1972. Got a steel related job just outside of Pittsburgh. Had my draft board number, but wasn't called up for Viet Nam war duty, although some of my friends were.
They needed men to work in the mills. We ran thousands of miles of dull, flat, army green , sheet steel, for ammo boxes. I was against the war, had my flag ,peace sign on my old 64 buick, and here I was making ammo box material for the Vietnam war. Had to make a living, and no money for college.
I was making $2.25 per hour, but I managed to save for 6 months or so, and visited a place called The Audio Warehouse on Saw mill run Blvd.
Plunked about $600 down for large advents, a sherwood receiver, and dual turntable with a shure md1ed.
I can remember getting it home, setting it up in my bedroom, and the first record that I played on it. Neil Young Harvest. Just freshly bought. I still have it in my collection. I heard the orcheastra in "A man needs a maid". After using a cheapo Capehart all in one unit for years, I was mesmerized by how gorgeous it sounded to me.
Hardly high end by todays standards, and I now have Proac, Quicksilver, and Oracle, ARC, (and it sounds leagues better), but its kind of like the first time you get a really good buzz, or make love.
Somehow that initial thrill is never recaptured.
Pity.
Mg16
They needed men to work in the mills. We ran thousands of miles of dull, flat, army green , sheet steel, for ammo boxes. I was against the war, had my flag ,peace sign on my old 64 buick, and here I was making ammo box material for the Vietnam war. Had to make a living, and no money for college.
I was making $2.25 per hour, but I managed to save for 6 months or so, and visited a place called The Audio Warehouse on Saw mill run Blvd.
Plunked about $600 down for large advents, a sherwood receiver, and dual turntable with a shure md1ed.
I can remember getting it home, setting it up in my bedroom, and the first record that I played on it. Neil Young Harvest. Just freshly bought. I still have it in my collection. I heard the orcheastra in "A man needs a maid". After using a cheapo Capehart all in one unit for years, I was mesmerized by how gorgeous it sounded to me.
Hardly high end by todays standards, and I now have Proac, Quicksilver, and Oracle, ARC, (and it sounds leagues better), but its kind of like the first time you get a really good buzz, or make love.
Somehow that initial thrill is never recaptured.
Pity.
Mg16