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No - the Fairfax/Melrose address is right! My year-long sojourn in LA was 20 years ago and, even then, it all seemed to run together. I'd love to do a spring/fall road trip around the US to these last record shops. Alan Carrier Austin On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Dan Nelson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There was a used record shop on Highland blvd in Hollywood ca. > It was a block north of Santa Monica Blvd, corner of Lexington, in ground > floor of a 2 story building. > Floor to ceiling 78s a lot of classical sets. > As i remember prices were high so i didnt go very often. > My favorite was Ray Averies on Robertson in the late 40s and later when he > was in Glendale in a 2 story building. The average stuff on the ground > floor and the goodies and transcriptions on second floor. > Sure miss those real record stores..... > dn > --- On Wed, 8/18/10, Michael Biel <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > From: Michael Biel <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] music man murray record collection & Murray > Gershenz, music collector extraordinaire, is parting with his entire music > library. > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 12:34 PM > > On 8/18/2010 2:22 PM, Historische > > Aufnahmen wrote: > > > I recall the excitement when first moved to LA at the > > prospect of going to > > > Murray's. Then I went. Dashed hopes. > > Only to be outdone by the music shop > > > on Highland at Santa Monica, with a shopkeeper even > > more arrogant than > > > Murray. > > > > What shop is/was that? THe History channel program on > > retrotech I mentioned last week that had a segment at the > > Rainbo pressing plant interviewed the owner of a store The > > Record Collector on Melrose near Fairfax which is south of > > Santa Monica Blvd and not far from Highland. Their > > website -- which hasn't changed since 1999 -- states they've > > been in the same location for 25 years, was founded in 1974, > > and as of Sept 1999 are located at 7809 Melrose. That > > means they were at another Hollywood location for 25 years > > and have been here for 21 years. (I looked at the > > site's earlier versions on the wayback machine to see if the > > earlier address could be found, but the Nov 1999 version is > > the oldest and is the same as the current page > http://www.therecordcollector.net/Doc/Review.htm > > except for the deletion of the fax number. > > > > > I hate to see record (and book) shops > > close but when their "owner" > > > behaves as these folks have, give me the internet any > > day. > > > > > > Alan Carrie > > > > This guy seemed nice enough but the shelves were > > full. If you want nice guys and interesting (but > > smaller) stores and stock, I recommend Pops Resale in > > Lexington Kentucky, and Whistlin' Willie in Pittsburgh Pa. > > > > Mike Biel [log in to unmask] > > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Cary Ginell<[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> The point differentiating "stock" from > > "collection" is well-taken in this > > >> case. To my knowledge, Murray as never been > > anything but a shopkeeper. He > > >> has no private collection to my knowledge and > > really isn't all that > > >> concerned with the finer points of discographical > > research as are serious > > >> collectors. He never worked hard to make his a > > better business. He just > > >> opened his doors and expected to sell his schlock > > for whatever ridiculous > > >> prices he posted on them. He has been reviled in > > L.A. for decades as being a > > >> grumpy, mean, brusque, and difficult person. The > > last time I visited his > > >> shop was maybe 25-30 years ago, when it was on > > Santa Monica Blvd. near > > >> Western, a bad part of town even then. What he's > > got now is most likely the > > >> same stuff, only rifled through even further. > > There may be some choice items > > >> that he set aside (some of which he has displayed > > during interviews), but I > > >> can almost guarantee that they are a miniscule > > percentage of his holdings > > >> and certainly not representative of all that is > > there. If his business were > > >> doing well, he wouldn't need to find a new > > profession at his advanced age. > > >> He could have just dumped what was left and gone > > off to some island in > > >> blissful retirement. But creating a new image of > > himself as a "lovable old > > >> coot" on TV shows is easier for him and probably > > earns him a much better > > >> income than selling records. If these records end > > up in a land fill > > >> somewhere, they probably won't be missed. > > >> > > >> Cary Ginell > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >