Vinyl Sunday for the win

So its probably quite obvious at this point that I am a complete vinyl junkie. Nothing makes me happier and more nostalgic than finding great albums at reasonable prices…and then coming home and playing the crap out of them. Since having moved back from Spain in December, my record collection has been growing quite nicely thanks to some hhhhamazing (“h” for emphasis) record vendors I have found here and there.

For most natives of this city, the Raleigh flea market is a weekend must. There is a vendor at the market with a pretty bad ass collection of vinyls for whom I will happily brave the elements. Despite snow, rain, painful wind and temperatures, the past few weekends have been a total win. Two weekends ago I came away with these gems:

Joni Mitchell - Blue
The Cars - The Cars (this one gets played the most)
Wings - At the Speed of Sound
Janet Jackson - Control (skips a bit but so worth it)
Heart - Heart (Take a gander at the mullets on this album cover and tell me if they are not the most glorious in all the land…)

Well I returned today and it took me a few boxes to really gain momentum. (It typically takes anywhere from 15-30 minutes to get past all the Linda Ronstadt and Dan Fogelberg albums to get to the real music.) But then suddenly the clouds parted, mountains collided, angels cried and I came to THE box. And this is what I found:

Michael Jackson - Bad (and I only paid $7 for it)
Mamas and Papas - 20 Golden Hits
The Cars - Candy-O
The Cars - Panorama (Touch and Go!!!)
Wings - London Town
Simon and Garfunkel - Greatest Hits
Queen - A Night at the Opera
ELO - Out of the Blue (total win)
The Moody Blues - This is the Moody Blues (double album greatest hits yeeeesss)
David Bowie - Changesonebowie (extra excited about this one)
The Grass Roots - Their 16 Greatest Hits (LOVE LOVE LOVE)

Happy V-Day everyone…V as in “vinyl” that is…:)