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.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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The Record Store Years (and beyond) #80: Maria Muldaur and Lenny Waronker and Joe Boyd’s Superb '70s Trilogy
Maria Muldaur is best known for “Midnight At The Oasis,” the hit single (#6 Billboard) from her eponymous debut album released in August 1973 on Reprise Records. By 1974 the song seemed to be everywhere – on the radio constantly and perform...
The Record Store Years (and beyond) #79: Road Trip: Neil Young at The Boarding House 1978
In the 1970s Seattle had a distinctly provincial feel – it may have been the biggest city in Washington State but compared to the eastern metro areas I knew like New York and Boston, it felt small in the summer of 1974. My future wife migra...
The Record Store Years (and beyond) #78: Compilations Pt. 3: Genre & Regional Comps
When it comes to genre-oriented various artist compilations, two of the best and most influential would have to be Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music and Lenny Kaye’s Nuggets. The former is a vast well of songs that more or less...
The Record Store Years (and beyond) #77: Compilations Pt. 2: Label Comps
The Warner Bros. ‘Loss Leader’ compilations not only turned me on to a host of artists that I hadn’t heard as a young music fan, they kindled an interest in me for various artist compilation albums in general. Once I started working at Cell...
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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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