Starting the collection isn't the problem, it's finishing it.

What I found today at Academy Records:
Add that to what I found at Eat Records the other day:
Granted, that's the easy part. Filling in the blanks of the truly hard finds should provide more than enough sport.

Also, in case you were ever wondering why you should never spend real money on real pop records:
Found on the street on the way back from Park Slope. There were a bunch of others, including Thriller, but it was too scratched for my taste. Always wait for a relative or a relative unknown to liquidate before dropping anything above the dollar mark on something like this.

And why is Sascha Frere-Jones dropping his collection? I'll refrain from libelous conjecture.