ROBERT HUNTER

folk-rock singer-guitarist, lyricist for rock band the Grateful Dead

“I bought an old wind-up Victrola once for about $3, and I used to buy 78s like Red Allen’s ‘Atomic Power.’

“As far as albums go, I used to buy those Topps records. I think they cost 40 cents, and they would have cover bands doing pretty near perfect imitations of the hit songs of the day. Those were within the limitations of my pocket book at the time.”