[78-L] 78's at "Sally Ann"

[David Lennick]

And I'm sure many of us who've been regulars at certain stores have known the staff well enough that they've shown us the stuff in the back before it got put out. I picked up the entire SONGS OF OUR TIMES series in mint condition for about five bucks at the Sally Ann in Niagara Falls NY a couple of years ago, and that's only one example.

 

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> Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:46:25 +0000
> From: bradc944 at comcast.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] 78's at "Sally Ann"
> 
> Having worked at a thrift-store for a while, I can tell you one thing: it depends on the store employees... sometimes it is the manager that just dumps the old stuff thinking they're worthless, sometimes the manager puts out 78s with unreasonably high prices, then dumps them after the discs have been sitting on the shelf for months (usually in the glass 'showcase'), sometimes it is the person in charge of the receiving area that has 'buddies' that get called whenever something of special interest shows up. I've seen all instances happen... I've also seen managers that will literally flood the shelves with material... which is how I got 9 HUGE boxes of reel-to-reel tapes over the period of a month... all with some interesting material on them (local radio programs from the 50s and 60s, dubs of 78s, etc etc). I think I got maybe 2/3 of the archive until some guy came in and flashed a huge wad and DEMANDED that he get the rest of the available tapes, even though they weren't 
> put out on the floor for sale yet. Dunno how that went because I left with a couple of boxes of reels... and the guy trying to throw money at me for them (to which I said, politely yet firmly, something to the effect of 'go stuff yourself').
> 
> Now, to put a brighter picture on things, a couple of weeks ago, I was in another thrift store, known for occasionally putting out some decent 78s... I found fragments of ultra-common things (including the ubiquitous Bullet 101) in the bins, but BETWEEN the bins was the 2-disc copy of the Crepitation Contest, each disc in its' own clear sleeve! Needless to say, they're safely in the archive now :) I paid 69 cents per disk (fair shape, one being cracked but restorable) for the 2, interesting because these were the ones with the "WINDBREAK RECORDS" labels, the "Battle At Thunderblow (Windesmear vs. Boomer)" in 4 parts. Not a matrix number to be seen though...
> 
> Was a nice find :)
> 
> Brad
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Glenn Longwell 
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> Sent: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 02:14:00 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [78-L] 78's at "Sally Ann"
> 
> I did this once. I unloaded about 1100 78s - common, duplicate big band stuff from the 40s - among 4 different Goodwills near me as I didn't want to overwhelm any one of them. These are stores I've bought 78s at before so I knew they'd take them.
> 
> I went back to all of them a short while later and none of them had ever put them out. In fact, it seemed they were reducing the area where they had records. They must have someone who they'll call when records come in. Of course, they're not supposed to do that but what else could it be? I can't believe all 4 stores would have dumped them all. 
> 
> Glenn
> 
> --- On Wed, 6/2/10, Don Chichester wrote:
> 
> From: Don Chichester 
> Subject: Re: [78-L] 78's at "Sally Ann"
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 5:16 PM
> 
> 
> In my experience, if there are more than one shop in an area, donations are divided among the SA shops, Goodwill, et al. So it pays to make the complete rounds, if possible.
> 
> Don
> 
> > From: stevenc at interlinks.net
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 16:29:28 -0400
> > Subject: [78-L] 78's at "Sally Ann"
> > 
> > 78's seem to turn up at our local SA thrift shop about once a year or so; if 
> > I'm not
> > lucky enough to see/buy them the day (or so) after they are dumped in with 
> > the
> > gazillion or so LP's, all I usually find are pieces! Found two 
> > to-day...oddly enough
> > both of jazz interest. Only the two...no fragments to suggest there had been 
> > others...?!
> > 
> > First was a UK Parlophone...from the "Second New Rhythm Series" (#9/#10).
> > Two sides from Louis Armstrong & his Orchestra; first was a master pressing
> > but the second didn't look to be such... m#405063=3/405167=B.
> > 
> > Second is Prestige 835; two sides by Reinhold Svensson and Quintet 
> > ("Nevertheless"/
> > "I Guess I'll Have To Dream the Rest").
> > 
> > One wonders...were these two favourite discs set aside by some 
> > recently-deceased
> > jazz lover...or two discs from a much larger jazz collection? If the latter, 
> > then what
> > happened/will happen to the remainder? Already landfill bound (then how did 
> > these
> > two get missed?!)...or set aside for eventual profitable sale? I know there 
> > is a story
> > involved...just no idea what it IS...?!
> > 
> > Steven C. Barr 
> > 
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