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Struggles of being a fan in the 80s
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:08 am
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:41 am to AlxTgr
Yep it was rough! 
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:51 am to AlxTgr
Man, I miss going to record stores and looking through all the albums and the artwork. Many times it was a surprise if your favorite band had a new album out. More a 70's problem I guess.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 10:53 am to AlxTgr
Good stuff.
I never had interest in an 8 track player for the very reason you couldn't rewind / FF. Singles really didn't disappear until CD's came out. One of the best things about iTunes for me was buying "45's" again, though I miss the "B" sides, some good stuff on there. I miss record stores.
I never had interest in an 8 track player for the very reason you couldn't rewind / FF. Singles really didn't disappear until CD's came out. One of the best things about iTunes for me was buying "45's" again, though I miss the "B" sides, some good stuff on there. I miss record stores.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 11:05 am to H-Town Tiger
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4. To skip a track, you had to blindly fast-forward or rewind — or flip the cassette over.
I loved when they came out with the feature to FF to the next song... shout out to the guy that invented that!
We (some friends and I) were just talking about signing up for mailing lists at shows and how bands sent out postcards every so often... always stoked to get one in the mail announcing new tour dates.. Also, calling a venue and listening to the recording of upcoming events... that was in the first half of the 90s, too..
Posted on 3/5/15 at 11:10 am to TFTC
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I loved when they came out with the feature to FF to the next song... shout out to the guy that invented that!
Posted on 3/5/15 at 11:15 am to tigermeat
quote:I remember that there was always one guy behind the counter that was a pretentious D bag. The guy that always made a snide remark about what you brought up to the counter to buy. The guy that acted like because he worked in a record store he was actually in the "music industry."
record stores
Posted on 3/5/15 at 11:58 am to stinkdawg
Who remembers camping out for concert tix? That was fun!
Posted on 3/5/15 at 12:33 pm to stinkdawg
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I remember that there was always one guy behind the counter that was a pretentious D bag.
I will now sell five copies of "The Three EPs" by The Beta Band
Posted on 3/5/15 at 12:52 pm to tigermeat
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Man, I miss going to record stores and looking through all the albums and the artwork
You can still do this today...unless you live in craptown USA.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 1:09 pm to tigermeat
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Man, I miss going to record stores and looking through all the albums and the artwork. Many times it was a surprise if your favorite band had a new album out. More a 70's problem I guess.
Used to go to Stan's Record Shop in S'port. Get concert tickets or records there. Stan was a legend.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 1:10 pm to AlxTgr
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8 tracks
Went out in the 70s, along with Fleetwood Mac and Rumours.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 1:27 pm to Wtodd
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Who remembers camping out for concert tix? That was fun!
no it wasn't.
I camped out for morriessey tickets, and van halen tickets went on sale the same day. B.c of where we were in line (the front), we actually caused some people to miss tickets.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 2:34 pm to Hawkeye95
growing up in Baton Rouge, I remember there being a ticketmaster outlet in Scotlandville that was money for the types of shows I wanted to see... until word got out and that became a "go to" for a lot of people too..
Posted on 3/5/15 at 2:35 pm to Dandy Lion
quote:Ours lasted into the 90s
8 tracks
Went out in the 70s
Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:09 pm to AlxTgr
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Recording songs off the radio demanded expert timing…
There are still some songs that I expect to follow each other when I listen to them because that happened to be the order that they were played on the radio when I taped them.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:19 pm to ThePenIsMightier
Took me forever to get a clean copy of Blinded By The Light and American Pie. Damn talking over song DJs.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:24 pm to AlxTgr
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Took me forever to get a clean copy of Blinded By The Light and American Pie. Damn talking over song DJs.
Duuude, really. You´re talking about the 70s.
BTW, did Springsteen ever do Blinded, or simply pen it? Did he get paid?
Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:35 pm to Dandy Lion
It's on "Greetings From Asbury Park". Springsteen recorded it before Manfred Mann did (I think), but MM's version was much more popular.
Posted on 3/5/15 at 3:56 pm to stinkdawg
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I remember that there was always one guy behind the counter that was a pretentious D bag. The guy that always made a snide remark about what you brought up to the counter to buy. The guy that acted like because he worked in a record store he was actually in the "music industry."
" it's sentimental, tacky, crap. That's why not!"
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