Post by IndianSaint on Jul 4, 2020 10:51:42 GMT -5
I came across this article in today’s TU and had a flashback to my childhood & into my late teens.
www.google.com/amp/s/www.timesunion.com/entertainment/amp/A-dozen-albums-for-a-penny-I-ve-still-got-mine-15385171.php
I too remember joining Columbia House and another record club I think called BMG (but forgot what BMG stood for).
I first joined in the late 70’s, I think, but ordered 8 Track Tapes as opposed to records. They were the rage and all the older kids (& their older brothers) on the street all listened to that media because at that time it was portable (car stereos).
Unfortunately, for me, when I got my first car and purchased my first am/fm 8 Track player for my car (at JB Electronics (Or J&B Electronics) on State Street in Sch’dy) in the summer of 81; 8 Tracks were on their way out & cassettes were the new media.
Anyway, I remember joining both, cancelling once I hit the buyout minimum; then rejoined to take advantage all over again. This went on for at least 7-10 years.
While the member prices counting to fulfillment were high, the avg per record/cassette/8 Track ended up being $6.80 (or less for the 20 Columbia items 12 free & purchase 8) or the 12ish BMG items (I think 7-8 free & purchase 4) if you took advantage the $1.99 + s&h of that $1.85 (but these didn’t count towards fulfilling the required 8 or 4 depending on plan. At this time Strawberry Record shops were one of the lowest prices new albums at about $7.44 (Maybe $7.14 I remember a “4” in there somewhere) or low $7.00 range. Record Town was at least $8 & the Mom & POP places were $8+ too (except of course for sales & damaged albums called “cutouts” I think. Those has small cut out pieces of the cardboard record holder but the album was usually undamaged. I digress. 🙂
At one point I had the same album in 8 Track, record album & cassette when I finally decided to concentrate on just buying albums & then record them to blank cassettes.
Ah, good old memories.
Anyone else remember these record clubs and/or joined them too?
www.google.com/amp/s/www.timesunion.com/entertainment/amp/A-dozen-albums-for-a-penny-I-ve-still-got-mine-15385171.php
I too remember joining Columbia House and another record club I think called BMG (but forgot what BMG stood for).
I first joined in the late 70’s, I think, but ordered 8 Track Tapes as opposed to records. They were the rage and all the older kids (& their older brothers) on the street all listened to that media because at that time it was portable (car stereos).
Unfortunately, for me, when I got my first car and purchased my first am/fm 8 Track player for my car (at JB Electronics (Or J&B Electronics) on State Street in Sch’dy) in the summer of 81; 8 Tracks were on their way out & cassettes were the new media.
Anyway, I remember joining both, cancelling once I hit the buyout minimum; then rejoined to take advantage all over again. This went on for at least 7-10 years.
While the member prices counting to fulfillment were high, the avg per record/cassette/8 Track ended up being $6.80 (or less for the 20 Columbia items 12 free & purchase 8) or the 12ish BMG items (I think 7-8 free & purchase 4) if you took advantage the $1.99 + s&h of that $1.85 (but these didn’t count towards fulfilling the required 8 or 4 depending on plan. At this time Strawberry Record shops were one of the lowest prices new albums at about $7.44 (Maybe $7.14 I remember a “4” in there somewhere) or low $7.00 range. Record Town was at least $8 & the Mom & POP places were $8+ too (except of course for sales & damaged albums called “cutouts” I think. Those has small cut out pieces of the cardboard record holder but the album was usually undamaged. I digress. 🙂
At one point I had the same album in 8 Track, record album & cassette when I finally decided to concentrate on just buying albums & then record them to blank cassettes.
Ah, good old memories.
Anyone else remember these record clubs and/or joined them too?