A little more digging turned up a photo of the place!
The House of Sight & Sound circa 1960s, located at Van Nuys and Victory in the San Fernando Valley
And Billboard ran a complete article on the spot, dated 7/4/64, confirming it was THE main record store in the area, and also sold a full line of stereo equipment, TV's, even pianos. That's pretty cool. Billboard reported that "S&S customers primarily purchase middle of the road LP's, but jazz purchases are starting to increase as a result of new people into the Valley," according to Jerry Johnson, the store's owner.
- Dyn-O-Mite
I lived in Van Nuys in the late fifties and early sixties. My dad used to buy tubes for our B&W TV there.
ReplyDeleteI worked there, in the record department, in 1962 & 1963. Big, busy store and fun job!
ReplyDeleteI used to buy all of my records and music sheets from there in the 60's. Does anyone have the original address of this store
ReplyDeleteI believe in 1971 that I purchased Ticketmaster or Ticketron tickets there. I think it was on the north side of Victory Blvd., just west (about 50- 100') of Van Nuys Blvd.
DeleteH of S & S used to advertise a lot on KMPC , and I still remember the melody that accompanied those ads . Must have
ReplyDeletebeen pretty catchy .