Owned since: 2008 Genre: Dutch hippie-folk Where I bought it: From my mom’s collection Year: 1971 Label/pressing: Imperial So far in the series, we’ve barely covered anything Dutch. I think it was only the Golden Earring track on the Heavy … Continue reading Crate Skimmer #15 Elly & Rikkert – De Draad Van Ariadne

Owned since: 2016 Genre: Jangly dream pop Where I bought it: De Plaatboef, Rotterdam Year: 1981 Label/pressing: Polydor, Dutch pressing Since as I write this we’re all still locked inside our houses, the idea of record shops is becoming increasingly … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #12 The Passions – Thirty Thousand Feet over China

Owned since: 2019 Genre: Dystopia wry energy noise-rock Where I bought it: Some favorite punk distro Year: 2019 Label/pressing: It’s a bootleg, baby! When I look at my collection and this series, I sometimes wonder how I’m going to cover … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #11 No Trend – Too Many Humans

Owned since: 2012 Genre: Experimental noise rock mixed with hardcore punk Where I bought it: Long gone beloved punk distro Year: 2011 Label/pressing: Condominium Records Being stuck at home when writing this just is a big reminder I kinda miss … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #10 Condominium – Warm Home

Owned since: 2016ish Genre: Not a lot of heavy metal Where I bought it: This is one of the few records I own out of my mom’s small but sturdy collection Year: 1974 Label/pressing: Warner Special Products The promo record … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #9 Various Artists-Heavy Metal – 24 Electrifying Performances

Owned since: 2015 Genre: Throwback 80s hardcore Where I bought it: A temporary store annex a hardcore distro run Year: 2010 Label/pressing: Bridge Nine, Light green transparent vinyl I think this is the first record that were covering that is … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #8 Ceremony-Rohnert Park

Owned since: 2013 Genre: Throw-back 60’s girl pop Where I bought it: Thrift store Year: 1983 Label/pressing: Stiff/Ariola Benelux It’s weird to talk about Tracy Ullman on this site. She most likely is just known as the person whose show … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #7 Tracy Ullman-You Broke My Heart in 17 Places

Owned since: 2018 Genre: Pizza greaser punk Where I bought it: German punk outstanding distro/label Adagio830 Year: 2010 Label/pressing: Bachelor Records/Red Lounge Records With Burger Records going to (much deserved) shit last summer, through it being an extremely bad place, … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #6 Personal and The Pizzas-Raw Pie

Owned since: 2015 Genre: Quirky German post-punk pop Where I bought it: At an art & culture festival in a distro’s bargain bin Year: 1980 Label/pressing: Innovative Communication Time to focus on something not English again. Ideal, from Berlin, were … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #5 Ideal – Ideal

Owned since: 2009 Genre: 80’s Pop Where I bought it: Thrift store Year: 1980 Pressing/label: CBS Netherlands I love Wham!, it’s something I’ve been quite outspoken out on this site. Not that they’re one of those 80’s pop bands with … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #4 Wham!-The Final

Owned since: 2008 Genre: Canadian jazz-punk Where I bought it: Long gone record store Year: 1989 Label/pressing: Wrong Records A big ? nn this one because while I don’t own Wrong on vinyl, I do own it on cassette and … Continue reading Crate Skimmer #?: Nomeansno’s Wrong & Other Records

Owned since: 2019, even this could be way earlier Genre: The name says it all. Catchy punk music Where I bought it: The discount punk bin of my favorite record store ever Year: 2009 Pressing: La Vida Es Un Mus … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #2 The Shitty Limits’s Beware the Shitty Limits

With my vinyl collection shedding some weight through me reselling/returning it to the thrift stores last year I thought it would be a fun idea to do some album spotlights about, well, the stuff I own. Which is, well, a … Continue reading Crate Skimmers #1 Adam and The Ants’s Kings of the Wild Frontier