Muscle Shoals for Sale

The Guardian reports that Muscle Shoals is up for sale on eBay.

Here is the auction.

I don’t know how many records I have that bear the legend Muscle Shoals, but it’s a hell of a lot. I remember reading it on my Mom and Dad’s records when I was little, and wondering at the mysterious name, unsure whether it was a person, group or place.

That is enough for me to know that this building really ought to be preserved as an American national treasure, if its days as a working studio are over. Old, beautiful things like the Madonna of the Pinks easily raise a hullaballoo if they are about to be lost; but unnassuming studios are cultural artifacts too, and deserving of the same respect.

So, who wants to chip in? $650, 000 looks like a bargain to me.

Posted at 11am on 30/07/03 by Jack Mottram to the music category.
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