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Sunday record store assualt

Going to take the Milwaukee west Metra line to Western Ave, then walk to California/Lake and jump on the Green Line.  Two stores in Oak Park and a third in Forest Park, at which point I can jump on the # Harlem bus, head back up to Grand and either hoof it back west home, […]

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Kstarke Records, Ukranian Village

Kstarke has intrigued me for a while and I have no excuse for not having investigated sooner.  It is about one mile maximum on both sides of a $1 train ride (incremental fare with my Metra monthly pass).  However I always kind of worried/wondered that it seemed like everything I read emphasized their large inventory […]

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Laurie’s Planet of Sound, Lincoln Square

I had planned to visit Laurie’s for a while but it’s central North side location make it difficult to find a good route via public transportation.  On a ‘mild’ (32F) Saturday I decided I would take my bike on the Metra, and ride the ~12 mile round trip up and down Western via cycle.  As […]

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Rediscover Records, Elgin

                                           Standard day for the majority of society as I know is as follows: go to work, punch out, go home, beat/yell at your wife, eat some kind of slop, fall asleep watching tv. No […]

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Return to the Record Dump aka Beverly Records

  No better way to spend a Saturday than the 6 hour round trip from River Grove down to Beverly Hills.  I visited Beverly Records for the first time a couple months ago and I can honestly say that I did give them a fair shake the first time around – the place is a […]

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Return to Logan Hardware…

Sort of spur of the moment and towards the end of a respectable snow storm I grabbed Pace 331 up to the Cumblerland blue line at about 5pm on a Saturday after a long nap.  I rode to the California stop and then walked east on Fullerton before I stopped at Papa Ray’s for a […]

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Dave’s Records, Lakeview

Just up the street at Reckless, I realized I was near Dave’s and wandered the .6 miles over.  My kind of store!  Picked up another Engelbert album – afternoon well spent!

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Reckless Records, Lakeview

I received a $30 gift certificate (shown in previous post) for Christmas from my brother’s girlfriend who knew I was a vinyl addict.  I took a Saturday afternoon jaunt up to Lakeview to spend it at the final of three Reckless locations. This location is on par with the Wicker Park location or slightly bigger. […]

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En route

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Logan Hardware, Logan Square

I’ve had occassion to pass this place twice recently, neither time however I was available to stop in.  Well worth the wait. The first time I was on my way to a friends house (not ironically, in Logan also) and as I cycled by I slowed down thinking ‘what record store is this?’.  The light […]