Once upon a time

Did some music shopping for the first time in ages. Went with the ever-hard rockin' Le Fig, who makes a formidable companion for musical discussion and all-around hanging out. After much time spent doing laps around Vintage Vinyl, I started to settle into what the store has deemed the "classic rock" section -- WARNING: you may become queasy when you see what I am about to list under their definition of classic... Paul Weller/The Jam, The Undertones, The Buzzcocks, XTC, Squeeze... You get where I'm going. Keep in mind, these aforementioned artists would be found amongst the likes of Slade, Gary Lewis and The Playboys, etc., but I digress. The one album I was looking for and couldn't find was E.L.O.'s "A New World Record", but I scored some real treasures (at least in my taste and mind).

Finally got "Band On The Run" on CD; this was the 25th Anniversary Edition and was cheap; comes with great packaging and finally am able to put to rest my incredibly battered vinyl copy. Also got Todd Rundgren's "Something/Nothing"; a brand new compilation of Orange Juice's Postcard-era singles; a new Squeeze compilation, which has their B-sides (one of which, "Elephant Girl" has been a long-standing favorite of mine) and best of all, a comprehensive "Best Of The Move", which if you don't know who The Move were--they spawned Roy Wood and Carl Wayne's solo careers. More widely known, however, Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan (along with Wood at the outset) created the Electric Light Orchestra. There's your history lesson. Also got "A Hard Day's Night" on DVD and a video compilation of Declan MacManus. A good day's shopping and more importantly, a wide spectrum of good sounds, most of which harken back to my childhood, but hey--who says you can't go home again?

Still loving both Paul Weller's and Bob Mould's recent albums. Time to start listening to today's goldmine.