The Smiths Collections
October 27, 2006
My seldom interest towards The Smiths has begun back in 2002. One night, MTV started to play “How Soon Is Now” video on their Classic programme. That instance, I fell in love with them.
However, the love story does not come quickly. Face it, back then I was just a struggling college student, which initially doesn’t have much money to buy a CD. So, the idea of having a Smiths record was merely a dream.
Until in 2004, I have managed to gather some money to buy my first Smiths records. It was their “Very Best of The Smiths” album. I guess that’s the beginners guide towards The Smiths, so I bought that. For long, that was my favorite album of all time.
After I have a job, I finally get to pursue my dream of collecting rare CD’s (well, the term ‘rare’ here is somewhat subjective to my own definition, so a ‘rare’ CD for me doesn’t always be a rare CD for other). Every month I can save money to buy one CD that I really want. The first couple of months I had collected some New Order records. You will surprise what records store in Indonesia could offers. Some nice rare CD’s that very tempting to collect, spread in every corner in Jakarta.
This rare-records-hunting is my past time hobby that I really enjoy. The adrenaline of finding the CD you hunt, the agony of not getting what you want, that makes it a thrilling ride.
Well, I didn’t collect all of the New Order’s record that were available in Indonesia, because after a couple of months, I found this neat records store which sells The Smiths “Meat is Murder”, “The Queen is Dead”, and “Louder Than Bombs” all in one store! (..And just when I thought that records stores in Indonesia were much lame..)
So I change direction, The Smiths was top on my hunting lists, and in couple of months, thousands of Rupiahs spend, dozens of record store visits, here is my Smiths collection, all bought domestically (specifically, right here in Jakarta):
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Okay, next stop: Morrissey!
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Wah wah wah asal bagi-bagi rejeki aja mas pat. heheehhe. gue udah kenal the smiths dari kapan ya… tahun 1990-an, waktu ngeliat video-video mereka dan morrissey. tapi punya lagu-lagunya, baru tahun 2000-an.
On October 28, 2006 at exactly 11:56 pm
Jika ingin, maka versi MP3-nya siap di distribusikan untuk Tyas seorang.
Well, itu sebenernya tau Smithsnya sudah lama tapi kurang ngeh, pas baru liat videonya “How Soon Is Now” baru jatuh cinta.
On October 30, 2006 at exactly 8:41 am
padahal sekali lo pergi ke duta suara sabang, semuanya lengkap loh. atau lo emang dapet dari situ?
gila man, cari album morrissey jauh lebih sulit daripada album2 the smiths loh. percayalah! apalagi yang lama-lama. tapi saran gw, coba ke duta suara sabang.
On October 31, 2006 at exactly 5:00 pm
sayang…duta suara sabang adalah tempat mainku…tapi koleksi smiths/morrissey mereka menipis…beberapa emang dapet di duta suara, tapi bukan duta suara sabang..melainkan di duta suara mall kelapa gading..eng ing eng (jarang yang tau kalo disitu pun cukup lengkap)
On October 31, 2006 at exactly 6:59 pm
Eh, gue nemu juga sih Morrissey yang Earls Court di PIM2. Tapi kalau sudah dijanjikan mp3, ya mau-mau ajalah hahahaha.
Sepertinya album Morrissey suka ada di Aquarius Pondok Indah deh.
Malah waktu itu ada yang koleksi single catalogue-nya. GILE. Delapan ratus ribu.
On November 7, 2006 at exactly 12:36 pm
benar begitu, karena saya juga membeli earl’s court disitu hanya saja single cataloguenya sudah ada yang membeli (sial! tapi gakpapa gue lebih suka beli satu-satu).
Iya di pim2 di musiklub itu bukan? hebat tuh CDnya disitu banyak yang aneh2…DVD NewOrder 511 pun ada.
On November 7, 2006 at exactly 9:27 pm