Serendipity

Having lost out on the mixing desk on Ebay, I took a wander down to Sounds of the Universe - one of my favourite places in London. The door was open, and from half-way down Berwick Street, I could hear the sweet sounds of Studio One wafting out from their sound system. I was not expecting anything - Jamaican vinyl has kind of fallen off my shopping list after the disappointing pressing of the two Prince Buster albums I bought a couple of months ago, and 45s are nice, but I am not a rich man, so the 20-30 I would want to buy each week are out of the question. I took a look through the reggae section - nothing much doing. Hiphop was equally lacklustre (especially as the Stones Throw albums are all on special offer elsewhere), so I took a quick look through the soul compilations section. Nothing. Then I happened upon Rewind volumes 2 & 3. I have been after these for years now - they are phantom CDs that always pass through my hands when I have no money, or I have something else more pressing to purchase. But today I didn't. I now have the modern ska version of 'Ring of Fire'. Now if I can just invent a time machine to take me forward to 7pm to get out of work and home to listen to them, I will be a happy man (yeah right!).