Retirement Ain't Easy | It's only kinky the first time…
Description: It's only kinky the first time...
Wow, I found an old picture of the record store, Renaissance Records , in Killeen Texas I would go and get records from when the Post Exchange (PX) on Fort Hood didn’t have any good stuff. A used record store. I distinctly remember buying the album Alice Cooper Goes To Hell (used) from there, and Iron Butterfly ’s In-a-gadda-da-vida . Very fond memories. I still have the Iron Butterfly album. Sadly the Alice Cooper album disappeared in a garage sale I think.
Renaissance Records opened in 1976 and was owned and operated by an ex-G.I. named Dave. He was a cool guy who loved to talk music. His little store was the first, that was not a thrift store, I was aware of that focused on selling used records and tapes. He also sold some new stuff too and I remember he sold posters and incense. The store always smelled like Mary Jane.
Eventually business started booming and Dave moved his merchandise to a closed Circuit City building (5,000 sq ft). I think I frequented this location. From there, it got even bigger, moving again in 2009 and adding an arcade and family entertainment area (think Chuck E. Cheese) and renamed itself to Renaissance Records Fun City (28,000 sq ft). The end of a perfectly good record store where music was the focus.
Retirement Ain't Easy | It's only kinky the first time…