Farewell to Recordman

We are putting together the Best of FSM 35th Anniversary book and I am reaching out to contributors from days of yore.

Of course I remembered Recordman and his “friend” who so kindly chronicled his vinyl-collecting adventures, R. Mike Murray. I used to delight in his columns, and he was so generous and friendly in his correspondence and occasional calls.

I was a little worried because we hadn’t been in touch for a while, and I knew him to be an older fellow.

Sad to say, Mike recently passed—on my birthday, actually—at 82. Here is the online obituary.

Here’s a snippet of one of his early 1990s columns:

I have so many fond memories of him and his columns. He had a natural wit and made the world of vinyl collecting so fun and endearing.

Farewell to a generous and kind soul.