That’s a very cool-looking record.

I wasn’t sure about it after the first couple of tracks — I’ve only really listened to Thickfreakness and Rubber Factory before, so those kind of define the band in my mind, IYSWIM.

It definitely grew on me tho.

I think the turntable belonged to my wife’s ex-husband’s parents originally. Not sure how she ended up with it, but I suspect my stepdaughter may claim it one day. Considering how it had been kept, it’s in remarkably good shape. The belt was shot, and I put a new cartridge in it, but otherwise it’s been great.

I got the amp and speakers new in 2004, I believe. Never given me any trouble either, I’m happy to say.

Yeah, at the time CDs were the thing and I didn’t expect to be able to get a new turntable easily, so I figured it was fine to give them up. Only 20 years later that the regret set in.

I got a decent haul on Saturday for record store day, but it’s definitely going to take some time (and money holy crap) to build a collection again!

I was looking for that album in the record store yesterday, to no avail. Used to have it back in the 90s but foolishly gave it away with the rest of my collection when I moved continents.

Such a good album!

Hopefully the speech recognition is better than whatever the fuck most online video platforms use for automatic subtitles at the moment.