Re: I hate online shopping

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Matthew B. Tepper wrote:
Steve de Mena <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> appears to have caused the
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david7gable@xxxxxxx wrote:
On Jun 19, 5:35 am, Steve de Mena wrote:

I used to love going to Tower, but as the prices went up, and the
sales became fewer and far between, I moved more [to] online shopping.

The same goes for me. But the comparison is not between the brick and
mortar store in its decline but between the brick and mortar store in
its heyday and today. I'm not denying the advantages of the internet.
I'm asserting the advantages of the brick and mortar store in its
heyday.

I find it a little hard to compare. Back 20-30 years ago we didn't
even really know what was available in Japan, Australia the Soviet
Union or other "far away" places to us here in the U.S. that today are
just a click away.

What you mean "we," paleface? In 1984 I asked a friend travelling to
Japan to pick up some CDs for me; he bought back some Bruno Walter items
on Sony, some of which I still have and treasure.

In 1982 when CDs came out in Japan before the U.S. I called Japan and
ordered about a half dozen direct. Knowing of some releases back then does
not mean we really knew all that was available in Japan.

But it was something. The first CDs I actually saw were an endcap full of
Gouldbergs Mark II, at the Greenwich Village Tower store on my last visit to
New York in 1983.

I was able to get some Australian items during the '80s, and even back in
the '70s it was possible to find many imported Melodiyas. Of course, I
was living in San Francisco at the time.

I probably got Malcolm Williamson EMI Australia LPs and Melodiya LPs from
"Records International" in those days.

I got Margaret Sutherland and Felix Werder on Australian EMIs at the time.

I especially liked unknown contemporary Russian ballets, like Sergei
Slonimsky's "Icarus" (son or brother of Nicolas, I can't remember which),
or music of Sviridov.

Nephew. Nicolas had only one child that I recall, a daughter, Elektra (!).

On a related topic, I also miss the Schwann and Gramophone Classical
record catalogs.

As do we all, brother, as do we all. (And Bielefelder, too, in my case.)

I got the latest Bielefelder catalog about a year ago, it came with a CD
ROM (searchable) too. It's very impressive, but kind of large and heavy
for browsing. Not sure how often they release updates these days.

I'm somewhat curious to see that sometime.

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