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kewy
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response 25 of 62:
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Mar 9 14:55 UTC 1997 |
yeah, i've vaguely heard of it, but never been there.
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orinoco
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response 26 of 62:
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Apr 2 19:15 UTC 1997 |
It's on State street.
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lumen
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response 27 of 62:
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Jul 24 08:51 UTC 1997 |
One thing I've never really had to worry about is selling back CDs and tapes.
I am pretty fussy about what I buy, and even if it's not top-notch, my music
collection is so small that it doesn't matter much.
I wish I had the selection of places you all have in MI-- really, as I
mentioned, I have only two places for CDs and tapes. For vinyl, it's R &
P records. But if I remember right, the owner usually charges you to put it
on tape, because the selection is rather small and some of it is uncommon or
even rare. The place smells of smoke, and it's a dump. But I found plenty
of interesting music.
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dang
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response 28 of 62:
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Jul 24 14:55 UTC 1997 |
I go to PJ's. It's on Packard, in the Packard/Hill/State triangle, over the
Subway. Great place. Not the least good thing is that they let you play any
CD you want before you buy it. :)
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omni
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response 29 of 62:
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Jul 24 19:19 UTC 1997 |
For vinyl, I patronize Musical Memories in Flint. They usually have what
I am looking for.
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krj
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response 30 of 62:
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Jul 24 21:58 UTC 1997 |
but what are you looking for?
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omni
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response 31 of 62:
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Jul 25 03:38 UTC 1997 |
Usually moldy oldies from the 1950's. Stuff that time has forgot.
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orinoco
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response 32 of 62:
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Aug 9 03:01 UTC 1997 |
Wow...didn't know that about PJs. Thanks, dang.
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kewy
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response 33 of 62:
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Sep 16 19:08 UTC 1997 |
yeah.. i'm constantly driving by pj's but never been in there, it's just kinda
inconveneint, not much place to park, and kinda not really near anywhere where
i usually go.
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raven
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response 34 of 62:
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Sep 16 22:07 UTC 1997 |
I always park at the laundrymat on the corner at Packard. They have a really
good selection of albums, and some unusal CDs, I found an unusual Throwing
Muses CD, and harry Prtch there in the past.
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krj
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response 35 of 62:
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Sep 22 11:05 UTC 1997 |
It had been years since Leslie & I had visited Car City Records, but
we were on that side of the Detroit suburbs on Saturday so I insisted
on swinging by. Car City is a bit like Encore Music in Ann Arbor,
but it's bigger and they handle quite a few new CDs as well.
I was quite pleased with the jazz selection. The "New Music" section
was pretty good, too; Car City had that Harry Partch historical
set we've been discussing, and they also had *4* Pauline Oliveros CDs.
(I don't know that I have ever seen 4 Pauline Oliveros CDs in one place
before...)
There is a mammoth wall of boxed LP sets of opera, if your interests
run that way... they had lots of all sorts of vinyl, which I did
not have time to sniff around in.
Car City Records is in St. Clair Shores, on Harper between 8 and 9
Mile Roads. It's approximately a one-hour drive from Ann Arbor.
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orinoco
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response 36 of 62:
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Sep 22 18:54 UTC 1997 |
Whoa...drool...
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jiffer
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response 37 of 62:
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Sep 27 09:45 UTC 1997 |
wow! i wanna go.l..
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diznave
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response 38 of 62:
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Oct 21 16:53 UTC 1997 |
Oh, what I would do for a Tower Records in this area. You'd think a college
town would have at least one really good record store. We've got a few of the
natioal chain stores that all sell the same thing. Then we have small
independant stores with little to no selection. They are usually really good
about ordering anything you want, but it takes away from the joy of browsing
through albums all afternoon, and finally choosing something with a cool
cover. Plus, the small stores usually charge a bit more. Right now, I'm on
the hunt for Joan Baez's first album.
