Coloured Vinyl Makes You Into a Moron....

Yep. It's true. I can admit it. When it comes to coloured vinyl, I turn into a complete and utter drooling mongoloid.

Take for example the top left square on the right. Those four records are four copies of Bryan Adams' crap-fest of a Christmas song: "Reggae Christmas." A record that sucks so bad there's no way I could even manage to listen to it once, and I have four of them. Why? Because it's on green vinyl! Granted, they were only 50 cents each, but still!

Two Squares down and to the right is me with my two copies of a single by Los Del Mar. Who is Los Del Mar? Well, I'm glad you asked! After a quick check on Wikipedia I discovered that Los Del Mar covered the 'Macarena' and released it at the same time of the original's reign of terror. AND I HAVE TWO IDENTICAL SINGLES BY THESE BASTARDS!!! WHY??? BECAUSE IT'S ON GOLD VINYL!!!!!

So do you see what I'm getting at? Basically no matter what crap it is, if it's coloured vinyl and it's fairly cheap I'll probably buy it. Four Blue Vinyl Christian 10 inches for 50 cents each? Sure, wrap 'em up! A crazy priest rambling on at 16 rpm on red vinyl for a quarter? Don't mind if I do!

That's not to say that all the coloured vinyl I have is bad, it's just that if it'll look cool on my wall, I really don't care what it is.

It's actually a good way to insure that people will keep your records. If you suck, press it on coloured vinyl and at least your album will be hung on a wall somewhere instead of in the trash where it belongs. I'm sorry Paul Horn, that's just the way I feel. Luckily you had the foresight to go with blue vinyl, so you'll always have a place on my wall and in my heart.

The one thing I've managed to resist lately is red. I probably have about 50 red 45's and 10 0r 12 LP's. Now that's just ridiculous. What, am I going for the world record or something? So yes, when I see red vinyl, even for 25 cents, I can walk right on by! maybe I'm on the road to recovery. But probably not.