Every now and then I get an email related to the BadCatRecords website.  Most of them are questions related to albums I have for sale.  Occasionally it's an artist, or a reader who wants to heap abuse on me for a review they don't like.  Hey, it's my opinion.  Nothing more than that.  And then once in a while I'll get something like this note:

ADDED: June 12, 2025

Hi - I just found your site when I was looking for info about the obscure band Beat of the Earth. What great detailed info. Nice!

Thanks! Mike Myers

ADDED: May 07, 2025

I got an unexpected package in the mail and when I opened it up I found a copy of a magazine I'd never heard of before - Record Time, No. 2  It's published by Scott Soriano with a score of interviews and reviews covering a mind-boggling array of known and obscure music acts.  Examples in this issue:  The Fantastic, Groundbreaking, Entertaining, Mind boggling, Gutsy, Unique, Tragic Story of Ray Borubon, Drag Pioneer; the Pansy Craze; Lavender Scare; Records and Changing Times.  The World of Sex Pistols Novelties and Swindles.  Enter the Dragon: Marc Boulet and the First Chinese Punk Band.  Shoot, I thought I was interested in obscure stuff.  By the way, issue No. 3 has subsequently been published.

Scott added a brief note to the magazine - "Hi there - when researching records I often find myself on BadCatRecords and enjoy what I read.  Hope you dig my contribution."

Here's a link to the magazine: https://recordtimeorg.wordpress.com/   

ADDED:  APRIL 23, 2025

I couldn't have made this up and it certain made me smile.

BADCATRECORDS MAKES OUR DAY

Hi there,

My name is Matt and I work at an electric Bicycle shop up in New Hampshire. The other mechanics and I listen to music from the time we punch in to the time we punch out. We are always looking for hidden gems to expand our musical tastes. I stumbled upon your website a couple of weeks ago and we feel like we hit the jackpot. We've come up with a system where we take the number of the day and translate that to a letter in the alphabet... we then check your Full Catalogue and find an album we've never heard of starting with that letter. (We haven't figured out what we'll do when we get past the 26th, but we'll figure something out.)

So really, we just wanted you to know that all that work you put into the website is being appreciated by others in the world. I wish you well and thank you for helping us learn about all this music that we would have never discovered.

Thanks, Matt Lavigne

Service Manager Electric Bikes of New England 19C Manchester Rd, 

April, 2025

Here's a link to their website:  https://ebikesofne.com/