• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

#3,321
70230767.jpg


maxresdefault.jpg


oozefam1.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: Bassdirty and catcauphonic
#3,328
planetdrumz said:
View attachment 1152518
Click to expand...
One of my orders with them was:

Caress of Steel
Diamond Dogs
Frampton Comes Alive
Frampton (Frampton?)

Hmm... I forgot the others.

I have a very VERY clear memory of hearing Rush for the very first time. It was the first album I put on, cuz I'd heard of them, but never heard them. Bastille Day. The guitar riff, then the bass and drums coming in and I was all lit up. An instant fan. They lost me though after hemispheres... Oh hwell. Saw them more than any other band. Around 6 times.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Squittolo, bholder, Baird6869 and 1 other person
#3,329
I was a member of the Record Club of America back in the 1970s.

Record Club of America was based in York, Pa., and operated from the late '60s to mid '70s. It was basically a discount mail-order record retailer -- it wasn't affiliated with any label, but offered everything that was in the (late, lamented) Schwann Record Catalog. If you "joined," you got circulars in the mail every few weeks, but there were no monthly selections or cards to send back.

The "Manufactured by Record Club of America" apparently is what led to their downfall. After achieving a certain amount of success, the company started cutting deals with the big labels to buy these custom pressings so they could get better wholesale prices. The "Manufactured by ..." indicated that the records weren't returnable to the record label, which lowered the label's cost (in those days, regular pressings were 100% returnable if they didn't sell -- big cost to the label). They'd also forgo the shrink wrap and maybe use cheaper vinyl to shave the cost some more. But, if the records didn't sell, Record Club of America was stuck with them.

5698115384_e1eb3a10e4_b.jpg


recordclub.jpg


l-145349-1328666412.jpg


rcoa2.jpg


rcoa1.jpg
 
  • Like
Reactions: Squittolo
#3,330
Joe Nerve said:
One of my orders with them was:

Caress of Steel
Diamond Dogs
Frampton Comes Alive
Frampton (Frampton?)

Hmm... I forgot the others.

I have a very VERY clear memory of hearing Rush for the very first time. It was the first album I put on, cuz I'd heard of them, but never heard them. Bastille Day. The guitar riff, then the bass and drums coming in and I was all lit up. An instant fan. They lost me though after hemispheres... Oh hwell. Saw them more than any other band. Around 6 times.
Click to expand...

Yep - my middle school picks: Frampton Comes Alive, Steve Miller FLaE, Kiss Rock/Roll Over, Queen News oTW, ELO OoTB, Aerosmith Rocks and GYW, Meatloaf ...
And for Rush - same experience, but with the opening 10 seconds of A Passage to Bangkok over the high school morning campus radio station.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Squittolo and Joe Nerve
#3,334
Joe Nerve said:
One of my orders with them was:

Caress of Steel
Diamond Dogs
Frampton Comes Alive
Frampton (Frampton?)

Hmm... I forgot the others.

I have a very VERY clear memory of hearing Rush for the very first time. It was the first album I put on, cuz I'd heard of them, but never heard them. Bastille Day. The guitar riff, then the bass and drums coming in and I was all lit up. An instant fan. They lost me though after hemispheres... Oh hwell. Saw them more than any other band. Around 6 times.
Click to expand...
Still getting an 8 track in the mail every month? :woot:

For me it was Hemispheres. As a kid, my first time hearing Circumstances and the Trees blew my pre-teen mind. Been a fan ever since.
 

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back