I was born in '85 so of course I never heard of Korvettes. However, I enjoy watching classic commercials on RUclips, and reading memories from other viewers.
We shopped at the Lawrence N.Y. store all the time. Especially the record department. After reading the comments I'm convinced that this is where I bought my first stereo. It was a Fisher.
I bought my first color TV at Korvette's in 1974. I was still living with my parents, but this was *my* TV -- a 17" XAM. Used it for many years, and then passed it down to my kid sis and her husband. Their kids used it until everything went digital a few years back.
One of our fine RUclips commentators, indeed one “JCondorYTPs,” lets loose with some obscure reference to “fish pie,” the meaning of which leaves most commentators in the dark.
I was only 6 years old in 1971 i was a Big Beatles freak cause my older brothers had all their albums so in 1971 while in this store just me and my father he bought me the new Paul McCartney album RAM !!! And a little record player with like a 6 inch speaker i fucking loved it my brothers were so mad i had it and would not let them listen to it it was my first album ever- The first album i got with my money was when i was 11 newspaper rout money "Stand Up" album by Jethro Tull LOved that one too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man! My late father's favorite store back in New York City (east bronx) during the early 70s. Very clean and bright with a huge selection. Those were good years to be a kid.
I worked in the Bay Parkway Korvettes from 1975 - 1980. It was my first job and one of the best. I worked in the record department! I miss that crew Especially Mary R. Where are you now Mary?
Wow! Before that was Korvettes in Commack it was S. Klein's Department Store. That closed in 1974. We used to shop at the Commack Korvettes and the store on Sunrise Highway in Bay Shore. JimMastersTV
Yes you are so right with your comment. I grew up in westchester county just over the bridge from nanuet & was dragged into korvettes & hills with my grand parents on weekends. Miss those days soo much, the great memories of a time in life with no worries, no stress, no headaches other than going into these nastaglic stores. Im sure many ytubers are not familiar with korvettes. I think it was located in new york only!
This is great! I remember going to Korvettes as a kid. I also remember thinking the commercial was cheesey, even back then! But I can't help but smile seeing it now. Thanks for posting.
Yes I worked in visual merchandising at Korvettes and we had a meeting to view the new commercials. It went like this "Its the other Korvettes , Its the other Korvettes AT KORVETTES!
My parents used to take us to Korvettes in the Cedarbrook Mall in Cheltenham when I was a kid way beack in the early 70s. LOVED going there, they had the coolest Toy Department!
Believe it or not, Korvettes had a pet department (at least in the store near Douglaston, NY) and I got my childhood puppy from there. I remember looking at the store from the L.I.E. to Cross-Island interchange every time we passed by.
I used to buy all my record albums from Korvette's back in the day when I lived in Douglaston. Who can forget the color coded prices?? Korvette's was in the shopping plaza at 61st Ave and Douglaston Pkwy. Back in the day I lived in Beech Hills and I used to walk "down the hill" to get there. That same plaza had Chase Manhattan Bank, Herman's sporting goods, Toys R US and Burger King. Oh and who can forget the Douglaston Movie Theater?? Yeah those were the good 'ole days!!!!!
My dad worked at a Korvettes in Brooklyn, and the one in the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, Long Island. The electronics weren't bad. We had a couple of XAM (house brand) TV's that lasted a good long time, and a really good record department. Getting to use his employee discount helped me build a nice sized vinyl collection...
My dad was a manager at a Korvette's outside of Philly and there was one right by house as a kid. My sister and Igot to meet The Brady Bunch, John Travolta and may other 70's stars. I actually have the pictures and they care classic :)
OMG Gratiot & 12 Mile in Roseville, MI! The building is still there but has been remodeled several times, and there's a Wal-Mart at the east end now. The last time I was in there, the original escalator was still in use. It took you up to the electronics department. I remember hanging out and playing Super Breakout until we got kicked out for not buying anything. Ah, good times....
The first generation home VCR's had industrial style electric motors, which is why they were very heavy (And why they lasted so long!). I remember the Korvettes in Watchung NJ (Blue Star Shopping Center) and the great record department they had.
I worked in the toy department of Korvettes in Douglaston, in 1968-9. And it was E.J. Korvettes. There was a rumor back then that the name stood for: Eight Jewish Korean Veterans. But there are those that deny it.
Wow! We had a Korvettes in Redford Twp. Michigan. It was on Telegraph Road just south of Plymouth Rd. I used to buy blank cassettes there for my hand held tape recorder, so I could tape songs off the radio...CKLW, WDRQ, WABX! My mom also bought alot of our records (lp's) there too!
