Manchester, UK | New record shop, Haunted Dancehall, opens in Manchester: It’s named after a 1994 album by Sabres Of Paradise. Manchester has a new record store. Haunted Dancehall has recently opened in the city on Pollard Street East. It takes its name from a 1994 album by Sabres Of Paradise, the project of Andrew Weatherall, Jagz Kooner and Gary Burns. It sells both new and used vinyl, and will be open from 11am-8pm between Tuesday and Friday, and 2pm-8pm on Saturdays. You can scan through some of the new records that the store has for sale, and order online, via Haunted Dancehall’s website. Earlier this year, a new mobile record shop opened on a canal boat in East Yorkshire.
Minneapolis, MN | Now Open: Disco Death Records: Records, coffee, and film collide in Uptown. A new coffee-record-film shop sprouted up in Uptown last August, on 26th just off Lyndale, around the corners from CC Club’s wooden patio and French Meadow. Let us set the scene: Walking through the glass door at Disco Death Records pulls you to a different space and time, somewhere a little older and a little wiser. Plants sit on sunny shelves, a refurbished church pew welcomes visitors to hangout behind wooden tables, round mid-century lights guide a path to an all-manual Victoria Arduino espresso machine gleaming on the counter. The words Photo Lab shine bright in the back hall, 1960s French music plays from a record player behind the counter, and there are records for sale everywhere. …“We’re not gatekeeping at all. We’re literally trying to make everything as accessible and fun and different as we possibly can,” Eckerson said as he eyed the store’s jazz collection of records sitting nearby. “We want everyone to feel welcome to come in and talk about anything—coffee, records, or film.”
Mansfield, OH | Fat Dog Vinyl brings record collecting back to Mount Vernon: The first record Phil Hicks collected was KISS’s “Alive!” in 1975. It was wrapped and waiting under his Christmas tree. Now Hicks and wife Jennifer are living a dream he wasn’t sure would ever happen. He remembers seeing his first live show during a Journey concert at Blossom Music Center for $10 a ticket. It became a lifelong interest. “I didn’t think I’d open my own record store one day,” he said. “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Fat Dog Vinyl, located at 7 North Main, where the former Mount Vernon Brewing Company previously resided, has hundreds of records to choose from. The genres include rock classics, smooth jazz hits, soundtracks, new wave rock, pop and metal. “People have been blown away by the diversity,” he said.
Bend, OR | Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree At Smith Rock Records: Santa loves a physical media comeback. Trust us, your teen will want a CD in their stocking. Cassette tapes, vinyl, CDs — oh my! Sure, we could just text a Spotify link to share our favorite song or album in this day-n’-age, but I’m sure I’m not the only one in this town who remembers that one record that one person gave you that one time as a gift — that moment sticks with us over time! …So, where my fellow music fanatics at?! It’s now December (holy sh*t) and Christmas is in three weeks! So I’m here to preach to you — whatever year you were born or however old the one you need to get a gift for is — that you should give the gift of music and hop on this physical media comeback. What better way than to shop local at what might just be the coolest spot in town…
Jackson, WY | Annual Jackson Hole record sale returns this Saturday: Jackson’s vinyl enthusiast Matt Donovan is back with his collection of hundreds of records for sale, that range in price from two dollars to standard new record prices. In conjunction with the Jackson Hole Book Trader, the annual Jackson Hole Record Sale will start Saturday, Dec. 10 during regular business hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and continue through the holiday season. According to Donavan, vinyl records accounted for one-third of all physical media sales in recent years and continue to gain popularity. Without a true record store in Jackson Hole, this is inarguably the most concentrated access to vinyl records in the area, with a selection of artists and titles curated through the year specifically for this event, he says. “It’s a chance to stock up on classics, with a diverse selection of new and current titles as well,” Donovan said. Jackson Hole Book Trader also has a smaller selection of vinyl year-round.
