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Re: [ARSCLIST] obituary - Franz Jolowicz, Discophile NYC
Don,
That really blows my mind. My memory of Radio City was of a few bins
tucked in a tiny shop in close proximity to the bus terminal, which, in
Hempstead was just about the only center of activity most of the time.
Of course, I should have also mentioned the Salvation Army's excellent
arena for (mostly 78) rummaging, though I imagine the one in my neck of
the woods was not atypical for that era.
I am glad to hear an all too rare bit of record collector chatter on
this list for a change since I have next to no knowledge to the
technical side of recording and one could get the impression from
reading the postings on most days that the list of the Association of
Recorded Sound Collections has no interest how people actually come to
have these collections or find themselves charged with their care. I
have found much of the technical discussion and debates on issues,
particularly copyright, informative at times, but I have a much more
emotional attachment to the content and have a lot more to say about it
than I do regarding bitrates, fair-use clauses and the like.
Not really a carp or criticism, just an encouragement to kindred souls
to post more.
Peter Hirsch
Dnjchi@xxxxxxx wrote:
In a message dated 12/8/2005 12:10:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
punto@xxxxxxxx writes:
Even the little village of
Hempstead where I graduated from HS in 68 had its Radio City Records,
presided over by "Swede" and I still have some of the (mostly mono - we
only owned one speaker and my parents remained skeptical on the stereo
issue well into the 80s and beyond) albums bearing its rubber-stamped
name, address and phone number on them.
I worked in that store in the mid-'50s! That was Swede Olsen, whose wife
Karen worked there, too. Swede and I did some community theatre with Lantern
Theatre on LI for several years, until I graduated from Hofstra. They live in
retirement in Florida.
It was ar the Hempstead Salvation Army that I met Bob Colton who introduced
me to 'Record Research'; they were on issue no. 2!
Don Chichester