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In Reply to: any "must see" vinyl stores in Washington, DC? posted by dean man jim on September 7, 2006 at 15:08:10:
Orpheus Records
3173 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, Va 22201
703-294-6774
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I remember when it was on M St. in Georgetown, back in the 70s. If I recall correctly, it was still there in the early 90s (though I could be wrong - my last trip there may have been in the mid 80s - anyway, it's no longer there). Guess the G'town rents climbed too high for a humble used vinyl store.
yep. Rick still owns it though. All the old record stores are gone now. I sure would like to know what happened to my old pal Art 'Lobo' Wray who used to run Luna Disc here in Old Town. If anybody's seen or heard about his whereabouts let me know.
I got into John Coltrane in high school in NJ, about six-seven years after he died. "Sunship" was the starting point. I pulled together much of my rather extensive Trane set during my Georgetown University years in the 70s. Orpheus was my main source - I bought just about anything by him that they got in. Since it was just a few years after his untimely death, the prices were still reasonable, and I created/maintained a mental image of a young master in his prime, which I carry with me to this day. Anyway, big article in the NYTimes today about Jazz at Lincoln Center's plans to celebrate his 80th birthday. 80th birthday! Made me feel ooooooooolllllllllldddddd...
Yeah...Trane...I hate it that his date of death is my date of birth. I can still remember playing "Love Supreme" on my old B&O tt, through my old Mission Cyrus and throwing out my cd copy because that record played better, cleaner, and more, shall I say it?, supremely than that chunk of plastic ever did. Lord, that was over 20 years ago. I bought a new pressing of the album a few months ago and it was a totally dirty pressing. Ah well... But I did pick up mint copies of Horace Silver's "Song for my Father" and Lee Morgan's "Sidewinder" a couple of weeks ago at Orpheus, and that made me real happy. 2 of my all time favs.
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