....the record stores of Madison (continued):
My next stop was in the “well established long ago”  funky old store next to the UofW campus, B-Side Records, which after hearing about the place seemed like it would be promising but wasn’t.  It has been there for ages - Met the owner, older than me now but he first started working there when he was a student, 37 years ago I think he said.  Sole proprietor with virtually no other staff.  All but one crate In the place were new records and all at 3-5 bucks above market.  All of his two rows of Jazz records were on the Wax Time label.  Rather than the ebullient music fan I had imagined he would be he seemed rather deflated.  My questions were met by a gloomy eye and responded to in misery.  Maybe things used to be better for him.  I came away in a pang of failure, with just one find out of his used bin - a very unusual result for me on a visit to a record store.Â
