The first five Eddie Rabbitt albums (ironically, I own the sixth, albeit the Mexican version), a rare Tom Jones alternate cover and Anne Murray looking adorably cute – someone’s for the taking. I used restraint, it wasn’t easy!
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Year: 2016
Another weekend, another couple days spent at the ‘usual haunts’. And for once, I got lucky. With my arm bent firmly behind my back, I was convinced to go over to Goodwill Elmhurst just before close. There was a mountain of 45s in there and while ‘naked’ 45s usually are a real turnoff (how crass), […]
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Bel Aire Enterprises, Bridgeview
It is not difficult to recall when I first learned of Bel Aire Records. It was at a garage sale, now over 18 months ago. There weren’t many records but there was on that caught my eye, and it was sealed. I saw it was a local label and it took me a moment to […]
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T-ampa T-hrift T-rouble aka T^3
I have hunted in Florida and Tampa a couple times specifically before. However, those trips were strictly on my own personal holidays while this trip was business related. My time was precious but my colleague had a rental car which I commandeered and set out to see what I could see! I called the Collection […]
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Goodwill, Addison
Still the cleanest record bin in the game – I think this is only my second time ever stopping in. Went way over here to visit a Walmart to pick up some odds and ends and strolled over. Found the red album lower left and one other one instantly in the front of the stack […]
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New To You, Broadview
The well long ago ran dry on thrift stores anywhere in the vicinity which I have not visited and blogged about. But occasionally I find one which I overlooked and of course make a bee line to dig through their filthy old vinyl! I reached New To You with my girlfriend and her daughter in […]
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Bronco Resale, Berkeley
I have had my eye on this place for a long time but never made the trip. On an unseasonably warm weekend, I made the bike ride from Elmhurst out to Berkeley and back. I was rewarded for my work! Google maps has some misinformation which I have pending fixes already submitted on. It has […]
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Back At Village Discount Outlet
VDOs are around the city but many (most?) do not have vinyl, they have limited housewares and mostly just clothes. I have picked up some cool threads from Addison’s store and I have also pulled some vinyl out of there. Before I went in on this day, I commented aloud that since the first time […]
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Mailbag!
I check the pitiful stats on my blog regularly so that I can feel a mix of disappointment and disgust that about 25% of my all-time page views are based in Russia and the only referrers are from google searches. Never a mention in another blog, a facebook post…nothing. Until now! Looks like a bunch […]
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Catapult Collectibles, Crystal Lake IL
Did some work up in Cary…on a previous trip I stopped at a record store on the way back. This time, I got a little more daring and went to a…toy store? Yes I did, and it isn’t the first time, or even the second that I’ve looked at records amongst Star Wars figures and […]