Records and Players
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The Family Record Club
Once a month the family record club would meet to sell, buy and trade their records. Here’s mom offering what she insists is a “rare” J.T. Adams lp on the original Word records label. Bill just laughs. Besides he says “the White Sisters lp you sold me last time was NOT VG++!”
A music critic is born
Maria’s early exposure to music and her brother’s influence prompted her, in the early 1970’s, to take up writing album reviews for her local weekly.
“Horses is a great record not only because Patti Smith stands alone, but because her uniqueness is lent resonance by the past.” (Maria’s review of Horses in Scene Magazine)
“That’s him!”
Mark Murphy’s Hip Parade (1959). Capitol Records. Arranged and conducted by Bill Holman. From the liner notes by Peggy Lee: “He phrases at times like a horn; and a horn with a modern sound. As the expression goes, you might say, ‘He blows.'”