WFMU record fair
November 1st, 2011 by Mr. C
The 91.1 WFMU annual record fair happened last weekend at the Metropolitan Pavillion in NYC! It was a nice way to spend the day digging through the crates looking for that old LP, 12” single, 45’s, CD’s and even DVD’s especially with crappy weather out like we had last saturday. You can sure bet I brought my hand sanitizer and lotion to exterminate then exfoliate after flipping through some of those crusty old records. Oh, & I can’t leave out VHS movies as I found myself snatching up gems (in my eye) like The Perfect Weapon and the Kentucky Fried Movie for a mere $2 each. Ooops, did I just lay claim to that?! I have no shame! I’m a tight wad and definitely not your collectors collector of vinyl so I always spend my time at the WFMU $1 record bins looking for any decent rejects of 12” singles/LP’s of 80’s-90’s R&B/Hip Hop/dance records that I can jam out to and possibly scratch the snuff out of when I put the needle to the record. Besides that, all of the proceeds for these $1 records go back to benefit the cause of WFMU! Though, I can safely say that I wouldn’t be bumping elbows fighting DJ Z-Trip or DJ Grand Wizard Theodore diggin’ through the same bargain crates. This year I found solace in finding playable copies of classic joints from Sybil, Joyce Sims, Shanice, Brenda K Starr, and Tamia! Just Ice, Audio Two, Digital Underground, & Eazy E rounded off my other cheap vinyl eats!
Gary Balaban from Cine Noir Film Archives was rockin’ at his usual table selling 16mm movies, movie posters, noir, biker, & blaxsploitation films on DVD along with concert footages. Planet Chocko refers to Balaban with the nickname of “Iggy” (iggy pop) because he is always found hustling his Cine Noir stuff with a punk rock like attitude while maintaining a cool-groovy like composure when he showed 16mm blaxsploitation & horror films at the pink pony on ludlow street back in the mid 90’s! Can you dig it?! I ended up buying a hard to find copy of The Last Fight starring Fred ‘the hammer’ Williamson, Willie Colon, Rueben Blades, Don King, Tony Sirico, & Jose Torres just to drop a few names in this all star cast! Gary Balaban mentioned that he’s going to be showing 16mm films at the Spectacle Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn soon! Stay tuned!
Gary posing with a copy of Born Losers for sale at his Cine Noir film archives table.
Other cool happenings throughout the day included running into a trippy, psychedelic, bollywood like music performance from Prince Rama!
There was also a very neat collection of flexi, cardboard, and oddity records on display pinned to the wall at the record fair. MAC was on hand to answer any questions, play any record you were curious to hear, and to share his love for the history of the flexi-disc and disposable records! Right on!
You can also take a load off by riding on the home spun WFMU jungle inspired merry-go-round with your very own personal safari guide!
(all photos and vid by mr c)
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