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| From | "Mark Eichelberger" <markeichelberger@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Vinyl Purchase Memories |
| Date | Sat, 19 Jul 2003 10:40:11 -0400 |
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> Yes, E. J. Korvettes - supposedly the name came from E(ight) J(ewish)
> Kor(ean) Vet(eran)s who decided to form the first store while in the
> trenches overseas, perhaps a model for the Bubba Gump Shrimp
> Company? Urban legend or true? There were a number of Korvettes in the
> tri-state area and I also recall them having an interesting record
department.
Well, even if the source of the E.J.Korvettes name isn't true, it does make
for a funny tale. Thanks.
My first 45 purchases were Chicago's "Colour My World", The Moody Blues
"Question" and The Beatles "The Long and Winding Road". My first full
length album purchases were The Who's "Tommy" and The Beatles "Abbey Road".
I still have them, even if they are in absolutely horrible condition.
It's interesting to note, for me anyway, that my purchase of 45's dropped
off as AOR took off it the early seventies. But I remember visiting another
great record store called Plastic Fantastic in Bryn Mawr, PA (Mike Kropp,
another Audities poster, can also share some stories on this store, right
Mike?) during the heyday of British Punk and New Wave, and boy, did I snap
up some great import singles from them. The store also held a lot of
instore appearances in the late 70's to early 80's and I still cherish my
autographed XTC, Public Image, Ltd., Lene Lovich, Ramones and Police albums.
Believe it or not, when the Police arrived, there were not more than 50
people in the store. It was their first tour of the USA. Sting was pretty
impressed that I had the British import copy of "Outlandos d'Amour" pressed
on blue vinyl. He kept taking the album out of sleeve and holding it up to
the light to check out the blue hue!
And speaking of 45's, does anyone on the list know if I can get some sort of
storage container for 45's? Way back in the early 80's, I was visiting
Atlanta, GA and made a stop at a very large regional music chain called
Peaches (anyone remember them? still in business?) and I bought a small
wooden box specifically designed to hold 45's that looked like a peach crate
(Peaches...get it?). I still have it, but I have more 45's that can fit in
the crate and I have been looking for something to hold the excess. I have
visited flea markets and have seen the little carrying cases made in the
50's and 60's for singles, and they are cute and retro, but I was looking
for something a little less kitschy. I would think that some enterprising
person would make storage bins for designed for old media....hey
wait....maybe I have stumbled onto something....
Mark
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