June 28, 20241 yr Author The Washington Post Shrine Article from 2003 mentioned above can now be read in full via the link below, along with on the same page, a 'more recent' (as in 2012) article from the author titled The resurrection of Melvin Butler, Eddie Daye & other forgotten DC record artists Washington's Lost Soul D.C.'s Answer to Motown Failed Nearly 40 Years Ago, But Today Shrine Records Is a British Treasure. By David Segal Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, May 11, 2003; Page N01 https://wemezekir.blogspot.com/2012/04/resurrection-of-melvin-butler-eddie.html
July 2, 20241 yr The Shrine stock in 1968 was still mainly held on the shelves of Waxie Maxies record warehouse on 14th St in DC. Round the corner (on 7th St) was Waxie Maxies main record store. In the 1968 riots triggered by the slaying of Martin Luther King both buildings were attacked and burnt out. Hence the lack of Shrine vinyl for us collectors to chase.
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