Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Exploration of Tony's Records, Pensacola

  Record stores are becoming rare and a good one even rarer. I thought the megalithic Vinyl Fever empire would stand forever but even it has crumbled. Even so I chanced upon small room packed with boxes upon boxes of cheap/used CD's, some DVDs, and some vinyl. After a quick search, 1hr., I found a copy of Lumpy Gravy and 2 Gong albums(Gazeuse! & Expresso 2). Tom got very excited about me finding the Gong albums and began offering related band names/albums...Salamander, Blossom Toes, Porcupine Tree, Atomic Rooster, even Damnation Of Adam Blessing. His descriptions renewed my excitement and reminded me how much is yet to discover. 
  Now wait, why bother talking to anyone since we have the internet? Isn't everything and all of the pertinent info available online? Well maybe, but nothing beats chatting with a fellow traveller about that Can show he saw. By the way, those Gong albums are on the jazzy side( post-pot-head-pixie trilogy )but they kick pretty hard.
-Dutch Uncle Susie

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