Well – and I guess I can say this about many places I’ve been – I never thought I’d find myself in Maryland. And not only did I go, but the whole thing came together with just a few days notice. Worked for maybe 4 hours. Can’t beat that, right? Usually a plane ticket to Baltimore with that little notice (it was over $500) would be prohibitive and the customer would balk. Not this time – and I think I might even be back.
As soon as I got off the plane, I jumped in an Uber and headed to a Goodwill in Glen Burnie. I hate vertically stored records in thrift stores because they are never under any kind of organization. Within about 10% of the stack I found a gem! I was sure it would be badly scratched or something but I was afraid to look, so I set it aside until I got through the rest. I didn’t find anything else worth buying but I did find a hilarious ‘how-to’ record.
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| Let’s go back to my room…..nice hair, guys |
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| ‘The Golden Girls’ theme (original version) is so nice, someone did it twice… |
So I was content that I was able to sneak in some thrifting (and even found something) before I had to go to work. Now if work ran late, it wouldn’t matter and I wouldn’t regret it if I never made it back to Maryland. But alas, we got done at a reasonable time and I had time to hit one more! So I headed over to Jessup, near my hotel. The records were in the book section (nothing odd there) but the crates faced the back of the store and for a few seconds I got short of breath and thought perhaps they didn’t have any. Oh, but they did!
I found perhaps my favorite Dan Fogelberg song as the B-side to this single, I try to buy 7″ only if they have a picture sleeve. This one was ‘naked’ and now it looks like no picture sleeve exists. I have mild regret for letting it go. The Wes Montgomery I already have with about 95% of the CTI 3000 series but its a pretty nice find for a Goodwill.
Then I let out a gasp because I found something truly awesome. I found a barbershop record (score #1), I don’t already have it – and I have many (score #2). It is for a local (score #3) and international champion quartet (score #4). It is autographed (score #5) – and last but not least, I DO have this quartets other LP, but not this one. So it is perfect in so many ways. It is also in great condition. I freaked out because I knew I had one or the other and I wasn’t sure which. What a very productive 24 hours in Maryland! (I also found a piece of Pyrex for my girlfriend as you can see on the receipt)
