Terre Haute, IN | New record store comes to Terre Haute: Terre Haute is about to get a new store dedicated to all things music. Siples Records is an independent record store specializing in vinyl, tapes and CD’s. The upcoming opening has been months in the making for the owner. “Record stores are destination places. I search them out, people search them out,” said Brett Siples, the store’s owner. “Every time I go to a new city I’m looking record stores on maps, so I think it is going to bring more people in.” Siples Records is scheduled to open Dec. 16 at 2001 Crawford Street. The doors will open at 10 a.m.
Walla Walla, WA | Celebrating 50 Years of Music at Local Record Store Hot Poop: Hot Poop, Washington’s oldest independent record store, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The store originally opened in San Diego in 1972 and moved to Walla Walla in the fall of 1973. In the time since, it has served as a vibrant location for Walla Walla locals and visitors alike, attracting customers with its eclectic atmosphere. When walking in, customers are greeted with vinyl records and CDs from a wide variety of artists, Hot Poop merchandise, magazines and instruments. More indiscriminate items and trinkets decorate Hot Poop revealing the wide range of products and memorabilia one can discover. Jim McGuinn, owner and founder of Hot Poop, discussed his inspiration for opening the store 50 years ago. “I had a natural aversion to real work,” McGuinn said. “I wanted to do something fun. And music was my hobby … I thought that would be a perfect job, right? You know, talking about what you like, and, ‘Hey, look what just came out’?”
Chicago, IL | Thieves Swiping Rare Vinyl From Chicago Record Shops: Up to $10,000 in rare vinyl was taken from one shop. Store owners are banding together to keep an eye out for people trying to sell these records. Record shops on the Northwest Side are sounding the alarm on robbers swiping premium vinyl over the past month. At least four record shops have been hit—Reckless Records in Wicker Park, Rattleback Records in Andersonville, Meteor Gem in Avondale and Loud Pizza Records in suburban Highland Park—since Nov. 6, its owners said. No one is in custody and area detectives are investigating, a CPD spokesperson said. In most instances, a couple comes in during operating hours, with one distracting a shop keeper as the other takes rare vinyl and box sets off the store’s racks, then tries to slyly walk out, owners said. An employee at Reckless Records, 1379 N. Milwaukee Ave., was maced when he caught a man leaving with a stack of vinyl he didn’t pay for, said a Reckless employee, who asked not to be named.
Cary, NC | Records. Beer. Dankness. A popular vinyl record store opens in downtown Cary: There aren’t any places where you can find vintage vinyl and get a glass of IPA beer from a bartender spinning records in Cary. But now, music lovers, beer enthusiasts and everyone in between have a new place they can call their own. Hunky Dory, the vinyl record store with locations in Durham and Raleigh, has opened its third location on East Chatham Street in downtown Cary. The 800-square-foot store opened in The Center, next to Hank’s Downtown Dive and Di Fara Pizza Tavern. The Cary theater is across the street. Owner Michael Bell said customers can find their favorite records and beer from local breweries that will change each week. “We’ve got a refined mix of heavy-hitters, classic rock, jazz, soul, country records, a full range,” Bell said. “About 85% of the records are vintage.” Here’s what to know about the new store.
Massillon, OH | The value of vinyl: Repository writer braves cold in hunt for Olivia Rodrigo exclusive: My toes started to tingle from the sub 30-degree temperature while waiting in line recently for Erie St Vinyl to open on Small Business Saturday in downtown Massillon. Two hours had passed, and I wasn’t about to turn back and forfeit my coveted second spot in a line that stretched nearly 20 people deep. And I didn’t begrudge the guy who was first and had arrived almost an hour earlier than me. Wearing a hoodie and going sockless in his HEYDUDE shoes, the fellow music lover was deserving of first dibs on the Record Store Day special vinyl releases. A day earlier, he had scoured multiple record stores in Northeast Ohio in pursuit of Olivia Rodrigo’s EP “GUTS: the secret tracks” to no avail. Meanwhile, I was partially successful on Black Friday when heading to Quonset Hut in Canton while woefully misjudging how early I needed to show up.
NZ | ‘Trying to recapture their glory days’—Why vinyl still spins us round and round: There’s just something about vinyl records – whether it’s the hiss and crackle as the needle drops or that rich, warm analogue sound, it’s the music format that just refuses to die. Brian Wafer co-ordinates record fairs around the North Island selling a mix of second-hand, reissues, collectibles and brand-new pressings. He reckoned you could tell what time of day it was by who was coming through the door at a record fair. “Metal heads generally get up late in the afternoon and always come in during the last hour, the same as DJs to be honest. “DJs are normally the guys coming in hungover an hour before you close the door because they’ve been up at night doing their DJ thing.” During the 1980s, Wafer ran the independent music store and label Imahit Records in New Plymouth, but tastes and formats changed and it folded. Now he’s co-ordinating record fairs as what he described a “productive hobby.”
Chapel Hill, NC | UNC Albums and Record Society connects Black students through music: Third-year public policy student Nerrissa Crawford said she grew up in a musically-inclined family — her cousin is a Grammy-winning music producer, and her mother is a master of ceremonies, an emcee. Her passion for music led her to UNC’s Albums and Record Society as a first-year. Now, she is the organization’s president. Since 2021, the club has worked toward creating an inclusive environment for Black students to explore how music impacts their experiences. On Oct. 10, they hosted a general body meeting to discuss singer Lauryn Hill’s album, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.” Crawford said the group gives students the ability to communicate through music, interpreting how songs apply to what students experience in everyday life. “Music is just so versatile, it allows you to make your own observations,” Crawford said.
Rare Vinyl Discs Featuring John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance” Donated to Charities by Yoko Ono & Sean Lennon: Yoko Ono and her son, Sean Lennon, have donated rare vinyl acetate discs featuring John Lennon and Ono’s classic 1969 protest anthem “Give Peace a Chance” to 50 charities to help those organizations raise money during the holidays. Only 50 copies of the 12-inch discs were pressed, each individually hand cut on a lathe at the famous Abbey Road Studios in London by engineer Sean Magee. The double-sided disc features “Give Peace a Chance” on one side and the Ono composition “Remember Love” on the other. Both songs were recorded on June 1, 1969, during the couple’s Montreal Bed-In for Peace protest in the same hotel room. Credited to the Plastic Ono Band, the tracks were released together on a single on July 4, 1969, in the U.K. and three days later in the U.S. “Give Peace a Chance” peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and, of course, has gone on to become one of the most recognizable anti-war anthems ever.
The Cult’s Dreamtime to Receive 40th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue: The post The Cult’s Dreamtime to Receive 40th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue appeared first on Consequence. The Cult’s 1984 debut album, Dreamtime, is set to receive a 40th anniversary vinyl reissue, out February 23rd via Beggars Banquet. It marks the first time the album has been issued on vinyl since 1991. While used copies of The Cult’s classic albums such as Love and Electric would turn up in record stores, Dreamtime was a scarcer find, especially in the US, where it was never issued as an LP. The new 40th anniversary edition touts a fresh remastering job and appears to be the first time the album is being distributed on vinyl in the States. Still, Dreamtime did well overseas on the strength of singles “Spiritwalker” and “Go West.” At the time, The Cult’s sound was still heavily indebted to post-punk with hints of deathrock, an offshoot of goth rock that combined doomy atmospherics with the intensity of punk.
