Lastest vinyl finds: King Crimson to Dave Brubeck
This past long weekend we were camping near Ottawa and dropped by a local flea market. As usual, I had my eye out for records and it seemed generally disappointing (the usual scratched up LPs or Barbara Streisand or Neil Diamond). But then at the last moment I lucked out (all in mint condition and $1.50 a piece, some more exciting than others):
- The Clash, Sandinista! (1980, 3 LP)
- King Crimson, In the Court of the Crimson King (an observation by King Crimson) (1969) (which I’m listening to as a write. I now see what an influence Jazz had on this heavy-metal-premonition progressive rock band! I’ll have to post on this one);
- Marianne Faithfull, Broken English (1979);
- Fleetwood Mac, Dusk (1979);
- Paul McCartney, II (1980) and Tug of War (1982);
- Robert Palmer, Maybe It’s Live (1982; WEA Promo disk);
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Damn the Torpedoes (1979), Hard Promises (1981; Masterphile half-speed);
- Robert Plant, The Principle of Moments (1983);
- Neil Young – Crazy Horse, Reactor (1981).
If this wasn’t enough, on the holiday Monday I checked out a local online classifieds for “Lps” and ended up buying about 70 records here in Kitchener, including numerous Rolling Stone’s original pressings, several Led Zeppelin albums, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall, and The Dave Brubeck Quartet at Carnegie Hall (1963 double Lp). All in all not a bad Monday for Phil’s vinyl addiction.
More detailed postings on some of these later. Must get back to preparing lectures now (King Crimson will be my inspiration)!
