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Article: TALE OF THE TAPES NEARLY 60 YEARS AFTER THRILLING FIGHT, HOSTAK PUNCHES HALL OF FAME TICKET.(Sports)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- October 14, 1997
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Al Hostak opens the door, motions to come inside, and you realize the two of you are not alone.
Elvis Presley is there. So are Guy Lombardo, Lawrence Welk and Aerosmith.
In the home of the former middleweight boxing champion of the world, you expect trophies and medals to clutter his existence. Instead, you get eight-track tapes. Eight hundred, maybe eight thousand, obsolete eight-track tapes.
Stacked to the ceiling. Crystal Gayle, Frank Sinatra and Foghat. Stacked in the kitchen, living room and bedroom. Barbara Mandrell, B.J. Thomas and the Beatles. Stacked next to the equally imposing piles of vinyl records and cassette tapes. Boots ...