Re: [ARSCLIST] Other memorable record stores

[stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

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From: "phillip holmes" <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> I have a "second wave" theory that my older buddies agree with.  I'm 33
> (almost exactly 33 1/3!).  My best music/audio/DIY buddy is 65.  Nearly
all
> of the decent record collections will be on the market again.  People
don't
> throw things like record collections in the trash anymore.  They're much
> more motivated to make a buck off of the dead guy's junk.  Hence the rise
of
> full time estate sale buzzards.  There's always going to be a steady
stream
> of decent quality vinyl/shellac because collectors die.  Of course, now
it's
> MUCH harder to get a "deal" on a rare recording.  The buzzards can do an
> ePay search and find out that a 10" Charlie Parker on Dial is not a $1
> record.  And some of the really dumb folks out there don't have a clue.  I
> remember seeing a late '80s pressing of one of the early Beatles LPs,
> emblazoned with barcode and UPC.  It was in a protective plastic sleeve
and
> said "very rare original pressing, $100".  And people watch those cable
> programs about how uncle Joe left a Tiffany lamp in his attic and think
that
> uncle Bob's collection of Stan Kenton records must be their treasure.
They
> call you to look at them, and when you offer a buck or two per record they
> think you're screwing them.  I thought about putting an advertisement in
the
> local Yellow Pages, but I've been around my record dealer buddy and you
> wouldn't believe how many calls he gets about "rare and mint" Herb Alpert
> and Barbara Streisand records.  You rarely have someone call up about 10"
> jazz they want to sell.
Well, when I pass to my great reward, the biggest problem
for whomever settles the estate is going to be arranging
their hernia surgery after carrying all the 300-odd (some
VERY odd) milk crates of shellac out of the joint...

Steven C. Barr