Blivins (or was it Bivins / ) Furniture

BLEVINS Furniture. I never shopped there.

I never shopped at Blevins. I bought most of mine in the day at K-mart and some half track mastered copies at Ingram Audio. I recently put a stylus back on my turntable and we have been playing 45's and albums.

i have some of the Reader's Digest 331/3rd for you.

EM is that the forerunner to the books on tapes or CD's? I bought a turntable one time from this gentleman who had been blinded in a mine accident and he gave me some of the books on albums but they were 78 RPM and I couldn't play them.

I believe Blevins was originally where Posey later located on East Tennessee. At least two generations of the Blevins family ran the store, and, yes, it was a major source of records when I was a child. I remember getting my first Beatles album there.

Someone mentioned that the Blevins family also owns the building where Kennedy Bridal was and that Ms. Kennedy was a member of that family. I remember an older relative that was a friend with "Bill" Blevins (a lady) who was possibly the owner or co-owner.

My first record buying experiences happened at Sears located downtown. An album was 2.99 and a 45 was 35 cents. Then I switched to T G & Y at 7 Points Shopping Center. In high school, we went downtown to a record shop next store to Anderson's Bookland, but I can't remember the name of it.

Do ya'll remember The Turning Point records I bought some of mine there also. On another note I worked for a while at a local sign company in the early 1980's, And was very involved in the building, painting and hanging of the Pegasus Records sign, on the front of the building.

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Originally posted by Appalachian American:
EM is that the forerunner to the books on tapes or CD's? I bought a turntable one time from this gentleman who had been blinded in a mine accident and he gave me some of the books on albums but they were 78 RPM and I couldn't play them.

Big 12 inch bought in 1970's- only played once or not at all. I could probably go crazy trying to make money on them, but the AA family is one of my favorites. Please- no Ebay!

78 RPM's used to come in a cover that looked like a photo album like the books on albums I mentioned, Hence the term album for a larger record. That's your history lesson for the day.

How well I remember Blevins Furniture. It was my favorite place to shop for music. They had a great selection. When my ex-huband and I wore out our [second copy of Pergy Sledge's Greatest Hits, Blevins was the only place I could find to order me a replacement copy.
Fond memories. What I wouldn't give for my children and grandchildren to experience life as it was then.

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Originally posted by Appalachian American:
78 RPM's used to come in a cover that looked like a photo album like the books on albums I mentioned, Hence the term album for a larger record. That's your history lesson for the day.

I think that would be 33 1/3, not 78. 78s came in sleeves like 45s. I don't remember ever seeing any 78s sold, but my family had some. Technically CDs are albums since they contain a collection of music.

Album

Yes, but each 78 contained just one song on either side (although they could be packaged in books). 33 1/3s were true albums, containing as many as 10 on each side.

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Originally posted by KissedGrits:
My first record buying experiences happened at Sears located downtown. An album was 2.99 and a 45 was 35 cents. Then I switched to T G & Y at 7 Points Shopping Center. In high school, we went downtown to a record shop next store to Anderson's Bookland, but I can't remember the name of it.

What made me recall where my records were bought was the price on them - $4.99 . I remember once I went in and Blevins had had a roof leak and the record bins were full of water. I bought quite a few albums for $1.00 each. Cover was kinda messed up at the bottom, but of course the vinyl wasn't hurt one bit.

Blevins Furniture--My Grandfather's brother and his wife, Bill owned it back in the day. I remember traveling there with my family years ago. I was actually searching to see if there was any information on the store or them. I'll keep trying, but it was a pleasure to hear about them. I do remember they were super nice and I was always a bit amused by a lady named "Bill." I do think that their children took over the store. My Dad probably knows more about it, and I'll just have to ask him if he remembers the store selling records.

my daughter in law sold a 45 RPM on eBay for $70

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Originally posted by seeweed:
Here of late , I have been going through some of my old LP records and started noticing the price tags . It is amazing how many came from Blivins (?) Furniture store.
I was wondering how many of you remember buying records there. They were once on Tenn St. , about where the Pool hall is , but later mmoved to the big white building on the North side of Court St.
They had one of the largest selection of records in this part of the country.
Any of you remember buying records from them ?

I bought my first "adult" type album at Blevins... Billy Joel's "The Stranger"... still have it. It was located across from where Rosie's Cantina is... it's an apartment building now. I don't remember it being located anywhere else, but it probably was at some point.

You know what? That album is probably worth a lot of money. You could probably make quite a bit of cash off that hot little commodity.