Librarian's Lament: A Monthly Record Of Cool Finds From Our Physical Media Library - KZSC Updates | KZSC Santa Cruz

Shelves of vinyl records in the KZSC library, with large letter cards marking the alphabetical sections

KZSC Librarian

Every great radio station has a great collection of physical media, and KZSC is no exception. Here are my favorite finds from this month:

Jeff Buckley's 'Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk' CD from the KZSC library, marked 'Stolen from KZSC' — Jeff Buckley’s “Sketches for My Sweetheart, the Drunk” (CD)

CD cover for The Shopocalypse by Reverend Billy and The Stop Shopping Gospel Choir, with a KZSC library label — The Shopocalypse by Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Gospel Choir & The Not Buying It Band (7″ 45 RPM) Donated by KZSC David Anton Savage

Worn album cover for 'Songs of Love, Luck, Animals, and Magic', music of the Yurok and Tolowa Indians, with a KZSC stamp — Songs of Love, Luck, Animals, & Magic: Music of the Yurok and Tolowa Indians (12″ record)

CD cover for Girls from Santa Cruz, a benefit concert to save the wild horses, featuring Lacy J. Dalton, Mary McCaslin and Ginny Mitchell — Girls from Santa Cruz: A benefit concert to save the wild horses (CD)

Patti Smith's 'One Common Wire' CD, a Gung Ho conversation, with a KZSC library label — One Common Wire: A Gung Ho conversation with Patti Smith (CD)

Starhustler 7-inch single in a paper sleeve with a pink label, from the KZSC library — Starhustler’s EP with tracks “Annika” and “Sweet Boy” (7″ 45 RPM record on magenta vinyl)

Cream Date 7-inch record sleeve with a cartoon of a crying girl, from the KZSC library — Dream Date’s EP (7″ 45 RPM on bubblegum pink vinyl)

Bob Dylan 7-inch single 'Gwam' and 'Thirsty Boots' marked 'Stolen from KZSC', with a pink note — Bob Dylan’s EP with tracks “Wigwam” and “Thirsty Boots” (7″ 45 RPM record)

KXLU Los Angeles Demolisten Volume I compilation record sleeve featuring Grasshopper, Seven Forty Seven, Liquor Cabinet and Lutefisk — KXLU Los Angeles Presents DEMOLISTEN Volume I (7″ 45 RPM record)