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Soul Traveling: Episode 11 (Columbia, SC)

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June 24, 2009 07:05 AM PDT

Destination: Columbia, SC
Location: Papa Jazz Records

Located near the University of South Carolina, Papa Jazz manages to pack a large punch into what is not a large record store by any means. Walking in, three levels of records greet you: dollar records on the floor, bins at waist level and more miscellaneous records such as 45s on shelves at eye level. It's a lot to take in at first, but one settled in there's a lot of good stuff to be had.

The dollar section is essentially a 'dollar floor' - enough records to make a day out of just hitting the dollar stuff, made easier by the fact it's actually alphabetized! The new arrival section is very good and jazz-heavy, true to the store's name - and the 3 for $1.00 section of 45s has some good stuff in there if you're patient.

Notes:
I'm guessing it's a popular student-related place - Andy's Deli is right across the street from Papa Jazz and provides a nice chance to recharge and eat after a few hours of digging. I asked the owner what the best sandwish there was and got served 'The Andy' - turkey, swiss cheese and roast beef with 'special sauce' (similar to the Big mac special sauce) for dipping. Good stuff.

Tracklist:
1. Let's Straighten it Out - Gwen McRae
2. Make the Road by Walking - Menahan Street Band
3. Bananeira - Emilio Santiago
4. I call Him - Masonic Wonders
5. Instrumental - The JBs (live in 1973)
6. Sorcerer of Isis - Power of Zeus
7. Hap'nin - Bernard Purdie
8. Lies - Asha Puthli
9. Jungle jazz - Kool & the Gang

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This podcast is focused on looking for rekkids and the stores that have those rekkids. For a long time, whenever I travel anywhere (business, personal, to see friends) one of the first things I do is look up the record stores in town. I've even taken a few trips where the sole purpose was hitting up record stores, staying in motels for the evening after a day of flipping through record bins. Whenever I do research for record stores in an area I usually end up relying on some web site done back in 2001 that hasn't been taken down yet and references long-extinct record havens... So I'm going to do my best to talk about record stores all over the U.S., the records in them and whatever else is along the way. Starting with episode 16 I'll be moving to the West Coast, but the podcasts themselves won't change - I've visited a lot of great record stores East of the Mississippi so let's see what the West has to offer.

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