Att köpa begagnade vinylskivor är en form av populärkulturell arkeologi. Ofta är det bara reporna på skivan som vittnar om en annan tid. Men ibland dyker det upp underligheter i skivomslaget. Ägaren av Brooklyn’s Black Gold record shop startat instagramkontot thingsifoundinrecords dedikerat till artifakter funna i skivomslag.

 

Ett desperat kärleksbrev

@666truelove found a drunkard's midnight love letter inside of a copy of Alabama's 'Mountain Music'. The letter which begs to win a woman's love back begins with "Hay" and ends with "I love you forevery". No one is sure what happened to this grammatically challenged man or his once lover – this is all that remains. What weird / cool / interesting things did you find in old #vinyl #records ? Send in your pics and I'll post them up and shout you out! #thingsifoundinrecords #love #loveletter #countrymusic

A photo posted by @thingsifoundinrecords on Jun 15, 2015 at 12:00pm PDT

Den mystiska damen

@stinkygram was checking out a collection in Washington D.C. when he found a Bluenote Microgroove copy of Art Blakey's 'Indestructible'. When he got home to listen to it, out fell this picture of a woman on a banister. Score. What cool / interesting / strange thing did you find in old #vinyl #records ? Send in your pics and I'll post them up and shout you out! #thingsifoundinrecords #artblakey #jazz #bluenote #foundphoto

A photo posted by @thingsifoundinrecords on Jun 13, 2015 at 7:10pm PDT

Lennons död

@j_roorda was at @citylightslondon in London, Ontario when he grabbed this copy of John & Yoko's 'Double Fantasy' from the discount bin. Inside he found numerous clippings from newspapers dated December, 9th 1980 – the day after John Lennon had been shot and killed. What interesting / historical / cool things did you find in old #vinyl #records ? Send in your pics and I'll post them up and shout you out! #thingsifoundinrecords #johnlennon #thebeatles #yokoono #canada #torontostar

A photo posted by @thingsifoundinrecords on Jun 13, 2015 at 2:36pm PDT

Kokain

Here's one I posted on my personal @jeffogiba page and by popular demand I am now wedding the photo with the official #thingsifoundinrecords photo collection. The ironic, surprising discovery of cocaine inside a Sugarhill Records sleeve for the track: "White Lines (don't don't do it)" By Grandmaster and Melle Mel- possibly one of the most well known anti-cocaine songs of all time. (Chill, I threw it away). Also noted that I found a horrendous amount of very old cocaine in a copy of The Zombies debut LP (but that was before this project started). So yeah… Send in your pics and I'll post em up and shout you out! #hiphop #nyc #drugs #justsayno

A photo posted by @thingsifoundinrecords on Jun 11, 2015 at 1:20pm PDT

Bild på hårdrockare i en kyrka

@philgarza1977 picked up a copy of Zeppelin II (yes, another Led Zep find?!) and inside was the poster from 'Dark Side of the Moon' and two photos of some hard rockers shredding in a church. What radical / awesome / interesting things did you find in old #vinyl #records ? Send in your pics and I'll post them up and shout you out! #thingsifoundinrecords #hardrock #ledzeppelin #church #photography #foundphoto

A photo posted by @thingsifoundinrecords on Jun 10, 2015 at 2:08pm PDT

Backstagepass till Beach Boys

@jacob_fromstatefarm_ found this backstage pass inside of this Beach Boys album. What weird / cool / interesting things did you find inside old #vinyl #records ? Send in your pics and I'll post them up and shout you out! #thingsifoundinrecords #beachboys #concert #horses

A photo posted by @thingsifoundinrecords on Jun 8, 2015 at 9:50am PDT

Bild på okänd mans dingelidong

@vitaminvintagevinyl found a copy of Prince's 'Purple Rain' at a flea market in Bellmore, NY and although it didn't include the promotional poster, it did include the (censored) scandalous photo seen here! What creepy / interesting / cool things did you find in old #vinyl #records ? Send in your pics and we'll post them up and shout you out! #thingsifoundinrecords #prince #photography #men

A photo posted by @thingsifoundinrecords on Jun 4, 2015 at 4:43pm PDT

Mystiskt blad

@thepilotson found this strange plant inside of a copy of 'Wipe Out' by the Surfaris. What weird / groovy / interesting things did you find inside old #vinyl #records ? Send in your pics and we'll post them up and shout you out! #thingsifoundinrecords #marijuana #surfing #legalizeit

A photo posted by @thingsifoundinrecords on Jun 3, 2015 at 10:08am PDT

Bild på muskulös herre redo för action

@pwarham was in Myrtle Beach at a flea market and picked up a fresh copy of Thriller. When he got home to play the record, out fell this 8"x10" glossy. It reads "To David, Love always. For private partner (or parties?) Contact! 1-578-4513". Send in the weird / cool / unique thing you found in old #vinyl #records and we'll post it up and shout you out! #thingsifoundinrecords #michaeljackson #men #love #photography #myrtlebeach

A photo posted by @thingsifoundinrecords on May 23, 2015 at 12:59pm PDT