DECADE 
When buying two- or three-album sets, be sure to see whether all of the albums are actually inside the cover; it is hard to tell by feel. That is particularly true if the price seems unusually attractive. I have literally lost count of how many times I have seen a copy of the Allman Brothers Band’ At Fillmore East where the disc with the outstanding “Whipping Post” performance on it is missing. I picked up Neil Young’s Decade retrospective album one time at a very good price; only two of the three albums were included, but I went for it anyway. Several decades later (ahem), when I was picking up Katrina debris, I found a copy of Decade on the far bank of the little bayou behind our house; and sure enough, only two of the albums were in the cover. That is the only unquestionable example of a record that floated that far from the house. (November 2012) |