I’ve been to a bunch of St. Vincent thrift stores, in a bunch of different states. And it is really difficult to find a straightforward list of stores, because it seems that someone can open a thrift store as sort of a franchisee. If you check the national St. Vincent website, you will find a […]
About a year ago, I followed a lead on gsalr.com to a listing that claimed they had piles and piles of records. It was about a 5 mile ride, and it wasn’t very nice out: windy and cold, late fall Chicago. But I soldiered through it as thoughts of big scores and a library of […]
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GR run
Never give up kids; never give up. I have been to Grand Rapids upwards of 25 times and I’ve been searching for records for a couple years up there. Yet I still continue to find places to dig in. Whether or not I find anything up there to actually buy and hopefully spin on a […]
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Findlay Fiasco
On the way out to McComb, I made an array of stops at some old haunts and some new ones as well. A year ago I had stopped at a Goodwill in Waseon OH (I swore it was a Salvation Army which led to great confusion on my part in attempting to retrace my steps. […]
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Terry’s Musty Stash Part II
Two classic records – one I have, the other I’d be game for but it wasn’t in the sleeve. A year and a half ago, I was out in McComb Ohio and I stopped at a tiny thrift store where I examined some records. After paying for my scores, I chatted with the elderly woman […]
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Sunday Drive
At this moment, I am drinking a beer with the Blackhawks game on behind me. Just got done taking a shower and shaving, after dinner. I completed a lengthy and overdue post on my two day adventure in New Hampshire recently and I know that today has been damn near perfect. How many times have […]
Had a whirlwind early week headed out east to run through Portsmouth New Hampshire. I flew from Chicago to Philly on an early flight where I laid over on the final leg to Manchester. I could have flown direct with United (my preferred carrier) but they wanted double the price which was well outside the […]
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Garage Sale, Elmhurst
On a rainy Saturday afternoon, I was very pleased to find that of the 3 garage sales that had the word ‘records’ in their descriptions on gsalr.com, one of them was just a couple blocks from my girlfriends house. (the other two were 10-20 miles away). So I sped over on my bike through the […]
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Goodwill [Oshkosh WI]
Not much going on here….maybe 12 records stuffed next to a bunch of old video tapes. I did find a cookbook I needed but I guess that is a bit outside the realm of what we do here, at this blog. Any Debbie Gibson collectors however – now you know where to go.
Last year on my day trip to Tampa I hit a local (and excellent) record store. I was pleased to find that there was a thrift store within walking distance and when I called they confirmed the presence of vinyl. I walked north on Florida Ave. from downtown and watched things get progressively more dicey […]