FEBRUARY 2007 ISSUE #159 Inside: Now, Ladies & Gents Club Services Thanks For the Music Group/Solo Effort RAMBLINGS FROM THE EDITOR VIEW FROM THE TOP Congratulations to the 2007 office team you elected to run your club. They include: Bill Donohue, President; Les Knier, Vice President; Erna Welcome to another year of Reinhart, Secretary and Charlie collecting with the Keystone Record Collectors! Reinhart, Treasurer. I want to thank all elected and appointed officers They are all committed to do the best they can for you, for their commitment to the club for 2006. A however, they can’t do it all alone. Volunteer your time, expertise, comments and knowledge. Please help them special thank you to the officers who stepped up make our club and show even more effective. and performed double duty while I had some personal items to take care of. Thank you to all At the January Business meeting, following the announcement of the election results, all of the current members for their votes of support for the 2007 appointed officers were reappointed for 2007. They include: officer team and myself. Steve Yohe, Show Coordinator; Bob “Will” Williams, Site Coordinator; Doug Smith, Phone Reservations; Phil As you know, we are changing vendor table size Schwartz, Special Projects Coordinator, Les Knier, Web from 6 foot to 8 foot, allowing for what we thank Site Coordinator, Ron Diehl, Club Photographer, B. Derek will be a more efficient operation. This brings up Shaw, Newsletter and Communications and Dave Schmidt, another situation that we need to take into newly named Show Flyer Guru. These 12 people work consideration: dealers renting tables and leaving tirelessly (and without pay) to bring you a great show each early, some as early as 10:30 or 11:00 a.m. month. If you get a chance, thank them for their commitment to our club. I’m sure there are many reasons that could arise This “gang of twelve” is not a closed group. We welcome causing vendors to leave early. We are asking anyone else who wants to roll up their sleeves and volunteer dealers to keep it to a minimum and that if you for your club, our club. If interested, let any of the folks have to leave early rent only one table. There are mentioned above know about your desire to help. We’ll put other dealers and members who would like to rent you to work. also. To have empty tables for the second half of I can’t share this final thought often enough - I share it all the day does not help promote the show or the time in the monthly cyber KEY-NOTES e-mail. (By the encourage other dealers to stay the full day. way, if you have an e-mail address and are not getting monthly e-mail newsletter from us, we can solve that As always we ask that you help promote the KRC problem. Send an e-mail to: [email protected] and and the Pennsylvania Music Expo. I hope you you will be added to this valuable service that is getting rave will also help to increase our membership by reviews from members.) getting friends and others to join the organization. Anyway, if you operate a music store or mail order service, By doing so, you are helping to keep us financially feel free to promote OUR show on your web site in e-mails and printed materials and include flyers in customer orders sound. Member dues help support the club in you ship. Put a link on your website to the club’s website: many ways. Should membership shrink, we would www.recordcollectors.org If you are a club or mobile DJ, have to find other ways to support the club. It please take show flyers to your gigs to help spread the takes a lot of volunteers and financial support to word. If you are on-air talent at a radio station, please give put on a quality show every month. our club and show a plug. Everyone is encouraged to take a quantity of the maroon on gray paper 2007 Show Date The music industry has changed in many ways in Flyers to place in your corner of the world. It’s hard to recent years. We must change some also if we imagine that after 27+ years, there are some Central want to continue to put on a show every month. Pennsylvanians and others who do not know about the show. Your help can help solve that Keep looking, keep collecting, keep in tune to the Musically Speaking, problem. See Show Coordinator music and the club. Steve Yohe at the club table or myself and we will arm you with an William Donohue ample supply of flyers. 