URGH! (I'm OK.)

One of my first punk/brit pop experiences came via a compilation from a movie I never saw called "Urgh! A Music War". I had the first double LP for quite a few years. Then came what we can refer to as "the dark ages" where I moved a lot and hosted a lot of parties. The record went missing, but a generous station manager at WKDI allowed me to take the station's copy when he realized how much I missed it. (There was little chance that it would be played by anyone other than me, anyhow.) This was still in the latter part of "the dark ages" and as you might have guessed, this copy went missing, too. Here comes the happy ending:

We visited Jennie's brother in L.A. and stopped in Amoeba Records because I can't just pass up a good record store. I looked in all of the Various Artists and Soundtrack bins hoping against hope that I'd find the record. It seemed like a slim chance considering used copies sell on Amazon for $97. In the last batch I checked (third or fourth from the very last LP I would have flipped) sat the record. I didn't believe it at first, then I looked for the price with trepidation... $14.99!! That's less than it would have cost when it was released!

Last night, I ripped the two LPs to my hard drive. Both records were in perfect condition, for the record. I'm working on a way to get this music to you if you're interested in it. (Let me know.)