Events

November, 1975

The Los Angeles Phonograph Record Swap Meet convenes the first Sunday of every month in the parking lot adjacent to the Capitol Records building in Hollywood. At 7:30 on a recent Sunday morning, the usually bustling street was so tranquil we felt like we were strolling into a photo on an album cover. As we entered the parking lot, swap-meet habitué Tony Taylor ran up and asked at once if we had anything to sell. Over a cup of coffee, he explained that he meant old 45s like Elvis Presley's That's...