#ColumbiaHouse was a popular mail-order music and video club that operated from 1955 to 2010.
Members could purchase discounted albums, CDs, VHS tapes, and later DVDs, with a "buy one, get one free" or "8 CDs for a penny" type of promotion.
The company was known for its innovative marketing strategies and played a significant role in shaping the music industry.
Ah yes: the old #ColumbiaHouse mail-order record club. Sure, it enabled me to get that Grand Funk album I'd been hankering for since first hearing "We're An American Band". But then . . . I'd have to buy a bunch of lesser, rando picks (maybe The Guess Who? or BTO? Perhaps a later Sweet rec?) - paying full list price for the privilege. I'd come up short every time.
A girl is born in 1979. Her mother buys her a lifetime subscription to Tiger Beat magazine, signs her up for the Columbia House Record Club, and buys her a top of the line typewriter.
A girl is born in 2024. Her mother buys her a twitter blue account, reserves her user ID on Instagram, and signs her up for TikTok.
Which girl is more out-of-date by the time she gets to age 21?
#poll #socialmedia #twitter #instagram #tiktok #columbiahouse #tigerbeat #typewriter
Most Popular Song Each Month in the 80s
Prior to that, I had only really listened to the radio with my parents. So, only listened to their music. I was 11 by mid-1994 and I wanted to kind of learn my own taste in music. So, this was a perfect chance to do so.
What about you? Even if you weren't alive or were little in 1994, imagine what CDs you would get at that time.
Tags: #QuestionOfTheDay #Music #90sMusic #QoTD #CD #ColumbiaHouse
rogeliop
Blast From the Ads!
Welcome to the Boomtown
Benjamin Tuckett
Mrowster
Soupalphabet
Saskboy K.
Lance (Ranger Bob) Taylor
Rob Bodine www.gsllcblog.com
MDMRN