Beverly Records Welcomes Wail’n Waylon
Good customer “Midlothian Scotty” has been coming to Beverly Records since the late 70s. He was always a big fan of Samantha Fox, in fact we kept an entire bin of Samantha Fox collectors items around just for him to browse. But no one, not even Scotty had any idea what would happen to him on that February day back …
B-Y-O-V Record Store Day After Party
Fellow vinyl nuts, the Rock Island Public House in Blue Island is hosting a Record Store Day After party Saturday NIght, April 19th. DJs will be on hand spinning wax till the early morning. Festivities start at 8:00 PM Drink for a discount When you bring in a receipt from ANY record store dated April 19th you will receive $1.00 …
RSD Sleepers | Donny Hathaway
Before there was social media there were social clubs and before fellow South Sider Donny Hathaway recorded his holiday classic “This Christmas,” there was Donny Hathaway Live at The Bitter End. Just listening to this album will put you right there on a foggy 1972 Bleeker Street night. As you make your way to the door down a cracked and …
RSD Sleepers | Frightened Rabbit
OK it happens, not everyone can be like Matt and find exactly what you are looking for on Record Store Day. But let’s give Matt his due, we usually find him camped out by the front door when we close up the Friday Night before RSD. As you browse and notice all the good stuff long gone you may notice a …
What are you doing RSD?
Record Store Day has been a huge success over the past 7 years. It is hard to imagine that the little flyer and poster we got in the mail back in 2007 was a pre-cursor to this international celebration we all treasure. But even RSD has it’s critics. About two years ago we started to see common dollar records being …
An RSD Exclusive!
UPDATED 3/27 We always wanted one of these Charlie Brown record players when they first came out. Didn’t get one, but that was the 80s way. Kids never got what they wanted back then. I specifically remember being 10 years old and walking into the Toys-R-Us and seeing this marvelous creation in front of my eyes with a price tag …