Front cover of the vinyl edition of the ‘Call Me By Your Name’ film soundtrack

Rear cover of the vinyl edition of the ‘Call Me By Your Name’ film soundtrack

The peach colored A-side of disc 1; allegedly these were also peach-scented, but I always got a noseful of vinyl static and plastic

List of the first 16 prompts for the Halloween Vinyl Challenge

#HalloweenVinylChallenge Day 7: Sensitive Soul (album that makes you cry)
There’s so much that goes through my mind when listening to this soundtrack, most of it having nothing to do with the film and more to events in my life during and after the first time I watched it.

Cover of Mavis Staples’ self-titled debut album

A-side of the “Tiger Eye” colored vinyl

B-side of the “Tiger Eye” colored vinyl

Prompts for days 1-16 of the Halloween Vinyl Challenge

#HalloweenVinylChallenge Day 6: “Pumpkin Orange” Pressing.
This #VinylMePlease record club edition of Mavis Staples’ delightful debut album features a faithfully reproduced sleeve (right down to the dual-layer construction method) and pressed onto gorgeous 180-gram "Tiger Eye" colored vinyl

#HalloweenVinylChallenge Day 4: Album Cover That Creeps You Out.
I don’t have a Shudder subscription so I haven’t seen the movie yet; instead I’ll let the album speak for itself. The main theme is a banger supported by an eerie, suspenseful score; an absolute love letter to 80’s horror synth scores.

Panorama image of all my 12” Rush vinyl records, superimposed over a blurred out graphic of the Starman logo from their 2112/late 70’s era

From left to right: -Rush Archives: the first three studio albums: Rush, Fly By Night, Caress of Steel -Fly By Night -Live at the Agora Ballroom, 1974 (picture disc) -Live at the Agora Ballroom, 1975 (picture disc) -Live in Cleveland, 1975 (picture disc) -2112 -All The World’s A Stage (Live Album) -A Farewell To Kings -Hemispheres -Spirit of Radio -Live in St Louis, 1980

From left to right: -Moving Pictures -Exit…Stage Left (Live Album) -Rush Through Time (Compilation) -Signals -Grace Under Pressure -Power Windows -Hold Your Fire -A Show of Hands (Live Album) -Presto -Roll The Bones

From left to right: -Counterparts -Vapor Trails (Remixed) -Feedback (EP)

#HalloweenVinylChallenge Day 4: Stalker (Most Owned Releases for One Artist)
I’ve been a fan of Rush for as long as I’ve been able to comprehend music (my dad is a superfan and got me hooked early) So far I’ve collected 28 Rush records, encompassing studio & live albums, compilations, and singles.

#HalloweenVinylChallenge Day 3: Album you are terrified to damage.

My 4 Sisters Of Mercy box sets - 4 LPs in each one. All still sealed. Value = $1000+ for all.

The original 1970’s japanese releases of The Beatles’ Red and Blue compilation albums

Screenshot of my original Instagram post from when I received the records after winning them in a 10K followers celebratory giveaway from a sadly now-defunct online indie record store.

Spooky angled glowy text that reads “Halloween Vinyl Challenge” on a black background

List of the first 16 days of the Halloween Vinyl Challenge

#HalloweenVinylChallenge Day 3: Album you are terrified to damage.
Nine years ago I won these original 1970’s Japanese pressings of The Beatles’ red and blue albums on 180gram translucent color vinyl.

Reviving this trend on insta, kinda want to do it here too:
#HalloweenVinylChallenge Day 1: Pairs Nicely With Pumpkin Spice.
Kicking things off with Toto’s soundtrack to David Lynch’s 1984 film adaptation of Dune, pressed onto a gorgeous disk of Melange Spice vinyl. Cinnamon? I don’t even know her!