Steve was the first record collector I ever met. Just because I was 6 or 7 years old and he was my next door neighbor has not lessened the impact he had on my love of records.
Steve had so many records in his basement that it looked like another world to a kid walking amongst the shelves. My sister Faith was given a Bay City Rollers single and I got a Linda Ronstadt picture disc as a gift...I guess I liked her when I was 6 or 7? Here is the disc:
Steve hosted a series of record conventions in the Cleveland area (Parma actually, in the UAW hall) called the Record Roundup where a favorite record dealer of mine Dave Stimson made loads of money off me over the years.
Sher Petryszyn (Steve's wife) would greet you at the door and remind you about how she always would correct your exclamation of "Oh my god!" to the more preferred "Oh my gosh!" when you were growing up and playing in her house...Or maybe that was just what she talked about with me, I don't know.
Sher died of cancer in 2005 and the Record Roundups are a thing of the past. But both of them left an impression on me and if this blog is going to celebrate things from my perspective - it should have the Petryszyn's in it.
For anyone reading this into music from the 50's 60's and 70's Steve has a show on an internet radio station called Tunedex Memories - check it out here. The picture of Steve and Sher is from this site.
