Welcome to my Introduction.

Hello everyone in the VC or just a tad bit interested in the Vinyl Community, record collecting, trading, selling, hoarding and such. How you all doing?

Let me introduce myself. I'm Half-Baked Wax! I'm half-Baked because I had a fairly vast vinyl collection. But through the years of moving, friends "borrowing" and selling in hard times as if this isn't a hard time! I started seriously collecting in the mid-'70's and a massed a large collection of some classic and rare vinyl. I have also worked in a number of record stores and have sold records at "Flea-Markets" and or 'Swap-Meets"! Mainly I collected Rock & Roll, Blues, some Jazz and very little Classical. At the time in the mid, late '70's my Jazz collection consisted of Pat Martino's "StarBright" George Benson's "Breezin'" and a compliation of Wes Montgomery called, "Groove Brothers" I'm pretty sure that was the name. It was a double album, with gatefold and the cover was a dark blue with some black. That's all I remember, since it is no longer in my possession.

I tell you about the Jazz aspect of my meager Jazz collection. Because around 2001 I started getting heavily into Jazz! Now, I have a VAST Jazz collection albeit on CD. I have a few Jazz pieces on vinyl and I intend to correct that! That's where you guys come in. I would love to share music, stories, photos, writings. Anything to do with vinyl records. My main focus will be Jazz, todays Jazz, yesterdays Jazz. BUT, I am not limited to just that aspect of vinyl recordings.

I have lots of stories to tell and I assume you guys out there as well, have great vinyl stories to tell. Especially I love the stories of the ones that got away! On that note! I am going to sign off and hope to see all tomorrow! Thanks for dropping by, take care and may you always find the hidden track!

                                                                                                                                 Half-Baked Wax