After an action packed spring, gsalr.com has failed me so many weekends in a row I began to lose hope. As I prepared for the weekend outlined here, I was planning to visit the Oak Park Farmers Market…a family tradition of sorts I hope to keep alive. I have not been able to make it this year so I made it a point to drag my hungover self out of bed early on a Saturday to embark on the 12 mile round trip.
I picked up leeks and mixed wild mushrooms (and some fresh Michigan cherries as an afterthought). I stopped at Red Hen bread for a bagel and coffee on the way back. But the real fun – as provided by the aforementioned website – was yet to come, and conveniently on the way home.
The first sale had a single box (seen below as a young man gets his obsession on track for years to come) which included a copy of the Breakfast at Tiffany’s soundtrack which I narrowly passed on. I decided that outside of Audrey singing ‘Moon River’ I could live without the score. I did however pick up a copy of Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson which runs that gamut from a comfortable version of ‘Help Me Make It Through The Night’ to the epic seven minute version of ‘Sunday Morning Coming Down’.
The second sale just around the corner had far more vinyl to offer – three big boxes. Was having trouble finding any serious contenders besides your everyday ‘consolation prizes’ when I came across a double LP live album to go along with a classic I ‘inherited’ from my deceased relative years ago. Good enough for me!
