WFMU Record Fair

It may be too late to do this, though. (I myself forgot.)

Details on the in-store?

waaahhh i'm gonna be out of town wtf!

ha ha..."barely"

Sound Fix, a new record store in Williamsburg with a cafe in the back of it: 110 Bedford Ave., corner of north 11th - things're scheduled to begin around nine o'clock

JBR if we ever manage to NOT miss each other I will go into shock

i will BE THERE. you have my word.

I was so excited to learn that the record fair was happening, 'cause I just sorta randomly googled "WFMU record fair" to find out when it was, thinking "I hope one of my tours can come through around the same time one o' these years" - and so then BANG I find out THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE TRUTH and told her and she looked upon me such wonderful & loving pity, like you'd look at a duck that'd learned to walk wrong or something

Hurrah!

it was a video store for a bit, then they closed...last time i went by there, tuesday...it didnt look like a record store?

the cafe is rad though...

weird, anyway...I'm all over this...and yes, I SHALL be drunk.

SAY WORD.

You realize I can (and have) gone on about this subject, right?

so is the in-store next thursday as well? i'm confused. in that case, i can't go. :-(

stence I'll be around but my wife and I will be doin' the celebrate-our-6th-wedding-anniversary-&-ninth-year-overall-as-a-couple thing, so I prolly can't make the party as one instore & a record fair is probably stretching things already

Robin Edgerton really does sell awesome stuff there...

I'll be there both Saturday and Sunday working at the WFMU tables in the afternoon. If I recall, I'm at the WFMU used record tables on Saturday, and the WFMU merch booth on Sunday.

Totally unrelated, but seeing as many of you are familiar with Pete's, does anyone know if they still make those diablos?

I had one 2 weeks ago, very nice.

But I have found good stuff on Sundays, too. I bought a dress from Robin at the last fair.

i know that prices etc will vary, but let's generalize:
for standard items, let's say, erm, Pavement's "Crooked Rain"! on CD, are we talking, likely, $4, $7 or $10?

And for, say, the first Clean album on CD, are we talking $7 or $12?

Cos not wanting to be a killjoy before I go, at these kinds of things I often end up paying prices I can find elsewhere, and buying things cos they're there, not cos I really want them.
In other words: is it mostly for collectors?

If you're looking for a used copy of that Pavement record, I'd guess that it'd generally fall into the $7-10 range, as with any used record store. Basically, the fair is just a hundred used record stores all in one big room.

There's so much interesting stuff at the fair that you're bound to find some cool stuff - it might not even be music, it could be books/dvds/magazines/memorabilia/non-music recordings/art/etc. It's a very overwhelming thing.

I haven't bought much at the last few fairs, but I always walk away with a small Steve Keane painting of a famous record cover. Last time, I got a mini Sonic Youth "Dirty" and the last time before that it was the Fall's "Hex Enduction Hour."

I don't think Steve Keene's coming this time unfortunately.... but should also mention that when you're tired shopping there's gonna be a boatload of great/insane videos showing in the A/V lounge, punk clips, The Gary Wilson doc, this fantastic Nihilist Spasm Band documentary I saw in London this year and tracked down for the fair that is just mindblowing....

There's gonna be a live karaoke band too plus Brother JT and Ill Ease playing. And yeah, Sunday's a great day for pickins with different dealers. I got the George Harrassment /homosexuals offshoot record for $10 on a sunday...

BOO-YA!!!

Coptic Light rulezzz...I hope the POLSKIE's like the ROCK.

i'll be quiet.. if they will.

CL sometime around 10 PM, maybe later, according to Fine.

OH NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! my life suddenly has no meaning. my favorite all-time record fair buy was my steve keene neil young statuette. $1. i was so hoping to buy neil some friends this year.

ahem. yes he did.

all these huddled groups of people that obviously know each other from every up n down the NorthEast events, comparing records n recent tales
and silent deadly types grabbing great handfuls of R&B 45's to sort thru, not letting on what they're after

paid for the $20 upfront each Fri evening bit
was fun even just for the experience

my takings:

Tim Maia - Tim Maia (1976) LP
Antonio Carlos & Jocafi - Mudei De Ideia LP
Marshall Jefferson presents Hercules - "Lost In The Groove" 12"
Tyrannosaurus Rex - Unicorn LP
Syl Johnson - Total Explosion LP

lotta music celebs there - Thurston, Tom Verlaine, Todd Terry, etc
best part was when I went up to Devendra Banhart and flashed Unicorn at him, eliciting a chuckle!

(Nov 5th-7th by the way)

I barely scratched the surface and soon as I left thought of all sorts of things I shoulda checked for
picture sleeve 7" (or any) of "Teenage Kicks" foremost

haha i just sold my copy!

wish i was there.