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mziemba
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response 39 of 62:
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Oct 26 09:56 UTC 1997 |
I'm pretty pleased with Encore. I went looking for a fairly obscure
soundtrack that I figured I might never come across, and, sure enough, they
had it. I haven't been that lucky with everything I've been looking for,
there, but it's a good place to try. They have quite a large selection, if
only because about 1/2 the promotional discs from the store down the street
must end up there...
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orinoco
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response 40 of 62:
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Oct 26 16:12 UTC 1997 |
What is it that they do to you if they catch you re-selling one of those,
anyway? I mean, it must be _something_, but it couldn't be that bad because
if it were you wouldn't see them for sale everywhere.
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diznave
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response 41 of 62:
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Oct 26 16:25 UTC 1997 |
Mark, unfortunately, I don't think Encore has any chains down here (if, in
fact, they *are* a chain).
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mcnally
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response 42 of 62:
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Oct 26 21:26 UTC 1997 |
Encore is not a chain..
Since it was a cold and rainy afternoon, perfect for settling down with
a book and some new music, I dropped in at Encore and left with more than
I bargained for.. I was quite surprised to find that they had the Future
Bible Heroes album I was looking for and by the time I was done I'd
somehow also wound up with two dub collections, "I Get a Kick Out of You --
The Cole Porter Songbook vol II" (a Verve collection featuring renditions
of classic Porter tunes by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Dinah
Washington, Sarah Vaughan, etc (figured I couldn't go wrong..), and
"Last Train to Lhasa", a double CD from techno group Banco de Gaia
and that was the short list! there were two or three other CDs that I
wanted to get but decided I had to limit myself..
I think I'm going to have to cut back on my visits, they're getting
expensive..
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bruin
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response 43 of 62:
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Oct 26 22:06 UTC 1997 |
What I like best about Encore are the LP covers, many of which are very
obscure. The ones I remember best are as follows:
1) "It's Time For Regis," featuring songs by a much younger Regis
Philbin, at the time, the sidekick for Joey Bishop's failed entry
into late night TV on ABC.
2) The book "Janet Lennon at Calamity Lake" (BTW, Janet was the
youngest of the singing Lennon Sisters from Lawrence Welk's TV
show, and no relation to John).
3) Movie soundtrack LP from "For Whom The Bell Tolls" with only a lady
with a tear falling down her cheek on the album cover.
4) An LP of a Wagner opera with a naked lady holding two VW hubcaps
over her bare brests.
5) Several albums by what appeared to be an obscure rockabilly artist
named Orion (who wore glittery clothing and a Lone Ranger-style
mask).
In addition, there have been LP's of recently deceased singers and
musicians in the window display at one time or another.
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mcnally
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response 44 of 62:
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Oct 27 02:44 UTC 1997 |
The one with the ummm.. hubcaps is in the current window display --
I think it's one of their favorites.. They certainly do come up
with some hilariously campy stuff..
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krj
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response 45 of 62:
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Oct 27 05:34 UTC 1997 |
I suspect the hubcap cover is an old Westminster Gold LP...
that was very much their graphical style.
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bruin
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response 46 of 62:
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Oct 27 19:17 UTC 1997 |
RE #45 It was on the Westminster Gold label, krj, and by "their graphical
style," I assume that you mean nude women, right?
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krj
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response 47 of 62:
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Oct 27 20:34 UTC 1997 |
Westminster Gold did a lot of undressed women, but even more than that
they tended towards a comic/ironic style in their LP covers.
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orinoco
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response 48 of 62:
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Oct 28 23:56 UTC 1997 |
Would that be "Graphical style" or "Graphic style"?
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carson
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response 49 of 62:
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Jan 7 00:48 UTC 1998 |
(used music stores are often great _because_ of the promotional stuff
you can find, at least if you're into rarities.)
(usually, you can get better deals if you trade in music instead of
selling them, difference being about a buck or two per piece. I don't
remember the last time I actually tried to sell a piece of music I no
longer wanted.)
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