Really geeked on this one, so apologies in advance for the long post.
My local Goodwill was having a special this weekend for “Club Blue” members, $10 off your total purchase. Not one to give up some free cash, I thought I’d take a look.
Of course, my first stop was the records. I had been there just a few days ago, so I didn’t expect to come across anything new. What I ended up finding was a honey hole. You know, that rare time that the first one you pull out is great, then the next, and so on.
Up to the register I walked with 16 albums, assuming they were $1 each (you had to spend at least $10 to take advantage of the offer, so I figured that I was set). The cashier informed me that they were only .49 each, so I needed to spend around $2 more for the free offer to kick in. I quickly grabbed a t-shirt for $2.30, and got back in line.
I walked away with 3 Hendrix reissues from the 1970’s, some Bootsy Collins 12” EPs, Pharoah Sanders, a Dizzy Gillespie reissue (sealed!), B.B. King and Bobby Bland double LP, some cool 80’s industrial 12” EPs by Cabaret Voltaire and Front 242, a bit of Reggae (Black Uhura, Sly and Robbie) as well as some other miscellaneous oddities (“The Afros”, anyone?). All basically for FREE with the offer, and all in really nice condition. I Don’t think this will ever happen to me again!