Milwaukie, OR | Milwaukie record shop asks for help identifying burglar after $5,000 in records and cash stolen: B-Side Record & Vintage posted a photo of the burglar on social media that was taken from a surveillance camera and captured the theft in progress. The owners of B-Side Record & Vintage, a Milwaukie record shop, are asking for help identifying a burglar who broke into their store and stole approximately $5,000 worth of records and cash. B-Side Record & Vintage posted a photo of the burglar on social media that was taken from a surveillance camera and captured the theft in progress. The person appears to be wearing a black hoodie, a black baseball cap and a red bandana covering part of their face.
Denver, CO | Wax Trax is opening a “real store” at Stanley Marketplace: The new branch will be the mini-chain’s fifth location. Pete Stidman has learned firsthand that the Mile High City has a serious addiction to vinyl since taking over Wax Trax Records, a mini-chain that’s in the midst of expanding its kiosk at Aurora’s Stanley Marketplace to what he refers to as a “real store” set to debut next month. “I do think Denver is unique in terms of how many records people buy and how many people love to buy records,” he says. “I chalk that up to shops like Wax Trax and Twist & Shout being here all along and never leaving. People have a tradition that they’re passing along to their kids of buying records.” Wax Trax certainly has a rich history.
Jacksonville, FL | Vinyl is back in style: 5 record stores in Jacksonville worth visiting. Making a cassette mixtape for your high school sweetheart to rocking a portable Walkman down the street were the early days of engaging with top hits. Today, the main way to listen to the latest chart-toppers is through streaming services. Recently, there has been a shift in mainstream pop culture aesthetic by embracing the past, from clothes to TV shows, including “vintage” ways of listening to music. Modern artists are starting to gain inspiration from legacy artists before them, and older music itself is also resurfacing. Specifically, vinyl records are one of the biggest music-listening forms that are on the surge, making what once was the past, the present. …Here are a few local record shops worth checking out.
US | 14 Vintage Images of Seventies Record Shops: Before everyone could access all the music in the world at their fingertips, discovering your taste in music meant spending time in one of the coolest places in the world. Record shops in the seventies were more than just stores; they were hangouts and cultural hubs where people flipped through vinyl sleeves, asked for song recommendations, and spent entire afternoons surrounded by music. Rows of album covers, people listening to albums together, and browsing customers reveal a slower, more hands-on way of engaging with music. Each photo reflects a time when finding a new favorite record meant wandering the aisles and talking with staff. Let’s take a look at 20 vintage images of seventies record shops.
UK | Memories of record shops and how they brought music to the masses: Record shops emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as specialist outlets for gramophones and shellac discs. Our Price record shop manager Mike Brennen, who later became a reporter and sub editor at The Cumberland News before setting up a coffee business. After the Second World War, as LPs and 45s arrived, they developed into social spaces as much as retail premises, somewhere to hear new releases, swap recommendations and follow emerging youth cultures from jazz and skiffle through rock ‘n’ roll to beat groups. …National chains and department store record departments gradually spread, but independents remained important in giving shelf space to local tastes and niche genres.
Leicester, UK | Leicester charity shop promises more vinyl, CDs and instruments after move: New photos show how the store looks inside. A popular charity shop specialising in music and instruments has moved down the road to bigger and better premises. The Loros hospice has two stores in Queen’s Road, in Clarendon Park, Leicester, and they have recently swapped places. The Spiral Scratch charity shop has just reopened at 85 Queen’s Road, having moved from number 63. The new premises is bigger and the move means more room for more instruments, vinyl and CDs. And an upstairs space will be a workshop for volunteers to repair instruments, as well as restore gaming equipment. Spiral Scratch manager Matt Gale said customers would still be able to try out records in the shop’s popular listening booth, which he said was a much-loved feature from the original shop.
Reykjavik, IS | The third space: Our library has vinyl. During the recent municipal elections, we noticed some of the great local civic accomplishments weren’t celebrated—or seemingly even noticed. For example, the local libraries. Throughout the summer, we’ll highlight the more notable programmes at our humble borgarbókasafn. Tourists are welcome at the library. For new Icelanders, or those of you making a temporary home here, the library may prove an essential tool. For the rest of us, this is a humble reminder of an amazing resource. Spotify is exhausting and morally questionable. Digital music in general can be convenient, but more and more of us want to remove ourselves from anything phone or computer-related when we’re not at work.
Charlotte, NC | New retro cafe and vinyl listening lounge opens near NoDa: Café Audire, a coffee shop and vinyl listening lounge, recently opened near NoDa. Why it matters: The new neighborhood cafe is the latest tenant to open at The Pass, a mixed-use development that already includes Soul Gastrolounge and Borderline Bar & Billiards and PINE. What they’re saying: As The Pass continues to add tenants, like The Dog’s Club and Mariah’s Taco Spot, owner Vishal Sanghvi hopes the opening will become a go-to stop for neighbors looking to grab a coffee, discover new music and, eventually, wind down with cocktails. “With this being an up-and-coming neighborhood, I want this to be like a living room for people in the community— come hang out, get some coffee, get some bites to eat and make some friends,” Sanghvi said.
Toledo, OH | The Toledo Record Riot! Over 10,000 vinyl records for sale in the Franklin Park Mall! Sun Sept 6th. The Toledo Record Riot! It’s a BIG vinyl record POP-UP sale in the Franklin Park Mall! Over 10,000 vinyl records in ONE ROOM! Great music and amazing family fun. LPs, CDs and 45s. Dealers from far and wide converge for a giant music sale! All types of music from punk to funk to country to classic rock, hip hop, soul/jazz and more. Regular admission starts at 12 noon ($5) with early admission at 11 AM ($15). DISCOUNT TICKETS ON EVENTBRITE! Don’t miss the BIG VINYL DIG!
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