This is a continuation of my "confessions of a new wave vinyl junkie" thread earlier this year.
I've got some strange habits I'd like to get off my chest; hopefully you have some too so I know I'm not the only freak out there...
-When I go through the used bins, I really only look at the header cards labeled "A", "B" etc etc... most of the groups I look for just aren't going to have their own card.
-I have surprisingly little concern for sound quality of the record. If it plays through with no skips, I'm happy. I don't mind a little surface noise here and there; adds to the ambience.
-I tend to be much fussier about the appearance of the cover. If it's got someone's name scribbled on it, I'm likely to wait for another copy to appear (provided it's not too rare). Lately I've become a little more liberal about it, and will pick up a copy with college-radio station's call letters scrawled on it - - as long as I'm pretty certain I won't find another copy fairly easily.
-I never pick up reissues. I want that Kraut "Adjustment to Society" lp so bad, and they have the reissue, but man I just want the original if I can get it. (I know that this sounds a little snooty; believe me, I'm not snooty. It's the same reason I want the lp instead of the CD - - for me,it's just how it's MEANT to be enjoyed).
-I hate to admit it, but here goes....I have a significant number of lps that I've probably listened to less than 45 seconds of. I wanted them, I picked them up, and they're in the "need to listen to" pile. Then I find a bunch more 6 days later. And so it goes and goes and goes.....