“The Days Run
Away Like Wild Horses Over The Hills” so said Charles Bukowski while he was
deep in the bowels of vinyl filing. For time has little meaning here and one’s
life is completely taken over. I have barely scratched the surface of my
collection so will be here for a long time yet. However, I’m hardly compulsive
at this stage, taking my chance to register possession of the items in question
randomly at best. When I first started out I predicted that it would take me a
couple of months to put everything on line. Now I’ll be happy if I’ve got it
done by the end of the year; with the possible caveat of alpabeticising my
entire collection as well.
The last couple
of sessions have been largely taken up with Californian turn-of-the-century
tribal house. The type which was hammered down at Wiggle and which was best
appreciated in the constant company of the little fellas. Great on the dance
floor but anonymous elsewhere, save for a few which stand out. Siesta was one
of those labels, but it’s stalwart artists like Onionz and Joeski barely
register any interest nowadays. DJ Buck’s ‘Make It Hot’ seems to be the most
sought after on the label, closely followed by Halo’s ‘Future’. The Inland
Knights release also seems to be going for more than thirty pence, which is as
much as a lot of collectors think most releases on this label are generally
worth, regardless of condition.
So, in spite of
providing many quintessential hedonistic dance floor moments, this stuff
doesn’t seem to have been the best of vinyl investments. It’ll come around
again though. The stuff on Jump, another Californian label, is much more
valuable, however. It all boils down to the artist rather than the imprint as
far as these releases are concerned. I
suppose this post, already being a repeat of the previous Discogs one to a
certain extent, is destined to be repeated again and again over the next few
months. I still can’t get over how much this is going for though.
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