{"id":5546,"date":"2014-03-03T19:32:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T03:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=5546"},"modified":"2014-03-03T19:37:18","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T03:37:18","slug":"correspondence-used-records-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2014\/03\/correspondence-used-records-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Correspondence: Used Records In Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rifftides<\/em> reader Greg Curtis is on a study sabbatical in Paris. Wishing to stimulate envy\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand succeeding\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhe sent an illustrated message about two used record stores in the 5th arrondissement<\/em>, near his apartment. One, La Dame Blanche, specializes in classical recordings. The name of the other, Crocojazz, is self-explanatory. They are across from one another on the rue de la Montagne-Ste-Genevi\u00c3\u00a8ve.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Curtis writes about Crocojazz:<\/p>\n

This store featured a complete run of 33 1\/3 anthologies of rare blues and jazz tunes from 78s, with R. Crumb art on the cover. VERY tempting but I didn’t buy. Maybe I’ll go back and see if the owner can ship to the states and what that would cost.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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All dedicated collectors agonize over such decisions, as did Harvey Pekar. The drawing taped on Crocojazz\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s window is a panel from American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar<\/a> by the late jazz critic, philosopher and ironic humorist. Pekar was portrayed by Paul Giamatti in an award-winning film, also titled American Splendor<\/em>. See this series of Rifftide<\/em>s posts<\/a> about Pekar at the time of his death in 2010.<\/p>\n

Greg Curtis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most recent book, worth collecting, is The Cave Painters: Probing the Mysteries of the World\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s First Artists<\/em><\/a>. His previous one, Disarmed<\/em>, was about the Venus de Milo. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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