Music And Records: Mark Dinning
The Smell of Fresh Vinyl In The Morning
Here on the west coast of Americana, we have a chain of stores called Fred Meyer. They’re something akin to Target but with an even broader range of stuff (groceries, jewelry, power tools).
Apparently a Freddie’s buyer made a mistake recently, buying the latest REM album on vinyl rather than CD. Some adventurous store managers decided to rack it just the same and, lo and behold, people bought them! So, now Freddie’s will be selling vinyl in some of their stores.
According to an FM spokesperson “the response from customers has just been that they like it, they feel like it has a better sound”. Independent research by the Fusion 45 team indicates people also find it easier to clean their dope on record jackets.
According to one satisfied customer, “now we buy our dope cleaning utensils and our munchies in the same place. It’s really convenient. Shakin’ out a bag on my iPod never really worked too well.”
This tune, by the guy who did Teen Angel, is now long out of print, so you won’t find it between the hair dryers and the avocados.
Source: Playback
You’re right! A good gatefold to separate the seeds and a god, solid pair of needle nose plyers as a roach clip is all you need for a rip roaring Saturday night!
And now you can get them in the same place!