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April 20, 2005
Return to the record sale
On Sunday there was another record fair at the Holiday Inn, where a bunch of NY state dealers unload their vans full of albums to sell. There’s a huge selection - they claim more than 100,000 records and CDs each time, I think it’s a bi-annual event. There’s everything from bargain-bin crap to new releases and good deals on still-sealed old and desirable albums. I can’t bring myself to buy a record (such as Chestnut Street Incident by Johnny Cougar!) in its original wrapper, bring it home and tear it open. That just doesn’t feel right for some reason. So I leave those for the hardcore collectors.
What I did get was two double and three single albums for 23 bucks: The Kinks Everybody’s in Show Biz, live Lou Reed Rock n Roll Animal, Prince Around the World in a Day and 1999 and Weather Report I Sing the Body Electric.
There’s also a HUGE selection of bootleg concert recordings on CD. I was all ready to pay for Prince’s 2002 One Night Alone in Chicago when I found out the price was $30. The recording was good (you can listen on the spot to verify this) but I wasn’t prepared to spend that much. Maybe in the fall when the sale comes around again…
Posted by Tiffany on April 20, 2005 08:31 AM