Spinners - eponymous first Atlantic Records album.
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Hey @bdp24 that’s great to hear you’re local. Pretty nice around here this time of year isn’t it.
I think the local chain you’re thinking of might be Everyday Records and I agree that they're not that great. The Everybody’s Records I had in mind is different than the one in Vancouver and sadly is a thing of the distant past now. It was in Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood. A little less eclectic than MM but new records there were each about a dollar less than at MM. Anyway, I have great memories of the place, in large part because of the most excellent and amazing speakers they had suspended in a large array above the checkout desk. They sounded so good and were our reference for comparison for years. Nowadays though it seems like nearly every record store has crummy speakers and equipment. Why I don’t know. You’d think they’d sell more records if the music coming from their systems was better.
I’ve seen those Fremer vids too. The co-op over on Foster where they went same day as MM, Crossroads Records, is pretty awesome. Like having all of Discogs under one roof and no postage...I think there are about 40 vendors total. But Millennium is still my favorite, both for the reasons you mention and for the many pleasures I’ve found there for going on 50 years now.
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Hey @bdp24 that’s great to hear you’re local. Pretty nice around here this time of year isn’t it.
I think the local chain you’re thinking of might be Everyday Records and I agree that they're not that great. The Everybody’s Records I had in mind is different than the one in Vancouver and sadly is a thing of the distant past now. It was in Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood. A little less eclectic than MM but new records there were each about a dollar less than at MM. Anyway, I have great memories of the place, in large part because of the most excellent and amazing speakers they had suspended in a large array above the checkout desk. They sounded so good and were our reference for comparison for years. Nowadays though it seems like nearly every record store has crummy speakers and equipment. Why I don’t know. You’d think they’d sell more records if the music coming from their systems was better.
I’ve seen those Fremer vids too. The co-op over on Foster where they went same day as MM, Crossroads Records, is pretty awesome. Like having all of Discogs under one roof and no postage...I think there are about 40 vendors total. But Millennium is still my favorite, both for the reasons you mention and for the many pleasures I’ve found there for going on 50 years now.