Record Convention

["Scott Schrade" <schrade@akrobiz.com>]

I went to the local record convention today & got some WHO / Pete
stuff.

1. Pittsburgh Star Lake 6/29/00 double CD (CD-R's actually).
    Fair-ish sounding audience DAT recording with an 'orrible
    high-end noise running throughout, forcing me to greatly re-
    duce the treble!  Definitely not as good as the Jones Beach 
    CD boot.  Oh yeah, the title is LET'S SEE ACTION.  I was 
    at this concert so naturally I *had* to buy it!

2. 12" white label vinyl promo single "Ask Yourself" b/w "
    "Brooklyn Kids."  I can't recall ever coming across this at
    a record show before.  I "scooped" it up for $8.00!

3. 12" white label vinyl promo single "Eminence Front (edit)"
    b/w "Eminence Front (LP version)."  I was extremely happy
    to pay $12.00 for this because I've seen it selling in NYC
    for between $40.00 & $50.00!  

4. 12" white label vinyl promo single "Face The Face" b/w "Hid-
    ing Out."  I nearly didn't buy it, thinking I already had it, then
    I realized it was the nicer, picture-sleeve version I had, not
    this one.  Whit label promo records are bland, no pictures
    on the covers, etc.  I bought this from CVC Collectibles, of
    which fellow lister Greg Biggs is an owner.  However, once
    again, it was only Greg's hard-working wife manning the table
    & doing all the dirty work.  Tsk tsk.  The record was a reason-
    able $10.00.

One thing I noticed at this convention is that the 'first wave' of WHO
CD boots are now being bootlegged (!) onto cheaper CD-R copies.
I'm not sure why exactly, but this made me sad.

Oh well, it was an OK record convention.  Any time I can add to
my WHO / WHO-related vinyl collection is a happy day indeed.


- SCHRADE in Akron