Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!harpo!gummo!whuxlb!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!hou5e!hou5d!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!we13!otuxa!ll1!sb1!burl!duke!unc!mcnc!ncsu!jhr From: jhr@ncsu.UUCP Newsgroups: net.records Subject: Record Club of America Message-ID: <2248@ncsu.UUCP> Date: Wed, 27-Jul-83 23:48:10 EDT Article-I.D.: ncsu.2248 Posted: Wed Jul 27 23:48:10 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Aug-83 10:26:38 EDT Lines: 23 Back in the early '70s, I bought a lot of records from a place in York, PA called Record Club of America. They seemed to be different from the other record clubs in that they had no required purchases or automatic shipments. Also, it was not hard to get some good deals from them, particularly by signing up new members. Apparently, they were doing some of their own pressing, because records often arrived with a statement like "Manufactured under special license issued by xyz recording company to RCOA". I often wondered about this, but the records were usually of good quality, and I never had any problems with returns. I haven't seen any ads for RCOA in several years, so I guess they went out of business. Did anyone else ever buy anything from them? Does anyone know anything about them-- Their history? How they operated? What happened to them? Please reply by mail, and if there is enough interest, I will summarize to the net. Thanks. John Reece N.C. State Univ. ...!duke!mcnc!ncsu!jhr