The Record Store Years
Hugh JonesA memoir of 25 years (1975-2000) spent working in the world of records & music in Seattle, with side trips into writings on Led Zeppelin and other adventures from my musical life.
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The Record Store Years (Side Trip): Led Zeppelin at Fillmore East, January 1969
This show was my second rock concert, I was 12 years old and as a Christmas present my parents let me choose a Fillmore East show from the weekly ad in the Sunday New York Times, and said they would take me. Enamored with the 17-minute “Inn...
The Record Store Years 23) The Golden Age of Collectible Records Pt. 3: Beatles, Yardbirds, Zeppelin
Cellophane Square made regular cut-out orders and did quite a good business in this product, though instead of segregating it in a ‘cut-out bin’ section in our racks it was filed by artist or genre along with everything else. And at the tim...
The Record Store Years 22) The Golden Age of Collectible Records Pt. 2: Cut-Outs
To cut their losses and realize at least some return on the unsold remaining copies of LPs deemed unsellable, the labels designated them as ‘cut-outs.’ They would physically mark the album jackets by cutting off a corner or punching a hole ...
The Record Store Years 21) The Golden Age of Collectible Records Pt. 1: Disposable Becomes Desirable
The 1970s was a fascinating decade for the music business, and due to a variety of factors it was also a golden era for those of us who collected records and in particular, rare records that came to be known as ‘collectibles.’
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I am a writer, musician and carpenter living in Seattle, Washington. I spent 25 years (1975-2000) with a small chain of Seattle-area record stores known as Cellophane Square, and also published the Led Zeppelin fanzine "Proximity" during this time.
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