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Date Added: June 17, 2008
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This is the pre-mastered version of one of the songs we wrote as part of our "Especially For You" Song Contest, where winners of our monthly trivia & essay/story contest win a song written especially for them by Poppermost based on their story. Here is the winning essay from January 2008 that we used to create "Pattie's Record World." ****************************************** From 1979-1982, I [Pattie N. of Florida] worked at a collectors record shop in New York City as a clerk (part time for the first two years, then full time after that). I learned a tremendous amount about anything having to do with the recording industry, and especially about antiquities in recording and collectible memorabilia. I always got to work the record conventions and became a familiar face to a lot of people in the industry. When I first moved to Florida, I went straight to the only collectors shop in town and landed a part-time gig there. Within a year, I was made manager. I had that position for 4 years until the owner sold the shop. The incoming owner had his own staff, so I got the boot. Anyway... both of those jobs were like dream gigs for me. Between the two of them, I got to hear every kind of music imaginable and saw some of the most unusual pieces of vinyl and memorabilia in history. It also fed my own Beatle habit because when new stuff came in the shop, I got first dibs on anything even remotely Beatle-y. There were times I took Beatle collectibles in lieu of salary! By the time I was forced to sell my collection (sob!) I had 3 butcher covers, every picture sleeve from the US, the UK, Japan, Australia, and many other countries, promotional material, unreleased stuff. You name it, I had it. Of course, the prize was the Yellow Sub LP signed by all four Beatles AND George Martin! During slow days, I could bring my guitar and practice. Celebrities would come in all the time looking for things. Once, Bo Diddley came in looking for some odd jazz records, and after I helped him we started talking about guitar playing. He said, "Hang on a sec," went to his car, got his rectangular Gretsch (which just happened to be in the trunk), brought it in, and let me PLAY it! Then he gave me comp tickets to a show he was doing the following week! I still have some old phone message tapes of Joey Dee, calling me at home looking for particular records. I'd get all sorts of perks, like free concert tickets, invitations to celeb parties (went to an "after concert" party for the Stones, who showed for about 10 minutes and then left), invitations to recording sessions, etc. I've got tons of stories. All in all, besides being a working musician, working in collectible music was the best time I ever got paid for. I definitely regret not being in that industry any longer!
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