Apparently, I buy too many records

My wife Helen, like every other woman i've ever lived with, believes that I buy too many records.

Which, as every record-buying man knows, is a ridiculous belief.

I will concede, however, that I do indeed buy a lot of records and that I don't afford them the same amount of listens and attention that I did 20 or 30 years ago.

To this end, I have decided to blog about the records that I buy, in order to help my appreciation of them - and perhaps to show Helen that I don't buy that many records after all.

Because i'm crap with deadlines the blog posts will be sporadic and probably be about a month or 2 behind but that's just the way i am! The posts will not necessarily be actual reviews (most likely comments, at best) and will generally be pretty damn short due to the reasons outlined above. As a writer in a previous existence i have decided not to worry about writing as art in the pieces but, instead, to attempt to convey feeling over semantic (and often grammatic) perfection.

And 'OCRB'? It stands for 'Obsessive Compulsive Record Buying' - a little known mental health affliction that is potentially damaging to the bank account but ultimately life-affirming. It is sad.......but a nice form of sad.

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Flowchart - Gip (Enraptured)

7" lathe cut clear vinyl, ltd to 200. I can't resist a lathe cut, me - i was toying with the idea of buying a lathe set-up the other day, and starting a new career in lathing records, but the 10 grand price tag put me off somewhat and also the idea of having to lathe the same record over and over again - which would be great if it was a lilting piece of electronics (like this), but there's every chance that it could be some vanity job by a guy with a guitar singing 'wonderful tonight' as a present to his wife on their wedding anniversary.
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