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chicago flea market

harlem/foster flea market

Last second gsalr.com score brought me up to Jefferson Park for an impromptu but rewarding little jaunt.  There were probably 20 vendors but I was nearly half way through before I encountered any records at all.  And even that was a paltry 10-12 beat down old platters.  Junk – no thanks. I continued to endure […]

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chicago garage sale

Duo of garage sales, Jefferson Park

Set out for a 14 mile round trip bike ride on a Saturday morning.  After a couple weekends without any hits for ‘records’ in my search results on gsalr.com, I found two just about a mile away. I arrived at the first only to be told ‘sorry’ when I asked where the records were.  Nice […]

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suburbs thrift store

Blast From The Past, Bensenville

I have gone past this place hundreds of times to/from work and always wondered about it.  Not even necessarily in terms of records but because it looks so odd.  It is a house that has been converted into a thrift store.  While it stands on a major thoroughfare, it is cloaked in foliage and the […]

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appleton record store wisconsin

Appleton Import Records (Revisited)

I had stopped by this store a couple weeks prior but found it to be oddly locked up and closed during their published business hours.  I found myself back in town and decided to give it another try.  This time when I approached, the door was propped open so I was excited to get inside. […]

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chicago

Lazy Dog Antiques, Roscoe Village

Two bins hidden in the bowels of this Roscoe Village store.  Nothing of interest.

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estate sale suburbs

RG estate sale

Spur of the moment estate sale Sunday AM yielded a Little River Band album and an Engelbert Christmas album which my girlfriend grabbed up moments before I could stick my mitts into the stack. Can’t believe I found this just a few doors away!

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Goodwill [Appleton WI]

Smallest record selection I’ve ever seen at a Goodwill before.  Granted, others had more records but they were all junk – but I was shocked to see so few.  Nothing of interest.

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appleton thrift store wisconsin

St. V’s [Appleton WI] – 10 cent record (11 w/ tax)

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chicago reckless record store

Reckless, Wicker Park

Stopped in very quickly before grabbing some ‘za at Piece around the corner.  Couldn’t find anything worthwhile, then found the record you see glaring at you above as the last item in the ‘new arrivals’ for jazz/blues. Q is the only artist in the CTI repertoire with a record in the 3000 series (two releases […]

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goodwill suburbs thrift store

Goodwill Glendale Heights…and LP #300!

About half way between origin and destination, came across this Goodwill.  Stepped inside to a mess of disorganized records.  Walked away with the record you see the cashier handling below – the debut from RTFs Lenny White and his backing band, Twennynine. I already have this record, albeit in beat down condition.  However, this is […]