walking on Melrose street

[tomt]

when some 'old man' nearly jumps out of a storefront in front of me then starts talkin.

he also shows me what is in his store -

[richluvsound]

when some 'old man' nearly jumps out of a storefront in front of me then starts talkin.

he also shows me what is in his store -

Thats a Sign Tom ...... go vinyl . I could spend hours in that shop

Rich.

[spkrman57]

The Hartsfields have always been a secret pipe dream of mine.....

I couldn't afford them if they showed up at my door though!

Regards, Ron

[Harvey Gerst]

That could be Rudy Winegarten's old place; he was a big JBL dealer in the late 50s/early 60's. Heading west (towards Beverly Hills), it would be on the left (south) side of the street.

[Rolf]

The picture of Paragon reminds me how sorry I am that I sold it. There are about 20 - 40 of them in Norway, but when I put an ad on the net some years ago, nobody wants to sell. The Hartsfields ... don't know of any except at the Neby museum. (Not for sale)

[SEAWOLF97]

Thats a Sign Tom ...... go vinyl . I could spend hours in that shop

Rich.

this is my current fav ...

Crossroads Music
3130 SE Hawthorne, Portland OR 97214 * (503) 232-1767
The skinny: This giganto store combines the inventory of 35 different dealers, who all work on a consignment basis. This gives Crossroads wide and deep cross sections of different genres in a way that few stores anywhere can match. Mostly used vinyl, but if you poke around you can find every format – LP, 4 track, 8 track, cassette, cd, and beyond. The staff is very helpful and friendly, a must in a store this large and diverse. You could spend 8 hours here and barely scratch the surface of what’s in stock. Another essential destination for any music fan who finds themselves in the Rose City.



Of interest: The vintage electronic equipment throughtout the store that included a veritable museum of turntables, 8 track players and more – all for sale at reasonable prices.
Bonus points: For the selection of posters that covers every inch of the ceiling in the front room, and the impressive selection of vintage cardboard promo displays behind the front counter.

[yes, this is the ceiling...]


http://dkpresents.wordpress.com/2007...record-stores/

[tomt]

Thats a Sign Tom ...... go vinyl .
I could spend hours in that shop

i left after 4 and a half hours.


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this is strange -

http://twitpic.com/5oob3v

[JeffW]

Alice getting some make up tips?

[tomt]

Alice getting some make up tips?

once they are out of the lab, they are on their own.*

so,

they might be comparing notes .


where we got the DNA for Ke$ha -

a little from here -

http://www.myspace.com/marymagdalan

and some from here -

http://www.chelseahandler.com/


* altho, if they get in to too much trouble,

usually send someone to help them out.

(geting Britney back was the most painful thing so far)

[Steve Schell]

Melrose! I drove up there dozens of times in the 1980s and 1990s to visit Aron's Records (huge, busy, full of freaks and cheap promo LPs) and Rene's, a much smaller but quality shop down on the corner. Later Rene's closed and Aron moved up on Highland. Was still worth a visit, mostly for the tidal wave of classical LPs traded in by the Hollyweed types who were dumping all their vinyl. There was a snooty collector LP shop up the street from Aron on Highland, but a record there cost what a foot of records cost at Aron's... no thanks! The snooty guy had an EV Patrician as I recall... never saw any JBL in the other joints.

[tomt]

The snooty guy had an EV Patrician as I recall...

this guy has an Patrician 800.

says his mom was a concert pianist,

and has her piano in his store.





i'll try to get more photos tomorrow ...