Yes, one can see how they go out of business. Now that I see the photos, I was there once and walked
out laughing at the ridicu-prices. They didn't even have any must-have-at-any-price items, at least
not for me. There are still several excellent used vinyl stores in the Village, and why would anyone
buy a new (or used) CD at any retail outlet when there is Amazon "new and used" and almost anything
can be had for $5 or less, usually shrink-wrapped? As for used vinyl, I usually look but don't buy
in Manhattan. In its favor, culturally, NYC is a place where people tend to love their music. So
what ends up in these stores is mostly too-well-loved for me to crack open the wallet. That said,
what I have found in superb condition in NYC are more-obscure spoken-word records, and "status"
stuff like the Reader's Digest/RCA/Decca sets and the Time-Life jazz sets. What also pops up from
time to time are still-wrapped records from the 70's and early 80's that have tricked down from the
bankruptcies of larger stores and chains. Usually these records are stamped with dollar price tags
(which is NOT the current price) and have a hole punched or a corner cut off, literally cut-outs.
The best score I ever had in that regard was a bunch of still-wrapped Mercury Golden Imports and
Decca Jubilees for $1 each. The guy said he had them for several years, got them as part of a larger
buy of bankruptcy detritis, and was happy to see the floor space cleared up. For a buck a sealed
record, I'll buy anything that's within my taste parameters, that's as cheap as a single song
download.
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Sam" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Photos of The Colony NYC
> The reviews are interesting.
>
> http://www.yelp.com/biz/colony-records-new-york
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>
> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> It still won't work here, but the place is closed and apparently they were
>> nasty SOBs, so no great need to see pix of them.
>>
>> -- Tom Fine
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Tait" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 4:21 PM
>>
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Photos of The Colony NYC
>>
>>
>> Mike's link worked for me today. Which such things usually don't -- just
>> the way it usually is. (And I avoid Facebook too, so that mustn't have been
>> involved in my success.)
>>
>> Don Tait
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>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: ARSCLIST <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sun, Sep 16, 2012 9:15 pm
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Photos of The Colony NYC
>>
>>
>> Hi Mike:
>>
>> This link doesn't work, comes up to a blank page. Perhaps requires Facebook
>> membership? If so, there
>> are those of us who won't.
>>
>> -- Tom Fine
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Biel" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 3:06 PM
>> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Photos of The Colony NYC
>>
>>
>> As was discussed a few weeks ago, the landmark music store on Broadway
>> NYC, The Colony, is closing. I've posted an album of photos my daughter
>> Leah took Thurs and Sat nights along with a couple historic photos.
>> They close today. Click on one of the photos to enlarge it and you can
>> then scroll through them all and see the captions.
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4205629351301.162004.1601915596&type=1&l=59064fee39
>>
>> Mike Biel [log in to unmask]
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