Re: [ARSCLIST] Other memorable record stores

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Ross" <johnross@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Anybody else want to offer their memories of the places that fed
> > their collections?
> >
> And, of course, there was Jim Hadfield's barn (DL will remember this
> as well!). It was actually a couple of outbuildings filled completely
> with 78's...I have no idea how long it would have taken to look at
> every record in the place, but it wouldn't have been a "weekend
> project!" Jim usually brought the genuine rarities inside the house;
> that's where I found my "electric sample(?)" Radiex...
>
> Steven C. Barr

Excursions to Hadfield's were regular occurrences for a few Toronto (etcetera)
collectors, to the point of practically camping there. They used to bring
bananas with them, because bananas are one of the few foods you can eat with
dirty hands (dirty face).

Even Jim couldn't get through his holdings quickly. I once asked him if he had
"Begin the Beguine" by Xavier Cugat. He said he'd look through all his Scroll
Victors. It took him 3 days till he found a copy.

dl