LA heads - Soulmarcosa's 45 box stolen - HELP
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Congrats! I always hate reading these stories, especially thinking that someone might just throw a record box into a dumpster never having any idea of the amount of travel, money, effort, etc that went into putting it together. Its so nice to hear that your records made their way back to their rightful owner.
A few Years back our own Fatback had a similar experience, where he called some stores and one of the owners connected the dots, FB not only got his records back (more or less, as I remember), but the opportunity to confront the thief. This turned out to be more of a pathetic individual and subsequent pathetic exchange rather than the epic recrimination and payback some people's imagination would picture. Dipshit claimed he found the crate on the train. Uh huh.
wow! Great news Marco. I had started to pull my Japanese 45s you hipped me to and my frenchy and italian doubles to send to you. Thats was truly a nightmare scenario my friend. Super happy it worked out like it did.
About a year or two ago I caught some drunk chick trying to steal my 45s at a gig while I was carrying stuff to the car and ever since then I carry them with me everywhere if they are out of the house. I know I might look stupid carrying the box with me as I go into a gas station, restaurant, etc...but I dont know what I would do if my 45s were ganked from me.
About a year or two ago I caught some drunk chick trying to steal my 45s at a gig while I was carrying stuff to the car and ever since then I carry them with me everywhere if they are out of the house. I know I might look stupid carrying the box with me as I go into a gas station, restaurant, etc...but I dont know what I would do if my 45s were ganked from me.
that's great.
don't ever leave records in a car again!
flight cases especially look like they hold expensive shit esp around cahuenga where all those production studios are.
i have never wanted to put my name on things but i will say it helped once when i nearly bought a huge collection of reggae 45's about 10 yrs ago from a philly record store, all stamped clearly with 'The Enforcer Soundsystem' name and number. something didn't seem right about my score though. the store owner said they came in from a sketchy crackhead but he didn't want to intervene. he went on some rant about not wanting to get involved with these 'jamaican gangs' i was like wtf? how do you figure it's a gang, the dude is a DJ! intervene? whatever. Enforcer was a well known system.
so i left and i called the guy and he was overwhelmed and so grateful that his records had been found. he also said they were stolen from his car.
don't ever leave records in a car again!
flight cases especially look like they hold expensive shit esp around cahuenga where all those production studios are.
i have never wanted to put my name on things but i will say it helped once when i nearly bought a huge collection of reggae 45's about 10 yrs ago from a philly record store, all stamped clearly with 'The Enforcer Soundsystem' name and number. something didn't seem right about my score though. the store owner said they came in from a sketchy crackhead but he didn't want to intervene. he went on some rant about not wanting to get involved with these 'jamaican gangs' i was like wtf? how do you figure it's a gang, the dude is a DJ! intervene? whatever. Enforcer was a well known system.
so i left and i called the guy and he was overwhelmed and so grateful that his records had been found. he also said they were stolen from his car.
I only checked this thread in the hopes that it would turn out precisely as it did. So happy for you, my man!
this is any DJs worst nightmare...thankfully this ended well for you Marco.
a similar thing happened a few years ago here in Vegas. i went into a local spot and saw 2 anvil record cases with "Luvbug Starski" stenciled on em. i was trippin on em at first, even thinking about buying them...but then i started thinking about how in the hell they ended up in Vegas and inquired with the store employee. he said he wasn't working the day they were brought in so he wasn't sure who had sold them, he also said the cases were full of records and they had sent them out to their other store location. i then recalled that a buddy of mine had spun with Luvbug at a gig out here about a year prior so I called my boy.....sure enough, a few days earlier, Luvbug flew out here for a gig and his record cases got ganked straight off the airport baggage claim carousel!! Luvbug, who had already returned to NYC by this time, got in touch with the store and got both of his cases and most of his records back.
I spoke to Marco last night......all the workers at Amoeba already knew to be on the lookout for somebody bringing in a record box to trade in. When the dude did actually brought the case in, the buying counter offered him a little cash and sent him on his way.
Apparently, the staff know this dude as he goes into the store on the regular.
