Garage Sale Vinyl: Gary Wright
This week Christopher Long scores a timely treasure — a near-mint vinyl copy of The Dream Weaver, the classic 1975 LP from Gary Wright — for just eight bucks.
This week Christopher Long scores a timely treasure — a near-mint vinyl copy of The Dream Weaver, the classic 1975 LP from Gary Wright — for just eight bucks.
This week, Christopher Long discovers MORE vinyl treasure stashed in his OWN garage — a scratched and scuffed-up copy of Fandango! the 1975 barn-burner from ZZ Top.
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