So… I might need some sort of intervention or something. Went on holiday to Oxford last friday. Came back this friday. In that week, I obtained 23 CDs, some from chazzers, some from eBay, some full price and some lovingly pre-owned (Truck Store on Cowley Road is one of my favourite shops in the country), and one gift from an Oxford friend I hadn’t seen in two years thanks to Covid. Now I realise this is not an average week but not going to lie, I’m a bit scared given cost of living and space constraints…
Siouxsie stuff bought in advance of the forthcoming listening club - though Siouxie albums are surprisingly hard to find for a decent price at the moment. Guessing a lot are out of print.
Funnily enough I got back into Killing Joke because I picked up a copy of Hosannas From The Basements Of Hell and thought it sounded like a Fear Factory album, haha. Turnaround very much justified I reckon.
Which is a reminder to used CD shoppers - always check the inside! I’ve got done on a few scratched CDs and a compilation that didn’t have all the discs. Check before you buy
Got Westing in Spillers Records as I was on a high from seeing them the night before. £7.99 for the nice new cardboard sleeve issue, seemed like a decent enough price for a new reissue compared to a lot of other shops
Found Keaton Henson in Oxfam around the corner, the only decent album in the shop. There was no price on it so I brought it to the till and they had no idea who he was so just asked for 99p. A little bit of sleeve damage but worth it for the price.
Have had a digital copy of that Adebisi Shank album on Bandcamp for over a decade (one of my first Bandcamp purchases I think) but couldn’t resist a physical copy, especially as I own the second and third album on CD
Don’t think I’m in Dublin again until April, probably for the best
