No, I didn't take note of those companies. I just know that I saw an awful lot of it. Most of it, I imagine, were for mobile DJs, but there were also some commercial titles that I can't recall the names of. Cary > Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:13:54 -0400 > From: [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] > > Cary, do you know who they are pressing vinyl for these days? > > -- Tom Fine > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cary Ginell" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 5:35 PM > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] music man murray record collection & Murray Gershenz, music collector > extraordinaire, is parting with his entire music library. > > > I work with Rainbo all the time. They pressed up my recent Jazz Man Anthology CD. I went to their > warehouse to pick up my pressings and there was as much vinyl being readied to be shipped out as > there was CDs and DVDs. > > Cary Ginell > > > Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:34:44 -0400 > > From: [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] > > > > > > 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 > > >> > > >> > > > >