Still Have my 1964 Fisher 800-c Tube receiver made in Long Island city New York. Those were the days. Things today last a year and you toss them.. My receiver is still swell at 49 years old.
Korvettes in Camp Hill, PA. Just barely remember that place, was probably 6...7? Now there's a Boscov's there and it is the Camp Hill Mall. I do remember the mall was open, so when you walked out of a store you were outside. Then they remodeled the whole place in the 80's and enclosed everything. Fond memories.
I went to a korvettes one time,I was so young,but I remember the escalator! Redford mi on telegraph,and west chicago.I think its a henry ford clinic now.the escalator is still there! Its pretty rough around there now,there is a burlington coat factory next door to it
Oh dear..Korvettes...where i bought my Kiss albums, The place was right down the street from the house I grew up in...it changed hands a million times since then...
I worked at the Flushing Main Street Korvettes in Queens, New York when I as in college. 1977 to 1979 -- I was a cashier, and most customers were polite but every once in a while you would get someone who was very rude - so I would take one of those plastic security devices and throw it in the persons bag so that when they exited the store the siren would go off and they would be stopped by security.
I grew up near the Korvettes store located in Southgate, MI. The location is now home to a Kmart store. A few weeks ago I went to an estate sale and found a Beatles Let It Be album still in the plastic wrap with a Korvettes price tag of $2.99 still on the cover. I picked it up for only $1.00. That store had a great sporting goods and record department.
I used to live near the Korvettes in Perring Plaza. In the 70's they had Korvettes, Pantry Pride, Woolworths, Revco, Fashion Bug, Glaubers chocolates, and General Cinema. Damn, i'm old.
Funny that he remarks at the great prices when looking at the VHS recorder from what looks to be at least 1977 or 1978 based on the audio equipment. Back then a VHS recorder had to have been at least $1000.00 or more.
I loved Korvettes, back in the day! Bought my first suite there! They Had Fisher Stereo's back then made in Nyc. What great days they were> I still own a Fisher tube stereo 800-c tube reciever!
E.J. Korvettes was an acronym for "Eight Jewish Korean (War) Veterans." The best place for cheap records and electronics. We used to go to the store in Northeast Philly on the boulevard, but I remember the Cedarbrook store when that opened. Those were the days.
Loved Korvettes. There was one in the "Korvettes" shopping center on Route 1 in Port Chester NY. Great store. It was replaced by Caldors then later Kohls.
I loved Korvettes in King Of Prussia Pa. Bought my first suit there. Wonderful Fisher Stereo Equipment when you could get the good stuff at a dept store. Stuff for your Car One stop shopping! Now you can hardly find any good 2 channel Hi End stereo stuff. They were the days.
Thanks for posting. The Korvettes on Rockville Pike in Maryland was a regular destination for clothing and they had a decent record store on top of all the audio equipment which I drooled over being a kid and not being able to afford anything.
I grew up in Staten Island, and Korvettes was the place to go for everything. I think our whole house was furnished at Korvettes. Like others said, it was known for having the best record department. What I remember about the records at Korvettes was the price tag didn't have a price on it. It would have a letter code, like "A" "B", etc. then there was a chart on the wall saying "A" was $1.99, "B" was $2.99, etc. so they could change the prices by changing the chart.
@multimood I remember the Nanuet store,.. the plaza it was in was called Korvettes City..they had auto repair, a carpet center, a grocery store..wasn't W.T Grants the 5 & 10 store near the Don-Lens Diner?...No Nanuet mall in the early years.
My family went to the Pelham Manor store every other week. As a kid, I was already hooked on their "world's largest record department". Every Saturday, I would hope that we would go there!
Worked at the Korvettes on Pering Pkwy (radio dept) in Baltimore and later on Rockville Pike. Great stereo department. XAM speakers and receivers were decent stuff. Still have an old XAM amp. Works great! Any other ex-employees out there?
Korvettes. Cedarbrook Mall. 1972-80. Mego Superhero and Micronauts action figures. Huge toy department, they had them all and I bought them all. Great store for a kid back then to get the toys you wanted.
@apachette07 The B-52's referred to Korvettes in the song "Give Me Back My Man." I don't know how familiar you are with their early music other than "Rock Lobster" or "Private Idaho."
Korvettes used to have the best record sales, especially their "All-Label Sale". Every LP on every label on sale! Ah, those were the days...miss 'em Mark Q¿Q
@333maxwell VHS VCRs weren't out until 1977, and there wasn't much to record this with in 74-75 besides that! There were a few Pong knock-off games out through the early 80s.
