Teasing the Korean Posted Friday at 09:26 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 09:26 PM Has this happened to you? It happened to me at least twice, in two different cities, a few years before the pandemic. 1. Dusty Groove (Chicago) - I walked in, and I had a feeling that I would find Paul Horn's Cleopatra album on Columbia. I go to the Paul Horn section, and...it's not there. I continue browsing through the store, and at the very end, I look through the new arrivals, and lo and behold, there is a pristine mono copy of Cleopatra. 2. Philadelphia Record Exchange - I walked in, and was sure that I would find a copy of Erroll Garner's Other Voices. The Erroll Garner section was particularly fat, and I had several copies to choose from. I grabbed the mono 6-eye original. The funny thing about both of these situations was that I was not specifically looking for either of these LPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted Friday at 09:38 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 09:38 PM (edited) Nope. I've never had any sort of premonition like that. Edited Friday at 09:39 PM by HutchFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted Saturday at 05:26 AM Report Share Posted Saturday at 05:26 AM Whenever I entered Red Octopus Records @ Wien (several times a week during the eighties) I found items I wasn't looking for .... beneath others 😇🤓 .... and I had for the most part not enough money with me, so my debt list kept getting longer .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted Saturday at 05:37 AM Report Share Posted Saturday at 05:37 AM U B special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted Saturday at 11:41 AM Report Share Posted Saturday at 11:41 AM I distinctly remember I've had such premonitions, though I for the most part cannot recall which ones they exactly were about. However, as far as I recall these "hunches" were not so much about records that I wasn't particularly looking for but rather about records that I had been looking for either for quite a while or for special reasons and somehow felt "the time is rife for a copy to pop up". And sho'nuff, that's what happened. About the only occasion like that where I do remember the details (this occurred last December) was the Lionel Hampton sessions with Mezz Mezzrow of November 1953. One day I read a review of a 12" LP featuring all the tracks from that session, and upon checking my shelves I found I "only" had a 50s original 10" with part of the tracks, and started wondering "How come the others escaped me through the decades?" And then, a couple of days later somehow a distinct feeling grabbed me that "the next time I'll stop by my #1 local record shop I'll find a copy there". For no particular reason because I had not checked the Hampton bins for ages. And indeed - there were two copies of a 70s Barclay reissue twofer that included ALL the music - both in great condition and nicely priced - one priced even nicer than the other so that's the one i took home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pim Posted Saturday at 03:24 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 03:24 PM It’s mostly the other way around. I’m hoping to find a certain record but I’m not finding it. Worst experience was Berlin where I visited 10 record stores with a 60 item wishlist and didn’t find a single one of them…. Well I found one which after all appeared to be a bootleg version. my last visit to de mega lp cd fair in Den Bosch was more successful. With a more humble wishlist of 30 items I managed to find 9 of the items on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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