The Mind-Boggling WFMU Record & CD Fair
WFMU Record & CD Fair
October 24, 25 and 26, 2008
Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, NYC
Not for the faint-of-heart, a perennial delight for vinyl/CD junkies.
This year’s live events included a most charming wedding - and me without my camera! I packed light - just a bag to carry my pirate booty. Where else can one find so much joyful noise for an afternoon’s scouting and a little cash? (I spent about USD 60, including admission.)
Links are for reference only - don’t expect such bargains everywhere. Not that I believe people should pay nothing for music! But the WFMU fair allows for random discoveries and fulfillment of life-long quests in a friendly, anthropologically fascinating, and affordable venue.
- Djal Akhbari, Réza Torchizi Nejad - The Art of the Persian Santur (LP, $8)
- Marko Melkon Alemsherian - The Most Popular Turkish Songs Last 30 Years in U.S. (LP, $6)
- Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (CD, $3)
- Erykah Badhu - Baduizm (CD, $3)
- Cat Power - Moon Pix (CD, $3)
- Erdoğan Çapli - Exciting Rhythms of Piano Pasha (LP, $3)
- Marianne Faithfull - Blazing Away (CD, $3)
- Ella Fitzgerald - Basin Street Blues (unlisted CD, $3)
- Kashmir Traditional Songs & Dances Recorded in Srinigar by David Lewiston (shrink-wrapped LP, $5)
- Leadbelly - King of the 12-String Guitar (CD, $3)
- Rough Guide to the Music of Madagascar (shrink-wrapped CD, $3)
- Yma Sumac - Recital (shrink-wrapped CD, $3)
- Xiu Xiu - The Air Force (CD, $3)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cheated Hearts, Remix by Peaches (EP/LP, $5)
- John Zorn - Bar Kokhba (2CD, $8)
Do yourself a favor and listen to WFMU. Radio, Free America!
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