Tom Nichols Work part-time at the Korvettes in Catonsville MD doing high school became manager of the sporting goods & hobby depts..meet my wife while working at korvette.....it was a great place to work at got a lot of great management and experience work with people
I remember riding my bike to the Korvettes store in Rt 4 in Paramus, NJ all by myself......innocent times, you'd never let a grade school kid do something like that today. There is a Kohls store at that location today.
I remember the Korvettes on Staten Island. It was connected to a food store (forgot the name), Pergament, and McCrory's. They also had little booths out front where you could buy Italian "icees". Oh, sigh ...
Damned near everything electronic in the 1970's was either rounded plastic, burnished aluminum or faux woodgrain. Except for 1976, when everything (and I mean EVERYTHING!) was red, white and blue for the Bicentennial.
That sounds like NYC DJ Bill St. James, who since goes by William St. James and has been the on air voice of Showtime Networks and more recently narrator for NBC's coverage of the Games of the Summer and Winter Olympics...
I bought my very first grown up record from EJ Korvettesat Mid Island plaza , Hicksville NY . I remember feeling so grown ! It was Donna Summer And Barbara Streisand “ Enough is Enough “ 4.99 I got a five dollar allowance in those days
This is the earliest example I've seen of an advertiser making a single 60s spot that runs as two 30s ads. I guess the idea is that if the first ad is being ignored, maybe they will get attention if the act like they are starting another ad. Common from about the late 1990's onward.
I lived in RP at the time. I'd ride through Maywood and to the Bergen Mall. I would do the same, carry the bike up the stairs to the pedestrian bridge over Rt 4 and back down to the Korvettes lot. Would take the same route and pick up Spring Valley and ride to Van Saun. Innocent times. You'd never let a 7th-8th grade kid do that today.
I was born in '85 so of course I never heard of Korvettes. However, I enjoy watching classic commercials on RUclips, and reading memories from other viewers.
I remember the Korvettes in Lawrence, Long Island where Bay Harbor Mall is now.
We shopped at the Lawrence N.Y. store all the time. Especially the record department. After reading the comments I'm convinced that this is where I bought my first stereo. It was a Fisher.
I bought my first color TV at Korvette's in 1974. I was still living with my parents, but this was *my* TV -- a 17" XAM. Used it for many years, and then passed it down to my kid sis and her husband. Their kids used it until everything went digital a few years back.
Did you find fish pie in your pants when you were there?
One of our fine RUclips commentators, indeed one “JCondorYTPs,” lets loose with some obscure reference to “fish pie,” the meaning of which leaves most commentators in the dark.
I was only 6 years old in 1971 i was a Big Beatles freak cause my older brothers had all their albums so in 1971 while in this store just me and my father he bought me the new Paul McCartney album RAM !!! And a little record player with like a 6 inch speaker i fucking loved it my brothers were so mad i had it and would not let them listen to it it was my first album ever- The first album i got with my money was when i was 11 newspaper rout money "Stand Up" album by Jethro Tull LOved that one too !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man! My late father's favorite store back in New York City (east bronx) during the early 70s. Very clean and bright with a huge selection. Those were good years to be a kid.
Korvettes in Port Chester in the 70s I remember back then. I loved that place..
I still have a tv from Korvettes, and it still works!!!
Thank you for your service.
EJ Korvettes. Man what a blast from the past. I loved that store.
I worked in the Bay Parkway Korvettes from 1975 - 1980. It was my first job and one of the best. I worked in the record department! I miss that crew Especially Mary R. Where are you now Mary?
I missed the record dept. Always had the best selection at 3.99 an lp. on Rt.4 in N.J.
I'm convinced! I am going to Korvettes to buy one of those newfangled VCR's to-day!
Wow! Before that was Korvettes in Commack it was S. Klein's Department Store. That closed in 1974. We used to shop at the Commack Korvettes and the store on Sunrise Highway in Bay Shore. JimMastersTV
Yes you are so right with your comment. I grew up in westchester county just over the bridge from nanuet & was dragged into korvettes & hills with my grand parents on weekends. Miss those days soo much, the great memories of a time in life with no worries, no stress, no headaches other than going into these nastaglic stores. Im sure many ytubers are not familiar with korvettes. I think it was located in new york only!
