… you want the salt

I’m off to bed in Auckland - was meant to fly to Wellington today, but have postponed a couple of days due to the storm emergency there.
Here’s a #12inchTuesday quartet from my photo archive
Night night/good morning

Great deal

Say what, now?

Ouch!
Hope it’s not too painful and you heal swiftly

No, just Wellington, then Oz.

I wanted Kapp & Scepter more

I knew you’d approve. Had to get the red one, even though there was a blue in slightly better nick.

Literally just stopped for 2 minutes on the way back to Auckland from a weekend on Coromandel so my driver could tell his missus what time he’d be home.

Kia ora #WeekendSingles folk of the northern hemisphere.
I’ve been clearing challenging trails in the Coromandel bush this weekend (nearly did for my knees) but here are my Auckland acquisitions, plus some flora and fauna from my trip.
(2 singles shown twice to show the blagged sleeves)

Yup. Just stopped briefly at a place called Waitakaruru

The exchange rate is pretty good right now - the stuff in those boxes is £3.50 each.
Having said that, most of it is utter tat - I think everything got was a US release.

I was thinking of you as I flicked through them.
I don’t recall seeing that blue one, and I’m kicking myself for not resleeving two Curtis Mayfield singles in the very nice Buddah sleeves in the boxes - hadn’t realised Curtom was part of Buddah.
Hoping to have time to check out Southbound.

Beware #WeekendSingles folk!
Nowhere is safe.
Yesterday I was forced to look through every one of the 20 lower boxes here, and was only allowed to escape back to the safety of the Auckland Buddhist Centre by agreeing to purchase this bag of 7”s.

Auckland awaits @psbhq.bsky.social

Good job you’ve got a remote shopping crew.

In California I stayed in a tiny house, saw some very big trees, and met Corvid Al by the Golden Gate Bridge.

‘Sausage’ is also a British term of endearment.
However ‘gorgeous sausage’ would be a bit too effusive for most of us.

Poltergeist poo

Hi from somewhere over the Pacific.
My phone says it’s 3.22am Monday morning, and in 7.5 hours I’ll arrive in Auckland, where it will be 6.00am Tuesday!

Im an International Man of Crate Digging™️

Birthday Boy YouTube video by The Residents - Topic

It’s from a song in Duckstab

youtu.be/n4kyPMasYc0?...

That bloody fan thing always sends me in the wrong direction!

I’m off to see some redwoods today on my way to the airport, as I’ll be flying to New Zealand this evening.
The weirdnesses of timezones mean I don’t arrive until Tuesday.
So, here’s the last dozen of my San Francisco haul. Couldn’t resist another copy of Duckstab, or the $1 (75p) Motors promo.

Splendid.

I’ve got the rather dull black sleeve with 8 bit text

Most of the ones I’ve seen are small, but Amoeba Music is massive.
This is just the heavy metal section, which I filmed for @brighterdayvinyl.bsky.social

Envy!

Here’s mine (which is one I did get from Probe) - and I think is the second press - and its successor

😮