THE BADGE OF MUSIC INVENTORY: Found the old badge from my days of working for The Wherehouse – one of the biggest record and tape chains in the 70s and 80s. I worked at the Sports Arena Location here in San Diego, CA from 1979 – 1982. I was responsible for the disco section in 1979 and the dance section in 80-82.
Most of these memories are stock inventory and register. However, I do remember helping a great deal of club people coming in after the weekend asking for music – singing the wrong lyrics or humming the melody where I would have to figure out what they were looking for – some of the memories were “Let’s Go Dancing” by Rocky Mizell, “Take Your Time” by S.O.S. Band and “Boogie Woogie Dancing Shoes” by Claudja Barry (they were still asking for it in the early 80s!)
I also worked at Tower Records for a short time – but that was a political mess and although they stocked allot of disco music – and its own section – I found that they really hated disco music. I think it was due to the disco boom taking over the rock charts.
Note: Their ad-line was, "Where? At The Wherehouse!"
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