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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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 […]
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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 […]
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Rainbow Records, Barrington
Impromptu stop was warranted by my observant colleague (pictured above) noticing the sign (pictured below) as we burned down NW Hwy on our way to Cary. Be damned the fact that I was starving by the time we were headed back in the other direction and I was only delaying our late (already 2pm) lunch […]
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Village Discount Outlet, Addison
Village Discount Outlets are essentially clothing retailers that stock en masse…they are spread throughout Chicagoland. I distinctly remember stopping in one somewhere on the north side and after about 20 seconds getting the hell out of there. Chaos – screaming kids – and clothing EVERYWHERE. No way they had records. Until my girlfriend got a […]
Made my move on a gsalr.com tip a few weeks after the fact. The only thing better than new record stores is when they are just steps from the train. Better yet, I saw that this one was basically next door to a St. Vincent thrift which was an added bonus. […]