The 4th Pip: The Columbia House Record Club — Part II
It is 1973. Red's father joins the infamous record club, a pencil is described, the lad steals magazines from the barber shop, and all hell breaks loose in the household. The Pips have arrived.
The Columbia House Record Club
In the mid-1950’s Columbia Records started a music subscription service called Columbia House. They offered a straightforward promotion: join their “club,” receive your first twelve records for free, and then pay for additional records twice a month until you’re dead. Easily half the nation fell for it. I…
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