Basically a wasted trip. Didn't find nothing at the Goodwill and Salvation Army; Borders had a very lousy cd sale bins and they may as well close down the Locust Street Co Op record store.
Even Big Lots had shit for bargains, so should have either gone back up to Dubuque or Madison.
Strange to see the FYE closed in Coral Ridge while it remains open at South Ridge in Moline. They're smaller than Coral Ridge and the selection isn't all that great but did find some things to at least going home tolerable with new tunes. Perhaps the reason of FYE closing Coral Ridge may have something to do with a rate increase in rent but who knows. So Moline's FYE remains the closest one near here and I'm sure Trans World might be looking at that to close up within a few years. I could return back to Des Moines and find that other FYE but I don't feel like a road trip back out there anytime soon.
If there's any other music stores outside of Co Op or FYE, I don't know anything about them. Borders have slashed their cd selection about 75 percent than the last time I was there. Even Dubuque kicked the Q cities' ass in selection.
Salvation Army store had two stores in a half block radius and the AS IS store had a interesting album in terms of Pat Boone's Texas Woman that came out on Hitsville back in the mid 70s. Now Hitsville/Melodyland was actually Barry Gordy's fortay into country music and did have some hits with Jud Strunk's Biggest Parakeets In Town, Dorsey Burnette's Molly (I ain't getting any younger)(a single that I have been searching for years and yet to find it) but mostly T G Sheppard whose Motels And Memories may have been the biggest chart hit for Hitsville. Although many compliations have been put out of Motown's hits, nothing has come about for the Hitsville/Melodyland music on CD. So I was shocked to see that Gordy signed Pat Boone to do a country album. Would have been interesting to pick it up and hear it but it was pretty scratched up.
Outside of that, seen some vinyl albums that would have been good to have if they not been so moldy and scratched up. Some old dude had Procol Harum's Broken Barricades and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers featuring Eric Clapton but a moldy cover pretty made that worthless.
Some CDs found.
Booker T Jones-The Runaway (MCA 1989) Booker T calls this a concept album and we get lots of that Booker T B3 Hammond Organ that we all love but this album has that 80's sound, which is lots of whammy bar guitar and a canned drum sound. Think he did better on Potatoe Hole, his 2009 effort with Drive By Truckers. Grade C+
Starcastle (Epic 1976) Terry Luttrell was the original lead vocalist of REO Speedwagon and made one album and left after that. Later returned in a six man band that specialized in a cross of Kansas Pomp with harmonies of YES. In fact it's a good YES tribute and it's better than ELP. But there wasn't much of a market for Prog rock bands from Illinois I guess and they never did go past cult artists. Surprised Sony Music even reissued their first. Later reissues were put out by Renaissance Records if anybody cares. Grade B
Jars Of Clay Greatest Hits (Essensial 2008) Christian rock band had a one hit wonder on regular radio with the Adrian Belew produced Flood and then return to Christian Radio and remained a fixture there. Uplifting yes, memorable, not really although I can hum along with what I hear. Grade B-
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