Mike’s Musings - Sidewalk Records

I just scored five records from a garbage pile on the sidewalk by my apartment. I literally yanked them from the clutches of the trash collectors, whose truck was right behind me.

Here's the bounty:

•Alan Mills and the 'Shanty Men' - Songs of the Sea (which includes the hits 'Blow The Man Down', 'The New Bedford Whalers' and 'Boney Was a Warrior.')

•A Hansel and Gretel children's record from 1960 (there's crude crayon markings covering the back of the sleeve, mostly illegible except for the word 'WAR' scrawled near the top.)

•Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (extended version!)

•KC and the Sunshine Band - in hindsight, I should've left this one on the sidewalk.

•Van Cliburn - Tchaikovsky Concerto No.1 (this one has a sticker on the front that says "Miracle Surface": this record contains the revolutionary new antistatic ingredient 317X, which helps keep the record dust free, helps prevent surface noise, helps insure faithful sound on Living Stereo records.)

Anyone else ever heard of this 317X before?
Didn't think so.
Utter quackery.