This is great! I remember going to Korvettes as a kid. I also remember thinking the commercial was cheesey, even back then! But I can't help but smile seeing it now. Thanks for posting.
was there a KORVETTES near Lansdale PA.. if so.. PEGGY march bought her fashions there??? in 1962 1963,,,
Yes I worked in visual merchandising at Korvettes and we had a meeting to view the new commercials. It went like this "Its the other Korvettes , Its the other Korvettes AT KORVETTES!
My parents used to take us to Korvettes in the Cedarbrook Mall in Cheltenham when I was a kid way beack in the early 70s. LOVED going there, they had the coolest Toy Department!
Believe it or not, Korvettes had a pet department (at least in the store near Douglaston, NY) and I got my childhood puppy from there. I remember looking at the store from the L.I.E. to Cross-Island interchange every time we passed by.
Back before PETA made it illegal for anyone to sell pets in public.
@@MrWolfSnack wrong.
I used to buy all my record albums from Korvette's back in the day when I lived in Douglaston. Who can forget the color coded prices?? Korvette's was in the shopping plaza at 61st Ave and Douglaston Pkwy. Back in the day I lived in Beech Hills and I used to walk "down the hill" to get there. That same plaza had Chase Manhattan Bank, Herman's sporting goods, Toys R US and Burger King. Oh and who can forget the Douglaston Movie Theater?? Yeah those were the good 'ole days!!!!!
My dad worked at a Korvettes in Brooklyn, and the one in the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, Long Island. The electronics weren't bad. We had a couple of XAM (house brand) TV's that lasted a good long time, and a really good record department. Getting to use his employee discount helped me build a nice sized vinyl collection...
My dad was a manager at a Korvette's outside of Philly and there was one right by house as a kid. My sister and Igot to meet The Brady Bunch, John Travolta and may other 70's stars. I actually have the pictures and they care classic :)
I remember Korvette's in da Bronx in 1979! The Bronx was burning but everyone would make it to Korvette's to get their Christmas gifts.
I had one of those RCA VCRs. It was manufactured in 1978. Thing weighed a ton!
OMG Gratiot & 12 Mile in Roseville, MI! The building is still there but has been remodeled several times, and there's a Wal-Mart at the east end now. The last time I was in there, the original escalator was still in use. It took you up to the electronics department. I remember hanging out and playing Super Breakout until we got kicked out for not buying anything. Ah, good times....
Korvettes was one of the original anchors at the now demolished Coliseum Mall in hampton, va as well.
We had a Korvettes near me, on Long Island. I'd shop there often. It closed in the early 80s. It's a nice memory.
There was a Korvette's in Springfield, Delaware County, PA. My mother used to go there when I was a kid.
I loved that store!
The first generation home VCR's had industrial style electric motors, which is why they were very heavy (And why they lasted so long!). I remember the Korvettes in Watchung NJ (Blue Star Shopping Center) and the great record department they had.
I worked in the toy department of Korvettes in Douglaston, in 1968-9. And it was E.J. Korvettes. There was a rumor back then that the name stood for:
Eight Jewish Korean Veterans.
But there are those that deny it.
I remember Korvettes as well. It was a great store. I miss them.
Wow! We had a Korvettes in Redford Twp. Michigan. It was on Telegraph Road just south of Plymouth Rd. I used to buy blank cassettes there for my hand held tape recorder, so I could tape songs off the radio...CKLW, WDRQ, WABX! My mom also bought alot of our records (lp's) there too!
I was JUST in the garage and saw an old plug-in lamp timer circa 1970's(?). It has a $3.99 Korvette's price sticker!
Still Have my 1964 Fisher 800-c Tube receiver made in Long Island city New York. Those were the days. Things today last a year and you toss them.. My receiver is still swell at 49 years old.
Korvettes in Camp Hill, PA. Just barely remember that place, was probably 6...7? Now there's a Boscov's there and it is the Camp Hill Mall. I do remember the mall was open, so when you walked out of a store you were outside. Then they remodeled the whole place in the 80's and enclosed everything. Fond memories.
A true classic ... thanks for posting!
I went to a korvettes one time,I was so young,but I remember the escalator! Redford mi on telegraph,and west chicago.I think its a henry ford clinic now.the escalator is still there! Its pretty rough around there now,there is a burlington coat factory next door to it
Oh dear..Korvettes...where i bought my Kiss albums, The place was right down the street from the house I grew up in...it changed hands a million times since then...
