Today, I played a bunch of 45s. I smiled at the memory of buying one of them, "What A Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers. The store from which I bought it in the early '80s charged $2.49 for it. I remember feeling taken aback.
"$2.49?" I thought. "That's 50 cents higher than what most record stores charge. Hmmm...I don't know. Then again, it's in the oldies section and has 'It Keeps You Runnin' on the back. With most current 45s, I usually just listen to the A side, so I'd be getting two hits for the price of one."
I shouldn't have hesitated. As I wrote in a previous post, "What A Fool Believes" is essentially a perfectly written, sung, and played song, and $2.49, over a lifetime, is a bargain.
