[78-L] Buying new 78s [was Re: Fwd: DeitrichFischer-Diskau[fwd]]

[Howard Hoffmaster]

Started 1940-41 in Commodore Record Shop on 42 St., New York. Bought a 
little at another shop which I believe had their own brand record players. 
Walked by at night the Commodore Shop on 52nd(?) St.; never bought 
there..for some reason, we looked down on that location.

Also bought at another record shop in White Plains, owner not as scary as 
the Commodore bunch, and bought a few at the department store in Scarsdale. 
All this egged on by Bob Wilber and his bunch, all fellow classmates in high 
school.

Howard Hoffmaster

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From: djwein
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Buying new 78s [was Re: Fwd: 
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-----Original Message-----
I started collecting 78s in 1951.  However, the only 78s I ever bought from
a "store" was sometime early in the 1960s @ Maxwell Radio and Music on
Maxwell Street in Chicago.  Immediately after entering the shop was the
check-out register in front of a huge cabinet of 78s.  I asked the guy if I
could go behind the counter to look.  His answer was  "NO!"  He asked me
what I was looking for (I was embarassed to say:"Everything!" - So, I
said:"What do you have by Louis Armstrong?"  He pulled out several Scroll
Victor originals that were Mint store stock.  I  purchased them all for 75
cents (List Price!).
Paul A. Riseman
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I had a similar experience, more than a decade later. As a kid, my family
spent summers in the Catskills. Circa 1965, my uncle stopped with me at a
record store near Ellenville, which had apparently not been serviced for 20
years or more. The narrow shelves were full of store stock 40s and 50s 78s.
I pulled out a dusty copy of Fats Waller's 12-inch "Moppin" and Boppin'" on
Victor and asked the price. The owner pulled out the company list price
list, barked "$1.25!" at me and I happily paid.

Dave Weiner

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