Paul, you still at Tower?

Anyway, same ol' stuff -- but a thinning demographic. Sort've depressing, actually.

http://www.wfmu.org/recfair/

saw a mint, promo copy of "unicorn" at the rhino records in new paltz last weekend, $20, but passed because i realized i only really like marc bolan's electric stuff. oh well.

in my heart, i know the list won't work.

Last year I end up only buying from the WFMU tables and from WFMU DJs selling stuff. Oh, and a Human League record bag.

http://www.wfmu.org/avlounge.html

WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME THIS WAS SHOWING??? SHIT, NOW I HAVE TO GO SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

-- howell huser (chaki.tim...), November 4th, 2005. (later)

IF PURPLE SHIRT IS THERE...ILL TRY AND SET U UP CHAKI.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0080380/

i AM getting rid of the VAST majority of my cd collection. that includes like 50 discs of nz pop, like 3 linear feet of brazilian funk and soul cds, my whole holland/dozier/holland section, all my atom heart cds (ok, that's only like 10 of 'em) ... about a 1000 cds in every genre, b/c that's all i could rip to my hard drive so far!!! but i've been ripping the most interesting cds i have, first, at least.

I'll have a table against the back wall (the "R" section), come say hello if you're an ilm-er.

if'n you don't know who i am (and i don't know why you should) i used to be the wfmu music director before brian.

sorry for the promotional content. thanks douglas!!!

p.s.: cds i'm NOT getting rid of--all my gospel cds, every boredoms related cd i own, and the majority of my african cds. Look what happens when you age?

the fall - the domesday pay-off: triad-plus! (the slightly different u.s. version of bend sinister)

here's johnny: magic moments from the tonight show (casablanca records, 2 LPs, 1974, comes with a poster!)

let's clear the air: presented by con edison ("nuclear energy: is it the safe energy a growing world needs?" and other promotional propaganda; cover design is an idyllic 1970s blue sky with a bright white lightbulb in the bottom foreground)

linda ronstadt - get closer (one of her early '80s pop records; couple of jimmy webb covers on here)

signs of the zodiac: cancer (part of mort garson's awesomely stupid late '60s series of astrology-psych records... i almost got a non-garson astrology LP another seller had, but in the end i decided it wasn't worth paying $3 for).

i ha... oh you know

I...uh...

Well, I have that, too.

There were an unusual number of hot indie boys attending amid the geeks. At the other end of the spectrum, I saw someone answer his phone at the urinal.

I didn't see any!

fuck, i should have gone! but i dont have a record player even.

I snagged:
Socrates Drank the Comium LP
a Gene Clark LP
Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come / Journey LP
Faith Healers Peel CD from Ben Goldberg
all kindsa weird $2-5 LPs from Thurston's table
Kildozer LP
Gerson King Vol 2, Michael Gibbs, Marcos Valle, David Toop electro comp CD s (thanks Robin).
new 3CD Kilt By Death scottish DIY-punk/post-punk comp and more in the bag. Spent not much, came away with lots.

New York Noise is doing a recap fair TV special & we're picking the videos, keep yer eyes peeled cable fans...

Chubby Checker self-titled on MFP, French import LP
Rocket From the Tombs - Life Stinks LP (w/single)
Pink Fairies - What A Bunch of Sweeties LP
Steve Miller - Abracadabra LP
Alan Parsons - Pyramid LP
Alan Parsons - Turn of a Friendly Card LP
John Cougar - self-titled LP
J.J. Cale - Shades LP
Laura Branigan - Branigan LP
Ramatam - self-titled LP
Tommy James - Cellophane Symphony LP
Comateens - Deal With It LP
Strangeways - Native Sons LP
Styx - 1 LP (reissue)
Thin Lizzy - Shades of a Blue Orphanage LP
Slipknot - Iowa LP

Rockets - The Best (import CD from Portugal -- thx, Robin)

ohhh is there a tracklisting for this anywhere on the internets

CD1:
Andy Cameron - I Want To Be a Punk Rocker
Valves - For Adolfs Olnly
Johnny & the Self Abusers - Saints and Sinners
Simple Minds - Picasso (demo)
Bee Bee Cee - You Gotta Know Girl
Drive - Jerkin
Jolt - You're Cold
PVC2 - Pain
Rezillos - It Gets Me (Peel version)
Alternators - Kid Don't Know
Visitors (Dundee) - Take It Or Leave It
Exile - The Real People
Restricted Code - Then There Was You (demo)
Skids - Reasons
Subs - Gimme Your Heart
Zones - Stuck With You
Cheetahs - Minefield
DNV - Death In Venice
Electric Personalities - Hot Spot
Electrix - Holland
Fun 4 - Singing In the Showers
Red Letters - Sacred Voices
Brills - Gang of One
Mental Errors - Irrelevance
Freeze - Paranoia
Fakes - Look Out
Flowers - After Dark
Fire Exit - Time Wall
Zips - I'm In Love
Scars - Adult/ery

