Comments on: Recent Acquisitions

By: Glenn Ingersoll

Glenn Ingersoll — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 06:32:37 +0000

For a few years I had a desk job where I was able to listen to CDs using a portable CD player & headphones. I loaded up on cheap compilation CDs (each a dollar or two) and when I heard a song I liked I would mark it, listen to it again, then rip it to iTunes. I now work with the public (can’t disappear into a headset) and I have this big pile of CDs that I’m not interested in listening to again. But I found a lot of great music which I continue to listen to on my iPod. I wonder if Amoeba would buy the CDs back? I got most of them from their clearance bins. Even if I end up just giving them away they gave good value.

By: joseph.zitt

joseph.zitt — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:37:30 +0000

My fave Cheap Thrills story:

One day early on, I heard something wonderful playing overhead. It turned out to be Ambrosia’s “Dance with Me George” from Somewhere I Never Traveled. Fortunately, they had affordable copies, and I immediately bought one.

The next day, I was again at the store, and again heard something wonderful. When I asked what it was, they laughed. “So I see you haven’t listened to the other side of the record you bought yesterday yet.”

By: Fred Kiesche

Fred Kiesche — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:03:54 +0000

Oh yes, Happy Birthday Mr. Reich! It’s gonna rain!

By: Fred Kiesche

Fred Kiesche — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:02:56 +0000

Ah, this harkens back to the good old days at Cheap Thrills where we’d walk in, hear something playing and dive for the bins under the direction of the amused shopkeepers.

Whatever happened to Half Thoughts? What a great store that was.