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Top 10 New Records of 2014 (just a bit late)

I have had this draft saved for an entire year.  I started it last January, just under a year ago.  It became overwhelming to write about my favorite albums because it just pours out of you so fast, your fingers can barely keep up, even if you are a stenographer.    The problem with a […]

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Headstone Friends [Terre Haute IN]

My trip started in Robinson – when I struck out at two antique stores, then found that the local Goodwill was closed for their annual Christmas party, I hauled out of town.  Robinson is a rare stop on my journeys where I could not find a Marriott or Holiday Inn to stay in anywhere nearby […]

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Robinson Ride

I never seem to head to southern Illinois in my travels.  I have been to Robinson before but not since 2013.  I headed down and got my work done after lunch and by about 4:30pm, I was free.  I headed right back up the road to a thrift store I had spotted on the way […]

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Orland Park Roundabout

In my continuing effort to take down all the Chicagoland St. Vincent thrift stores, we rose (relatively, for a Sunday) early to head south (after following the opposite heading on our last jaunt) to Orland Park for yet another excursion. Records aside, this was one of the nicest record bins I’ve ever seen.  In many […]

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Sherwood Antique Mall, Princeton IL

The day after Thanksgiving is always a good day to thrift.  I was out west – last time around I investigated some cool antique malls in Geneseo.  This time, we headed over to nearby Princeton and a spot I found on Google maps with little other info to give. We were not disappointed.  As expected, […]

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The Record-ation of Independence (MO) + Two Year Anniversary

This is my third trip to the KC area.  The first was years ago but the second was just a couple months ago.  However during that trip my time and mobility were limited.  This time, I had a full solid evening to myself with a rental car.  I was working in Independance but I was […]

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St. Vincent, Libertyville

I’ve been to a bunch of St. Vincent thrift stores, in a bunch of different states. And it is really difficult to find a straightforward list of stores, because it seems that someone can open a thrift store as sort of a franchisee. If you check the national St. Vincent website, you will find a […]

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Dave

About a year ago, I followed a lead on gsalr.com to a listing that claimed they had piles and piles of records.  It was about a 5 mile ride, and it wasn’t very nice out: windy and cold, late fall Chicago.  But I soldiered through it as thoughts of big scores and a library of […]

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GR run

Never give up kids; never give up.  I have been to Grand Rapids upwards of 25 times and I’ve been searching for records for a couple years up there.  Yet I still continue to find places to dig in.  Whether or not I find anything up there to actually buy and hopefully spin on a […]

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Findlay Fiasco

On the way out to McComb, I made an array of stops at some old haunts and some new ones as well. A year ago I had stopped at a Goodwill in Waseon OH (I swore it was a Salvation Army which led to great confusion on my part in attempting to retrace my steps. […]