My pal Craig Fee has returned from Jerry’s Records in Pittsburgh with a bag full of goodies for me!
Craig strongly recommended a two to three day stay at Jerry’s Records should I ever find myself in Pittsburgh. That’s how much vinyl they have. He also told me that they had a whack of old Van Halen picture sleeves. I said cool, bring ’em back to me! So he did, every single one that they had. He also picked up a promo Helix 12″ single for “Wild in the Streets” on red vinyl! That and some Triumph 12″ promos, plus a surprise that I think tops them up. I think the real treasure may be David Lee Roth’s “Stand Up”, from Skyscraper — a 12″ remix vinyl single that I was previously unaware of! Pretty exciting huh? Additionally, the Van Halen “Best of Both Worlds” contains the live version from the Live Without A Net video on the B-side.
Total expenditure? $45 bones. Craig is a great shopper. Thanks man!
All of these will come in handy in the future, because they coincide with a couple different series ideas that I was already going to work on. Now, those series will be even cooler. Stay tuned.
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Christmas comes early in Canada.
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And it comes again at the normal time too, that’s the beauty of it!
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What a cool set of singles. Bodes well for that mysterious Dutch brothers series you’ve got coming up!
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Yes. No spoilers of course on who that might be. But these records will help :) Not to mention the rarities in here like the remixes and live track.
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Nice haul, Mike. There’s Van Halen, Van Hagar and now…Vinyl Halen (?).
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Thanks Rich! Vinyl Halen Heaven is more like it!
Trust me, you will be reading about these. I’ve just finished the first review.
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That is looking like a spectacular haul! You did a good job of wiping up all the drool before you took those pics. Looking forward to many, many reviews.
Wanna make a road trip to Pittsburgh? ;)
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If we do — and I am sure Craig was not kidding about this — he said the right way to do it is 2-3 days. He said he barely scratched the surface and he’s been there twice this year.
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Sounds like quite a place. I ever win the big one, we’re going on a world-wide record shopping excursion, man.
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First stop — Japan! The place where Japanese imports are not imports, they’re just the regular CD!
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Cool story and better yet cool product!!!
When I see all your retro stuff it kinda makes me miss my Mullet!(no not really)
Hahahahaha…..
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Craig and I were joking about Alex Van Halen’s headband on the cover of the Finish What Ya Started single. He’s even giving this “come hither” look.
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