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Post by bomberhojoe on Feb 29, 2024 14:33:19 GMT -5
I bought it along with "The Amazing James Brown" on sale at Korvette's for $2.77 each. Korvette's?!?! Wow, that brings me back! In the town I grew up in, we had a Korvette's, that became a Caldor's, that became a 2 Guy's, that became a grocery store. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 29, 2024 14:33:41 GMT -5
I remember Columbia House sending out order cards every month and you had to send it back to them or they would automatically send you the selection of the month, which was usually some LP or CD that you would never buy in the first place. Yep...I think I actually got a "record player" included in my first order. But it was usually the gullible young teenager in the house who signed up, so their "contract" wasn't enforceable. Eventually they just stopped sending albums (CDs didn't exist when I was a "member"). Haha. I remember them. They always had ads in "TV Guide" with a membership card thoughtfully included. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 29, 2024 14:37:07 GMT -5
I bought it along with "The Amazing James Brown" on sale at Korvette's for $2.77 each. Korvette's?!?! Wow, that brings me back! In the town I grew up in, we had a Korvette's, that became a Caldor's, that became a 2 Guy's, that became a grocery store. Yeah, Korvette's had some deal where they were violating some stupid regulation by undercutting prices on records and audio equipment. To get around it they claimed they were a cooperative that customers had to join, but they handed out free membership cards to everyone who walked through the door! I remember getting records at other defunct stores like WT Grant and Newberry's and Kresge. Not to mention Sam Goody's. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 29, 2024 14:50:52 GMT -5
I got my first record player when I was 14. It was a big gift for our family, we had little and spent less. When Christmas came I saw several obvious record albums under the tree, dreaming of contemporary rock music in this packages. When I opened them they were old, like really old country music that I had never heard of. The kind of stuff you get on the discount rack after it gets discounted again after not selling for a few years. It showed me once again that no one in my family even knew me at all. I tried playing them, but they were vomit inducing. Jews harps, and corny lyrics about bird moving south in their yellow under wear. Not a raspy voice to be heard. Only nasally drones. It probably took me two years to get six (decent) albums… When I got Rod Stewart’s “A Nod is as Good as a Wink (to a Blind Horse) the rest of the household was cussing and bitching about the s—- it was listening to. “Turn that sh— down.”…That’s when I knew I had found the right stuff… 🤓 Not a fan of what now passes for "country" music, but I have an appreciation for Hank Williams, etc. Ken Burns did a documentary on "real" country music worth checking out. I was a big Byrds fan. I'd play their albums in my room on my cheap "record player" at the max volume. My dad would yell for me to "turn that cowboy crap down"!!! The Byrds were pretty mild compared to what you could have been blasting. Was this their "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" period? I agree on country music. I love the old stuff -- Hank, Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline, Webb Pierce, etc. A lot of guys who later became strictly country singers started with music that was played on the rock stations -- Marty Robbins ("A White Sport Coat") and Sonny James ("Young Love") and Conway Twitty ("Make Believe") and Bobby Helms ("Special Angel"). Later in the 60s artists like Bobby Bare and Bill Anderson and Roger Miller and Jerry Reed and Roy Clark were played on mainstream rock stations in those less factionalized times. My recollection is that Johnny Cash was a "crossover" from the beginning, with one foot in the rockabilly genre and the other in pure country. Whatever, it was all good music. My parents were generally very tolerant about the music I was blaring from my room. I think they found it more amusing than annoying. One of the few times they ever knocked on the door to question what in the world I was listening to was with James Brown. I specifically remember old stuff of his like "Shout and Shimmy" and "Lost Someone" crossing their line. This was way back in 1962, so this sound was not in general circulation. Another one they hated was "Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen. |
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Post by azbob643 on Feb 29, 2024 16:14:12 GMT -5
Not a fan of what now passes for "country" music, but I have an appreciation for Hank Williams, etc. Ken Burns did a documentary on "real" country music worth checking out. I was a big Byrds fan. I'd play their albums in my room on my cheap "record player" at the max volume. My dad would yell for me to "turn that cowboy crap down"!!! The Byrds were pretty mild compared to what you could have been blasting. Was this their "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" period? Re Byrds...no...pre-Gram Parsons. Started with the 1st album..."Mr. Tambourine Man" thru "Younger Than Yesterday", which featured "My Back Pages". Re Parsons...visited Joshua Tree Inn were he perished and his "cremation" site in Joshua Tree NP (Cap Rock)...   |
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Post by azbob643 on Feb 29, 2024 16:24:32 GMT -5
My parents were generally very tolerant about the music I was blaring from my room. I think they found it more amusing than annoying. One of the few times they ever knocked on the door to question what in the world I was listening to was with James Brown. I specifically remember old stuff of his like "Shout and Shimmy" and "Lost Someone" crossing their line. This was way back in 1962, so this sound was not in general circulation. Another one they hated was "Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen. My dad was actually very good re most of the music I liked & played back then. He liked most of The Beatles stuff, and encouraged my guitar/drum playing...bought me my first Kay electric. Novelty songs like "Surfin' Bird", "Alley Oop", "Monster Mash", "Purple People Eater" & "Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" would get on anyone's nerves. |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Feb 29, 2024 16:46:41 GMT -5
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Post by azbob643 on Feb 29, 2024 16:47:04 GMT -5
