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| From | "mkropp" <mkropp@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Re: Vinyl Purchase Memories |
| Date | Sat, 19 Jul 2003 13:48:10 -0400 |
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Mark did it again. Boy do I have Plastic Fantastic stories. That store was
the holy grail among us young record buyers (we thought we were so cool
going to what amounted to vinyl heaven). I later went to work at their
Ardmore location, and while the store was still great, the owner made it
fairly intolerable. He would play the complete version of Marianne
Faithfull's "Why'd Ya Do It?" at near-ear-splitting volume on a crowded
Friday night just to get a rise out of people - then wonder why people who
either leave or complain. A radio-station giveaway for the REM "Green"
album turned into an entire fiasco. A whole mini-series could be aired on
the shenanigans at that place. What should have been a dream job quickly
turned sour. On the up-side, I made great friends there with fellow
employees/managers Dave & Mike who run their own new/used record/CD store in
Wayne, PA - Shadydog Records. A totally unsolicted plug for them, but if
you're ever in the Philly suburbs, check them out. http://www.shadydog.com
(full disclosure: Mike is also my daughter's godfather - but he has no idea
I am advertising his store to my friends on the Audities list).
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Eichelberger <markeichelberger@comcast.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: Vinyl Purchase Memories
> > 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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