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    Headstone Friends

    4.2(5 reviews)
    2.7 mi
    $$

    Very friendly and down to earth staff. Super laid back environment with lots of cool things…read moreeverywhere. Prices are what you expect for quality items and there's something for everyone. Very cool shop and a personal must stop for all down-to-earth people.

    Headstone Friends gives off the vibe of a place that used to be really cool, having that music…read morebasement atmosphere (dark, somewhat cramped, aromatic), with clerks who can be nice and friendly and who clearly love what they do... but it also suffers greatly from the lack of competition around it and variety within it. The majority of what they carry, which is a bit hard to navigate due to the vertical storage spaces with horizontal disc orientation, is nothing particularly special. There is not enough obscurity in the catalog to really foster discovery, as most of what I could find were the same over-pressed, over-priced albums that can be found everywhere else. I will admit to the biased perspective that living in a pop culture mecca such as California has ingrained in me, and maybe HF's fault is mostly due to that bias, but - in a time of digital stores and downloads, where the rest of the world can have access to everything and anything from the convenience of their home and can share a similar perspective to mine due to this - this fault can be fatal. Furthermore, having the merchandise under lock is very off-putting when a large part of the appeal of a record store is the ability to "touch the music": the packaging, the angles, the reflection of the light off the glossy surface... the scratches, the plastic wrap, the track listing and bar codes. Maybe it wasn't always that way and maybe a few bad apples ruined it for the rest of us... but it has ruined it regardless. As the only standing music store in Terre Haute (that I know of, and without counting big chain electronic stores), I can accept it for what it is and appreciate the fact it has held out this long. Unfortunately, there are not very many other redeeming qualities of the store, and frankly, it seems more like an incense shop than anything at this point. I enjoyed the breath of a familiar air when I walked in (having been starved for the record store experience during a summer visiting family), but all too rapidly, that initial feeling became a longing for the version of this experience that I was used to... I wish this store the best and hope they can adapt in an increasingly hostile world for its likes. PURCHASED: Happy Head/Out of Hand by The Mighty Lemon Drops (Used, $7.99)

    Columbia House - Overplayed into oblivion but still a great record.

    Columbia House

    2.6(5 reviews)
    6.0 mi
    $$

    Three stars for offering very inexpensive records reel-to-reel recordings, and yes, cassettes and…read more8-tracks back in the day! It seems like you got eight [Yelper friend Michael N., is probably right, it was twelve vinyl records or cassettes] options of the "records" you wanted for a penny! The catch was you had to promise to purchase a set number of records or tapes in the future at full prices plus shipping. I remember seeing their direct mail ads as well as ads in magazines while I was growing up. Turns out the fancy phrase for this type of distribution is "negative option billing." Looking at old ads, thirteen records or tapes for $1.00 still seems like a great deal, especially these days! Columbia House filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2015; however, it looks like they may still cell CDs. Columbia House cited the intense competition of digital media and the resultant declines in the recorded music business. I'm glad I didn't "Go a little Crazy" and join their club!

    For those who remember, was there a more hopelessly naïve business model than the Columbia House…read moreMusic Club? Heavily advertised in large circulation periodicals such as Parade and TV Guide the come on was too good to pass up. Send them a penny and they'll send you twelve vinyl records or cassettes (later CDs) of your choice as long as you promised to buy twelve more at an absurdly inflated price over the next year. I had legions of friends who built entire music collections by sending in numerous memberships under ridiculous fake names. I wonder if they ever caught up to Ben Dover, Dick Hertz or Buck Nekkid. Even as a teen you had to wonder how they made money off this termite infested marketing strategy. They're all but gone now but I to wonder how critical they were in the career trajectory of Billy Joel and the Captain & Tennille who always managed to be the featured artists of the month. Dick Hertz sends his regards and magnanimously awards five stars to this mail order dinosaur.

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