MELODY RECORDS, CHICO CALIFORNIA

I travel a lot for work and this past week I found myself in Chico, California, a college town 90 miles north of Sacramento. It was there, just blocks from Chico State University that I discovered Melody Records.

Small record stores are fading fast and Melody is the only one left in Chico per its owner. A sad consequence of the digital downloading world we live in, but for this music lover I was a kid in a candy store who found some very sweet treats.

After almost an hour of thumbing through rows and rows of vinyl, I ended up with ten albums in my arms. And the gems that I found blew me away. Check it out:

Fleetwood Mac- Rumours

Fleetwood Mac- Fleetwood Mac

Carole King- Tapestry

Eagles- The Long Run

Eagles- Desperado

Willie Nelson- Willie Nelson Sings Kristofferson

Carly Simon- Hotcakes

Heart- Dreamboat Annie

Suzanne Vega- Solitude Standing

Madonna- "Papa Don't Preach" (single, extended remix)

And all this great music only cost me $32!

-Tammy Good (entry and photo's)