Hard times with the bank account have taken their toll on my favorite hobbies: buying music magazines and scouring the thrift stores for records. But, a little extra dough this month let me splurge a wee bit, picking up Mojo, Uncut and the Oxford American music edition yesterday. (I was surprised to find the OA tucked in the back of the artsy-fartsy rack, having thought they went out of business).

Had a little time to kill this morning — and needed a new alarm clock — so I dropped into the Salarmy. Was just about to give up the hunt, being buried in 101 Strings and bad gospel records, when I struck a vein.

I’m a longtime Seals And Crofts fan, so I was thrilled to find a reasonably clean copy of Year Of Sunday followed by a “gently used” copy of Emmylou’s Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town a few notches behind. The next rack over yielded the first Pablo Cruise record, a slightly banged up copy of Gordon Lightfoot’s Old Dan’s Records and Jerry Reed Rides Again. Strangely, there were three mint copies of the first Karla Bonoff record — which I already have on CD. But I don’t have Wild Heart Of The Young, so I took that, as well.

Feeling buff, I dropped by Goodwill, too, but the best I could do there was a copy of Kris and Rita’s Full Moon (but for 51 cents cheaper than the records from Sal’s). They need to be committed digits, after which I drop them over to Sal’s Boutique.

The kid’s were unmoved by Billy Bragg and Wilco’s Mermaid Avenue, Volume II on the commute to school yesterday, though the 8-year old did hum along at one point. Ditto for 461 Ocean Boulevard, mostly because we were all trying to help that same 8-year old cram for his spelling test. But, I during my errand time around town I spent some time with the record, a dandy one indeed. My faves are I Can’t Hold Out and Please Be With Me but, just for kicks, here’s the whole record in order.

Motherless Children
Give Me Strength
Willie And The Hand Jive
Get Ready
I Shot The Sheriff
I Can’t Hold Out
Please Be With Me
Let It Grow
Steady Rollin’ Man
Mainline Florida

If you click “play’ on the first cut and don’t leave the page, you can hear the whole album. Nice!

Namaste,
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Music Junkie

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