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Maroochydore’s vinyl clientele lean towards the classics ( Purple Rain , Nevermind and Rumours have all been top sellers this month) and alt-rock, with Arctic Monkeys, The Smith Street Band (“Melbourne represent!”), Violent Soho and King Gizzard popular choices. In the contemporary arena, Grounds rates the brand new one from Paul Kelly, Life Is Fine . “I can’t take [it] off the CD player [in-store], it’s incredible,” he says. “And it’s criminal that it’s his first album to ever go to number one. Hang on, you know, this guy is our Bob Dylan! So I’m really playing the crap out of that.”

stations,” he says. “I picked it up when I was over in England, I think it was a shop somewhere in Bristol – I got it for 50 pence. I didn’t know it was worth as much as it is, then.” Amongst his top five albums are The Beatles’ Revolver in first position, Miles Davis’ Kind Of Blue , Parliament’s Mothership Connection , Mr Bungle’s debut, and Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon : “It’s my first musical memory, and it scared the crap out of me. I tried to scare the crap out of my son with it this morning. I think it worked.”

I f you are willing to dedicate nearly 25 years to your record collection, you might end up as sorted as JB Maroochydore’s Mark Grounds – he’s the proud papa of 12,000 LPs. “I stopped buying CDs in ’94,” the Dual Co-ordinator tells RR, adding that having worked as a tour manager for 12 years means he has many, many signed records and rarities. “The one I’ve got that’s probably worth the most is The Saints’ first single that they pressed themselves, only a very small batch, and gave to friends, record labels and radio

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Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 2. Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine 3. Michael Jackson Thriller 4. Kendrick Lamar DAMN. 5. Wu-Tang Clan Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers 6. Iggy Pop Lust For Life 7. The Beatles Abbey Road 8. The Clash London Calling 9. Various Pulp Fiction OST 10. Nirvana Nevermind

Mark Grounds at JB Maroochydore, QLD

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