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It’s Record Store Day! Boomers – back in the day, what did you do when you heard a
great new song on the radio?
Hot-footed it down to your corner record store to buy
it, of course. Do you know where your vinyl records are?
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| Yep-they're '70s radios! |
Hunt them up, play them
reverently. There’s nothing like vinyl for soul-catching layered sound. If you’re
missing a fave, it might be a little more difficult to find a local record store, but there must be one – go dig in the secondhand bins for
a long-lost treasure!
Have an unforgettable record
memory from days of yore? Share it! I recall the first time I heard Led
Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” in headphones … oh, the ecstasy as its multi-leveled riffs
buzzed in one ear and out the other like a psychotic bee on steroids!
And
for those into new music, yep – they’re still
making vinyl records. The reports of the death of those black spinning platters
was greatly exaggerated!
The
Record Store Day site is teeming with names of stores around the country
participating in new exclusive releases and re-release specials,
all weekend long.
“Best
thing to do?” they say? “Follow your local store(s) on their social media(s) or
give them a shout, or head on in in advance to find out what’s on the
dancecard. There are parties being planned Saturday. It’s gonna be awesome.”
So
put on your dancin’ shoes and boogie down to your closest record store; or jump-jive
at home – set a stack of ol’ 45s on the turntable, and Rock On!
Radio in the West would never have
been the same without fast-talkin’, slow-walkin’ “Real” Don Steele
(1936-1997). 
Does
it bring back personal memories that are entwined with the music of the day? Or
are you just curious about the era ... here, let me help! 