CD2
Valves - It Don't Mean Nothing At All
TPI - She's Too Clever For Me
Josef K - Chance Meeting
Another Pretty Face - All the Boys Love Carrie
Metropak - You're a Rebel
Visitors (Edinburgh) - Moth
Orange Juice - Blue Boy (live)
Venigmas - Turn the Lights Out
35mm Dreams - More Than This
Alleged - Despair
AVO-8 - Gone Wrong
Aztec Camera - Real Tears (live)
Battery Boys - Cheap Local Talent
The Fegs - Mill Street Law and Order
Scrotum Poles - Helicopter Honeymoon
One Takes - Accident
Prats - Disco Pope
Defiant Pose - Fight
Scrotum Poles - Radio Tay
Squibs - Out on the Town
Thermometers - 20th Century Girl
Basic Unit - Ladder
Those Intrinsic Intellectuals - Radio Iceland
Crime Desk - Arms Race
Story So Far - Radiated
X-5 Discharge - Confessions
Those Intrinsic Intellectuals - Do the Executive
Urban Enemies - Who Do You Have?
TV21 - Playing With Fire

CD3
Fire Engines - Get Up and Use Me
Restricted Code - First Night On
Beat Necessity - Just Fine
Delmontes - Ga Ga
Strutz - Break Point
Article 58 - Event To Come
Noise Annoys - Living (in the world Today)
End Result - Last Chance
Laughing Apple - I'm Okay
Exposure - Video Eyes
Commercials - Simon
Significant Zeros - Stiff Citizens
Neon Barbs - Break Your Chains
Victims of What? - Anybody's Baby
Boots For Dancing - Ooh Bop Sh'bam
Skroteez - Newtown
Alternative - Who's Sussed
External Menace - Someday
Threats - Go To Hell
Twisted Nerve - When I'm Alone
Wake - On Our Honeymoon
Pastels - Heavens Above
Wayward Skylabs - Refine People
Suede Crocodiles - Stop the Rain
Passionate Friends - What's the Odds
Buba and the Shop Assistants - Something To Do
Jesus and Mary Chain - Upside Down
Square Peg - Bad Connection

Forks, don't stalk! What shadowy cretin pointed me out?

Tokyo Rosemary, if yr standards are too high for Jake Gyllenhaal, I don't expect you would've seen any treats (many of them were with girls).

mr. tofu, you were so totally NOT there when i spent my $21 at robin's table.

Don't I know it.

http://wfmu.org/avlounge.html

http://www.wfmu.org/recfair/

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watch the fat, and a pound and half of

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thinly sliced

in my experience i've found that mercer place to be not worth my time. lots of garbage none too cheap with a sprinkling of good stuff (quite a few sealed NNCK pressings too) correctly priced. can never find any deals. i thinks its only worthwile if youre after folk/blues/soundtracks.

but anyway, talk about FMU some more. I'm not sure i'm gonna be able to go.

keith from nnck works there.

http://www.wfmu.org/recfair/rf_dlrlist.html

Also Kate/Twisted Village:
Ridin' Dirty. Fri/Sat

Mike of Troubleman:
Disco, Hardcore, Punk, Disco-Punk, all the stuff for the hipsters. The owner of Troubleman Records will be available for autographs. Friday only!

OTM!!

I did buy something off him though ... I think it was Show + AG Runaway Slave

I've only gone to the fair once, it was really hit-or-miss

but fun

The Fall
Comprehensive BBC Channel 4 documentary documents the three-decade history of Manchester's Fall, live footage, clips, interviews with Mark E. Smith and band members past and present. (60 min)
AV LOUNGE

Where I first met forkclovetofu

i wish my life was like this.

Well, not LOTS lots.

You don't want my life. MY LIFE MY LIFE THE PAXIL DOES NOTHING, etc.

Club Tango-FTN 7"
Jeff and Jane Hudson-World Trade EP (sealed for 15$!!!)
Slick-Space Bass picture sleeve 12"
Meredith Monk-Key LP
Neptune's Car-Baking Bread 7"
Spherical Objects and Alternomen Unlimited 7"s and Do the Maru, a pretty obscure Object Music comp.
A Mark the 45 King comp of mostly instrumental Flavor Unit stuff
a La Bionda LP
and a few other things....

press color should not be $15

graham lambkin - poem LP
a handful of dust - concord LP
bruce mackay LP on ESP
david tudor - rainforst IV LP (this was the only expensive one)
rhys chatham - die donnergotter (eighties german press)

and a couple of dollar records.

