During the mid and late seventies during high school and college I worked at every record store in the Tampa Bay area: Harmony Music, Schoolkids records, budget tapes and records, 50-50 records, sunbums records, and peaches music. That was certainly the time of my life I fell in love with a lot of obscure music, and met a lot of local musicians I became friends with, like Amnesia, Just Boys, Richard Barone (who also worked at Schoolkids records), and people like Tom Petty and Randy California, who shopped in the stores. All that cool obscure music was why I started Audities initially. Cheers, Gary -----Original Message----- From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Thorn Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 10:34 PM To: audities@smoe.org Subject: Re: Audities record store workers After another nine months of teaching, I decided to reward myself a summer off and worked behind the counter at Off The Record near San Diego State University. I remember we blasted out a lot of wonderful Northern Soul over the speakers (Chuck Jackson, Dobie Gray, Jackie Wilson and the late great Edwin Starr) and always closed the joint with a little bit of Sinatra. A great summer of '89!! Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "floatingunder" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 4:43 AM Subject: Audities record store workers > Yet, another thread perhaps... > > I'm assuming many people have worked at record stores on this list. I > say that per it was always a job I REALLY coveted and still have very > fond memories of having worked at one. > > Me: Wazoo Records, Madison, WI (1984-85). > > Anyone care to come forward? > >