While I Was Away...

[Zed Simon]

I found even more great stuff. First, the vinyl:

From one store:
Smithereens: Especially For You
Split Enz: True Colours
The Golddiggers: We Need A Little Christmas
Souvenir Of The Rolando's Numero 1 (a cruise ship souvenir album)
Jose Melis Plays Jack Paar's Favorites
Baja Marimba Band: Fresh Air

From another store ($.50 each!):
The Great Kai & JJ: Brand New, Swinging Together Again
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Best Of Cal Tjader
Herbie Mann: Today!
The Modern Jazz Quartet: Blues On Bach
Bent Fabric: Never Tease Tigers
Dick Hyman: Keyboard Kaleidoscope
The Best Of Hugo Montenegro (better copy)
Carly Simon: Anticipation
Miss Piggy's Aerobique Exercise Workout Album

And yet another store:
Bonnie Raitt: The Glow, Nine Lives
The Brass Ring: Gazpacho
Van Morrison: St. Dominic's Preview
David Sanborn: Straight To The Heart

At this store I made a huge score: along with the records (priced at $.99 each), I also picked up a Beta of National Lampoon's European Vacation (also priced at $.99), and a BIC Beam Box FM antenna, which apparently goes for a decent buck whenever one hits eBay. No price on it...so I bring everything up to the register, and the total for everything ends up to be...$2.25! That's less than the antenna alone would have cost.

And then there were the flea markets. One had a beautiful JVC turntable (can you say "Rosewood?") and 9 LaserDiscs. The other had a pair of early '70s Pioneer speakers to match my receiver and a $450 Roland keyboard that I took home for $60. It was a banner week!