Back in Minnesota! I booked a flight for under $200 and did about 90 minutes of work in Hastings. Then I decided to stay in downtown Minneapolis and I found a really cheap room. Had plenty of time to kill that afternoon and again the following morning before my flight left. First up was Electric Fetus.
The outside looked inviting – couldn’t wait to get in there. Inside, I was disappointed. I would say that records is probably about 50% of what they sell. They have tons of clothes, hats, knick knacks….all kinds of junk. And 90% of their vinyl inventory was new sealed reissues. I dug through the used jazz and didn’t find much. Lots of hipsters and people who seemed more pleased to be there than to look for tunes.
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| Cool jacket, bro. |
I was pretty bummed that I wasted a half an hour getting to and walking around inside Electric Fetus. I decided I’d go out on a limb and chance it at one more stop. Cheapo Records was a legit store – my kind of place!
Huge jazz section and lots of grimy old vinyl to dig through. The really valuable stuff they kept behind the counter, and used a print out of the discogs page for the release on a chunk of cardboard as a place holder. Never seen this system before but not a bad idea!
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| Well worth it – I’d be all over this if it wasn’t too rich for my blood.
But worth every penny, if you can afford it! |
Came across a couple really funky promos. One had a letter that seemed to threaten legal action if you did not use it as prescribed – the other was sort of pathetically begging you to play it.
Well I found a Laura Nyro album pretty quick and started toting it around as I was certain I would not leave without it. I found a copy once before a long time ago (I don’t know how I remember this stuff sometimes) and it was pretty shredded so I had to leave it behind. Funny to think I’ve kind of been looking for the same record for 3 1/2 years. Well I did end up leaving it behind because I found something far superior. I have quite a few Walter Wanderley albums at this point, I’m always looking for more, but especially when they are on Verve. Well this one meets that qualification AND it is a promo (maybe not officially, it does appear to be stamped, though it is stamped on the center labels which is rare) and it is also a very odd white label which I have never seen. I have a nice collection of Verve stuff including some other promos but nothing like this. Great, great album and I only paid four bucks for it!
