![]() ![]() Please enable JavaScript if you would like to comment on this blog. Incidentally, Footlight kinda lives on online (although I don’t detect a lot of activity after 2014), but it’s not really the same experience as going there. Gerald, whe broke records on theFuller circuit in New Zealand, has just completed a 26-week season at Fullers Theatre, Sydney. Does this ring true with the Footlight regulars? Now, I didn’t set foot in the place until about 1991, probably, but I certainly don’t remember a pinball machine, do you? Moreover, Footlight would never have been a shop I’d have expected to be selling Elvis Costello 7”s (see the sleeve for “ Accidents Will Happen” above her right hand?). It was featured in an extravagant choreographic arrangement in the film Footlight Parade by Busby Berkeley that features his trademark human waterfall. Among them was the shot below, captioned Playing Pinball at Footlight Records, NY, NY 1980. But, I digress…Ī week or so back, a former colleague of mine sent me a link to an article in Slate that highlighted the vintage NYC photographs of Robert Herman. It was a vacant shell for years afterwards, but is now a soulless real estate agency, doubtlessly staffed by dead-eyed replicants with zero appreciation for art and culture. Two streets from Hotel 17 is a very interesting area called Cooper Square.a bit like Taylor Square, Sydney. In any case, because people fucking suck and New York City’s rent is obscene, Footlights closed in 2005, much to the consternation of many a Broadway zealot and vinyl collector. They had such incredible stuff They had amazing original cast recordings that I could not find. I used to love to go in there and spend time browsing through the bins and finding incredible gems and treasures and visiting with the guys - Arnold, Richard, Shawn, etc. Heres a February 2009 from American Theatre Web, Footlight Records Rises From The Ashes, which describes the history of the store, and its transformation. The places left to do that are virtually extinct. How I miss Footlight Records Footlight was my 1 favorite record shop. Even if you weren’t looking for something specific, it was always a fun browse. TSL are lighting and rigging specialists, delivering high quality stage lighting equipment and services for live music, theatre and corporate events across. I remember scoring a few choice finds at Footlight back in the day, notably Gheorge Zamfir’s haunting score to Peter Weir’s “ Picnic at Hanging Rock” on vinyl and the original soundtrack to “Dumbo” on compact disc (which I was after for the surreal “ Pink Elephants”). I liked that it was there when I needed it, though. I mean, I do love a few show tunes, but rarely did I require a whole store full of'em. I went into the treasure trove of a shop all the time, looking for rare records and used CDs. I mean, given their emphasis on Broadway cast recordings and soundtracks, it just wasn’t on my regular list. I was in Footlight Records on East 12th Street to buy a used Nancy LaMott CD. This is not to say, however, that I didn’t like the place. If I’m being honest, I can’t say I did a lot of shopping at Footlight Records on 12th Street, just east of Fourth Avenue.
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