The Organ - Fire In The Ocean

a lot 's been said about record collectors and music nerds; an awful lot. and most of it being true. when you read the reports of sightings and scorings of most obscure records you may think we may not deserve any better reputation. but after all and in the end, bloody hell, what do i care about what you think of me. at least i get pleasure out of something. and it's not about possession and ownership, not about having something others have not. mostly. it's the hunt and the hunt only. yesterday i picked up a package with a record that's been on my wantlist for almost 5 years now. and in those 5 years it never ever showed up anywhere. not even on eBay. so now i finally was able to scratch it off my list. opening the package right away, examining cover and vinyl and giving it a short spin at home just made my day.
no matter if it's the holy grail or that first, unregarded 7“ by an early 80s band from new zealand, it is all about finally finding it.
but even though my collection grows and most of the goals of my first list have been achieved, the list didn't grew smaller, only less obscure. limitations in number had been a matter of the labels not having enough money to make more copies. but when all copies been sold they usually had enough money for a second pressing. and a third. as long as people bought the record it was available on vinyl somehow. but nowadays vinyl is a limited version right from the beginning and i have a few weeks to decide whether or not i'd like to buy it. and as soon as it's gone it becomes a collectors item with the according prices.
and that leads me to The Organ. their only record „Grab That Gun“ was released by a small canadian indie label. since that meant that the band will stay widely unknown forever to the world south of the border and across the ocean, they broke up pretty soon afterwards. 2 years after the original release of the album a vinyl version has been released by a different label. this was 2006 and half an age ago in mordern times. even though the record is now only 2 years out it made it to the top of my wantlist now.
„Fire in The Ocean“ is a track from a just released MCD of live and unreleased songs. so far it is a CD-only release and i doubt that it will become a megaseller to justify a vinyl version, re-release of the album or a re-union. but i keep my hopes up.

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