I went to the last one and thought it much better than one I attended a couple years before--higher quality wares in general. I will probably attend this one as well. I didn't buy much at the last show several months ago - partly because I am really just filling in certain blanks in the early post psych era, many of them now rare and costly. There were a couple dealers who had such stuff, but it was astronomically priced--I guess the notion was that one should negotiate. But, it was a good show. I do think the last WMFU show I attended in Brooklyn had a far deeper selection of esoteric records, at a price, of course. Maybe just my New York bias showing- but I'm very happy to be living in Austin now, and it is great to have the used record stores here. A lot of the jazz here seems cheap; not super priced stuff, just Pablo, ECM, etc. which seem to be overlooked in favor of classic rock. I'd really like to go to Utrecht, but I think that would be a costly junket (not so much the travel, but a lot of the stuff I buy is from the UK, Germany, etc., and is more readily available there).
If you come across a UK pressing of Cressida Asylum in a high state of play (original, not a reissue) let me know. :)
If you come across a UK pressing of Cressida Asylum in a high state of play (original, not a reissue) let me know. :)