FROM 45'S TO 12 INCHES - IT WAS 1977 AND A NEW FORM OF RECORD COLLECTING STARTED..THE SWITCH TO FM RADIO REALLY MADE EVERYTHING SOUND INCREDIBLE..THEN, YOU WOULD GO TO PARTIES AND INSTEAD OF BANDS PLAYING...THESE DUDES WITH TURNTABLES AND A MIC WOULD BE THE ENTERTAINMENT...THE MC...MASTER OF CEREMONIES WOULD PLAY ALL THE LATEST....SOMETIME PUTTING A LIL RHYME IN HIS TALK..
LIKE " DON CORNELIUS " SMOOTH AS " SILK " THE WOLFMAN CLONES EVERYWHERE...IN YOUR BACKYARD// AT WEDDINGS...DANCES..CARNIVALS
CHECK OUT THE SET-UP...ALTECS..KLIPSCH...SUNN...CERWIN VEGA...YAH.
| SOUND AND LIGHTS .... EVERYWHERE YOU WENT THINGS WERE LIT UP WITH MIRROR BALLS AND BEACONS, BORDERS AND SPIN SPOTS ... THE INNOVATIONS AND CREATIONS BROUGHT IT TO A POINT THAT DUDES WERE JOINING FORCES TO CREATE TOWERS OF MAGNIFICENT SOUND...THUNDERING AND SPELLBINDING EVERYONE....THE MOBILE SET-UPS COMPETED WITH THE NIGHTCLUBS AND THE VISIONARIES MADE IT MOBILE....CREATING MASSIVE SOUND SYSTEMS IN ONE'S CAR...THE BOOM BOXES WERE HUGE AND WITH DUAL CASSETTES AND EVEN RCA JACKS...DISCO...PUNK...NEW WAVE....FUNK...ELECTRO....ROCK....ROLLING EVERYWHERE....THE LOOK OF DIVERSITY FROM EVERY SECTION OF L.A. MADE IT EVEN BETTER....FROM MONTEBELLO TO PASADENA.....TO SAN FERNANDO TO OXNARD TO RIVERSIDE TO SAN DIEGO TO COMPTON TO VENICE.
KUTE 102...K-EARTH.....KISS.....KROQ.....KMET....K-WEST...KJLH....K-ACE....KDAY....KRLA..
THE RECORD STORES .....MUSIC PLUS...RECORD GALLERY...RECORD GALAXY....TOWER....POOBAHS
RON'S...CUT ABOVE.....PRIME CUTS....DMC...ROCKAWAY...AARON'S..VINYL FETISH..RECORD DEPOT
DORAN'S...EXODUS.. THE LABELS....LOLLIPOP...CASABLANCA...WESTEND..VANGAURD...TK..MARLIN
PRELUDE..UNIDISC..TSR..JDC..TOMMYBOY..SUGARHILL..RFC..SAM...PRISM...CARRERE..VOGUE..SIRE
SLASH...EPIC..O..SALSOUL...IMPORTE/12...MEGATONE...FANTASY...MUTE...TO NAME A FEW
DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR VINYL? I DO......HELL YES!!!!
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