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garage sale suburbs

Garage Sale, Franklin Park

Another great opportunity courtesy gsalr.com.  A sale in the neighborhood I grew up in and close to my alma mater (high school, specifically) I got there shortly after 8 to find an elderly woman relaxing in a lawn chair surrounded by her goods.  Initially I only saw a single crate and down onto my knees, […]

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record store

Reverberation Records, Normal IL

Found myself visiting Bloomington for work, something I’ve done a handful of times over the years.  My work did not take long and I knew I wasn’t going to get back by the normal ‘end of day’, so why not dilly dally a bit? Nothing better to do. A colleague had advised me on a […]

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appleton thrift store wisconsin

Bargain Garden [Appleton WI]

       

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appleton record store wisconsin

Top Spins [Appleton WI]

Records on the pricy side…didn’t buy anything but nice place.

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appleton record store wisconsin

Appleton Import Records [Appleton WI]

Store was mysteriously closed, the sign(s) tell a hell of a story.

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estate sale garage sale suburbs

Best. Day. Ever.

I recently discovered gsalr.com which is a website that consolidates info on yard/garage/rummage/etc sales.  These are always prime targets for old vinyl but now you can not only find them with a few clicks, I get daily emails that list all the sales within 20 miles of my home and even highlight the word ‘records’ […]

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chicago record store

Gramaphone Records, Lakeview

Gramaphone is part of the ‘vinyl triangle’ in Lakeview that also includes Dave’s and Reckless.  During my first visit to those stores last fall I neglected to stop at Gramaphone as I did not realize how close it was.  I was aware that they specialized in house music so I wasn’t fully excited to go […]

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chicago thrift store

Junk!