I was once at some random party when none other than Colonel Abrams arrived with a lackey and a stack of records, signing them and handing them out. This must've been around 1997 or so, decades after his hey-day. Keep in mind this was in New York City, and Colonel Abrams lives in Chicago or Minneapolis, or something like that.
- ulysses www.scataogics.com On Nov 10, 2011, at 6:17 PM, [email protected] wrote: > .....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 >
