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036 SEPTEMBER 2017
If you are willing to dedicate
nearly 25 years to your record
collection, you might end up as
sorted as JB Maroochydore’s
Mark Grounds – he’s the proud
papa of 12,000 LPs. “I stopped
buying CDs in ’94,” the Dual
Co-ordinator tells RR, adding
that having worked as a tour
manager for 12 years means he
has many, many signed records
and rarities. “The one I’ve got
that’s probably worth the most
is The Saints’ first single that
they pressed themselves, only
a very small batch, and gave to
friends, record labels and radio
Maroochydore’s vinyl clientele
lean towards the classics
(Purple Rain, Nevermind and
Rumours have all been top
sellers this month) and alt-rock,
with Arctic Monkeys, The Smith
Street Band (“Melbourne
represent!”), Violent Soho and
King Gizzard popular choices.
In the contemporary arena,
Grounds rates the brand new
one from Paul Kelly, Life Is Fine.
“I can’t take [it] off the CD player
[in-store], it’s incredible,” he says.
“And it’s criminal that it’s his first
album to ever go to number one.
Hang on, you know, this guy
is our Bob Dylan! So I’m really
playing the crap out
of that.”
stations,” he says. “I picked it up
when I was over in England, I
think it was a shop somewhere
in Bristol – I got it for 50 pence.
I didn’t know it was worth as
much as it is, then.”
Amongst his top five albums
are The Beatles’ Revolver in first
position, Miles Davis’ Kind Of
Blue, Parliament’s Mothership
Connection, Mr Bungle’s debut,
and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side
Of The Moon: “It’s my first
musical memory, and it scared
the crap out of me. I tried to
scare the crap out of my son
with it this morning. I think it
worked.”
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