Rare South Korean Vinyl Album

Rare South Korean Vinyl Album

Once in a while, a piece sometimes comes along in which you form an instant liking. It’s happened a few times with me, but because the piece is so rare it often means that you could be waiting years – just for the opportunity of it coming along again…

I think it must have been a good 10 years ago when I first spotted this rare vinyl LP, and while I keep a pretty close eye on the markets, this one just didn’t appear to show itself that often. However, one look at that fabulous cover / sleeve photo – and it’s not hard to understand why it remained firmly in my head. WESTERN SCREEN THEME BEST 20 Vol.7, is a 1990 album, is not particularly anything extraordinary or special in terms of its content, a lot of average covers of themes, the like of which we have all heard before over a dozen other, similar type albums. This album was released on the short-lived Korean label, Seorabul Record Co. a company who were formed in 1975 and closed in 2004. It carries a cat No of VIP-20113.

The fact remains that this album’s appeal remains firmly in its packaging, and the use of the glorious cover photo of Clint from Coogan’s Bluff. Recently, I was extremely lucky to be contacted by a Korean Vinyl dealer who offered me it at a very reasonable price – in fact, the shipping was more expensive than the LP – but sometimes you just can’t afford to think about it for too long, ‘you snooze you lose’ as the idiom states. Needless to say, I snapped it up – I just didn’t fancy that long 10-year wait again – and very pleased I did.