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As of today, I am at 427 LPs.  When I was a few under 400 I started to think about the future, and what I would have to do to make more room.  As is always the case, the most wasted real estate is always above your head.  I started to think if there was […]

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Pink Elephant, Elmhurst

It started becoming difficult to find new thrift stores in the area a while ago but I got lucky on a Saturday morning.  I fought through a hangover and a bus ride to make my way to Christoper’s on York Road in Elmhurst where I devoured some eggs and chorizo with fresh salsa. Our group […]

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Journey to the Center of the Earth

The journey down south is a long one- 8 hrs via public transportation.  But worth it.  This video chronicles my journey.  Some other artifacts are below.  Enjoy. ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, 93RD AND WESTERN Roger Miller – Golden Hits – already had the stereo version, picked up at a flea market on a hot day – now I […]

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Black Friday Thrift Store Circuit

Last March I was visiting my folks and hit up a bunch of local thrift stores with my mom scavenging for vinyl.  Woke up Black Friday and shook off my hangover then got a recommendation (from my mom of all people) to check out a new resale shop called Wings in the area.  Well Salvation […]

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Second Hand City [Battle Creek MI]

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Fantastic Andy’s, Kewanee IL

Went for a road trip to visit my girlfriend’s home town for the weekend and stopped by Fantastic Andy’s, a place she had already told me about.  I was eager to check it out after hearing some wild stories. A very important record was purchased here (by her) over a year ago – still probably […]

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Goodwill, Kewanee IL

Just a tiny sampling of vinyl at my 11th Goodwill (on this blog at least).  Almost all Xmas music clearly put out recently for the occasion except for one very odd disco/rock record which I almost bought.  (Something/somebody needs to keep Macho company).

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Oak Park Records, Oak Park IL

My first visit to Oak Park Records did not go well back in March.  I forgot about the place entirely until recently, so I made an impromptu journey straight from work two days ago and found the following: Well I get that people have other things going on in their life then sitting at a […]

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Another Sunday at Raffe’s

I first learned of Raffe’s at the CHIRP record fair last spring.  I made my first visit on Record Store Day a short time later and I have now returned twice since. It has taken three visits to continue to return and purchase the Paul Desmond records I saw on my first visit and which […]

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Goodwill, Mundelien IL

This is the 10th Goodwill I am blogging about and it has been a wild adventure! No, that is not true.  It has been filled with records without jackets, jackets without records, jackets separated into two easy pieces (sans vinyl) and a multitude of religious recordings aimed squarely at no record collector who has lived […]