05/01/2025
A little about me...
I'm a second generation record collector. All through my life my father had a literal wall of over 4000 records that moved with us everywhere we lived.
He's gone now, and the weight of those records was a physical and emotional weight I could not take. Unfortunately they're gone now and I collect on my own. One thing of note though, when Dad was digging through crates and an he was curious about an album, one thing he would look at is what label released it. Certain labels tend to certain types of music. Back in the day the BoDeans were on Slash records, and I remember my dad looking at albums from that label because he tended to enjoy them.
I find myself doing the same now. Beggars Banquet has post-punk goth bands, Cold Busted has chill beats.
Today's Record of the Day is Outside Looking In by the band BoDeans. Most people would know them as the band that did the theme to the 90s tv show Party of Five which was called 'Closer to Free.' To me they were a regular play in my house. My dad was a fan and had all of their albums up into the mid 90s.
When I came across this copy, it was still sealed though it had a discount cut in the bottom. I bought it on pure nostalgia alone. I'm glad I did. It took me down the road of good memories. I remember seeing the BoDeans once in Winter Park, CO. That was in 1991 or 92 if I remember correctly.
Gawd I'm old, but this is a good album.
Music lover, collector of vinyl, co-host of Back to the Basics with Atom_X on SoundCloud and now on YouTube as of May 1st 2025.
