I'm putting together a set right now for a gig tonight. It's going to be a mixed crowd (age and background) so I'm trying to pick out more familiar songs than the ones I normally play. I have chosen to play Erma for the first time in a LONG LONG time.
Erma Franklin "Light My Fire" was a staple of my first DJ sets of the late 90s. I stopped playing it when it became reissued on CD and on vinyl. I guess right now I am sort of longing for the time when no one in my world knew about that recording. I could put it on the tables and blow people's minds. Those were good times.
I still remember buying the LP.
It was at Positively 4th Street in downtown Olympia. I must have gone in there 5 times and held it in my hands, drooled over it and put it back. It was $8.00. That seemed like so much money for a record back then. It was before records had made their come back and I was accustomed to paying no more than $2.00 for used record.
On the 6th visit I gave in. It seems so ridiculous now. Erma, you were definitely worth much more than $8.00! I look forward to having you join me again tonight. I've missed you.
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