And I think we have a winner.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Paul" <permpress@earthlink.net>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 5:09 PM
Subject: First Album ever purchased


> I got my first LP in 1958.
> 
> It was the 1st album by THE EVERLY BROTHERS on Cadence Records.
> 
> I'll never forget the day I got it. My dad took me down to the WHAM
> studios in
> 
> Rochester, NY where the station had the EVERLYS show up in person for a
> few hours
> 
> to meet fans and sign albums they were auctioning off that day. I
> remember we stood
> 
> and watched people bid up to $5 and $6 to get an album. My dad knew that
> I really
> 
> wanted one. I didn't say anything to him, but he could tell. I could
> also see that the DJ
> 
> who was hosting the event was getting down to the last 2 LPS they were
> going to auction
> 
> off and inside I was getting worried that we were probably were not
> going to be getting
> 
> one. But my dad's had a strategy that paid off. Then when mostly
> everyone who had bid
> 
> higher than store prices had gotten an LP, my dad then stepped in on the
> 2nd last LP to be
> 
> auctioned off, and snagged it for a mere $3.00.
> 
> Maybe the DJ just wanted to end it and go home, but it didn't matter to
> me. I got to go up
> 
> to the front to get my album, meet and shake hands with THE EVERLYS, and
> go home
> 
> with a signed copy of their 1st LP.
> 
> And an elated 8-year old went home and played that album every morning
> before going to
> 
> school for 3 weeks straight!  When I think back, I'm sure it's where I
> learned how to sing
> 
> and harmonize.
> 
> 
> Ray Paul
> 
> 
> 
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