aeroplane
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Most of you are familiar with the term "cutout bin" as seen in record stores and department stores.
For those of you who aren't, it is the process of cutting or drilling a hole into the spine of unsold (new) cassettes and compact discs before eventually marking them down to clearance prices. Typically this process is completed by putting all of these albums into a separate bin that is usually unorganized and kept away from regularly priced albums. (Perhaps this was also done with vinyl albums, though I never saw any of it).
You saw a lot more of this in previous decades than you do now, especially with the disappearance of the cassette as a viable music format for "new" releases. I bought a truckload of albums this way back in the 80's and 90's. Believe me, you can tell when you have them.
So my question is, what are some of the albums you clearly remembering purchasing from a music store's cutout bin?
What was the album? Where did you pick it up? When? How much did you pay? What was the format? Do you still own it?
All those memories are game and then some.
For those of you who aren't, it is the process of cutting or drilling a hole into the spine of unsold (new) cassettes and compact discs before eventually marking them down to clearance prices. Typically this process is completed by putting all of these albums into a separate bin that is usually unorganized and kept away from regularly priced albums. (Perhaps this was also done with vinyl albums, though I never saw any of it).
You saw a lot more of this in previous decades than you do now, especially with the disappearance of the cassette as a viable music format for "new" releases. I bought a truckload of albums this way back in the 80's and 90's. Believe me, you can tell when you have them.
So my question is, what are some of the albums you clearly remembering purchasing from a music store's cutout bin?
What was the album? Where did you pick it up? When? How much did you pay? What was the format? Do you still own it?
All those memories are game and then some.