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 Music! Music! Music!
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Jun. 10th, 2009 @ 12:23 pm 
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So, I'm developing a temporary obsession with Dolly Parton's new album, Backwoods Barbie. Which I don't own, I've just been playing tracks off YouTube.
I need this album. If only for Better Get To Living, which may be a song I need to play at the start of every day. Certainly last night, when I was mood-crashing, it was instrumental in my recovery without things falling apart.
So, looking to get hold of it, I called my Preferred Record Store, 78 Records. (Which, if I'm spending money on music, is actually my preferred outlet. They're independent, they have a serious commitment to range, including imports and local music, and they're generally pretty awesome, in my experience.)
I asked if they had Backwoods Barbie in stock. The woman who'd answered checked, said no, asked if it was new, then checked release dates to see if they should. Said yes, it was out, and they could order it... which I declined, since I wanted it sooner. I thanked her and started to press the call-end button.
Then, as I disconnect, I hear her exclaim: "Ohhhh!"
Momentary pause.
Redial.
Her: "Hello, 78 Records, how can I help you?"
Me: "Yeah, I'm the person you were talking to two seconds ago..."
Her: *exclamations of delight*
As it turns out, she'd misread the screen, and they actually have one copy of Backwoods Barbie. Which means I can't pick up one for my mother, who also wants it, but she's going to be going near a shop she knows in Kelmscott that apparently is really good for country music. (Whereas I have no expectation of going anywhere near Kelmscott any time in the foreseeable future.) So she can get her own.
The woman at the shop sounded thrilled I'd called back, because she was feeling genuinely bad that she'd not helped me. Because 78 Records staff want you to have your music. I asked if she could set aside that copy for me, and she said yes, absolutely, took my name, and I can collect it at the counter this afternoon. (I plan to stop by on my way back from psych.)
So. Music, and 78's still rules.
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June 10th, 2009 04:30 am (UTC) |
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