2007 KRC President B. Derek Shaw KEY-NOTES Editor The more we ALL promote OUR show, & Communications the more successful we ALL will be. [email protected] That’s the bottom line! PAGE 2 KEY NOTES #159 FEBRUARY 2007 FRIENDS OF THE LANCASTER KRC in 2007 COUNTY LIBRARY & KRC TEAM UP EACH SHOW 9 AM TO 3 PM SECOND SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH LANCASTER CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA Many of our members who have FLYERS ARE AVAILABLE, SO TAKE SOME AND SPREAD THE WORD! attended the book sales hosted by the ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR WANT LIST ITEMS. Friends of the Lancaster County BUSINESS MEETING FOLLOWS EVERY OTHER SHOW AT 3:30PM, Library, are aware that there are (DURING THE MONTH THERE IS NO KEY-NOTES) PLAN TO BE THERE. always large amounts of records included in the sale. This event, which AND NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, is conduced twice per year (spring and A MESSAGE FROM SHOW fall) at the Overlook Skating Rink, Lititz COORDINATOR STEVE YOHE… SOMEONE ELSE’S Pike, Lancaster, is one of the largest of it's type in the world. Recently, WITF- HOLY GRAIL FM Radio, the Central Pennsylvania Because of numerous requests from club Maybe a KRC member public broadcasting affiliate, donated members over the years, KRC will be can help. Jerry Falk, who their entire record collection to the examining various ways to handle the lives in the Midwest is Lancaster County Library. Due to the time period before our 9 AM official looking for an elusive size (over 10,000) and quality of this opening time at the Pennsylvania Jimmy Clanton religious extraordinary classical collection, the Music Expo. As a result, we are advis- recording, from the late Friends of the Library have partnered ing all those members who like to shop eighties or early nineties. with KRC to appear at the Pennsyl- early and all vendors to locate their Mr. Clanton became born- vania Music Expo on a regular basis 2007 KRC membership cards for what- again at some point. in 2007. Tom Miller, who heads up ever new policy we may adopt some Jerry is seeking informa- the classical records sorting and pricing time later this year. No details are tion from this geography for the library will be one of the volun- available yet, and we're still committed since Jimmy was appar- teers who will be selling items, begin- to keeping our show open to the public ently a resident of Lititz ning at the March 11th show. This with free admission from 9 to 3. The during the aforemen- special selection of classical and opera area of concern for many vendors and tioned time frame. Does will be available for sale next to the other members is vendor set-up time anyone have any informa- KRC stand. If you or a friend is inter- (from the time the doors open sometime tion? Doug Smith did a ested in classical records, don't miss around 6:30 or 7 AM until 9). Some brief web search and did this opportunity. These records are in possibilities to think about for that time not find anything of real excellent condition, and there are some period are vendor only and/or vendor value. very unique and rare recordings all and member only time slots with a hefty priced considerably below market admission charged for nonmember early Call Jerry at 563-382-3755 or 262-248- 6739. value. All proceeds benefit the Lancas- shoppers before 9. If the pre-show ter County Library. admission would be made high enough, more people may be encouraged to join. FOR Large 12-Inch Dance/Disco Again no decision has been made except LE to investigate possibilities. Having a SA Collection current membership card in your pos- session when any changes take effect will definitely be to everybody's benefit. A s reported in the December entirety (no 2006 issue of KEY-NOTES, picking) for longtime friend and supporter $2500. At KRC salutes our of KRC, Ken Long, passed less than a away in November, after a dollar per men & women in KRC INFO LINE lengthy and courageous LP, this uniform who are (717) 898-1246 battle with pancreatic cancer. would give a CALL ANYTIME! diligently defend- In addition to his award dealer a KRC Remembers: ing our freedom. winning photography, Ken wonderful was a popular club/mobile DJ opportunity Ken Long in the 1970s and 80s. Ken's to sell them wife of nearly 20 year, Phyllis at a profit, or a private Long, is interested in sell- collector a chance to add ing his lifelong collection of many titles to his or her 12-inch dance mix sin- collection. Condition varies Issue #159, February 2007 gles. There are also a from gently played to new. If EDITOR: B.