[78-L] Houston record shops

[Thatcher Graham]

last time I was in Houston I had good luck at /Vinal/ Edge Records. It's 
a small shop but the 78s were in the books and crannies. I got a big 
stack of early rock n' roll: Specialty, Vee-Jay, Gold Star, and Imperial

-- 
Thatcher Graham
Mediaguide






On 4/4/2011 12:17 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> I remember Kathy's booth at the antique mall thing-y but haven't
> ventured there in quite some time. Where ever there is now. There may
> still be some booths at the weekend Trader's Village on south loop 610.
> Good luck with that.
>
> I gave up on the Hilton record show a long time ago, same for the Austin
> show which is way too far to go for so little hope. At the Hilton show
> once long ago, I found some transcriptions and bought one that was
> exactly on target for what I collect. Wish I had bought all the rest
> now, at $3 apiece. I kick myself from time to time for letting that op
> get away.
>
> Kurt used to have a rack of rejected records that he let us go thru and
> purchase for very reasonable prices, but this may have been something he
> did for the ARSC mtgs. when we used to have an active local chapter and
> met at his house. Can't speak for now.
>
> The orig Cactus Music closed some time ago. I didn't realize that the
> name was st ill in use. May be ex-employees opened another store with
> the name.
>
>> I'll have to drive down Gray close to Montrose one day&   hunt for whatever that
>> shop is
> It is on the south side of the street, faces north, close to an athletic
> place, I used to go there to recycle old tennis shoes. That's how I
> discovered it. I rarely go to that part of town anymore.
>
>> 15 to 20 years ago there were 3 or 4 record collector shops in the lower
>> Westheimer area but sadly they are all long gone now.
> I remember some antique-y stores with 78s, one on Westheimer had a large
> stack of one record that had been produced locally. Looked unplayed.
> Must have come from some producer who unloaded their unsold records at
> some point, or died and the family did it for him. Might have been 500
> or 300 block. The lowest of the lower Westheimer.
>
> Kurt's shop was FANTASTIC! I remember on the wall he had an RCA program
> transcription of Rachmaninof playing. I have a copy of that now&  I
> wonder how they made the side joins as well as they did in those days.
>
> I didn't know Roy had died. Last time I looked his shop was on 59 at
> about Kirby, maybe west of Shepherd, on the south bound side.
>
>> The Half Price Bookstores at 2537 University Boulevard have a few common 78's
> I think this is where I bought the Chevalier 78s I posted about
> previously. My memory begins to be jogged.
>
> I've bought my share on ebay. There are some good dealers who pack well,
> and some real amateurs, as we all know.
>
> joe salerno
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