[78-L] Remember record stores, kiddies?

[Michael Biel]

Scroll down the page for some more store pictures.  (And by the way,  
I'll be having a few store from the 30s in my ARSC  presentation.)

fnarf at comcast.net wrote:
> Link no workie for me. Shorpie doesn't allow direct linking, I guess. But if you go to www.shorpy.com and search for "record store" it's the first hit.
>   

The original link worked fine for me.

> Personally I'm coveting the Frank Luther novelty record player in the bottom right. 
>
>   

Actually the girl in the bobby socks is also kinda cute. 

> I do indeed remember record stores. I've been in eight of them in the past month, buying newly-pressed LPs and 45s.
>
>   

This store is VERY heavy on 45 box sets, and still has a bunch of 78 
albums on the bottom two shelves.  I was a little surprised at the 
original estimate of the date as 1954, but it seems like all of the 
commenters agreed with  me at 1950 or 51.  I will ad that it seems 
obvious that it must be before the introduction of the EP in 1952 since 
I see no 45s in cardboard album sleeves, only box sets. 

And that girl's skirt is probably too long for 1954.

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com



----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78L" <78-L at 78online.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 5:31:18 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: [78-L] Remember record stores, kiddies?
>
> Forwarded from ARSClist. 1950..45s were new and in box sets, and dig the new 
> fangled "tape recorder"! Click on the photo to enlarge it.
>
> http://www.shorpy.com/node/3654
>
> dl
>
>