I forgot, I also bought this.
It was playing in the shop, but it was the guy’s personal copy.
Had a mooch on Bandcamp and the cassette comes with a side order of download, so that’s a win-win. Cassette-enjoying buddy gets the tape, and I get the download.
It’s all that Kelley @Professor_Chaos 's fault.
I really like what the Silent State guy does.
as an exercise in celebrating my stupidity just spanked £130 on tom mcrea debut album. bought the cd when it came out, then turned it down at £50 as too expensive , then again at £85, saw it on discogs for £125 (usual price now seems to be £200 plus
CD is £3 still - still can’t believe I have bought my first £50 plus LP
Won’t be long before that is common.
Plenty of recent releases from the likes of Lana Del Rey (i.e. fairly mainstream) at almost that price already
HMV website
You can find them cheaper elsewhere but that is the direction of travel
Remember a friend in the early 80s used to buy special cut albums I think from Germany at £50 a go.
Seemed outrageous then when most albums were around £6.99 or so.
If your tastes are eclectic there’s still all kinds of amazingly cheep used vinyl about
Less so here in the UK I find. My tastes are super eclectic, but I don’t need any cliff Richard or Andy Williams!
Charity shops are off the list then!
I was chatting with the same friend about this this morning. His reaction was basically “duh, why didn’t you buy it?”. I guess the answer was that I wasn’t completely certain of what I was looking at. I also suggested that if it genuinely was a new record from over 30 years ago then it had almost certainly come from Alex, who lives at the other end of the road.
So I went back and long story short, it was exactly what it looked like, and it was being sold on behalf of Alex, and it is now mine, muwuhahah.
However now I’m not sure whether I should keep it pristine, play it, or give it to my friend as a wedding present.
I can see that at some point in the past I have botched together a “download” of it from other sources. However evidently not all the mixes are available digitally 
Save your money,I’m selling loads of my records off in the next few months. 
Had a chat with the wife. This is what will be happening. He’s an Orb fan of very long standing and has oodles of their vinyl.
Probs need to get something for the fiancé too
All bought from Hard Bop Kyoto. Could have easily bought loads more from his very deep stock but wallet/luggage space meant I didn’t. Will certainly revisit with a clearer list of wants, budget and luggage space.
Most are US original or early re-presses, with some Japanese pressing with and without OBI’s. Just working my way through but so far match the VG rating he had given.
