Record Stores

Anyone familiar with a record store called Burning Airlines that was somewhere in New Jersey a few decades ago (looks like it might still exists as a band t-shirt dealer)? I somehow got ahold of a thick catalog of theirs in Ohio in the mid-'80s that I was obsessed with. Typewritten and photocopied with thousands of punk/postpunk/new wave records, shirts, posters, buttons, etc. As a student at a school where a tie was part of the dress code I was particularly interested in the "skinny tie" section of the catalog and still regret not getting the Siouxsie and Ultravox ties that I had my eye on. Anyway just wondering if the store was as cool as I imagined it being at the time.

yep I remember Burning Airlines catalogs, I think they advertised in MRR back in the day. I ordered a few things for sure.

I was not aware that it was an actual brick-and-mortar store, though!

You know I guess it's possible that it wasn't -- just assumed it was an actual store at the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20pU6MoJSBY

record store lolz

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/every_crate_diggers_nightmare_record_store_has_whipped_cream_and_other

my kid put me on the instagram!

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https://www.instagram.com/johndoejrrecords/?hl=en

Nice to see King Crimson

Fantastic.

*drools*

scott do you ever sell on discogs/musicstack or anything?

my home away from home.

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beautiful

yeah, that looks lovely

my summer record store look...

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https://ktla.com/2019/06/25/amoeba-music-set-to-be-torn-down-replaced-with-complex-after-l-a-council-votes-to-approve-zoning-changes/

i haven't been in years but i spent a lot of hours there .

We only have ourselves to blame

it'll be opening in another spot in Hollywood somewhere but i'm sure they'll be gone for a few months at least while setting up.

Oh I didn’t know that! Have to make a point to get out there and check out the new digs when it’s done.

There will reportedly be weed, if that’s yr bag

no idea where it will be located but i feel like it's gotta be pretty close to that. they just need to find another sizable place with a decent lot.

Was always a bit miffed that Tower and allsuch stores went bust but Amoeba was able to have such prominent real estate. The vinyl heads tend to more trade in than put in.

My guess is Eagle Rock, over on whatever that main drag is. Yorke. Havent lived there for years but remember lots of tenants splitting on the raising rent.

All the (5?) Dimple records locations are closing in Sacramento

They all kinda sucked for music anyway

You may have heard something about the future of Amoeba in LA. Rest assured, we are NOT closing. We are planning to move to a new space in Hollywood in about another year and will let everyone know when we have news to share.

Please read our full update: https://t.co/8GdZmJbUTk pic.twitter.com/gNCxEAda3Z

— Amoeba Music (@amoebamusic) June 26, 2019

Chicago folx — a friend’s brother recently opened this store in the Portage Park neighborhood: https://www.facebook.com/tonedeafrecschicago/

Check it out if you’re so inclined

Warren from Little Ax in Portland OR has moved to the city next door to me in Springfield and opened a store there, supposedly tons of African records but I have yet to make it in.