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Post by kaybli on Feb 29, 2024 19:16:01 GMT -5
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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 29, 2024 19:27:26 GMT -5
rPure Pipps! That's fantastic, my friend. You were a go-getter early!  Thanks Rizz. I just really wanted that sweater!  |
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Post by kaybli on Feb 29, 2024 19:34:40 GMT -5
rPure Pipps! That's fantastic, my friend. You were a go-getter early! Thanks Rizz. I just really wanted that sweater! Did it look as good as the orange turtleneck/cashmere jacket combo? |
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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 29, 2024 19:35:15 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! The flagship store on 49th Street was worth the trip up from Philly for me. That was a great place. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 29, 2024 19:37:33 GMT -5
Thanks Rizz. I just really wanted that sweater! Did it look as good as the orange turtleneck/cashmere jacket combo? It was a corduroy jacket Kaybli. And BURNT orange. And yeah, that was 70s attire. My 60s stuff was much nicer. And I never bought one of those Nehru jackets, thank you very much. |
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Post by kaybli on Feb 29, 2024 19:40:53 GMT -5
Did it look as good as the orange turtleneck/cashmere jacket combo? It was a corduroy jacket Kaybli. And BURNT orange. And yeah, that was 70s attire. My 60s stuff was much nicer. And I never bought one of those Nehru jackets, thank you very much. lol, thats what I meant. I knew what it was. How could I forget?
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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 29, 2024 19:41:07 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. For sure. Tower was one of the last ones to die. A lot of them became FYE. Also remember Virgin Records. And Tape World at the malls. But we bought records everywhere -- drug stores, radio/TV stores, Sears, Woolworth's, lots of small local shops. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 29, 2024 19:42:56 GMT -5
It was a corduroy jacket Kaybli. And BURNT orange. And yeah, that was 70s attire. My 60s stuff was much nicer. And I never bought one of those Nehru jackets, thank you very much. lol, thats what I meant. I knew what it was. How could I forget?
Sheesh. Not in front of our new YES members.  |
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Post by kaybli on Feb 29, 2024 19:44:05 GMT -5
lol, thats what I meant. I knew what it was. How could I forget?
Sheesh. Not in front of our new YES members. Hahahah, its my job to embarrass you, pipps. I do it out of love. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 29, 2024 19:47:12 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. 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. Oh man, Soupy Sales. If I'm with a few friends from childhood and the bourbon is flowing, there might be an occasional White Fang impersonation. And if it's really flowing, somebody will break out the Black Tooth. Do The Mouse. You can do it in your house. |
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Post by azbob643 on Feb 29, 2024 19:52:21 GMT -5
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. Oh man, Soupy Sales. If I'm with a few friends from childhood and the bourbon is flowing, there might be an occasional White Fang impersonation. And if it's really flowing, somebody will break out the Black Tooth. Do The Mouse. You can do it in your house. The father of a friend of mine worked for Entenmann's. In anticipation of Soupy's appearance, he was able to secure a few day's old pies. Let's just say it didn't end well. |
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Post by inger on Feb 29, 2024 19:52:54 GMT -5
Did anyone else have to tape a nickel on the top of the stylus to keep the records from skipping? … that had to hard on the rd ot’s and the stylus…
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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 29, 2024 19:55:47 GMT -5
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)...   Good stuff, Bob. When we lived in LA we used to visit Joshua Tree regularly. Yep, those first four Byrds albums were uniformly great IMO. My personal favorite was "Fifth Dimension" from 1966, but I liked all of them. They didn't do many clunkers. By far I liked the McGuinn-Crosby-Clark-Hillman-Clarke lineup the best. I know Gram Parsons was a favorite of the critics, but I was never a big fan. I'm sure you remember the McGuinn-Clark-Hillman reunion in the late 70s. They had a modest hit with "Don't You Write Her Off Like That." That was a pretty decent album I thought. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 29, 2024 19:58:51 GMT -5
Did anyone else have to tape a nickel on the top of the stylus to keep the records from skipping? … that had to hard on the rd ot’s and the stylus… Oh for sure. My Aunt used to give us her rock records after she had pretty much decimated them and it took some coins to work through all the bumps and cracks. Sometimes we flipped the stylus over to put the heavier 78 RPM needle down on the grooves. It wasn't exactly like streaming, was it? |
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Post by azbob643 on Feb 29, 2024 20:09:29 GMT -5
Yep, those first four Byrds albums were uniformly great IMO. My personal favorite was "Fifth Dimension" from 1966, but I liked all of them. They didn't do many clunkers. By far I liked the McGuinn-Crosby-Clark-Hillman-Clarke lineup the best. I know Gram Parsons was a favorite of the critics, but I was never a big fan. I'm sure you remember the McGuinn-Clark-Hillman reunion in the late 70s. They had a modest hit with "Don't You Write Her Off Like That." That was a pretty decent album I thought. Early Byrds albums featured a beautiful old English song..."We'll Meet Again" & the Pete Seeger/Idris Davies written "Bells of Rhymney". www.youtube.com/watch?v=Buqs3hLrr0owww.youtube.com/watch?v=YO1ql0czo0sAlso, "He Was A Friend of Mine"...an old English folk song reworked to reference the assassination of JFK... www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRanxGWKF8M |
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