Browsing Through My Parents Record Collection

I went searching through my parents record collection to find some good albums. It didn't really happen but I decided to write about a few of my finds.

Wham!

Yes, I found two Wham! records, fabulous. Sadly, neither of them are Music from the Edge of Heaven so that means there won't be any loud playing of Last Christmas in the middle of August, however if I do bother to listen to one of these records it will be Make It Big, just because Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go and their cover of Careless Whisper are on there.

Duran Duran
I was very, very happy to find that Rio is still in my dad's collection. When I was eight, so almost ten years ago, I'd ask him to play it for me. So he'd bring it down to the living room and put it on and I'd sing along.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

The three FGTH albums we own are probably, as a group, my second favourite find. Last year me and my mam found it in the collection and decided to play it while my Granda looked for Men At Work albums to put on.






David Bowie
To my delight, I found Scary Monsters - my favourite Bowie album. This has saved me approximately £8 and a trip to Newcastle or Sunderland. 

Linda Ronstadt 

There's a story behind these three records. My mam has had two for years, and the other she bought at Pop Recs while I was away at a friend's house. I told her if she was going, to pick up a Pink Floyd record, but instead she called me saying "I've been talking to Dennis at I've bought Linda Ronstadt" - thanks mam, that can go in the sectio of records I will never listen to. 

Prince

This once belonged to my dad before I found it and put it in my collection. I fell in love with Prince within a few seconds of listening to 1999. Once you go black (purple??) you never go back. 

                  

Those compilation albums that are there to attract dust

Here we have 'Breakout', 'Chart Stars' and one of the earlier classic 'Now That's What I Call Music' albums. Filled with Depeche Mode, Genesis, Culture Club and Status Quo these albums supply me with the greatest hits of the 80s and as you may have guessed, I haven't bothered to play them.

Laura (@FloatForev3r)