by Rick Coste | Feb 10, 2022 | Record Stores
“They had videos, and they had the ‘sonic’.” Those are the words spoken by Mad Max to the kids waiting for the return of Captain Walker in the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. What exactly was the “sonic”? It was a record. There is no electricity in Mad Max’s...
by Rick Coste | Feb 10, 2022 | Record Stores
On the day Eddie Van Halen died, a used copy of Diver Down appeared on the wall behind the counter of &Vinyl Records. If you looked closely, you would see two signatures. There could be no mistaking one signature. The long swoop from the last letter, which...
by Rick Coste | Feb 10, 2022 | Record Stores
“Well you can call me Dr. Music. Music is my name…” Eric Bloom sang those lines forty-three years ago on the album Mirrors by Blue Öyster Cult. If you go to Fairhope, Alabama, and drive north on S. Section St., just past Greer’s Market and look to the right, you’ll...
by Rick Coste | Dec 26, 2021 | Vinyl Record Tips
I recently thought about everything my records have endured over the years. I’ve always done my best to take care of them, but there’s been misinformation along the way, especially before the internet and Google ever existed. Record enthusiasts like me relied on...
by Rick Coste | Dec 17, 2021 | Record Stores
Springfield, Missouri’s downtown at night might give the feeling you’ve stepped into a time machine and traveled back a few decades. When you walk down E. Walnut Street toward S. Roberson Ave. you’ll see the light from Hotel Vandivort’s lobby spill out onto the...
