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On the past April 4 I completed 20 years of existence, and got a sparkling new record player from my beloved girlfriend. My eyes glazed as I ravaged through the humble package to find a Roadstar TTR-8630 inside, fully featured with - what do you know - a turntable for vinyl records, radio, built-in speakers, line-out for external amplification and a handful of cuteness. The gift also included the A Crow Left Of The Murder… by Incubus LP, but I had to return it because it was skipping ahead too many times, while playing.

It has been a fetish of mine to own such a device and collect some records, and I started immediately. Here’s my first acquisitions:

• Nouvelle Vague’s single The Killing Moon (with Dancing With Myself on side B);
• Green Day’s single Jesus Of Suburbia (with the live version of St. Jimmy) - limited edition yellow vinyl;
• Jet’s single Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (with Snap Your Fingers on side B) - pink vinyl;
• Radiohead’s single Knives Out (with Cuttooth and Life In A Glasshouse - (Full Length Version) on side B);
• Air - Talkie Walkie LP;
• Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better LP.

I’m loving this little toy very very much, and I’ll try to keep a good solid collection and update you guys when I get more records.

- thanks Sara!

NOTE: I’ll be using my Flickr gallery for my record covers.