Within my first two years of being in business I got two big introductions to Blue Note records. The first came when a guy named Bob came ...

I’ve never been motivated by autographs. Whenever I meet famous people it rarely occurs to me to ask them to autograph something. Not everyo...

My dear friend and former employee Peter Fast used to say “You CAN tell a book by its cover.” When it came to records we both firmly belie...

Iconoclast, auteur, philosopher, social commentator, genius. My relationship with Frank Zappa began, like it did for many, in 1969...

Since my earliest days as a record collector, my obsession with the art form has extended to the artwork on the covers of the records I love...

One of the very few modern psych bands of the 1980’s worthy of the title were English band Spacemen 3. In 1990 when they broke up, guitarist...

For me it started in the very early 1960s. A relative had a summer rental on Long Island, and we spent a couple of lazy weeks on the East Co...

Over 32 years of owning Twist And Shout, countless folks have asked me who my favorite artist is. In those years my answer has not changed. ...

What good are records if you don’t have something to play them on? I started with a 1960’s portable player. Almost immediately I recognized ...

I grew up in a literary household. My father was an author and a professor at D.U. He and my mother were both very well-read and expected th...

The most important band ever. No matter what kind of modern music you like, it just wouldn’t be the same without The Beatles. No band, set...

In 1974 the son of one of my father’s friends stayed at our house in Denver on a drive from New York to California. He was a music student ...

My main things in terms of collecting live concerts and endless variations of the same song are improv and soloing. When it comes to studio ...