I don't generally go for autographs at all (for some reason I do have a concert poster from the mid-1980s signed by Taj Mahal, and my old Oregon Bluegrass Association membership card signed by Bill Monroe -- autograph signing is a serious ritual in bluegrass circles).
I also have a couple that have come my way -- one in particular is KDJ's initials on a Strictly Rhythm release that he put in a giveaway box at Laura Gavoor's memorial event in 2003 at Panacea. I like that because it reminds me how important people like Laura are in building a great music scene... fh ----------------- >......so, how many of you out there have signed records in your >collection? I don't mean ones you've picked up in a store (I still >kick myself after all these years remembering passing up a complete >set of signed and sealed Transmat and Fragile releases in Ruadub >because they were £1 more expensive than the normal copies and I had >the majority of the tracks anyway)...I mean the ones you've actually >taken the time and bother to drag down to a club night where somebody >you totally respect is about to play and you run up to them with a >silver or black marker and...well, you know the rest :) > >Tonight, whilst going through my vinyl for the first time in a LONG >time, I found: > >Mr Fingers - Amnesia - of course I was new to the signing thing then >and had brought a ball point pen instead of a marker and poor old >Larry had to sort of inscribe the cover as the pen wouldn't write - >this would have been roughly 1994-1995 when he played live (DX7, Emax >II and live vocals- I recoreded the gig on DAT and of course, it >didn't work) in the Volcano club on a Thursday night (where the club >scene in Trainspotting was filmed fact fans!) > >Orlando Voorn - 1987 DMC MegaMix - signed at his Art School gig back >in 2001 just before I moved over to Amsterdam - he ended the show by >coming out of the DJ booth, dancing like a crazy man and then >scratching in the next track by leaning back into the booth whilst >still dancing - pretty impressive stuff! > >Of course the hardest part after making a fool of yourself is getting >the said record home in one piece..or home at all! > >Come on you lot, what you got? > >Jason > >