All CDs. Vinyl has lost all its magic to me.

Saw Morbs but was too socially inept to say hi.

$1 LPs:
Hoyt Axton Road Songs
Bongos Drums Along the Hudson
Van Halen 1984

i didn't know it was reissued recently! also this doesn't even compare to the guy who wanted $75 for the "dirty talk" 12", either.

Joseph...you talking about the dreadlocked guy? He had these amazing old-school electro/hip-hop record for 50+ so I stopped looking, then someone told me he had some fuzz dance and italo record as well, and I didn't even bother going back to look. Simonetti had a copy of Dirty Talk on friday night, probably affordable.

No vinyl for me either.

The Mountain Goats - Sweden
Pinback
Our New Orleans
A Dirty Shame sdtrk
A Prairie Home Companion sdtrk
Patton Oswalt - Feelin' Kinda Patton

DVDs:

Decasia
We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen

2 of the album cover guy's paintings for friends

just a week to go

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/10/wfmu-2007-recor.html

http://www.wfmu.org/recfair/rf_dlrlist.html

whatcha get?

jorge ben - a tabua de esmeralda LP
roy harper - flat baroque and berserk LP
popol vuh - hosianna mantra LP
julie tippetts - sunset glow LP
creedence - s/t LP

I bought a knit hat, A Date with John Waters, Lou Reed's Berlin and a Deerhoof.

Telex--Neurovision
Sylvester/Patrick Cowley--Do you Wanna Funk?
2 other Sylvester singles
Little Toni Marsh--Video Burnout
Queen Samantha--Queen Samantha LP
An LP of French people reading the works of Jean Paul Sartre

And some very cheap cds, including:
Appendics Shuffle- Helicopter Hearts
Heiko Laux- Offshore Funk
Fuckpony - Children of Love
Someone Else- Pen Caps and Colored Pencils

I particularly recommend seeing The Beaver Trilogy in the A/V room.

http://wfmu.org/avlounge.html

http://www.wfmu.org/recfair/

beaver trilogy is AMAZING.
i dunno if i can blow any cash at the fair this year. might go for an hour or two to scope things out, but will have to impose serious spending limits.. like... $30.

I'll be working Sun aft'noon ... but I'll have to miss the wedding on Saturday.

bump for tonight

So, if anyone is there and sees a copy of Harvester's "Hemat" for under $75, think of your old friend Ian, will ya? I doubt I'll make it this weekend, maybe Sunday, but it's looking less likely by the hour.

On a similar note, if anyone sees a copy of the Dead C's "Clyma Est Mort" for under $25, that would be nice too ;)

aw, I think I sold that a few years ago, otherwise I'd give it to you. I think there were two pressings though, right?

i'll be there. mett ur ole blal ne

xp to dan:
yeah, which is why it should be cheaper than the $30-40 it routinely goes for on ebay. fuck THAT.

I see I'm on the same volunteer shift w/ other ILX celebs

Sasha Frere-Jones selling his records:

Today and today only, Dr. Delay and I will be selling the heart of my record collection at the WFMU Record Fair. If you are a fan of anything that happens here, please come down, if only to say hi. I am selling the records I care most about, the ones I have held on to for the longest time. I am genuinely ready to let these records go (more on that later) but I would ideally like to see this music end up with people who will love it and share it. There may be some liveblogging about this or on the New Yorker blog. We'll see. I've never done this before.

I wonder how many versions of the Song of the South sndtrk he'll be unloading...

lol, SFJ was initially selling from the parking lot until somebody tapped him on the shoulder to tell him that wasn't so cool and he should really get a table.

or head for that flea market on 6th Ave (RIP?)

lol @ sfj.
we bought a large chunk of his lesser stuff a few months back.

think i'm going on sunday, seeing as i missed last year's...

Dr Morbius, where are you working Sunday afternoon? I will be at the swag table.

my usual spot, the LP table.

so wish i could make it this year, but im planning to spend a bunch of money buying my boss's record collection in a few weeks (supposedly lots of 80s SST and old indie), so it's just not in the cards. keep it warm for me, dudes!

i didnt have a dealer pass so didnt get to see the madness
but SFJ told me his indie stuff was priced to move
enough that no real fights broke out but there were some altercations at 2pm between dealers. and he did $1K in 20 minutes. his boxes were half wiped out at 4pm.

