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Posted on 3/20/23 at 11:43 am to shutterspeed
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it's amazing how families had that kind of disposable money to spend on VCRs, tvs, etc.
My first Video camera and VCR were about $800 each, in the mid 80s.
Posted on 3/20/23 at 11:47 am to Tempratt
New Generation was a great place to work at during my high school and college days 1982 - 1985. I worked at the one on Florida Blvd. Irwin and Joe were the owners and Ronnie ran the electronics maintenance department. Irwin's wife ran the clothing department. Irwin was the best person to work for and had the biggest heart of any millionaire I have ever known.
Posted on 3/20/23 at 11:56 am to notiger1997
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Rockford Fosgate amp with two twelve inch woofers in a box
Punch 150 on 2-12" Kickers,
Punch 45 pushing mids and highs would push clean, undistorted sound. LoL... Back in the day
Posted on 3/20/23 at 12:14 pm to Tempratt
My memories.
First, reading through this brings tears to my eyes. BR was a great place to be in the 70s'/80s and especially so for music aficionados. Makes me long for those times.
There was a New Generation store right outside the LSU campus. It was ok. From an LP perspective, it was competing with Leisure Landing on Chimes St. Leisure Landing is the GOAT record store. Its LP selection was more limited.
The New Generation on FL Blvd was fantastic. Its LP selection began to approach Leisure Landing's but with better prices. Plus, they had great deals on other stuff.
First, reading through this brings tears to my eyes. BR was a great place to be in the 70s'/80s and especially so for music aficionados. Makes me long for those times.
There was a New Generation store right outside the LSU campus. It was ok. From an LP perspective, it was competing with Leisure Landing on Chimes St. Leisure Landing is the GOAT record store. Its LP selection was more limited.
The New Generation on FL Blvd was fantastic. Its LP selection began to approach Leisure Landing's but with better prices. Plus, they had great deals on other stuff.
Posted on 3/20/23 at 1:08 pm to Boudreaux35
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That said, there were always very strong rumors that the products were "grey market" items. Maybe factory "seconds" or other less that perfect items.
There was more than one reason the nickname was New Jew...
Posted on 3/20/23 at 1:33 pm to Tempratt
There was a place in Metairie on the I-10 service road called Sound Treck that was awesome. It sold the old school 70's stereo equipment, TVs and other entertainment stuff. I remember they had a listening room with velvet couches and all the huge speakers you could listen to while shopping...
Posted on 3/20/23 at 1:53 pm to ItzMe1972
The owner of Audio Video Innovators in Lafayette was a long-time salesman-manager at New Generation, Darrell. Good guy.
Bought a 27" Sony Trinitron tv at NG in about 1980. Paid $1,000. It replaced a 19" Sony that was selling at the time for about $500!
Bought a 27" Sony Trinitron tv at NG in about 1980. Paid $1,000. It replaced a 19" Sony that was selling at the time for about $500!
Posted on 3/20/23 at 1:58 pm to Tempratt
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New Generation Stores What were they like?
Electronics Wonderlands
Posted on 3/20/23 at 2:07 pm to Tempratt
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New Generation
Posted on 3/20/23 at 2:07 pm to TigerGyp
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Bought a 27" Sony Trinitron tv at NG in about 1980. Paid $1,000.
That's the equivalent of $3750 today. For a TV smaller than a computer monitor that weighed 200 lbs that we would've paid $400 in todays dollars to have repaired and heated the room by 2-3 degrees.
I am all for nostalgia, and love these threads, but if I go back, I wanna bring my $280 55" 4K Hisense TV (that I have had hanging outside for 2 years) with me.
Posted on 3/20/23 at 2:14 pm to shutterspeed
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I remember buying The Wraith soundtrack
Posted on 3/20/23 at 2:18 pm to teke184
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Once was to Staring and Perkins, which had been the Howard Bros hardware store
That must have been pretty short lived. I remember buying Appetite for Destruction there around 1988-89 and thats about it.
Posted on 3/20/23 at 2:20 pm to shutterspeed
Posted on 3/20/23 at 2:32 pm to mdomingue
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There was one in Lafayette on University. It was right across from campus, close to the old Hoppers.
Then they moved down Johnston past the mall if memory serves me correctly.
Your memory aligns with mine. That doesn't mean we are right, it could mean we are both faulty in the same way
The one in Lafayette was in the building that Percy Guidry Ironworks took up. It was two story if memory serves me. I seem to remember it having an escalator in the middle.
Posted on 3/20/23 at 2:47 pm to shutterspeed
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Favorite album track. Same time. Go!
quote: "Heart Vs Head" - Stan Bush
La Marca - Hold on blue eyes
Posted on 3/20/23 at 2:57 pm to Tempratt
Like an 80's version of Best Buy with less stuff
Posted on 3/20/23 at 3:42 pm to TigerGyp
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The owner of Audio Video Innovators in Lafayette was a long-time salesman-manager at New Generation, Darrell. Good guy.
on Ambassador....next....to....wal-mart
I was with my dad at New Generation in Lafayette on Saturday, January 29, 1989. We were looking for a new camera for him when we walked over to the TV Dept. LSU was playing Georgetown in the Super Dome and when Ricky Blanton made the layup at the buzzer the whole store erupted in cheers and high fives
New Generation was like a Best Buy in a Furniture store layout with a clothing boutique in it
Posted on 3/20/23 at 4:05 pm to ThuperThumpin
It was there for a while. It sticks out because that location was a lot damn closer to us than the Sharp Rd / Florida Blvd store.
Posted on 3/20/23 at 4:14 pm to RaginCajunz
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The one in Lafayette was in the building that Percy Guidry Ironworks took up. It was two story if memory serves me. I seem to remember it having an escalator in the middle.
Yes, that was the second location. My recollection is they built that for New Generation. Percy Guidry bought the building and converted it for their use.
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