Original prices for LP albums

I remember in the late 70s to early 80s a good deal was about $3.50 - $4.00 each for new LPs.

Best prices at Korvettes. Best selection at Discomat in NYC.
In 1984 I was paying $5.99 for a LP. But I would pay much more for an import...close to $20.

In the mid 80's most new releases came out at about $8.50 and I remember people older than me complaining about how expensive records had become and how thin and flimsy they were. I normally only bought on sale for $6.50-$6.99. Now I wish I'd bought a lot more.

EJ Korvette's in Douglaston, New York (northeast Queens) was my source for LP's. I used to spend a lot of time there just browsing the collections, which sometimes seemed endless. For three to five bucks you could buy almost anything. I think the first album I ever bought was CSNY Deja Vu (I still have it) when I was a sophomore at Cardozo High School in Bayside, and I probably bought a hundred albums at Korvette's between late 1972 and 1975. Wow, the memories suddenly seem so vivid..... It was a great place to buy records.

EJ Korvettes, wow, that brings back memories! I was once told that the name stood for "Eleven Jewish Korean Veterans", any truth to that?

Nope. In fact it was founded and named prior to the Korean War.

http://www.snopes.com/business/names/ejkorvette.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._Korvette

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/business/eugene-ferkauf-founder-of-e-j-korvette-chain-dies-at-91.html?_r=1

EJ Korvettes was founded by one man who died just this year. I can't remember his name but it wasn't Korvette as I recall.

Eugene Ferkauf, as indicated in the links above.

Regards,
-- Al