only $1.97!

Posted by mountainmelody On 5/15/2009 09:05:00 PM
Some interesting things have been turning up in my yard lately--a broken pipe, a baby squirrel, and also this:
Can you read this? That's right--it's from the Columbia record club. Not MP3 club, CD club, or even cassette tape club--record club.

I vaguely remember listening to a Strawberry Shortcake record when I was very young. I think I had one of Bible songs too. But I was never a member of the Columbia record club.

Apparently someone was--or at least kept a magazine advertising it.

I wonder if they'll still honor the $1.97 rate?

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4 Responses to 'only $1.97!'

  1. Melissa said...
    http://mountainmelody.blogspot.com/2009/05/only-197.html?showComment=1242476400000#c7183553221416304046'> 7:20 AM

    We had the Letter People and some Disney stories. That's weird. Have you determined its point of origin?

     

  2. countrypeapie said...
    http://mountainmelody.blogspot.com/2009/05/only-197.html?showComment=1242573960000#c2746934639739186744'> 10:26 AM

    Love it! I am ancient enough to have belonged to the record club (that's where I got all of my Police albums!), but I sure don't remember them being quite so cheap, nor the fonts and color scheme quite so dated.

     

  3. The Country Experience said...
    http://mountainmelody.blogspot.com/2009/05/only-197.html?showComment=1242585120000#c9003136597822814578'> 1:32 PM

    Someone has been cleaning house, lol. Wow, that is an old ad. I don't even know what the difference is between regular high-fidelity and stereo.

     

  4. Rurality said...
    http://mountainmelody.blogspot.com/2009/05/only-197.html?showComment=1242650820000#c5576395985884231916'> 7:47 AM

    Oh dear, you are making me feel old. I was a member! And I even remember the outrage I felt when album prices went from $3.98 to $4.98. Highway robbery... ;)

    I think "Regular High Fidelity" really meant "Mono".

    I promise that is not my old ad though!

     

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