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TSR62


TSR62


TSR62


TSR62
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_ROSE


SLIM_ROSE


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

RECORD_WALL


RECORD_WALL
TIMES SQUARE RECORD WALL, EARLY '60s

TSR63


TSR63
TIMES SQUARE RECORDS, EARLY 1963

KIDS_BACKS


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

NEWIES


NEWIES



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

BOB-CAMPBELL


BOB_CAMPBELL



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

YOUNG_VAL

YOUNG_VAL


YOUNG_VAL


YOUNG_VAL
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


JOHN_LAMONTE
JOHN LAMONTE

ONE_STOP


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

MORE_STOCK


MORE_STOCK
MORE STOCK!

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

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

WAREHOUSE


WAREHOUSE
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.

PIPE


PIPE
WE HAD A PIPE LIKE SLIM!

SIGNS


SIGNS
SIGNS IN THE WAREHOUSE

GROUP_PHOTO

GROUP_PHOTO


GROUP_PHOTO
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.

FIRST_STORE


FIRST_STORE
MY FIRST STORE, 146 GARRETT ROAD, 1972

FIRST_EMPLOYEE


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

LOUIS_SONNY_VAL


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

FIRST_STORE


FIRST_STORE


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

CHUCK


CHUCK


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


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FIRST_STORE_1973


FIRST_STORE_1973
FIRST STORE, 1973

VAL_AT_DESK


VAL_AT_DESK


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

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

VAL_AT_DESK


VAL_AT_DESK


VAL_AT_DESK
ME ON THE PHONE WHERE I SPENT HALF THE DAY.

CRAMPED


CRAMPED
CRAMPED QUARTERS, LATE 1970s

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