Penguin Cafe Orchestra: Dirt b/w Air à Danser

Proof that I am not getting much wiser with the passing years. I got this single just a few weeks ago, when I shouldn't have. As with The Penguin Cafe Orchestra Mini Album and the original release of Music from the Penguin Café, this was prompted by the eBay 'saved search' for Penguin Cafe Orchestra stuff that I set up on this day over a year ago.

I should delete that search because I know, and possess, just about everything that's worth having in the PCO catalogue now. All that can come of that search is that, in moments of weakness, I start to covet things I don't need.

Like this single. It was on eBay, with picture cover, with a 'Buy it Now' price of £4.99 and no bids. I was considering making an offer, but then thought I should check some other sources to see what it's market value was. I came across three copies on MusicStack, the cheapest of which was only £2.00 plus p&p. I went for that.

When I took it out of the p&p, my mistake became evident. Or at least the minor mistake. The major mistake was imagining that I needed a copy of this single in any form, when I already have multiple copies of (probably) the same recordings of both songs.

I've yet to play it. But I have just deleted that search.

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Comments

[Roger Raffee]

Did you try GEMM.com? There is more items for sale on GEMM, and you get a payment guarantee on GEMM that you don't get on Musicstack.

[David]

Hi Roger, No I didn't try GEMM originally. I have just now, and they don't have any copies of this single. The web would be much better if, when I'm looking for something that I don't need, I couldn't find it. I'll bear GEMM in mind in future!