Made a stop for lunch in Morris Illinois on my way to Kewanee another 90 minutes down the road. After some Swedish meatballs at R’ Place, we quickly made a jaunt over to St. Vincent’s and Goodwill to hunt for some treasures. St. V’s was up first…I don’t think I’ve ever seen a collection of […]
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A route I have covered before, once on a holiday – it was time again with a day off and nothing to do. I reviewed my own blog and also the always handy Google Maps to create a list of places to go and root around in. First up was the Shelter – I have […]
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Bloomington/Normal Run
A year or two ago, I got a record gifted to me from a professional colleague. There was a sticker for The Waiting Room inside and my friend mentioned that downtown Normal had record stores ‘up and down the street’. I had trouble believing him at the time, but he was basically correct. Inexplicably, there […]
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Savers FP check-in
If I didn’t have 150+ other posts on this blog I’d feel a little more guilty about posting about the same place four times (even if it is over more than a year). And I’d feel guiltier still (in fact, I wouldn’t even bother posting at all) if I had worse luck at the place. […]
I was last out in NW Indiana back in January – I had a blast and came home with a load of records. This time around, I tried to see what I could hit on my way back. Initially I went for a Savers in Dolton but when I arrived there was only a Food […]
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Stars Resale Shop, Wheaton
I noticed Stars on the way out to Something Else a few weeks ago. Super close to the College Ave stop, I made a mental note to call and see if they had records. Indeed they did – and the trip was on. This makes trip #3 for records along the Union Pacific West line […]
Found myself on an overnight in Kansas City after a visit to nearby Lenexa. After being deposited at my hotel, I hailed an Uber and had him truck me over to Hillcrest. I had called previously to inquire about records, they said they did indeed have them and that they would be ‘downstairs’. Indeed they […]
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Goodwill, Lombard
I don’t know how a local Goodwill was left which I had not already visited (this makes #24!) but there it was, just around the corner. Not much to dig but I did come out of there with a killer Jose Feliciano album in PRISTINE shape for a few cents. My girl took my advice […]
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Resale Connection, Lisle
Ran across this place on the way back from a day trip to Naperville. Saw it on the way out and made that old familiar call: ‘do you have any records?’. Indeed they did, so I stopped on the way back. This isn’t actually a thrift store per se; it is a large, divided consignment […]
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Garage Sale Twenty Miler
With only gsalr.com to guide me, I embarked from my girlfriend’s house on a Saturday morn in search of vinyl. I started out by going a bit out of my way to get to the Prarie Path bike trail which I took a few miles west to Villa Park. I got off at Villa Ave […]