Columbia House blast from the past.

Tiltsta

Tiltsta

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Did any of you ever do the Columbia House thing? I sure did. The regular price purchase obligated purchases were still a buck cheaper than the local record store, so I didn't mind getting 12 free records for buying 6 at regular price.

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To help make this relevant, I'm sure I purchased at least one Joe Walsh and one Quiet Riot record from these guys.

Interesting that Columbia House just made their own copies of albums, then sent the record labels a percentage of the standard royalty rate, figuring it was too much effort to sue them, and cashing the check was acceptance of the non-negotiated royalty percentage. What a nutty business model.
 
This was the first record,(record),I pulled out of the package and listened to..Good times...

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I may be brain farting here but back in the day wasn't it around 12 records for the initial shipment and for a few extra cents they threw in one more??
 
tompetty said:
I may be brain farting here but back in the day wasn't it around 12 records for the initial shipment and for a few extra cents they threw in one more??
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Yeah, they had all kinds of special offers like that all the time.
 
Yup.

1979. All vinyl.

Highlights:

The Cars - Candy O

Lowlights:

The Village People

Donna Summer

REO Speedwagon.

Cut a brothuh some slack, I was 9.
 
Uh, but with 8-tracks. :facepalm:
Cassettes didn't come around until later. By then, I was already driving and bought them at the record store. Cactus Records and Tapes, if I remember.

Funny thing about 8-tracks is when you hear a song years later, you still remember where it paused to switch tracks and repeat a few second. Good times indeed.
 
I stayed away from Columbia House for quite a while. My dad signed up with them, and ended up hating it (you had to decline the monthly selection, or it was automatically sent to you), so I considered it a warning. Later on, I signed up with another outfit that was modeled after Columbia House. Got a real nice start on my CD collection.
 
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