Kinda like buying “Band On The Run” when all you knew was “Helen Wheels.” Kinda liked dropping the needle on “Hotel California” the day it was released, the only thing that was on the airwaves was “New Kid In Town,” I had a brand new stereo with JBL L100’s and I dropped the needle on my direct drive Panasonic and…WOW!
Those first notes you’d never heard before. Sure, packages would get scuffed as time went by, there’d be wear and tear, but when you got home they were still brand new and you broke the shrinkwrap and opened them so gently, removing the LPs by the label and edge only, dropping them on the turntable and waiting for… Korvette to buy the double LP.Īnd we treated them like gold.
HILLBENDERS PINBALL WIZARD LICENSE
This was before the rock press matured, you depended upon the radio, and free-form had invaded the New York market, I drove with my newly-acquired license to E.J. Not sure it’s the same experience anymore. It was led by the exquisite single “Pinball Wizard” during the winter of ’69, which got little airplay and was not worth buying as a single since you knew the double LP was coming, and in the spring, it did!
“Tommy” was not an immediate smash, but it was in my house. Sometimes the best entertainment is free.
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