DMP Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 I miss the days when you could drop by a record store and the knowledgeable staff could help you find a particular piece. Does such a thing even exist today? Are we relegated Amazon, which has an impressive inventory but little direction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted May 7, 2021 Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 57 minutes ago, DMP said: I miss the days when you could drop by a record store and the knowledgeable staff could help you find a particular piece. Does such a thing even exist today? Are we relegated Amazon, which has an impressive inventory but little direction? if this type of curatorial service exists, I imagine only in Japan, Tokyo or another large city. I remember walking into Tower in NYC and there would always be knowledgeable sales staff to direct you, undoubtedly in their biased ways, but still guide you to a particular performance’s recording. We all know what happened with that music store chain. Before Tower there was a flagship Sam Goody’s in Times Square, a stuff of legends in regards to stories of the people who walked the floors there. I caught the very tail end of that, in the early 1990s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMP Posted May 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2021 That Tower down on lower Broadway was the kind of place I had in mind. Your description is on the money. Back then I could have never imagined that it would come to an end! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 A local used music store is purging classical. Most CDs are 95 cents, as are LP boxed sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.