Another "Record Store Day" observed this past weekend and as usual I was late to the party. I've been trending more with each year towards not being able to get out of the house before mid-afternoon. By then all the special releases have been pretty much picked through by the line that forms outside the front door of the record shop in the wee hours of the morning leaving me whatever remains.
But I did manage to find this 1961 Soho (New York) Jazz thing of mostly various unknown hipsters of the time. I haven't sat down yet and listened but it does look interesting in a historical period and place kind of way. Hope so in order to justify its price tag in my mind. That seems to be my MO during these annual events .... paying much more than I most certainly would on the other 364 days of the year. I want to do my part to keep my local record store in business.
On a side note, I've been paring down the vinyl record collection of late of some of the more uncool recordings taking up valuable space. Things I wouldn't want others to associate with my name. I can't help but wonder what was my state of mind when I made the purchases, mostly long ago in my past? What was the attraction for me? If I had a small degree of interest then, I've certainly gone off in other directions since.
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