I’m from Gwinnett County, about half an hour from Atlanta. I must not have known such a fabulous place existed. Or I would have gone there. Flying monkeys!!! Who could resist? We had a Turtles. And 96 Rock, back when it was so good 😊
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Aw, you missed out. This blog post perfectly describes Oz Records. It was magical in there. I still have my 96 Rock card in a box somewhere--you could get discounts on tickets or music at certain record stores with it back in the day. jimandsallywayofatlantaga.blogspot.com/2013/04/oz-r...
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Thank you!!! I just sent that article to a whole lot of people from the Atlanta area — mostly the ones who remember when Atlanta only had a 404 area code.
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I used to listen to 96 Rock. 👍 When I was in high school (late '60s), WPLO, a country station, had an 11:00p show of Progressive Rock for an hour. I'd stay up for that. When WKLS (96.1) switched to rock in early '74, I was all in on that. I was a manager at the first Turtles store in Smyrna.
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WPLO! I remember that station! And WSB. Lawsy, I think everyone in Georgia knows WSB lol. That’s so cool that you were a manager at Turtles 🐢. One of my dear classmates (Class of 84) worked at a Turtles in Buford. She gave me a poster of Bruce Springsteen and my mom let 16 yo me hang it above my bed
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Ah, yes, all the promotional merch was great. The Buford store became the headquarters. One of the things I loved was being able to open any album for in-store play. And reading all the liner notes. Being a musician, I was always interested in what artists had to say and how they did what they did.
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Later in the ‘70s and early ‘80s I worked for a major label putting up new release displays in retail stores in the north Atlanta area. And doing other promo art projects. That was fun. Also painted a few of the 6’x6’ album covers that Peaches had on the outside of their stores.
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