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Lost and Found

pmsummer

pmsummer

simul justus et peccator
About a decade ago, I decided to get rid of my vinyl collection (at that time about 5,000 LPs). About a third of my collection went to my church's rummage sale. This was mostly Rock 'n Roll LPs of no great value to me, uninteresting Classical, and a bunch of novelty records. Some gems, but not too many.

The shock of parting with this vinyl drove me in the other direction: I started playing, acquiring, and hunting vinyl again. But in my LP metanoia, I couldn't find some of my LPs by a certain artist I liked. I knew I had pulled a handful of LPs out of a box I took to the church, but I was wondering if the fever of dis-collecting had caused me to make a horrible mistake. For years, I have been haunted by my mistake.

Yesterday, my thirty-something daughter said to me, "I have a bunch of LPs you gave me years ago that I don't have any interest in, it's just not my kind of music. Do you want them back? I haven't even played them."

"What are they?!" I asked, breathlessly.

And now, the rest of the story.

Well, there were thirteen (a handful) of LPs in her possession (now back in mine). I recall now giving them to her because they were too good to go to the rummage sale, but I didn't think I was ever going to play them again. They have been unplayed since she took them. Pristine condition (some jacket wear). First editions mostly (US or EU). Here's the list.


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POSSIBLE MUSICS
Jon Hassell/Brian Eno


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AMBIENT 1
Music for Airports
Brian Eno


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AMBIENT 2
The Plateaux of Mirror
Harold Budd/Brian Eno


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AMBIENT 4
On Land
Brian Eno


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ANOTHER GREEN WORLD
Brian Eno


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MUSIC FOR FILMS
Brian Eno


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DISCRETE MUSIC
Brian Eno


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APOLLO
Atmospheres & Soundtracks
Brian Eno


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EVENING STAR
Fripp & Eno


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THE JEZEBEL SPIRIT - EP
Brian Eno & David Byrne


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CLUSTER & ENO
Cluster, Eno


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AFTER THE HEAT
Eno, Moebius, Rodelius


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ELECTRONIC MUSIC
John Cage, Luciano Berio, Ilhan Mimaroglu​


Very happy fellow!
 
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Fabulous story.

I relate to it because I have been reunited (and it feels so good) with old LPs of mine on two separate occasions.

I had not heard of metanoia before--quite an interesting idea.
 
Do you think she would have become an Eno fan if you'd just included Here Come the Warm Jets?
 
I know how you feel...even though I got rid of a ton of vinyl back in about '87 when I was 2yrs into my first CDP. I have been able to find most of them, there are a few that make me regret my brain fart.
 
Great story. :)

The only title there that I've heard is "Ambient 1," I found it at a garage sale about a year and a half ago. Excellent stuff, and I'm always on the lookout for more Eno.
 
Great story, even better music!!!!! Congrats on your rediscovery, my friend!
 
Jezebel Spirit! Love that and the whole album it came from!
I have four of these. How nice to find it again.

(If only I could get back my Moody Blues 1/2 speed mastered Mobile Fidelity LPS that I so stupidly sold for cheap in the early 90s. Argh!)
 
RichPA said:
PM needs hallucinogens now, stat! :D
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I never used hallucinogens when listening to any of those. Did I miss something? Maybe it's not too late to give it a try. I did fall asleep many a drunken Saturday night listening to Apollo when I was a freshman in college.

Maybe I should start a "Your favorite falling asleep records" thread to compare notes with what other guys use for the last listen of the night.
 
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