A few days ago, I hit up my local record spot to dig through the crates one last time before it closes its doors forever, a little more than a week from now. Sadly, they’re being forced out of their location, along with a few other businesses on the block, to make way for new development in the area. It sucks but, looking on the brighter side of things, it’s somewhat comforting to know that they aren’t closing as a result of the declining interest in vinyl–something that’s driven way too many stores out of business over these last few years.

I’m telling you, if stores continue to die off at this pace, I’m gonna find myself digging full time on eBay one of these days. Or maybe not.

Anyhow, I went in hoping to get lucky and stumble across a gem or two hidden away amongst the hugely discounted inventory, instead I got my hands on two records from the premium stash that satisfied my hunger just the same, if not more:

Doug Carn ft. Jean Carn – Revelation (1973)
Doug Carn – Adams Apple (1974)

Both are from the catalog of the short-lived Black Jazz Records imprint founded by the late jazz pianist Gene Russell. Huge scores for my collection! Thinking on it now, even though I didn’t pick up much that day, I think that may have been one of the more satisfying digs that I’ve ever had at that spot. Guess that last trip was worth it.