Diane Kendig Camelot Music, Stark County, Ohio 1971 Right after a difficult customer had left the store, Frank would say, “I gotta get outta retail!” This was usually after the 900th person of the week asking for Rubber Ducky or Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head on a 45.
Vin Maskell Record store, Melbourne, 2011 All of us are revealing a little of our non-work selves, latching onto something invisible — a riff, a chord, a chorus; holding onto something intangible — a melody, a key change, a lyric.
Mark ‘Swish’ Schwerdt Twin Street, Adelaide, 1978ish The intersection of a new record store, Modern Love Songs, and a new music newspaper, Roadrunner, led me to discover The Modern Lovers. And their song Roadrunner.