[Gitchigumee]

I was actually in "my" used record store 2 blocks from my office on Tuesday during my lunch hour. I pop in from time to time to check if there have been arrivals of any used Lightfoot CDs or LPs. The store I frequent is incredibly well-run and organized. All LPs are in plastic covers and the sections are neatly labeled. I have never witnessed customers abusing the merchandise in any way.

The store can also order new stuff or old stuff upon request, including the more obscure things you would not normally find in stores. They have mostly used CD's, but way in the back of the store there is the section with all the albumns.

There's just something about the feel, sound and smell of flipping through those things that takes a person back in time. Since I was a child during Lightfoot's hayday, I do not have a collection of his LPs from that time period and so whenever I spot a Gordon Lightfoot album, I snatch it up even though I have not had a working turntable at home in years. There's something about owning an album that was produced and sold THEN, that makes me feel like I have in a small way transported myself back in time to when the music was brand new.

I haven't ever had a problem with MY used record store, so guess I should count my blessings. Unfortunately on my last trip, I came up with zilch for Lightfoot stuff, but there's always tomorrow...