SFJ blog lol

2:43 PM: Slight dealer frenzy. Hard to let go of DNA EP. Thurston stopped by, didn't buy. Talked briefly about "Walls Have Ears."

7:08: I forgot how hard retail is. (Even my fake-ass retail.) Standing around all day? How could cashiers even be denied a chair? UNRIGHT.

earlier post--Whatever does not sell on Friday will go later in the weekend at an undisclosed location. That will be that. I have no need of a turntable now, Rega or otherwise. Sometimes, the time wins.

wait, I thought early admiss wasn't til 4 on Friday.

I shd stop in around 4 or 5 today.

so many copies of this:

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/5705/sugarhillrecord.gif

one at every stall

a friend picked up a wlp copy of bridget st john's "songs for the gentle man" for $10 for me.

good man

Even I own that Sugar Hill box.

Spent about $25, this was my major purchase:

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i found the "girl on me" 12" for $20! (usually fetches around $100 on discogs/ebay)

i was at one booth where this guy kept SMELLING the records. not just a quick sniff, but really deeply inhaling musty copies of beastie boys and sly and the family stone records. over every inch of the record cover. it was unnerving

oh, the psychic damage.

I only saw a little bit of DMBQ, but the drummer and his entire kit being hoisted over ppl's heads was a laugh.

8 days to go! Dealer & music/film schedule not yet posted. The Trashmen will be playing.

OK, there is some info on the homepage:

Live Bands and DJs:
The Trashmen (10/24, 2pm)
People Like Us (10/25, 2pm)
Chris Brokaw (10/25, 3pm)
Kevin Blechdom + BARNWAVE +Special Guests (10/25, 1pm)
New York Night Train (10/24)
La Cumbiamba eNeYé (10/25, 4pm)
Electric Chaircuts w/ Nelson Loskamp (10/25)!

In the A/V Lounge:
Exclusive/special screenings of: Still Bill, Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell, Pirate Radio, USA, For the Love of Dolly, and 80 Blocks From Tiffany. Plus curated clip parties hosted by TV Carnage, Fancy! Magazine, and Bedazzled / Scopitones!

Live WFMU broadcasts from: Billy Jam, Mr. Finewine, Michael Shelley, Rex, Terre T and Gaylord Fields.

AV Lounge & music schedules up:

http://wfmu.org/avlounge.html

bump

how have I lived in this city for three years and not known about this thing? i'll be there saturday for sure

I'm hoping to make it on Sunday - I generally stick to the under $10 stuff only though, if I buy anything.

I just go for the pizza, beer and chatting up

I will be there Sunday.

I, too, will be there Sunday.

I, three, will be there Sunday.

Excerpt from e-mail press release I received. Those major labels are so hip:

Burbank, CA – Warner Bros. Records — the No. 1 vinyl label in the country — will bring vinyl directly to the people this weekend by hosting a booth at the annual WFMU Record Fair in New York City. The event, known as a worldwide Mecca for music enthusiasts and vinyl fans, will be held October 23rd through the 25th at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W. 18th Street in Manhattan.

"There is no better place to sell music directly to fans than at the annual WMFU show," says Warner Bros. Records General Manager Tom Biery, who oversees all of the company’s vinyl releases. "As a vinyl freak, I have been going to the show for years and have always thought that having a WBR/Reprise booth to sell our records would be a ton of fun as well as a great learning experience.”

This weekend also kicks off Warner Bros. Records’ relationship with vinyl-only indie label, Original Recording Group (ORG), which will be manning the WBR booth.

At the show, Reprise Records will unveil, for the first time, legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young's first four catalog reissues, including the direct-to-fan 180-gram Limited Edition box set. Those titles, Neil Young, Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, After The Gold Rush, and Harvest, have been meticulously cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering from the original master tapes (under the direct supervision of Neil Young's team) and manufactured at the world’s premiere record-pressing plant, Pallas MFG/Germany. This is the first-ever upgrade to these essential recordings on vinyl and is sure to delight both fans and audiophiles alike.

direct-to-fan?

early Sunday shoppers may spot me in my black Pulaski Skyway FMU t-shirt.

wonder how much they'll be charging for the neil box--if it's affordable (lol) i might have to go for it tbh.

four neil young albums? hmm, that should only run you about 40 bucks or so. hahahahahahahaha! wait, i was thinking about a world where prices for things make sense. so, should be about 400 bucks.

i'm guessing $125.

which is obviously way too much.

robin and i are selling a ton of stuff today, which is why i am awake.
Clothes! Rekkids! CDs! Books! An accordion! A plush Stimpy doll! Boots! The first 'Diana Ross presents The Jackson 5' LP on vinyl, which I suggested we price at a gazillion dollars, but I think we settled on 7.
All moneys raised to go into the "dog account", our joint checking for all things pit bull related so you're helping a good cause!
Come find us won't you? I want to tell you about my day on sesame street.

woulda gone but didn't want to be tempted to spend twice in one weekend...

