Yeah, feel free to mock me as you see fit.
But, given that - following a frankly inspired insight - I've switched from my
life-long use of a "spine-on" system to a "face-front"
arrangement (see photo), I think I can allow myself a few brief moments of satisfaction.
Also, having culled about 100 records
(amongst other things, I think I was only fooling myself with those Joe Loss
& His Orchestra LPs) I now have better access to the good stuff.
Meanwhile, it's also true that I now have to
make slightly troubling mini-decisions about which LPs and singles will end up
at the front. Which lurid covers will stare out at me, needling me, reminding
me of (ill-advised?) purchasing decisions from decades ago. (Hmm, The Clash's
This Is England is not exactly "working"; a switch to Combat Rock can
partly save face here. And, I have to say, my anti-love affair with Strummer
& Co continues, this time with an unregretted dumping of Sandinista into the
bulging reject bag. C'mon: it's just second-rate reggae. Reggae-lite. Contents
may contain elements of reggae ...).
Ahem. So no, I make no apologies for my little
record "display". Say what you want, there's something a tiny bit
heart-warming about walking into the room and catching sight of (for example)
the globular, melting-wax heads on the cover of PiL's Second Edition. Or (even)
the cheesy-but-still-fairly-good radar screen design of Status Quo's Rocking
All Over The World.
To paraphrase (the excellent) Headcoats song, you
might even say that these shabby squares of alphabetised cardboard are the A-Z
of my heart. No, that's ridiculous! But give me a system and I'll ... possibly
get all excited by the possibilities for reorganisation. And anyway, what's
wrong with having New Order's Thieves Like Us 12" nestling next to the Pinky & Perky Have A Party album?
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