.february vinyl haul

A great haul! Stoked for these!

Lately I haven't purchased anything from Vinyl Me Please. All of the bands I've seen in concert I've been picking up their albums. When A comes to visit we usually hit up some of my favorite record stores. This time we had a mission to search for some 7" albums. A has never been to Haddonfield Record Exchange. They usually have a decent array of 7" albums. I scored New Kids on the Block and Debbie Gibson last time. What I found this time was amazing. One of the earliest albums my parents bought me was at age 3: Duran Duran - Wild Boys. For that album to be displayed in the front of the bin was just practically calling out to me. I snatched it up. I also found Madonna - True Blue (the vinyl is actually blue!), Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight (I owned this at age 5), Blondie - The Tide is High, Run DMC - Walk This Way, and the iconic "Two of Hearts" by Stacey Q. At the register they usually have some neat vintage pins. I picked up Thompson Twins, Janis Joplin, Eurythmics, and Duran Duran. $1.50 each.

Our second stop was Innergroove. Last time my major scores were Hole, Nirvana, and Smashing Pumpkins 7" albums. Ironically I found another Blondie 7" "Rapture" which compliments the one I previously bought. Searching through my favorite section of "Just In!" records I snatched B-52's "Cosmic Thing," Oingo Boingo's "Dead Man's Party" for $20 (cheapest I've seen was $30), and Prince's "1999" for $10. Yaaasss!!!

My new goal is to buy a cork board from Target and arrange my pins in a better fashion. No joke I have at least 150+ pins at this point. I rotate them all as much as I can.   

.vinyl haul

I figured I'd just make one big post from previous vinyl purchases. Lately I've been in "soundtrack" searching mode, so I picked up some of these at Urban Outfitters and Innergroove. The Once Bitten soundtrack was a very rare find. That was pretty exciting...

Finishing out my St. Lucia collection, I found "When the Night" at Urban Outfitters after purchasing "Matter" at Tunes two weeks ago.

These were just fun finds, reasonably priced....

And I scored some more Bowie, two being re-mastered versions.

.weekend haul

What started off as a Friday to find PJ Harvey cds for friends (scored Stories and Rid of Me) turned into a weekend of other finds. Seriously I need help. Is there a support group I can join?

Heading to Tunes I picked up these two albums. I noticed Rhino was re-releasing a good handful of The Replacements albums. Let It Be is a great one so I picked that up. Ever have a really cool friend in your childhood years? One where you were dying to know what they were listening to next? Meg was that cool friend for me. If it wasn't for her I would've never even heard of Cibo Matto in my high school years. They were so different and unique with their sound. The first few songs off of Viva la Woman I'd have on heavy rotation. When I saw the album on display I had to pick it up. The album is actually a reddish-orange color! Rad! In terms of cds, I don't really collect anymore but when I saw a copy of Slant 6 and Heavens to Betsy I could not pass that up. Total score!

Saturday I ventured off to my favorite record store Innergroove in Collingswood. Immediately I went to the "B" tab for Bowie. There was a $60 rare German album, a late 80s one that I haven't really heard much about, and Pinups. I really want to collect more of 70s Bowie so I went for Pinups. Being an Elvis Costello fan I was pleased to find Almost Blue and a Police album I don't own with a good mix of songs. My golden find was in the "Just In" section. I love browsing through here because these are random trade-ins or add-ins. As soon as I saw the Kill Rock Stars compilation from 1991-1992 I had the biggest smirk on my face. The songs are everything from Bratmobile, Bikini Kill, Nirvana, Courtney Love, Mecca Normal, etc. How random to find some Olympia scene things this weekend! The riot grrrl goddesses were working in my favor.

Scored!: Bowie - Pinups, Kill Rock Stars compilation, Police - Ghost in the Machine, Elvis Costello - Almost Blue, Cibo Matto - Viva la Woman, The Replacements, Let It Be.

On second thought: (albums I put back) Patti Smith Group - Wave, The Faint - Danse Macabre, this 50s album compilation of female do-wop bands. I might pick that up another time.

Customers: I was the only girl in Tunes. At Innergroove there was a mix of ages. The owner Dave is cool. He knows his shit. He informed me that RSD 2016 is looking dire from the lists and pleaded with me to ditch my Cros. :) I think I talked his ears off about Sleater-Kinney.  

Yesterday my dad found a copy of Hunky Dory at the flea market for $1. If that spins without skipping he found GOLD!