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For many years my only copy of Vol 2 was the stereo copy. I had not gotten it by the time of the assassination, and found it in Stereo Record King in Phila around 1965. I GRABBED IT QUICKLY! I got monos from about 2or 3 pressing plants years later. But I remember shopping for the best price of Vol 1 the weekend of Thanksgiving and seeing, for example, 300copies mono and no stereo on the counter at E.J. Korvettes in Paramus NJ for $1.79 which turned out to be the best price but they were GONE by the time I returned about an hour later!!! It was the closest store of the ones I checked, so it was first and then I decided to get it as I circled back towards home. My brother in law ended up getting it for me in NYC later the afternoon. I have a shelf full of the tribute albums which took over the xmas season of 63 as this and My Son the Folk Singer had taken over the 62 season. I'm working on an article about this and was showing Leah some of the Billboard articles last night. But they are missing a couple of the important issues from the on=line file, and I already have those photocopied though. Mike Biel [log in to unmask] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Vaughn Meader From: David Weiner <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, June 12, 2009 1:59 pm To: [log in to unmask] By the way, despite charting high on the Billboard STEREO charts, stereo copies of the two First Family albums as well as My Son the Folk Singer are very rare. Of the thousands of copies of each that I have seen, I have only three stereo copies of the 1st First Family, and one each of Vol 2 and My Son. During the phenominal sales period for these albums Dec 62 thru 63 I never saw one stereo copy of any of these in dozens of major stores in the NYC area. I think that the reissues of the two First Family albums have been mastered off of mono vinyl pressings. Mike Biel [log in to unmask] ======= I vividly remember buying Volume 2 of THE FIRST FAMILY at Sam Goody in Valley Stream, LI, right after it came out. On sale - think it was $2.88! Near the front entrance, they had a BIG pile of the mono albums and a much smaller stack of stereos side-by-side. No shrink wrap! I bought the mono. Dave Weiner -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Vaughn Meader From: David Weiner <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, June 12, 2009 1:59 pm To: [log in to unmask] By the way, despite charting high on the Billboard STEREO charts, stereo copies of the two First Family albums as well as My Son the Folk Singer are very rare. Of the thousands of copies of each that I have seen, I have only three stereo copies of the 1st First Family, and one each of Vol 2 and My Son. During the phenominal sales period for these albums Dec 62 thru 63 I never saw one stereo copy of any of these in dozens of major stores in the NYC area. I think that the reissues of the two First Family albums have been mastered off of mono vinyl pressings. Mike Biel [log in to unmask] ======= I vividly remember buying Volume 2 of THE FIRST FAMILY at Sam Goody in Valley Stream, LI, right after it came out. On sale - think it was $2.88! Near the front entrance, they had a BIG pile of the mono albums and a much smaller stack of stereos side-by-side. No shrink wrap! I bought the mono. Dave Weiner