New Arrivals USED February 3rd

The Day the Music Died

On this day in music, February 3, 1959, tragedy struck when Buddy Holly (aged 22), The Big Bopper (aged 28), and Ritchie Valens (aged 17) all lost their lives in a plane crash on their way to the next date of their Winter Party Dance Tour. After experiencing heating problems on his tour bus, Holly hired a private plane to take the three men from Clear Lake, Iowa, to Moorhead, Minnesota. The event, which also took the life of pilot Roger Peterson, later became known as “The Day the Music Died,” after Don McLean’s reference to the tragedy in his 1971 song, “American Pie.” Clear Lake’s Surf Ballroom, where the musicians each played their final concerts, hosts an annual memorial show.

New Arrivals USED:

Billy Joel-Glass Houses

Bonnie Tyler-Faster Than the Speed Of Light

Chick Corea-My Spanish Heart 2LP

Donovan-Wear Your Love Like Heaven

Frank Sinatra-My Way

Frank Sinatra-Try A Little Tenderness

Frank Zappa-Sleep Dirt

George Benson & Joe Farrell-Benson & Farrell

Gloria Gaynor-Never Can Say Goodbye

Guns N’ Roses-Appetite For Destruction

Jefferson Airplane-Surrealistic Pillow

John Lennon & Yoko Ono-Reflections & Poetry 2LP mono, Ltd, Numbered

Kansas-Point Of No Return

Koko Taylor-The Earthshaker

Legendary Blues Band-Life Of Ease

Loverboy-Get Lucky

Miles Davis-The Man With the Horn

Pat Benatar-In the Heat of the Night

Paul McCartney-My Brave Face 12” Maxi-single

Police-Zenyatta Mondatta

Rolling Stones-Beggars Banquet

Sade-Promise

Shawn Phillips-Collaboration

Simply Red-A New Flame

Simply Red-Picture Book

Steve Blimkie & the Reason- self titled

Strawbs-Early Strawbs 2LP

Styx-Pieces of Eight

Supertramp-Breakfast in America

Syrinx- self titled

Tom Scott-Street Beat

Van Morrison-Tupelo Honey

Who-It’s Hard

Who-Live at Leeds

Yachts–S.O.S

Yoko Ono-Season of Glass