Hope the trip back wasn't too wet.

Any big markups on Soupy Sales LPs?

I went today, got a Roy Harper LP and a weird Japanese Stranglers EP. Crazy fun but, by the early afternoon it had turned into an insane clusterfuck.

Great crowd; many people with personal turntables for vinyl checking, japanese guys toting those suitcases on wheels, filled with records and a surprising amount of cute girls. I thought vinyl hunting was a dorky guy thing only.

girls who dress up for the wfmu record fair: classic or dud! leaning towards dud tbh, no offense to the vinyl nerd ladies out there. i think any 'girls who dress up' are kinda dud to me.

pondering going tomorrow afternoon--did anyone actually check out the Reprise booth and/or notice the neil young box price?

i stopped by, didn't see any of the box sets but they had all of the vinyl re-issues (if you care.) cute vinyl hunting girls, mo questions asked classic.

meant to say "no questions asked..."

What constitutes "dressing up" ?

Many of the dudes there were "dressed up" in their most obscure rock t-shirts.

The Neil box sets are $150. They're 180 gram, vice 140 for the records if you buy them individually. Plus there's a single that they mail you later. And maybe the LP jackets are nicer (gatefolds, or something). The boxes are a limited edition of 3000. They brought "low numbers" to the show. The lps individually are 20 bucks each. The guy said he's heard the analog master tapes, and these disks are the closest he's ever heard to them.

I didn't get 'em.

So, essentially $36 per LP

ridiculous, but sort of expected today

I'll prolly eventially get most of them

sucks , but i am junkie and it's Neil..

eh, my originals will do fine.

yeah, I obv love my originals .. I DON'T see me buying that "box", but I do think I could be enticed to buying a sweet-ass 180 of 'After the Goldrush'

I mean, my original Reprise is tight, but that's one of the best albums ever created by a human being so I might just plunk it down for that one.

Will still be satisfied with my original "Neil Young" (name not on cover) LP ... that thing sounds sweet ... "Old Laughing Lady" ... sounds fucking insanely beautiful, don't need anything but this pressing, thanks....

man we gave away so much stuff

So, essentially $36 per LP

Only $20 per lp if you get the individual 140 gram ones. The 180 gram ones are only available as a set, in the box.

The first solo lp uses the 2nd mix.

man we gave away so much stuff

well NOW I wish I'd gone. :)

at 5.00pm, we had 1/2 price vinyl and 3 buck cds. Quality shit, too!

Robin always has the best deals. I got the O Level CD for like 6 bucks from her a few years ago.

ust for the record, there's always still tons of good stuff on sundays, and dealers much more willing to make deals as they don't want to carry the stuff home. Also, WFMU DJs get tables for free on sunday, so there's tons of dealers who wouldn't have had tables on friday or saturday. Robin Edgerton sold me the O Level CD for six bucks late on a sunday afternoon, for instance.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, April 22, 2004 4:43 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark

She was freaking out about a few choice sales as being ridiculously cheap on her end; I'd have to ask her for specifics.
I was giving away ripped CDs and other unsalable promo stuff with every purchase. We did good business!

did I mention I got the O Level CD for six bucks?

Not the first time I've repeated myself on a thread...and not the last.

did my shift and left w/out buying anything. Mission accomplished!

I did see a great People Like Us vid collage, which merged the openings of The Sound of Music and Apocalypse Now. I'll be associating Julie Andrews w/ napalm for years to come.

less tables this year than usual--the back wall usually had another row of dealers but was empty (today at least)...not very crowded either.

Didn't find anything great but got a decent brown-label copy of humble pie's s/t and beefheart's "unconditionally"

Think I will be just attending (not working) for first time in eons.

nothin to see here eh? There will be a Blowfly documentary in the A/V room.

http://www.wfmu.org/recfair/

seem to recall from the mailout that they're screening House, too?, i forget. i never saw anything at the record fair. i'd still encourage attending this even if you go at the last minute on the last day - so much marked down shit that's worth picking up.

I'm rolling into town today - I will be ridiculously busy but haven't been to the record fair in ages, will try to make it.

an excellent place to pick up Bob & Ray LPs btw

probably gonna hit it up sunday funday.

(workin at the store friday/saturday, we've been seeing the FMU dealer crowd since last week...)

I will probably drop in for a few hrs today at 1, and tom'w sometime. I recommend touring Mac's Flexi Museum today at noon or 2:30.

actually bought some stuff, maybe $20 total. Have to say fave was a coaster with 'The Beatles' in the middle of the NY Mets logo.

