Trip to the flea market

I've been going to a flea market on Wednesday afternoons when I can get out of work. It is only 7 minutes away and not too big. I look for albums and anything else interesting. On one recent trip I ran into a guy who used to collect, but now just needs the money. (To buy pot, I assume). After looking through the "expensive" batch I settled on Transformer by Lou Reed which was produced by and included David Bowie and Mick Ronson. It was in great condition and was a promo copy from some long forgotten radio station. The dollar albums produced Hall and Oates' debut, Whole Oats, a couple of Johnny Winter albums (Still Alive and Well and Johnny Winter And) as well as Phaedra by Tangerine Dream. Eight dollars later, I was on to the end of the row when as I perused a pile of records a gentlemen advised me that all LP's were free! Nothing great, but I grabbed Bat out of Hell by Meatloaf and Survival by Grand Funk Railroad to go along with stuff from Tony Orlando, Sinatra, Bobby Vinton, The Platters and The Chipmunks (yes, Alvin, Simon and Theodore). Not a bad day.

The following week I nabbed the epnonymous debut by The New Riders of the Purple Sage and My Aim is True by Elvis Costello. Two bucks for the pair, nice. Both sounded great and the former has Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart and Spencer Dryden as special guests.

From the back cover of Survival:
"I don't think I'll ever forget those expressions as they wiped the sweat from their eyes in disbelief and watched that giant sea of faces, more than 180,000 strong, rise in unison and roar out a thunder of approval so loud that, to this day, they still talk about hearing it down on Peachtree Street, a full ten miles from the site."
- Producer Terry Knight referring to concert in which a child was born and Grand Funk came to prominence.