Do you remember the day that you were allowed to spend that 1 cent and begin your time with the Columbia House Tape Club? This was before CDs, Ipods, downloads, etc. This was back when you had to order and wait on a package. This was when you had to look through a booklet and make selections on a card that you hand wrote numbers on. There was no internet to do this on. We bought stamps and mailed things. I remember a few of the first tapes that I ordered in that 12 for 1 penny deal. A Flock of Seagulls...REO Speedwagon...Alabama...Yes, I was diverse in my musical leanings. There was patience involved. There was excitement in waiting on receiving what you ordered. I had tons of tapes before it was all said and done but now I do not have one left. Sometimes I miss the time I took reviewing my choices and talking my parents into letting me buy more. Now we get these things so easily that we do not think about what we are spending nor do we make good choices. Everything is too easily at our fingertips. The sound quality was poor at best compared to today's music but I knew all those songs and enjoyed the wait in receiving them.
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