tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post605147630530615480..comments2024-01-26T07:11:45.193-05:00Comments on Linear Tracking Lives!: A Mess From 'Just Say Yes'Brianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04321051045499549249noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-56655209366256795022014-12-05T09:10:44.902-05:002014-12-05T09:10:44.902-05:00Echorich - I remember seeing the Loss Leader inner...Echorich - I remember seeing the Loss Leader inner sleeves and always wanting them but as a boy, the concept of mail order records was not possible… something for grownups only since they had the check book necessary for purchase. It wasn't until the mid-80s, when my friend Brian suggested that I get in on some fine catalog orders that he would share with me that I crossed that line. Then we split the postage. My collections exploded as there were a lot of items that never found their way down to sleepy Central Florida! For seven years I awaited the biweekly Goldmine with a highlighter at the ready! The the internet hit and it was all over. One could get any record you wanted [almost] if one had the will and budget.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-12082850404064191062014-11-12T21:26:41.567-05:002014-11-12T21:26:41.567-05:00The Just Say... series was a real treat from a lab...The Just Say... series was a real treat from a label that had previously filled my childhood with amazing, obscure music on the Loss Leaders series. Echorichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853063796135973187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-84258267927751377222014-11-12T19:45:44.394-05:002014-11-12T19:45:44.394-05:00Yo, Monk! That second one was strong, particularly...Yo, Monk! That second one was strong, particularly that 12 minute Tubular Bells/Pretty Boys and Girls mix from Book of Love, but I liked the James, Wild Swans and Mighty Lemon Drops songs too.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321051045499549249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815215641735446886.post-48063444596973401532014-11-12T15:13:41.709-05:002014-11-12T15:13:41.709-05:00My entrée to the "Just Say…" series was ...My entrée to the "Just Say…" series was "Just Say Yo." Volume 2. I passed on volume one since I already had much of it in its constituent albums. Not so on Vol. @, where I bought 5-6 albums I had not been planning on buying! The mark of a successful compilation! I still have three of the six I once owned in this series. I never bit for "Just Say Roe."Post-Punk Monkhttp://postpunkmonk.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com