FLEA MARKET FIND OF THE YEAR

Well, since the good people at KBD Records already posted the Rousers "Magazine Girl" 45 I wanted to post today, I guess I'm allowed to post a KBD record instead; here it is, the Lubricants' 1980 "Activated Energy"/ "Transformation Vacation" single. To celebrate the fact I found both records at a flea market in my village last week, at $0.25 each. Along with a bunch of other less rare but still very cool records; 5 or 6 Buzzcocks 45s (including Orgasm Addict, Spiral Scratch and a Tiller Boys EP), singles by the Zones, Gang of Four, Undertones, Rip Rig and Panic, first two 45s by Jesus and Marychain, a stack of 90's indie limited editions by Posies, Stereolab, etc. etc... My head is still reeling. I was just having a bike ride with my 4 year old son and decided to check out a small flea market in front of some farm, a couple of hundred meters from my place. Who knows, they might have a nice Flintstones video tape. (Well, that's the excuse I always use to persuade my son!) Of course I had to flick through a box of 45s I saw underneath a table; one by one I pulled them out... Of course then I had to go through the whole box, all the while having my son tugging at me going: "Are you ready, dad? Just one more record. That's it, now we're going home, dad. I said one more record, dad. Can we go now?" (etc. etc.) Now all I wanna know is: how the hell does a super rare midwestern punk single from 1980 end up in 2006 at a flea market, a stone's throw from my house??
I'm waiting now for someone to show up and go: "Just kidding! Now gimme back my records!" Or maybe someone who once got negative feedback from me on eBay has put it there and saturated the sleeve with poison so I'm gonna die. Or, maybe it's this Nick Hornby/ High Fidelity type of thing where an irate ex-girlfriend threw someone's records out, in which case I guess I should give them back if that person ever finds out (luckily, I don't have a lot of readers!). Actually, I'm curious now about the former owner of this stack of records... In the same box there was a stack of early 45s by (Dutch indie label) Electrolux/Excelsior, and as I was in an Excelsior band at the time there's a big chance I actually know this guy/girl (o.k., let's say guy). It must be someone around 40 years old, who in his youth grooved to punk and new wave, then later on turned to indie rock, and had a weak spot for private pressings and limited editions. Maybe it's an ex-music journalist. Come to think of it, I don't wanna know!
Anyway, the Lubricants' sole release is a nice slice of 1980 Mid-West punk rock. Funny detail: both labels say "Modern Physics" and are glued over with small stickers saying "LUBRICANTS"; check out the story behind this at the great breakmyface.com.

Lubricants - Activated Energy
Lubricants - Transformation Vacation