[78-L] Seeger/Folkways memory

[Michael Biel]

I also was a regular at Rose Records during my Northwestern Univ years
1968-1972, and on occasional visits in the next few years.  The second
floor was their cut-out and overstock location and I bought hundreds of
dollar records over the years.  I remember the day where on the back
wall of the ground floor they had about a dozen sets of the Vogue Rumba
lessons.  I only bought one, damnit.  They were a part of a chain of
record distributors, and I had worked at one of them, Garden State
Records.  That's where all the cut-outs came from -- I once had a chance
to pick thru the Chicago warehouse in the mid-70s.  One of the reasons
why Folkways records showed up occasionally was when one of the
distributors decided to dump them instead of returning them to Moe. One
of the factors over Elecktra could also be the mono cut-outs.  


Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com  

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [78-L] Seeger/Folkways memory
From: "Robert Shirer" <rshirer at neb.rr.com>
Date: Wed, January 29, 2014 1:00 am
To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>

Not to be crude, Cary, but I drool with envy. I fondly remember many
visits
to Rose Discount Records on Wabash under the "L" tracks in the Chicago
Loop.
Because I was a graduate student at the time, I had little money, but
they
had huge stocks of cut-out Elektra, Vanguard and other 60s folk albums.
Lots of overstock Folkways, as well. I bought what I could; I always
wish I
had had the means to stock up. My favorite album, one I feared I had
played
so much that it would wear out, was "Gibson and Camp at the Gate of
Horn" on
Elektra, which had been out of print for years--this was the mid 70s.
One
day I found about 10 of them at Rose's, and I blew my budget for the
next
few weeks and bought them. I gave several to friends and relatives, but
I
still have a few that haven't been opened. But the Leadbelly 10 inchers.
.
. , sigh.
Cheers, 
Bob Shirer

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Cary Ginell
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 6:54 PM
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Subject: [78-L] Seeger/Folkways memory

The passing of Pete Seeger reminded me of a day in 1986 when, shortly
after
the death of Moe Asch, I walked into the Joseph Sachs Music Store in
downtown Los Angeles and saw that they were going out of business. In
the
store was one entire wall full of Folkways LPs - all on sale for $2.95
each.
I had the presence of mind to know a good thing when I saw it and bought
one
copy of every Folkways LP they had, including 9 by Seeger and all 4
10-inch
volumes of the Lead Belly Memorial series. I must have walked away with
50
LPs that day. You've heard of "The Folk Music Scare"? That was my Folk
Music
Score.

Cary Ginell
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