I bought it along with "The Amazing James Brown" on sale at Korvette's for $2.77 each. Korvette's?!?! Wow, that brings me back! In the town I grew up in, we had a Korvette's, that became a Caldor's, that became a 2 Guy's, that became a grocery store. There was a Korvettes on Central Ave. in Yonkers...saw Soupy Sales there. There was also a monkey that provided great "entertainment" for goofy teenaged boys. I'll leave it at that. |
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Post by azbob643 on Feb 29, 2024 16:48:20 GMT -5
Yeah...great stuff. I posted that earlier in the thread. |
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Post by bomberhojoe on Feb 29, 2024 18:42:19 GMT -5
Korvette's?!?! Wow, that brings me back! In the town I grew up in, we had a Korvette's, that became a Caldor's, that became a 2 Guy's, that became a grocery store. Yeah, Korvette's had some deal where they were violating some stupid regulation by undercutting prices on records and audio equipment. To get around it they claimed they were a cooperative that customers had to join, but they handed out free membership cards to everyone who walked through the door! I remember getting records at other defunct stores like WT Grant and Newberry's and Kresge. Not to mention Sam Goody's. Goody's Got It! I was at Sam Goody's at least once or twice a week growing up! Great memories! |
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Post by rizzuto on Feb 29, 2024 18:43:09 GMT -5
Excellent choice, brother. Yep, spring of 1965. You were quite precocious. It marked a definite musical advancement for Brian Wilson, with more sophisticated instrumentation on some of the ballads ("Please Let Me Wonder" and "She Knows Me Too Well" and "Kiss Me Baby") plus the usual run of hits ("Dance Dance Dance" and "When I Grow Up" and "Help Me Rhonda"). Two songs from the under-appreciated Dennis Wilson ("Do You Wanna Dance" and "The Back Of My Mind"). Still considered by Beach Boys cognescenti to be one of their best. They took another step forward with their next album in the summer of 65 "Summer Days and Summer Nights" which some consider a warm up for "Pet Sounds" in 66. I've got a few years on you, but my first album purchase was also a Beach Boys effort "Surfin' Safari" in late 1962. Well, I bought it along with "The Amazing James Brown" on sale at Korvette's for $2.77 each. "Surfin' Safari" was their first and most simplistic album, lots of filler, but it had the title song and "409" and that was enough for me. I wasn't sure at the time what a "four-speed, dual-quad positraction 409" was, but I knew that I needed to find out. I wanted a V-neck knit sweater like the kind the Boys were wearing on the cover of BBT, especially the blue one Dennis Wilson wore. I went to great lengths to find out who made them, including actually calling Capitol Records in Hollywood in those pre-direct dialing days. Some nice young receptionist there took pity on me and looked into it. She got back to me a few days later with the answer -- it was JPress. I was able to find a local clothing store that carried their line and got my sweater. It didn't make me look as studly as Dennis Wilson, but it was still a cool sweater. Pure Pipps! That's fantastic, my friend. You were a go-getter early!  |
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Post by rizzuto on Feb 29, 2024 18:46:21 GMT -5
Not a fan of what now passes for "country" music, but I have an appreciation for Hank Williams, etc. Ken Burns did a documentary on "real" country music worth checking out. I was a big Byrds fan. I'd play their albums in my room on my cheap "record player" at the max volume. My dad would yell for me to "turn that cowboy crap down"!!! The Byrds were pretty mild compared to what you could have been blasting. Was this their "Sweetheart Of The Rodeo" period? I agree on country music. I love the old stuff -- Hank, Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline, Webb Pierce, etc. A lot of guys who later became strictly country singers started with music that was played on the rock stations -- Marty Robbins ("A White Sport Coat") and Sonny James ("Young Love") and Conway Twitty ("Make Believe") and Bobby Helms ("Special Angel"). Later in the 60s artists like Bobby Bare and Bill Anderson and Roger Miller and Jerry Reed and Roy Clark were played on mainstream rock stations in those less factionalized times. My recollection is that Johnny Cash was a "crossover" from the beginning, with one foot in the rockabilly genre and the other in pure country. Whatever, it was all good music. My parents were generally very tolerant about the music I was blaring from my room. I think they found it more amusing than annoying. One of the few times they ever knocked on the door to question what in the world I was listening to was with James Brown. I specifically remember old stuff of his like "Shout and Shimmy" and "Lost Someone" crossing their line. This was way back in 1962, so this sound was not in general circulation. Another one they hated was "Surfin' Bird" by The Trashmen. The Big Band era music fans could not begin to tolerate "Surfin' Bird"! |
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Post by laurenfrances on Feb 29, 2024 19:03:08 GMT -5
Yeah, Korvette's had some deal where they were violating some stupid regulation by undercutting prices on records and audio equipment. To get around it they claimed they were a cooperative that customers had to join, but they handed out free membership cards to everyone who walked through the door! I remember getting records at other defunct stores like WT Grant and Newberry's and Kresge. Not to mention Sam Goody's. Goody's Got It! I was at Sam Goody's at least once or twice a week growing up! Great memories! Anyone recall The WIZ and Tower records? The Wiz was in my neighborhood so I frequent there looking for deals. Occasionally check out Tower Records. |
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Post by kaybli on Feb 29, 2024 19:09:06 GMT -5
Goody's Got It! I was at Sam Goody's at least once or twice a week growing up! Great memories! Anyone recall The WIZ and Tower records? The Wiz was in my neighborhood so I frequent there looking for deals. Occasionally check out Tower Records. I remember going to THE WIZ to buy cds and check out all the electronics. Nodody beats the Wiz! |
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Post by azbob643 on Feb 29, 2024 19:11:53 GMT -5
Anyone recall The WIZ and Tower records? The Wiz was in my neighborhood so I frequent there looking for deals. Occasionally check out Tower Records. I remember going to THE WIZ to buy cds and check out all the electronics. Nodody beats the Wiz! |
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