Twenty years on Beach Blvd. with Vinyl Solution

ILLUSTRATION by BOB AUL
I first went to Vinyl Solution when I wasn’t even 20 years old—my friends weren’t yet 20, my car wasn’t 20, my actual record player wasn’t 20 (though it was probably closest of anything) and just about nothing in my life had any pretense of [...]

Today I do Third Street and visit Tape And Record Room and Bagatelle. At Tape And Record Room I find hiding in the cheapo bins…
Billy Mize This Time And Place (Imperial)
Dusty Springfield Stay Awhile (Mercury) (“Q: What do you like to eat?” A: I love steak.”)
E.L.O. Out Of The Blue (UA)
Graham Nash / David Crosby [...]

After last week’s rewarding scrapes through usual spots Bagatelle (Dwight Twilley and Triffids 45s) and Fingerprints (awesome DVDs) I just got a big pile of country (plus some rando extras) from the righteous people at Dyzzy, who dealed this out at such a bargain price that I think I might have made money off the [...]