Wheel in the Sky

After moving into the New House, I found myself a shelf in a basement room that was ideal for storing my vinyl that I had been estranged from for six years. (They had lain fallow in a Cleveland basement.)

I cleaned off the shelf (finding local newspapers from 1943 and 1966- boy, those celebrants of the Greatest Generation omit mention of the deadly race riots that occurred during the war) and loaded up my collection.

Shortly after I had re-established this connection, Mrs. B, feeling guilty about an imminent Target buying spree, volunteered to buy a retro turntable. I said Yes and she came home with a 4-in-1 gizmo that could even play my 78s. I was psyched and started pulling out the old ELO, Carpenters, Wishbone Ash, ZZ Top, Big Star, and K-Tel gems.

Sadly, however, I alphabetized the records and am at a loss to explain the absence of many blues, R & B, and colored ELO vinyl. Wha? I did cull out some records along the way (bye bye Doors bootlegs), but would I have really jettisoned Ginger Baker and Fela jamming together?