Record Haul No. 13

Pere Ubu - Cloudland
The Raisins - “Valentine”/”Hoy Hoy Hoy” 7”
The Waterboys - A Pagan Place
Ultra Vivid Scene - “Staring At The Sun”/”Three Stars (*** Version)”

They didn’t have the Buckingham/Nicks album I’d seen on my last visit and had come back to buy. I browsed the 33 1/3 Series books lined up in order on a high shelf, briefly considered buying the one on Tusk, then realized we were about to reach Nicks Overload and put it back.

(Side note that could take up an entire post of its own: I find it strangely fascinating that the entire internet decided to love Stevie Nicks all at once, myself included. I thankblame Tumblr and Emily Gould in equal parts for her resurrection among 20- and 30-somethings, knowing for a fact that up until last year I still thought Fleetwood Mac were a band for White Zin-drinking single mothers with highlights who still looked good in jeans. Since we’re all in this strange gypsy boat together now, seek out the Lester Bangs article “Stevie Nicks: Lilith or Bimbo?” and let’s have a discussion about it.)

I listlessly started browsing the Alt/Punk/Indie used records. Flip, flip-flip *sigh* flip, flip, flip — STOP.

“OH my god. THIS one.”

“What?”

“Remember Ultra Vivid Scene? I was trying to think of who it was Joy Formidable reminded me of, and it’s this song. Those sort of Loop-esque repeated chords and driving drumbeats. [Yes, I actually said that out loud. Who AM I?] I LOVED this song.”

I tucked the album under my arm and carried it to the register. Somewhere in 1992, the wind changed direction and a young Zan’s nose started to itch.

(Previously: Albums Purchased One Hot Weekend, Record Haul, Record Haul No. 2, Record Haul No. 3, Record Haul No. 4, Record Haul No. 5, Record Haul No. 6, Record Haul No. 7, Record Haul No. 8, Record Haul No. 9, Record Haul No. 10, Record Haul No. 11, Record Haul No. 12)

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