All I Need Is Everything
When I was a teenager mad about records, I used to have this recurring dream. I would be in a small record store somewhere and as I flipped through the racks, my heart will start to race. That's because the racks would be filled with every imagineable 12" or LP that I had been looking all over Singapore for. In the dream I am invariably alone, so there would be no one to hear my exclamations of delight. I remember having to bottle up my excitement inside and feeling, in my rapture, the slight need to shit.
Anyway, that was the feeling I got flipping through the racks at this chain of music stores in Bangkok called Music One. I first chanced upon their new branch on the 7th floor on the Zen department store in Central World Plaza. It seemed like your normal half-hearted CD counter sandwiched between a bookstore, stationery shelves etc. But the minute I started browsing through the racks, I knew instantly that I had to go through every single one of those titles so that I don't miss anything. The next day, I took a half-hour train ride to some cineplex in the boondogs (Ekamai station) so that I could visit their main branch. It's one of those CD collections that's been carefully curated. It has trendy indie bands, dance mix CDs, and a lot of 80s CDs you never thought you'd ever see again (think The Call, All About Eve, Adam & The Ant Peel Sessions).
The full damage, after much restraint, costing about 7,000 baht:
1. Pet Grief - The Radio Dept (2006)
2. Lullaby - Book Of Love (1988)
3. Flaunt The Imperfection - China Crisis (1985)
4. Knife - Aztec Camera (1984)
5. New Live And Rare (Japan only) - Aztec Camera (1988)
6. OMD (Remastered) - OMD (1980)
7. Floating Into The Night (Japan press) - Julee Cruise (1986)
8. Pipes Of Peace (Remastered) - Paul McCartney (1983)
9. Compendium The Fontana Trinity - The Lilac Time (2001)
10. Spin Dazzle - Boy George/Culture Club (1992)
I'm going back to visit the other 2 branches!
Anyway, that was the feeling I got flipping through the racks at this chain of music stores in Bangkok called Music One. I first chanced upon their new branch on the 7th floor on the Zen department store in Central World Plaza. It seemed like your normal half-hearted CD counter sandwiched between a bookstore, stationery shelves etc. But the minute I started browsing through the racks, I knew instantly that I had to go through every single one of those titles so that I don't miss anything. The next day, I took a half-hour train ride to some cineplex in the boondogs (Ekamai station) so that I could visit their main branch. It's one of those CD collections that's been carefully curated. It has trendy indie bands, dance mix CDs, and a lot of 80s CDs you never thought you'd ever see again (think The Call, All About Eve, Adam & The Ant Peel Sessions).
The full damage, after much restraint, costing about 7,000 baht:
1. Pet Grief - The Radio Dept (2006)
2. Lullaby - Book Of Love (1988)
3. Flaunt The Imperfection - China Crisis (1985)
4. Knife - Aztec Camera (1984)
5. New Live And Rare (Japan only) - Aztec Camera (1988)
6. OMD (Remastered) - OMD (1980)
7. Floating Into The Night (Japan press) - Julee Cruise (1986)
8. Pipes Of Peace (Remastered) - Paul McCartney (1983)
9. Compendium The Fontana Trinity - The Lilac Time (2001)
10. Spin Dazzle - Boy George/Culture Club (1992)
I'm going back to visit the other 2 branches!
posted by rookcub at
5:50 PM
1 Comments:
i'm sorry....'when i was a teenager and mad about records'....?
judging from your postings on this subject, one assumes that now in your thirties, you've progressed from mad to complete gaga-dom on the subject of music
reading your various postings about your cds reminds me of the passion i also once had for music - those long gone days when i would visit weekly record fairs all over south east essex, norfolk and everywhere i ever went on holiday in the british isles and scour second hand shops, bargain bins and market stalls with wide-eyed enthusiasm, excited anticipation of the next valuable find and the elation of discovering a long forgotten gem or a much sought after picture sleeve - and then there were the long hours i spent in specialist hi fi shops listening to combinations of different turntables, amplifiers, cd players and speakers in order to achieve that perfectly balanced sound before blowing a summer's hard earned factory wages on a component system that would vibrate my neighbour's false teeth out of her mouth through two layers of bricks and breeze blocks
i can remember my final cd buying binge quite clearly - the month leading up to the closure of tower records in pacific plaza when i seemed to be continually spending my evenings wandering the isles in a price-slashed daze filling seemingly bottomless baskets with ridiculously priced bargains - and the joy of finding that the prices kept reducing with each passing week
i envy your continuing enthusiasm for increasing your collection, which in true john peel fashion you will soon need to house in a building with reinforced foundations
it also makes me wonder how i came to lose that passion myself - although i must admit i still get a bit of a rush these days when staring at a computer screen i see a green bar followed by the words 'download complete'
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