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Article: STARS ON 45
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- October 26, 2007
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I bought all my records at Marty's Record Shop. By records, I mean
singles. By singles, I mean 45s.
Good ol' 45s. I had stacks of them. Wafer-thin, black, vinyl
records, with recognizable labels and protective sleeves that were
as artfully detailed as album covers, 45s were like musical junk
food to me. When we had a hankering for a hamburger, my family dined
at Ray's Kingburger. When I craved music, I bought 45s with my own
money.
Marty's was a record shop crammed inside Mayberry Mall in Mount
Airy, N.C. -- a place that claims to be "the real Mayberry," mainly
because Andy Griffith is from there. Donna Fargo is from there, too,
although she was born Yvonne Vaughan (which is a real ...