Salutations™!!

The BCPF and I had a great day yesterday and that included a great haul from Underdog Records. The quantity was lower than normal but the quality was dyn-o-mite! So, let’s not even wait:

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• Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Hard Promises (yep, I’m doing that, collecting what I can of Tom Petty, new)
• Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (my newfound obsession with Miles Davis, and the fact that this is on the Top 500 Albums of All Time – yes, I’m going to try and collect them all – I had to grab this classic, new)
• Alice Cooper – Special Forces (it was one of the Eugeology albums and I want to also collect those, reissue, new)
• Bob Dylan – Nashville Skyline (VG++ copy, great album)
• Marvin Gaye – Great Songs And Performances That Inspired The Motown 25th Anniversary T.V. Special (VG++ copy, much fun listening to this)
• The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St. (VG copy, #7 on the Top 500, definitely not my favorite RS album)
• The Beatles – Revolver (VG+ copy, #3 on the Top 500)
• Soul II Soul – Keep On Movin’ (NM copy, this entire album moved me, my favorite pickup from yesterday)
• Glen Campbell – Wichita Lineman (VG copy)
• Rush – Moving Pictures (VG- copy according to Jonathan, although listening to it after cleaning it, even though there is a long scratch on the vinyl, there was never any indication of it, I’d say VG or even VG+ as far as listenability goes)
• Rossini / Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Jonel Perlea – William Tell And Other Famous Overtures (our continuing collecting of classical greats)
• Stephen Stills – Stephen Stills 
• Stephen Stills – Still Stills: The Best Of Stephen Stills
• Simon And Garfunkel* – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
• Seumas MacNeill – Highland Bagpipes (you know why we got this)
• James Taylor – Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon
• Johnny Nash – Let’s Go Dancing

So, as you can see, it’s not a long list today but we really enjoyed the haul. Jonathan is always getting in, cleaning and putting out new used inventory and every day is a new adventure in Underdog Records. Records have become one of my new passions (along with cooking) and I love listening to them. I hear things on albums I’ve owned on CD for years that I never even knew existed. Good stuff, indeed. Also, not to throw in a shameless plug for The Less Desirables, but there is a weekly Underdog Records/TLD special, every week. To hear what that special is, you have to listen to TLD to find out. Sneaky, I know, but hey, it’s my job (literally). I also keep all my personal collection logged into Discogs.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been. Lives in a dream. Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door. Who is it for? All the lonely people. Where do they all come from? All the lonely people. Where do they all belong?” – “Eleanor Rigby” (Lennon/McCartney)