This week’s finds are filed in the timeless classics section of the collection. In the order in which I found them: Yes – Close to the Edge (1972), Pink Floyd – Animals (1977), and Donald Byrd – Stepping into Tomorrow (1974).  I came back to this vendor for the Yes album, found Pink Floyd in classic rock, and then found Donald Byrd in a dollar bin!  An amazing day for any discerning vinyl collector.   

Jeffery Allen runs the WNY Vinyl Collective group on Facebook and is very active in the local vinyl collecting community.  You can find him at The Peddler flea market in Buffalo on Elmwood and West Ferry every other Saturday in the summer. I stopped to chat with him a few weeks earlier about the broadway, showtunes, and classical records I had recently become the custodian of.  I didn’t have any pocket change the first time I met him but I’m sure glad I stopped back!

Animals and Close to the Edge were on my wish list of albums I wanted for my collection.  Finding Donald Byrd’s Blue Note Records classic Stepping into Tomorrow made my day, if not my entire week!  I still can’t believe I found that in a dollar bin.  There’s already a couple things I plan on going back to grab from Jeff if he still has them.  If you’re in the area on a Saturday afternoon be sure to stop by and say hello!