...just flew in from Miami Beach BOAC...

Actually more like from Balt'more.

If were the kind to post this in a thread about monthly acquisitions, I'd hereby boast about discovering some pretty good record stores in Baltimore. Also about finding a new job in the District of Columbia, thus firming up a future in Charm City with my lovely wife whose internship this summer evolved and so on... . The timing has been incredible. A few days before my flight out to visit my sweet thing, I get a call for an interview. I packed my trusty Ben Silver 3/2 roll blazer with silver buttons (and when I say packed, I mean packed down folded up inside out into an overhead flight bag with the rest of my gear--I unfolded it in our hotel and there was nary a wrinkle--incredible!), my O'Connell's khakis, a BB buttondown off-white shirt, a solid repp tie... and I nailed it. Within days of the interview, while still in B'more, I got an offer.

I didn't buy nothing while in Balt'more except baseball tickets, tickets to a jazz concert, and a lot of seafood dining out. I guess that is buying something. My little short stop paid for our hotel stay, bless her heart.

Last edited by Chipper (2016-08-22 14:54:24)

Agree, in general, stanshall. I hold out for first or early pressings myself. Some things are nearly impossible to find in good shape, however, and so I don't mind a good repressing if the maker has been thoughtful about reproducing the cover art and packaging and the slab sounds good. Case in point: Blue Note records. Not impossible to find original pressings, just impossibly expensive, and in general, the quality of the reissues is pretty good.

Another case: I'm waiting on an order at the record shop for the recent mono repressing of the UK version of Revolver.

Last edited by Chipper (2016-08-29 08:57:09)

I figure there's endless opportunity to upgrade the collection. There's a lot I'm perfectly satisfied with, especially if it's an early or first pressing. There's a lot of stuff that is a placeholder of sorts until I can find the "perfect" copy. For example, this morning I found a "slightly worn" copy of ON THE CORNER to replace my "very beat up" copy.