The first step to overcoming addiction is to admit you have a problem.
While I'm not ready to admit that I'm a vinyl addict, there certainly was a problem.
A big problem.
A big stack of records on my floor. That grew to two piles. And then three. [Note: This is not the monstrous stack, but a smaller counterpart.]
After facing my demons face-to-face, I decided the only solution was not to buy less records, but to buy shelves.
Now I not only have shelves, but all my records are alphabetized, and I have one free shelf, so I can totally buy more records, right?
Well, I already had three bags of LPs I hadn't gone through, so I decided to open one up and take a look.
Here's the loot:
Ray Charles - "Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul"; Glenn Ohrlin - "Cowboy Songs"; MFSB - "Love is the Message"; Sarah Vaughn with Oscar PEterson, Joe Pass, Louie Bellson, and Ray Brown (HOLY SHIT) - "How Long Has This Been Going On?"; Buddy Holly - "A Rock & Roll Collection" (2 lps); Charles Lloyd - "Soundtrack"
Three Art Tatum Albums - "Solo Piano" (Capitol), "Piano Starts Here", and "Masterpieces" (2 lps); Chick Corea and Gary Burton - "Crystal Silence"; Annette Funicello - "Annette's Beach Party"; Ralph Sutton and Jay McShann - "The Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players"
Leroy Holmes - "Once Upon a Time in the West"; Duane Eddy - "The Twangs The Thang"; Earl Hines and Jaki Byard - "Duet!"; Roy Clark - "Guitar Spectacular!"; Hank Snow - "Spanish Fireball"; Len Chandler - "To Be a Man"
I rent storage units for my books. My son rents storage units for his LPs. So you're not anywhere close to having a problem yet. I have that Buddy Holly set, by the way, and a couple of the others.
ReplyDeleteSo that means I can go to the record fair tomorrow and feel zero guilt. Thanks, Bill! Before I moved apartments, I was looking into a storage unit for my books. I wound up selling a ton ... I might have made the wrong decision. But that just means I get to collect them all again.
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