I worked at the Flushing Main Street Korvettes in Queens, New York when I as in college. 1977 to 1979 -- I was a cashier, and most customers were polite but every once in a while you would get someone who was very rude - so I would take one of those plastic security devices and throw it in the persons bag so that when they exited the store the siren would go off and they would be stopped by security.
lol "tape recorders" - I used to record myself singing the Partridge Family on one hehehe.
LOL
My granny (who now lives in South Carolina) used to take me to the Korvettes near Bruckner Expwy in the Bronx. Memories!!
I grew up near the Korvettes store located in Southgate, MI. The location is now home to a Kmart store. A few weeks ago I went to an estate sale and found a Beatles Let It Be album still in the plastic wrap with a Korvettes price tag of $2.99 still on the cover. I picked it up for only $1.00. That store had a great sporting goods and record department.
Hey neighbor I lived in Southgate for about 28 years.
Those electronics looked like that in the 70's? Cool!!!
Wow, a glimpse into the future, of what a Salvation Army or Goodwill would look like today.
Both my parents worked at Korvettes. :D
I bought my first stereo at Korvettes on 5th ave. in 1976.
Korvettes had record depts that were as large as some record stores.
Yes. They advertised "The World's Largest Record Department"!
I used to live near the Korvettes in Perring Plaza. In the 70's they had Korvettes, Pantry Pride, Woolworths, Revco, Fashion Bug, Glaubers chocolates, and General Cinema. Damn, i'm old.
Funny that he remarks at the great prices when looking at the VHS recorder from what looks to be at least 1977 or 1978 based on the audio equipment. Back then a VHS recorder had to have been at least $1000.00 or more.
I loved Korvettes, back in the day! Bought my first suite there! They Had Fisher Stereo's back then made in Nyc. What great days they were> I still own a Fisher tube stereo 800-c tube reciever!
We had one in suburban Chicago and they had the best selection of record albums and 8 track tapes in the early seventies.
E.J. Korvettes was an acronym for "Eight Jewish Korean (War) Veterans." The best place for cheap records and electronics. We used to go to the store in Northeast Philly on the boulevard, but I remember the Cedarbrook store when that opened. Those were the days.
I saw the amp that I'm still using, a Pioneer SA8800!
Loved Korvettes. There was one in the "Korvettes" shopping center on Route 1 in Port Chester NY. Great store. It was replaced by Caldors then later Kohls.
There was one in The Springfield Mall in VA, now Known as The Springfield Town Center.
Growing up in Hauppauge, we shopped at that Korvettes all the time. I remember when it was Kleins, too.
I loved Korvettes in King Of Prussia Pa. Bought my first suit there. Wonderful Fisher Stereo Equipment when you could get the good stuff at a dept store. Stuff for your Car One stop shopping! Now you can hardly find any good 2 channel Hi End stereo stuff. They were the days.
I went there! Remember Time Square Stores?
Thanks for posting. The Korvettes on Rockville Pike in Maryland was a regular destination for clothing and they had a decent record store on top of all the audio equipment which I drooled over being a kid and not being able to afford anything.
There was one in The Springfield Mall in VA, now Known as The Springfield Town Center.
I grew up in Staten Island, and Korvettes was the place to go for everything. I think our whole house was furnished at Korvettes. Like others said, it was known for having the best record department. What I remember about the records at Korvettes was the price tag didn't have a price on it. It would have a letter code, like "A" "B", etc. then there was a chart on the wall saying "A" was $1.99, "B" was $2.99, etc. so they could change the prices by changing the chart.
Yeah we had one in Staten Island NY..
I love 70's electronics
Memories of the Bronx!
Story avenue.
All those 8-track stereos, I'll take them all! Send them my way.
E. J. Korvette had "The other Korvettes, at Korvettes". Anyone remember that slogan?
i remember the korvettes by cropsey ave/belt parkway. was next to pizza shop and the more fun aracde..nathans was there also.
Matthew bois
+Matthew Bois bring this store back as well as caldor
@multimood I remember the Nanuet store,.. the plaza it was in was called Korvettes City..they had auto repair, a carpet center, a grocery store..wasn't W.T Grants the 5 & 10 store near the Don-Lens Diner?...No Nanuet mall in the early years.
I miss Korvettes. Right there on 47th and 5th, so convenient...
My family went to the Pelham Manor store every other week. As a kid, I was already hooked on their "world's largest record department". Every Saturday, I would hope that we would go there!
Now I have a general idea what the location at Coliseum Mall in Hampton, VA may of looked like. Thanks.
Worked at the Korvettes on Pering Pkwy (radio dept) in Baltimore and later on Rockville Pike. Great stereo department. XAM speakers and receivers were decent stuff. Still have an old XAM amp. Works great! Any other ex-employees out there?
