On the Record
Between watching a marathon of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and talking to a friend about old vinyl albums - the thoughts occurred to me about what it was like buying records in the 1970s versus what it's like now. Suffice it to say, it's one Hell of a lot different now. Let's travel back to the early-to-mid 1970s. Places like EJ Korvette's, Record Museum, and Franklin Music sold vinyl albums (we called them records) and 45's. We used to subscribe to magazines like Creem and Circus to get updates on new albums and concert tours. In other news, we used to stand in line for concert tickets at 9:00am on Saturday mornings - for "Dance Concerts" - shows where you didn't get an assigned seat. $5.50 for a show. It was first-come, first-served, and it was the kind of nonsense that led to The Who stampede in Cincinnati that eventually brought an end to "Dance Concerts," but I digress. It was exciting to find a new record, sit in the ...