Halo In A Haystack

Oh boy. Check out the BIN indiana.17 put up. WOWZA. Good one! Now for my Halo In A Haystack story. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.

In the winter of 2002, I met a person I had only heard about before. His name was Dickie. He sang in a band called Knockdown and had run a record label for a bit. The crowning glory of his record label was split releasing the first Converge LP. That’s all I knew of him. Turns out, he lived down the street from me in Worcester. Somehow, this part I can’t exactly recall, we met. We discussed the core, and he told me about his amazing record collection. At that time, he was looking to lighten his load and move some of his vinyl. So we set up a time for me to roll over to his house to look through his collection. It was winter and super fucking cold. I don’t think he was big on turning the heat up OR on so I spent a little bit flipping through the vinyl with cold fingers. On the first trip, I grabbed mostly Rev goodies. GB lp on purple, ep on yellow, judge on green, side by side eps, nfaa, soia on red and first press, … You know, the good stuff. A few weeks later, he called and asked if I wanted to buy more. It just so happens that I had gone to Foxwoods the week before and won a weekend poker tourney. I was flush with cash and agreed. At that time, we figured it would just be easier if I bought THE ENTIRE COLLECTION. That’s what I did. Two boxes of EPs and a whole stand of LPs. One of the greatest parts of this collection was getting 16 mint, unplayed copies of Halo In A Haystack. That’s right, 16 copies. I’ve sold 14 of them in the last 8 years and have definitely covered the cost of buying the collection.

That’s right. That means I still have 2 left. So if you are interested in one, hit me up. I’m sure we could work something out. My copy won’t come with a yellowed sleeve, too.