[78-L] Record Stores

[Geoffrey Wheeler]

Mike Biel says: When I came across photos of Sam Goody's 49th Street it
brought back so many details to me that I had forgotten.

When I arrived in New York City in the fall of 1958, I used to visit 
both Goody stores. Once on going in the 49th Street store, about 15 
feet inside the entrance on the left were some stacks of new LPs being 
sold at reduced price. I bought three Savoy reissues of Boyd Raeburn 
and a Phil Urso-Bob Brookmeyer LP for 99¢ each. This is where I first 
met Jeff Atterton, who died about three weeks ago in an assisted-living 
facility. Harry Lim worked at the Third Avenue store. He was testy and 
not helpful to me, so every time I went in after that, I would ask him 
for the latest Patty Page record. He would go into a back room and stay 
there until I left.