Thanksgiving Leftovers!

Like any good family gathering it is always good to have too much rather than too little. And Jack always does a great job over ordering for Black Friday Record Store Day. Over 70 titles are still available. Check them out here before they are gone for good!

The Inventory

HAPPY TURKEY DAY We are ready! Are you?  Our Black Friday Record Store Inventory is below.  As you know by now, inventory IS VERY LOW for all of the titles. We expect some to be gone within minutes of opening. We have no way to reserve any of this. Black Friday will be FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. Our doors open …

Western Ave Road Diet

We really enjoy reading good customer, Jeff Danna’s Main Street Beverly Blog that highlights “re-humanizing” our streets. We wondered what a road diet at 116th and Western might look like while adding dedicated bike lanes that connected us better with the neighborhood. What we imagined.. Dedicated bike lanes were created that linked Metra stations with Western Avenue 115th – 119th …

Black Friday Record Store Day

Black Friday Record Store Day is right around the corner and we plan to do something very special this year. In addition to stocking all the latest releases from your Back to Black Christmas list, we will be hosting our very first Record Fair! The Black Friday Record Fair will take place right next door at Cullinan’s Stadium Club. Aisles …

Record Store Day 2015 – Thank You For Comin’!

Once again, we owe you guys and girls a big THANK YOU for supporting us!  We had a another great RSD and it is because you guys came out to visit. We had Waylon’ swooning with his mellow renditions of Jennings’ classics, plenty of White Castles and lots and lots of vinyl for the day. And we still have a …

Record Store Day Bike Route Pt. II

Beverly Records is always trying to take care of our biking vinyl lovers. In fact, our recent post about biking to Record Store Day received more attention than we ever though possible. Jack even thought it was good! The only complaint was; Why did we make the route so short? Well if you don’t have much to do after you …

Southside Brew & View for Special Olympics

“Record Store Day” week will kick off once again at our favorite bar, The Rock Island Public House- Blue Island. TheRIPH will be hosting a showing of the official movie of Record Store Day 2015, Records Collecting Dust, …a documentary film about the music and records that changed all of our lives. This is also a great opportunity raise money and …

Walter Burley Griffin | An Historic Review of Beverly Homes

Do you remember Richard Dotson? If you grew up on the South Side the answer is, “Duh…, Yeah!” but ask anyone else and if their last name isn’t Grobstein they probably have no idea. For those who don’t know, Richard Dotson helped lead the 1983 White Sox to one of the most successful seasons in White Sox history. With his …

Garage Rock Deserves A Garage Record Player

  Picture this: A perfect Wednesday afternoon right about sunset, it’s warm but not too warm, the wind is blowing through your hair. The sound of the Ferrari you are driving is more and more hypnotizing with every down shift Mountains on the left, the ocean on the right and your destination is just ahead. As you pull up to the …

DJ’s Choice – #RSD Sleepers

Bee Gees Staying Alive | PROMO With The List for Record Store Day becoming larger and larger every year it is getting easier and easier for record companies to slip in a few reissues that are not only popular but extremely easy to find in used vinyl bins around the globe. The 2013 list included “The Gambler” for crying out …