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TIMES SQUARE RECORDS IN 1962. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE
WHEN BOB CAMPBELL AND I WENT THERE SEPTEMBER 1962.
THIS STORE IS WHERE I WENT CRAZY!!



SLIM. . .RESTING, TIMES SQUARE RECORDS, EARLY '60s


TIMES SQUARE RECORD WALL, EARLY '60s


TIMES SQUARE RECORDS, EARLY 1963


KIDS AT TIMES - 42ND STREET AND 6TH AVENUE, 1964



ME BEHIND THE COUNTER AT SLIM'S 2ND STORE. I'M ON THE LEFT



BOB CAMPBELL AT TIMES SQUARE RECORDS, PROBABLY 1964


MY GROUP COLLECTION IN 1963 (PROBABLY HALF WHITE THEN)
‘I‘VE SEARCHED’ BY THE HEARTSPINNERS ON XTRA IS SITTING ON THE TOP



MY FIRST ‘BIG’ PURCHASE ‘MISS YOU&rlsquo; BY THE CROWS ON RAMA
ON RED PLASTIC, $30 FROM MIKE ADLER, 1964
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THIS IS WHERE MY MAIL ORDER WAS BORN
- IN THE BACK ROOM OF THE ONE STOP


JOHN LAMONTE


WHERE I STARTED R&B RECORDS, 6222 LEBANON AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA.
THE BACK ROOM OF A RECORD ONE STOP, 1966 THROUGH 1972.


MORE STOCK!

ANOTHER PHOTO FROM THE BACK OF THE ONE STOP
WHERE I STARTED R&B RECORDS.


6222 LEBANON AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
I WAS TOO BUSY TO KEEP THE PLACE CLEAN!


WAREHOUSE SHOT - LATE 1960S, MAYBE 1970.
NOTE THE THREE-LEGGED CHAIR. BOB HITE FROM THE CANNED HEAT
SAT IN IT AND BROKE ONE OF THE LEGS OFF.
NICE RUG - ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME.


WE HAD A PIPE LIKE SLIM!


SIGNS IN THE WAREHOUSE


SOME OF THE PEOPLE I WORKED WITH AT THE ONE STOP.
NORMAN COOPER IS ON THE LEFT...THAT'S ME ON THE RIGHT (FRONT)
WITH THE WALLPAPER SHIRT AND MUSTACHE.


MY FIRST STORE, 146 GARRETT ROAD, 1972


MY FIRST EMPLOYEE BONNIE GUSTEN, CIRCA 1974 AT 146 GARRETT ROAD.


LEFT TO RIGHT: LOUIS SILVANI, SONNY TIL AND VAL, 1970



MY FIRST STORE. NICE HUH? WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO COME IN THIS PLACE!!



CHUCK DABAGIAN: MY MANAGER - WITHOUT HIM, FORGET IT - I GIVE UP!
LATE '70S. HE STARTED IN 1975. STILL HERE.

dull


FIRST STORE, 1973



OLD STORE, LATE 1970s.
ME ON THE PHONE WHERE I SPENT HALF THE DAY.

FROM LEFT: FRANK SWEENEY, ME AND CHUCK DABAGIAN.
SOMETIME IN THE 1980s.



ME ON THE PHONE WHERE I SPENT HALF THE DAY.


CRAMPED QUARTERS, LATE 1970s
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