Utrecht Record Fair Set-Up Day
From what I could see in my jet-lagged stupor and when many booths had yet to be set up, high quality vinyl was minimal and that which there was, priced extraordinarily high.
Pink label Island UK originals and Vertigo "swirl" label records plus Pink Floyd were the most valued—at least during this cursory swing through the fair. The Pink Floyds I thumbed through were all in triple digits.
Also big here was "prog" and "Kraut" rock. Want a mint original UK pressing of The Clash's London Calling ? I saw one for 22 Euro or about $30.00
Saw only a few UK Parlophone Beatles originals, a few second press Decca Stones and not one UK Kinks Pye. In fact, only one Kinks LP period.
American pressings of American groups were not all that common and the ones I did see were pricey.
With the cold ocean winds blowing in, big front doors open and the heat turned off, the big hall was an unpleasant ice box but I was told all of that would improve tomorrow.
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