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I won't come in with any numbers except for this number; the first 45 I bought was in 1962; "Bristol Stomp" by the Dovells. And the first LP I bought was shortly afterwards; Jan and Dean's Drag City lp! And I've been buying music ever since!
I enjoy going into old record shops & checking out the records.Their is one in hemet,ca & a thrift store in banning that has old 45,s. At the thrift store they sell for $1.00 ea but the owner lowered it to .50 ea if i bought 10 or more (i asked If he would). Im currently looking to replace a few 45s that were stolen from me years ago. The doors-love her madly & chicago-harry truman. I actually had about 50 records stolen & destroyed.
I don't know if I am in the above thread, but I am pretty sure that the first 45 I bought was the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand." I think that was 1963.
I used to have around 250 LPs. I have half of that now, maybe less.
But I do have a turntable, and I do use it.
I enjoy going into old record shops & checking out the records.Their is one in hemet,ca & a thrift store in banning that has old 45,s. At the thrift store they sell for $1.00 ea but the owner lowered it to .50 ea if i bought 10 or more (i asked If he would). Im currently looking to replace a few 45s that were stolen from me years ago. The doors-love her madly & chicago-harry truman. I actually had about 50 records stolen & destroyed.
To this day, I STILL stop at my local Salvation Army, Goodwill, or D.A.V. thrift store and see what kind of lp's come in that people donate.
Once upon a time, before the days of Best Buy, Circuit City, Walmart, etc., lp's and 45's in the cut-out bins were in lots of department stores. Around the summer of '68 when no more monaural albums were made as the music industry strictly went to stereo, I would hit the department stores like Woolworth's, Woolco, Gibson's, TG&Y, and other stores like that. Albums would sell for a $1 or less, sometimes even 25 cents. And believe it or not, major retailers such as Penney's, Walgreens, and Montgomery Wards would sell lp's, 45's, and 8 tracks as well. It was a cheap and easy way to build up the ol' music collection.
Stereo is the best sound. The beach boys liked to record in mono. I would love to hear Barbra Ann & Good Vibrations in true stereo. Unfortunately they are only in mono. What cost a $1.00 in 1968 would cost $6.20 in 2009.
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