[Vintage-Audio] Last Vintyl Record Shop Closes

Fri Sep 20 11:01:00 2002

The inventory is valued at $250,000 and is being sold as a lot. This man has
been in the business for many many decades. he is over seventy now and wants to
retire. None of it is on computer, so there will be no list of individual albums
available. As previously stated, sold as a lot, so individual titles means
little. You need to be there in person to see the inventory.	

DBF 	

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From: Salmons, Michael <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Vintage-Audio] Last Vintyl Record Shop Closes
Date: Friday, September 20, 2002 10:40 AM

Ah, yes... Whipped Cream and other delights...  Probably the first nearly-naked
lady I ever saw (except, I suppose, my mother, but does that count?).

Say, what is happening to that inventory? If he is liquidating, you may be able
to grab a big pile for nearly nothing. If they decide to auction it up, email
the list! I may have to make a road trip!

Michael Salmons

-----Original Message-----
From: Duane Fischer, W8DBF [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 8:58 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Last Vintyl Record Shop Closes

It was with great sadness today that I stopped for the last visit to Rarebird
Records. The owner is in his early seventies and has decided to put the business
up for sale. The inventory is something over 38,000 vinyl albums. Many are still
sealed, 'new', never opened. This is the last shop of its kind in this part of
the state. I think there is one in Ann Arbor, but that is a two hour drive from
here.	

I did find a few albums on my 'want' list, most were duplicates of originals I
have played since purchasing them new in 1965-1970. However, I did find two new
Floyd Cramer albums I had never heard of and they came home with me! 	

I am having fun transfering vinyl from the vintage system to the new Sony R10W
machine or to the Sony ZA5 ES DAT deck and then to the Sony R10W machine. Quite
an education. At least this way I can preserve some of the great music by great
musicians playing real instruments on CD. Heck, even my eleven year old grandson
thinks some of this stuff Grandpa plays is "Way cool!". Maybe it was because he
was looking at the jacket cover on the Herb Alpert TJB "Whipped Cream And Other
Delights" album. If you have seen it, you know why!	

Duane W8DBF	

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