February 1979

Avery Schreiber?  Wonder if this could've also been called My Mother the Flatbed Truck?








And, for a limited time, 11.9% APR .... if you have squeaky-clean credit!





Memorex: for those who wanted the illusion of audiophile-grade tape, but either didn't have the budget for the good stuff ... or didn't know the good stuff (TDK and Maxell) existed.  $4.99 (in 1979 dollars) for the Memorex junk; a two-pack of Maxell blanks cost nearly a ten-spot back then.

And those Memorex tapes did not age well.  Just a handful of plays, and those things would start shedding worse than a Persian cat.


Okay, okay, maybe not EVERTHING about 1979 was bad.  At least we had Oz Records....



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