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appleton thrift store wisconsin

Bargain Garden [Appleton WI]

       

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appleton record store wisconsin

Top Spins [Appleton WI]

Records on the pricy side…didn’t buy anything but nice place.

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appleton record store wisconsin

Appleton Import Records [Appleton WI]

Store was mysteriously closed, the sign(s) tell a hell of a story.

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estate sale garage sale suburbs

Best. Day. Ever.

I recently discovered gsalr.com which is a website that consolidates info on yard/garage/rummage/etc sales.  These are always prime targets for old vinyl but now you can not only find them with a few clicks, I get daily emails that list all the sales within 20 miles of my home and even highlight the word ‘records’ […]

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chicago record store

Gramaphone Records, Lakeview

Gramaphone is part of the ‘vinyl triangle’ in Lakeview that also includes Dave’s and Reckless.  During my first visit to those stores last fall I neglected to stop at Gramaphone as I did not realize how close it was.  I was aware that they specialized in house music so I wasn’t fully excited to go […]

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chicago thrift store

Junk!

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suburbs thrift store

Knick Knack investigation #556

Kelly and David @ my favorite thrift store in the world call me whenever they get new vinyl and David has become a rabid collector in his own right.  I have returned many times to cop wax but today was unique. I had stopped at the EP post office because they are open late (to […]

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chicago thrift store

Thrift n’ Thrive, Portage Park

Was disappointed to again come across Engelbert releases that had mysteriously disappeared from their jackets! While it may have been a compilation, Golden Love Songs contained a copy of a Peter Frampton album! Still, an impressive amount of vinyl for a thrift store.  A worthwhile hunt – I pulled out a nice copy of Friends […]

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chicago thrift store

Unique Thrift, Riis Park

One of the saddest record collections on recent memory – maybe ever.

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suburbs

Unique Antiques, Joilet IL

Score!