Indeed, my parents had a 60's Zenith console TV , with a mechanical remote.
Korvettes. Cedarbrook Mall. 1972-80. Mego Superhero and Micronauts action figures. Huge toy department, they had them all and I bought them all. Great store for a kid back then to get the toys you wanted.
Wow what memories my favorite back in Port Chester, NY now it's Kohl's.
Remember this place as a kid in the 70's and 80's. It was in Lake Grove, NY on Long Island
@apachette07
The B-52's referred to Korvettes in the song "Give Me Back My Man." I don't know how familiar you are with their early music other than "Rock Lobster" or "Private Idaho."
Holy geez! I have a jewelry box i just got at a sotrage unit auction and it has a korvettes price tag!
I bought reel to reel recording tape at Korvette's.
Korvettes used to have the best record sales, especially their "All-Label Sale". Every LP on every label on sale! Ah, those were the days...miss 'em
Mark Q¿Q
I first saw Michael Jackson's Bad album in that store. If I can remember, I think they had it on sale too !
in 1963. was KORVETTES in Lansdale PA.. if so.. that is where peggy march shopped....
@333maxwell VHS VCRs weren't out until 1977, and there wasn't much to record this with in 74-75 besides that! There were a few Pong knock-off games out through the early 80s.
Tom Nichols
Work part-time at the Korvettes in Catonsville MD doing high school became manager of the sporting goods & hobby depts..meet my wife while working at korvette.....it was a great place to work at got a lot of great management and experience work with people
I remember riding my bike to the Korvettes store in Rt 4 in Paramus, NJ all by myself......innocent times, you'd never let a grade school kid do something like that today. There is a Kohls store at that location today.
I havent thought of this place in years. I use to go the one on the belt parkway in Brooklyn with my family when i was a kid. God, I miss those times
Im guessing that it was in the old Caesars Bay Bazaar shopping center near the Verrazano Bridge.
Good commercial.
I wish I could find commercials and other artifacts from some of the regional store chains I remember.
I remember this! I'd love to smell any of those old department store Electronics Departments! My mom had to pry me away from that department!
Me, too. And carrying the bike up to the walkway to get to Newberry's, Sterns, Ten Pin on the Mall, etc.
Shopped at the the one at Fort St. and Pennsylvania Road in Southgate,MI.Best record department in town.
lol I'm doing a project on Korvette's for class, this commercial is so funny
My favorite part of that song❤
I remember the Korvettes on Staten Island. It was connected to a food store (forgot the name), Pergament, and McCrory's. They also had little booths out front where you could buy Italian "icees".
Oh, sigh ...
my wife and I worked at Korvetts reord dept 1974-1977 now 29 tears married
Those televisions were so heavy!
Damned near everything electronic in the 1970's was either rounded plastic, burnished aluminum or faux woodgrain. Except for 1976, when everything (and I mean EVERYTHING!) was red, white and blue for the Bicentennial.
@10Tuxedo 9" black and white, was my grand parents', I used it on roofs to setup satalite dishes
Very cool, there was one in bay shore or Babylon. Got my first LP there CCR , cosmos factory. '71-'72??
@multimood I remember my grandmother (and aunts and uncles) swore by Korvettes TVs - the things freaking lasted forever!
That sounds like NYC DJ Bill St. James, who since goes by William St. James and has been the on air voice of Showtime Networks and more recently narrator for NBC's coverage of the Games of the Summer and Winter Olympics...
I bought my very first grown up record from EJ Korvettesat Mid Island plaza , Hicksville NY . I remember feeling so grown ! It was Donna Summer And Barbara Streisand “ Enough is Enough “ 4.99 I got a five dollar allowance in those days
The B-52's....brought me here.
Paramus NJ here. Foot bridge to walk over Rt 4 to Bergen Mall, when it was an outdoor mall. Rode my bike there a lot as a teenager.
This is the earliest example I've seen of an advertiser making a single 60s spot that runs as two 30s ads.
I guess the idea is that if the first ad is being ignored, maybe they will get attention if the act like they are starting another ad.
Common from about the late 1990's onward.
love it!
I lived in RP at the time. I'd ride through Maywood and to the Bergen Mall. I would do the same, carry the bike up the stairs to the pedestrian bridge over Rt 4 and back down to the Korvettes lot. Would take the same route and pick up Spring Valley and ride to Van Saun. Innocent times. You'd never let a 7th-8th grade kid do that today.