Love your stuff, Mark. This one brought me back. My first album purchase was Elton John's Greatest Hits, followed closely by the first Foreigner album. Got 'em both at a Caldor's in Elmsford (Westchester County, near White Plains), across the street from a drive-in movie theater. Best memory of that place was not the album purchases, though; it was when my dad and I went shopping on the 4th of July for something he needed and when we checked out the register rang up exactly $17.76. We asked if could get an Independence Day discount for hitting the magic number, but no dice.
Love your stuff, Mark. This one brought me back. My first album purchase was Elton John's Greatest Hits, followed closely by the first Foreigner album. Got 'em both at a Caldor's in Elmsford (Westchester County, near White Plains), across the street from a drive-in movie theater. Best memory of that place was not the album purchases, though; it was when my dad and I went shopping on the 4th of July for something he needed and when we checked out the register rang up exactly $17.76. We asked if could get an Independence Day discount for hitting the magic number, but no dice.
Thanks for writing. More please.
i'm so happy to hear that, and i love your $17.76 story. as long as people keep reading, i'll keep writing...