Posted 2 months ago
dav2no1
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Ernest Tubb Record Shop Order Form
Found this amongst some of Dad's paperwork. It's a blank order form. I believe it's from the mid 1960s to early 70s? I did find a 1965 catalog online that had a similar order form in the back. I'll link it in comments.
Ernest Tubb Record Shop
Opening in 1947 and operating till 2022, the Ernest Tubb Record Shop was situated at 417 Broadway in Nashville
Here's a link to my autographed Ernest Tubb photos..
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/288067-autographed-country-music-photos--ernes
Record store history...
https://www.tennessean.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2022/03/16/ernest-tubb-record-shop-lower-broadway-nashville-over-years/7061730001/
1965 catalog with similar order form in back..see item details to view..
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1208262687/ernest-tubb-record-shop-1965-mail-order
Great linking,,kool order form
But you know it’s funny there’s
no telephone number on form
Love that photograph, so cool !~
dav2no1, Way cool. <3
I suspect your order form is older than 1960s/1970s vintage, because of a couple of little details: in the upper left-hand corner are two check boxes for 78RPM and 45RPM. No check box for 33 1/3RPM.
By the time of that 1965 order form at the etsy link, those check boxes had been eliminated.
The 33 1/3RPM format had already long since been invented by the time Tubbs' store opened; however, it took time to become first practical and later popular:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/06/15/record-speed-became-33-13-in-a-roundabout-way/
https://www.classichitswnyq.com/blogs/q101-7-blog/post/the-33-1-3-rpm-lp-introduced-76-years-ago-this-week/
https://www.history-of-rock.com/record_formats.htm
We're probably not going to get an exact date, but Tubb's store probably started offering 33 1/3RPM recordings some time in the 1950s.
A little mood music:
Ernest Tubb - Walking the Floor Over You 1977
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwKqCOS0nY0
V33 - I hadn't noticed that there was no phone number, good catch!
PhilD - If you're referring to the photo of the store in my post..I just found it online. But it is a good photo...
Kera - Sharp eye as always! I noticed the record speeds but didn't think much about them. So very interesting information and good links!
dav2no1,
I wonder if the reason the format check boxes had disappeared from the order form by 1965 is that it had either become too cumbersome or superfluous.
That is, in addition to 33 1/3, 45, and 78 recordings, perhaps they might have also started offering some tape formats.
If every recording had a unique "RECORD NUMBER," regardless of format, then the check boxes would not have been necessary.
Anway, the Tubb store might get resurrected. Might:
https://savingcountrymusic.com/4-story-bar-venue-coming-to-the-ernest-tubb-record-shop-location/
A more recent piece on the Tubb building:
https://savingcountrymusic.com/ernest-tubb-record-shop-says-its-here-to-stay-amid-iconic-sign-removal/
A tidbit from the comments on one of the savingcountrymusic dot com article:
*snip*
In 1948 [my note: this was before the move to the 417 Broadway location], there were only 78’s. They were in the “learning process” of how to mail out product. Many 78’s were broken in the mail. All of them were replaced and the shop sustained massive losses due to this.
*snip*
https://savingcountrymusic.com/the-man-who-rescued-the-ernest-tubb-record-shop-the-1st-time/
Wonderful memorabilia from The Ernest Tubb Record Shop!! I was in Nashville earlier this year on business and had the opportunity to go downtown one night. Wow, how it has changed over the years. But, a lot of fun to be had downtown Nashville!!!