I will be at the LP Cover Modification Table 12-4. Come say hi!

so Ronnie Spector showed up in the last hour! I'd be aghast at missing that if I hadn't seen her perform twice.

Oh, I saw her walk by me at the LP Mod table.

I missed Tokyo Rozoemary, as I probably didn't show up til closer to 4:30... I got a few records, stayed within my budget. <3

Anyone going to RadioVision things?

Dealer list now posted:

http://www.wfmu.org/recfair/

Robin Edgerton (and me) will be going and doing some seriously cleaning out of her CD/Vinyl yet again as she pares her collection. As someone who's gotten to spend a fair deal of time rummaging through it in the past, I'm gonna tell you you're doing a disservice to yourself if you don't stop by her table. She'll be there all day Sunday and I'll be with her so please please stop by and say hi.

that pdf morbs posted isn't totally complete just yet btw

Yay! I will be there Sunday.

i will be going on saturday this year, fairly early afternoon, then hoping to hit the fluxus exhibit @ NYU's grey art gallery later in the afternoon if anyone's interested to go wit me & the wife.

Not sure of Sat plans; i'll be behind the LP table Sunday afternoon.

Some day I will be able to be in NYC for this.

look us up morbs!

for sure, though I've pretty much stopped buying records!

(and listening to them)

FMU making its own record fair redundant

i'll be there--probably Saturday...? what booths are you guys (forks, morbs) at?

i'm at b6, sunday only tho

b6 or bsquare

<3

Mine is an undisclosed but intuitively obvious location.

dude, don't feed me straight lines

"feed"

wet... snowy, moist record dealers...

I found the following yesterday for very reasonable prices, and I'll probably go back tomorrow for a few hours as well:

Iron Maiden: Killers
Iron Maiden: Maiden Japan
Iron Maiden: Somewhere in Time
Eno: Before and After Science
Black Sabbath: Sabotage
a cool book written in 1989 called "U2: The Early Years" with many hilarious/amazing photos

ran into sanskrit

challopsy $10 purchase from FMU table: deluxe 20th anniv Nevermind

No record fair for me. I am too exhausted from today's snow adventures.

jeez i am not looking forward to tomorrow

i only bought four records. but i didn't have nearly enuff time to look thoroughly. i didn't get there til close to 5 :(

I really wanted to go to this but the snow kinda messed everything up.. is the next one soon?

about 362 days iirc

yeah, it's no longer twice a year...

Spent about $30, maybe more than someone who never plays his records should.

mini-fair today at the Bell House, you can get in from 11am-3pm (closes at 5)

So... anyone going this year? I'll be working Todd-o-phonic Todd's table on Friday if you want to visit.

Fri eve always tough for me. Think many friends will be there Sat, so then. Maybe Sunday too, for... Blowfly.

http://wfmu.org/recfair/rf_livebcasts.html

I'm too old and tired to work at the FMU table.

i'll be there on Saturday, wish i could stay for Blowfly!

Here we go!

wow, m0nica has a table sat/sun.

I'm amped for this--bought a new turntable and haven't bought records in years. My friend tells me that classic rock records sell for a lot now because youngsters with a lot of money to burn are building collections. Somehow I thought there would be cheap copies of Exile on Main Street forever (I have lost a lot of records I had 30 years ago!)

what happened to my discount postcard, is what i wanna know

I met a Laura Cantrell hater!

how is that even possible?

How was the fair? Not 18th Street, right?

I saw a Laura Cantrell today walking down 37th Avenue.

i haven't been to one of these in years. i need to remedy that.

i bought a Vivaldi CD for $1, that's it. go to schmooze

Picked up a Folk Implosion record and that's it. Felt kind of defeated I couldn't pull the trigger on some other things in time and make the trip more worth it.

Vendor tables for WFMU's 2015 Record Fair are selling out quickly! This year's fair is May 1st, 2nd, and 3rd at the Brooklyn Expo Center (72 Noble St in Greenpoint.

i was actually thinking of going halfsies on a table, but given the time crunch if i actually cull before moving i guess i'll just call ian.

does ian set up a table there? I haven't bumped into him at any of these yet.

It looks like I'll probably be helping out a Todd-o-phonic Todd's table this year again.

he occasionally appears on either side of a table.

Right! Well either way I must have missed him.

it'll be interesting to see if the non-Brooklyn crowd can find their way to Greenpoint (with the L train down).

http://wfmu.org/recfair/

http://wfmu.org/recfair/rf_livebcasts.html

Note above, you can see the FMU documentary film on Saturday at 1:30.

