Columbia House & RCA Record Clubs

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:35 pm

Remember these?

Columbia House Record Club (The DVD club still exists) and RCA Record Club. There were other record clubs too.

Post by **Jim Price** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:42 pm

Yes, I remember these quite well. I was a member of Columbia House for several years during the vinyl record era and did the 13 records for a penny thing, and followed through on the rest of the arrangement. I actually did get some good deals through the club, and wound up buying a number of albums during that period, other stuff too.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:40 pm

I joined one time and mostly bought cassette tapes, it was the early 80's. I needed music for my car, and this was a great way to build up a tape collection. Even after you got your 13 or so for the penny, there were always some specials going on, so it seemed you never had to pay the full price for a tape or album.

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:23 pm

I was a member back in the day. That's where I got most of my vinyl, and then began building my tape library. Ah, the good old days.

witchhunt · Post by **witchhunt** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:55 pm

The bad thing is that it was hard finding 13 that you liked from the original ad.
Another thing was the very fine print on back that read, "manufactured by Columbia House under rights from MCA", etc.

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 6:59 pm

witchhunt wrote:The bad thing is that it was hard finding 13 that you liked from the original ad.
Another thing was the very fine print on back that read, "manufactured by Columbia House under rights from MCA", etc.

You mean you did not pick Mantovani's Greatest Hits and Jim Nabors sings The Lord's Prayer as 2 of your 13 selections.

witchhunt · Post by **witchhunt** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 7:26 pm

moxham123 wrote: You mean you did not pick Mantovani's Greatest Hits and Jim Nabors sings The Lord's Prayer as 2 of your 13 selections.

Ha, no, but believe it or not, I did get The Archies once.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Thu Aug 09, 2012 8:14 pm

I remember those. I got a lot of cassette tapes from them.

Dangerous Denny · Post by **Dangerous Denny** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:35 pm

Joined the RCA club in the 70's. I still have a few 8 tracks laying around.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:41 pm

witchhunt wrote:The bad thing is that it was hard finding 13 that you liked from the original ad.
Another thing was the very fine print on back that read, "manufactured by Columbia House under rights from MCA", etc.

Also, it sucked when all of the albums you wanted were doubles, because they counted as two.

PanzerFaust · Post by **PanzerFaust** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 8:53 pm

Wow.....

What a trip down memory lane !!!!