Record Shopping with Justin

November 13, 2004

Justin was doing some research online, and came across a place in the suburbs that carried several titles he was interested in. He mentioned Full Cyrkle Records and CD’s to me, and having a bit of nostalgia for the burbs… we decided on a road trip up there.

All told, it was roughly an hour plus to get there, with minimal traffic. Not much else around, and a rather modest storefront from the looks of things.

Interior shot – tons of records..

The prices here were nothing short of amazing. Most albums were $2, with the near mint ones weighing in at $4 and up (depending on rarity). Really just some incredible deals.

Sidenote: I tried calling my friend Ron a few times, while we were up here. Unfortunately, we never got a hold of one another.

Ron is an old friend of mine, and a coworker from one of my first jobs ever. Back when I didn’t know crap about Flash, he helped mentor me and helped me develop a lot of the approaches/processes I employ today. I need to take anothe road trip out to the burbs to see his wife (Melissa), his kid, his new house, and just hang out and get caught up.

I meant to ask about the iPod rule, but never did find out what the deal was.

Ahh, memories.

*wipes tear*

The owner is totally hardcore.

Middle view of the room. All told, it’s not that big a space. But tons of stuff packed in the crates.

Singles, lined up all along the wall.

Bobble bobble.

This has been here a while.

Hot CDs!

Labyrinth!

Great sign.

Justin, going over his two page, hand-written list of things he’s looking for.

The loot! At the end of things, I think Justin walked away with about 65 albums. I ended up grabbing a few from the discount bin (they were a dollar each). While I don’t really have a way to play these records, there’s a setup at work where I can rip the albums and turn them into .mp4 files.

Of interest, I got two Leon Redbone albums, which I’m really looking forward to hearing.

And this is Sean, who has been working at this place for an amazing amount of time. I think I heard him say something like he had started here, part-time, when he was 15? And just kept on and stayed on, ever since?