It'll be interesting for sure. Academy Records literally sharing a wall with the space- this should work out well for them.

Should be fine as long as the G train is running. Not really that confusing.

Nah, but it still has the potential to affect the total turnout.

Possibly but I have a feeling it's gonna be pretty packed.

might go late Sunday, on way home from Mets game?

going saturday late afternoon

your dealer list download here

http://wfmu.org/recfair/rf_dlrlist.html

Just got back. Very nice space, light and airy, unlike previous venues. Very dismayed at the jacked up prices though.

ditto on the air and light

after admission, i spent $5.

I saw ian there. He said the same exact thing!

Worked Todd-o-phonic's table Friday/Saturday and we took turns walking around.

I did really well myself:

Cannanes - The African Man's Tomato
Pastels - Illumination
Brilliant Corners - Somebody Up There Likes Me
Th' Faith Healers - Lido
Chuck Johnson - Crows In The Basilica
14 Iced Bears - S/T
Stereolab - Peng!
Beat Happening - Jamboree
Pooh Sticks - Formula One Generation
Silkworm - Never Met A Man I Didn't Like (7")
Tall Dwarfs - That's The Short And The Long Of It

I bought mostly 7"s. I only went to a few tables.

not yet reflected on this page, but James Chance has been booked to play Sunday at 2

http://wfmu.org/recfair/rf_livebcasts.html

also they're showing the FMU documentary

I'll be working at Todd-o-phonic's table again tomorrow.

i might be there before 2pm, just browzin'

that'd be Saturday

Oh, well you won't see me!

I'll be there on Sunday.

the NWS advises that it is Damp Record Dealer Day.

didn't make it over yesterday... anyone see James Chance or Fat White Family?

Nah I was only there Friday. Upset I missed The Moles on Saturday, though.

nope but I did buy an embarrassing amount of records

Well, what did you get?

i went on saturday, pretty much all day with a few breaks for beer and fresh air.

i got a lot of stuff, was mostly looking for folkloric/ethnographicd LPs but wound up with some jazz and stuff too.

highlights -
jon gibson 'two pieces'
two volumes of yugoslavian folk music on ocora
lal & mike waterson 'bright phoebus'
art ensemble of chicago 'people in sorrow'
2 indian 78s on folkways

couple other things i can't remember exactly right now. couple more indian LPs. a hoyt axton LP..

now i need to sell some records to make up for my overspending

ian i'll give you $25 for yr bright phoebus

oh man, bright phoebus!

25 american dollars, ian (including shipping)

I went late Sunday and scooped up a couple of cheap things. Missed James Chance, but did see Fat White Family's singer's head damn near explode.

bright phoebus was my big splurge. i bought it from a friend so i got a little money off but..

highlights were the last lilian hak album and the first frida hyvonen album, something by jay-jay johanson, there's probably more in there

i don't covet records (or i try not to) but i covet bright phoebus

also a bunch of kristin nordeval records in the 50-cent bins, which, if they're good enough for alex ross they're good enough for me

Was anyone else there on Friday?

Went on Sunday. Stopped for a cup of coffee up the street from the venue before I went in. Once I got inside I realized I couldn't find the change for my coffee (I had paid with a $20.00 bill.) So I hustled back to the coffee shop (still didn't find the $) and it was raining so hard that the stamp on my hand washed off so I had to beg for re-entry. Stressful few minutes. Once I got my shit together it was a pretty great show. Found some good deals (U-Roy, Bill Withers & a few more.) I have to make sure to be less high next year.

!!!

Sunday, April 30:

3pm: Live performance by Matmos with Chuck Bettis!

http://www.wfmu.org/recfair/rf_livebcasts.html

http://www.wfmu.org/recfair/rf_locdir.html

Sadly I will be working Sunday.. BUT, I'm sharing a table with 50 Miles of Elbow Room on Saturday all day.

they are also playing at the Stone on Sat night fwiw

ah yes, the day before rent is due

use yr best judgment...

also showing the recent Sharon Jones and Danny Fields docs

https://wfmu.org/movielounge/

think I'll be there a couple hours Sat and longer Sun

http://wfmu.org/recfair/rf_dlrlist.html

last day, bargaintown

Ken is threatening to spackle any exposed asscracks.

Wreckless Eric, Saturday at 3!

on my way

I'll be at the merch table Sunday afternoon, come say hi

i saw sanskrit!

I helped Todd again this year on Friday. Had a nice time!

Roughly half of the people that show up early admission on Friday seem like they blindly put on whatever clothes are in an old box in the attic and then rush directly over to the expo center.

Be happy they put on clothes, even if it's a Bad News Bears jersey.

Unlikely to make it today due to dumb job seeking.