Sunrise Records and Ticketmaster

Published by Toronto Mike on November 14, 2007 @ 12:26 in Memories

With Music World closing, there will be no more Canadian-owned national music chains. CQ just left a comment on that entry in which he dropped the name Sunrise Records. Sunrise Records is still around, but it's not a national chain as all their stores are in Ontario.

Sunrise Records is an authorized Ticketmaster outlet and when I think of Sunrise Records I think about the good old days of buying concert tickets. Today we all buy our concert tickets over the web, but it wasn't always that way...

When a big show was coming to town, like Pearl Jam or The Tragically Hip or whoever, I'd physically get my butt to a Ticketmaster outlet to secure a wristband. Then, I'd wear this wristband until the morning the tickets went on sale when I'd have to get myself back to that same Ticketmaster outlet and hope I'd win the lottery. They'd randomly select the number that would assume the first spot in line and then we'd all check our wristbands and line up accordingly.

It wasn't a bad system, and it was always a lot of fun. I rarely used Sunrise Records for this purpose because I preferred the lesser-known VoiceOne location on Bloor Street near Islington. This place was an answering service provider and nobody knew they were an authorized Ticketmaster outlet, so we had a better shot with less wristbands to compete against. VoiceOne is no longer in the Ticketmaster game, but I've moved on. My wristband days are behind me.

Today, it's point and click and pray.

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