to spend my … Continue reading
Building A Perfect Vicious Pink Phenomena Collection
The post before last, I mentioned how Data reminded me of Vicious Pink Phenomena. And that got the old mental wheels turning. This morning I had to dig out the 2012 Cherry Pop Vicious Pink CD I thankfully bought pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Record Collecting, Want List
Tagged 12" remix, 7" singles, downloads, Vicious Pink, Vicious Pink Phenomena
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Sometimes, Not Buying Records Is A Bit Boring
Yes, yes, yes. I know I have been trying, year over year to spend less on music and enjoy what I have more than obsessing over what I don’t yet have. This year I’ve really been holding expenses to a … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Deadpan Women, New Romantic, Record Collecting, Scots Rock
Tagged record shopping
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Obsessive or Pragmatic: Which Kind Of Collector Are You?
Two days ago, commenter Thombeau said something in the comments on the Vaughan Oliver obituary that got me thinking. He described me as a “collector.” At virtually the same time, my wife was telling me about her co-worker who had … Continue reading
Record Shopping Roadtrip: Akron, Ohio
You may have noticed re-runs of old posts recently. We decided that a trip to my wife’s old stomping grounds of Akron were in order over the Labor Day weekend. Her parents aren’t getting any younger, and most of her … Continue reading
Posted in Record Shopping Road Trip, Records I Used To Own, The Great Record Stores
Tagged 2019, Akron, David Werner
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