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UncontrolableUrge t1_iu4ke00 wrote

You know the scene in High Fidelity where Rob says " I will now sell four copies of The Three EPs by the Beta Band" and puts the record on?

When I was managing a record store in the 80s I would do that with Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise.

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tezoatlipoca t1_iu4qkoy wrote

We did that with Tom Jones - The Lead And How to Swing It - his "I'm still relevant in the 90s" crossover album produced by Erasure? We put that on - anyone under 25 was like "that's cool." Yeah new Erasure produced album! "Whos that singing?" You know, the Whats New Pussycat guy. ANyone older than 25 was "Is that.... Tom Jones?" Yasss.

Think we sold two dozen copies that day.

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probly2drunk t1_iu4vb2m wrote

>Tom Jones - The Lead And How to Swing It

Yo that was pretty dope...make that 2 dozen and 1

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Mud_Landry t1_iu4z2gk wrote

This is exactly how I found out about Massive Attack in the 90’s.. somebody put Mezzanine on and I had to have it.

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Hagbard57 t1_iu4zeok wrote

Okay, that is funny. I accidentally listened to Mezzanine at a listening booth at a Virgin Megastore. Bought it 5 minutes later. Fantastic album.

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BenjaminRCaineIII t1_iu7938u wrote

I remember buying My Bloody Valentine's Loveless cuz it was playing in the store one day. I remember the girl behind the counter was really happy because she had put it on, and another guy behind the counter said to her "you know you get some commission for selling a copy right?" And she smiled and said "Really?!" And he chuckled and said "No."

When I was working at a different record store I put on Hum's Downward is Heavenward one night and this girl at the counter started telling me how nice and enjoyable it was, but as the song went on, her demeanor changed and she started asking me if it was drug music and wanted to know if I approved of that because drugs were bad. It was a strange encounter and I think that's why I still remember it so well.

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CatfishWasHere t1_iu5macn wrote

Every time I played the Easy Star All-Stars "Dub Side Of The Moon" album at the record store, I sold at least three or four copies.

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Msmgarin1215 t1_iu8s71x wrote

I worked in a record store in the early 80’s while in college. My best day ever in the record store was when a guy asked me about a song, “I got a 69 Chevy with a 396…? I instantly responded, “fuelie heads and a hurst on the floor? She’s waiting tonight down in the parking lot outside the Seven Eleven store. Me and my partner Sonny …” The song is Racing in the Streets by Bruce Springsteen on the album Darkness on the Edge of Town produced in 1978.”

My awesome rock knowledge (haha) was one of those rare moments where you are in the right place at the right time. I knew Springsteen lyrics but not everything else! Compare the opposite situation of George Costanza as a marine biologist 😁

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