A big vinyl score

One of the most heartbreaking things I can think of is having to dismantle a record collection. This past week, I fielded a call from the Kamloops brand of Habitat for Humanity and their Re-Store storefront, saying that someone had dropped off a big collection of vinyl (they said 600 records, there were more like 300). So, I went up to check it out and found a lot of stuff that I like, mainly new wave and obscure Canadiana. The clerk said the woman who dropped off the records had been collecting music since the 60s and had to give up her vinyl since it was too heavy to move across the country. Though, one collectors loss is always another collectors gain.

I was pretty impressed about the obscure Canadian music in the collection and I bought most of the stuff I could tell was Canadian, plus most of the stuff I recognized as new wave. Thanks whoever you are lady who had to move across the county!

The haul:

6 Cylinder - S/T (Canada, RCA 1979)
The B-52s - Bouncing Off the Satellites (USA, Warner 1986)
The B-52s - Party Mix! EP (USA, Warner 1981)
The B-52s - Whammy! (USA, Warner 1983)
Blue Northern - S/T EP (Canada, Quintessence/Polygram 1980)
Boy's Brigade - S/T (Canada, Anthem 1983)
Kate Bush - The Sensual World (UK, Capitol 1989)
Cool it Reba - Money Fall Out the Sky EP (USA, Hannibal 1982)
Crazy House - Still Looking for Heaven on Earth (UK, Chrysalis 1988)
The Dream Syndicate - Medicine Show (USA, A&M 1984)
Hoodoo Gurus - Mars Needs Guitars! (Australia, Mercury 1985)
Hoodoo Gurus - Blow Your Cool (Australia, Capitol 1987)
Iko - '83 (Canada, Manhattan Formula 1983)
Kissing the Pink - What Noise? (UK, Magnet 1984)
The Little Heroes - Watch the World (Australia, Capitol 1983)
Nash the Slash - And You Thought You Were Normal (Canada, Cutthroat 1982)
Numbers - Add Up (Canada, Basement/Attic 1980)
Offenbach - Coupe de Foudre!! (Canada, Spectra Scene 1981)
One Horse Blue - On the Street (Canada, Vera Cruz 1982)
The Planets - Spot (USA, PolyGram 1980)
The Rings - S/T (USA, MCA 1981)
Rough Trade - O Tempora! O Mores! (Canada, True North 1984)
Pete Shelley - On Your Own (12") (UK, Vertigo 1986)
Soft Cell - The Art of Falling Apart (UK, Some Bizarre/Vertigo 1983)
Soft Cell - This Last Night in Sodom (UK, Some Bizarre/Vertigo 1984)
The Spizzles - Spikey Dream Flowers (UK, A&M 1981)
The Tourists - Luminous Basement (UK, Epic 1980)