It’s a rather wacky and kinda complicated story, but this week Christopher Long receives multiple mint-condition copies of Who’s Your Buddy?, the downright dreadful 1987 debut album from the award-winning heavy metal band, Dead Serios. And he got ‘em all, for FREE!

In 1976, the only thing Christopher Long wanted for Christmas was a copy of Wings Over America, the new LP from Paul McCartney & Wings. His parents refused to buy it for him. And in this installment, Chris reflects on the triple-live set, calling it “a beautiful record.” Special guest author Bryan Dumas agrees completely — sorta.

In this final installment of his year-long series, Christopher Long rediscovers a true pop-rock treasure — a well-loved, six-dollar vinyl copy of Sound Magazine, the 1971 stinger from The Partridge Family.

Following his recent unexpected concert experience, Christopher Long digs out his much-loved All ‘n All LP — the 1977 classic from Earth, Wind & Fire — a slightly abused copy he procured a while back from his GF in a savvy trade-out.