Infected by Records

The boxes are unloading slowly. There are 35 LP boxes emptied and still the fresh new 50 singles boxes to uncover. Yesterday, an unexpected visit by a record dealer once again confirmed that the amount was overwhelming to most. After first egregiously expecting to flip through and find the gems, he found that the amount was too large to even start to look, but made an appointment to come back and tackle one section at a time. Strangely enough, this dealer was the only other to ever have known about the secret vinyl stash about an hour from here. He had visited five times and also had been there before I, meaning that he was part of the reason our finds there were only moderately successful.

Brooklyn mix #9 features some cool songs including Mecano Ltd, XRay Pop, Statistics, Tot Rocket & the Twins, Josef K, Tagmemics, Marquis de Sade, Margaret Thatcher & the Supply Side, and New Math. I had to look up dates for some of the songs, and that's where Google is invaluable. I also added a pic of the Brooklyn Bridge to the cd cover, which itunes allows a nice printing mosaic to make liner notes.

Brooklyn #10 includes a rare song by The Five, Luxury Item, Lumpen Proles, Lew Lewis Reformer, Last Man in Europe, Snakefinger, Knots, Taixz Sly, Theatre of Hate, Blue Nile, Lights, Basement 5, Big Liz, Inmates, RL Crutchfields Dark Day, Yachts, and Shrapnel, Waitresses, and Visitors. I added another black and white pic of the Brooklyn Bridge.

I may find a way to release this series, in some sort of cd-r form to those interested. Maybe $50 for a set of 10. It wouldn't be about making money, but more about trading and sharing. Mix #11 is completed, but not mixed down.

I also just picked up a punk load of records yesterday including most of the Circle Jerks, Exploited, and all the other usual suspects. There was one Misfits LP i hadn't seen before, a fair amount of 45s and lots of Clash stuff. Altogether, a load of 150 LP's and 50 singles.