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Country, Folk and Cowboy Songbook Collection
In October, Edward J. Ward of Wisconsin pulled his rented U-Haul van up to the steps at 54 White Street and unloaded 46 giant plastic tubs containing hundreds of magazines, music folios, LPs and 46,000 forty-fives, mostly country. All of this material… read more >>
Yo-Yo Ma and the Vilcek Prize
On Monday night, B.George and ARC Board of Trustee Chair Amy Larkin attended the annual Vilcek Awards Gala. Each year the Vilcek Foundation honors achievements in bioscience and one of the arts, this year music. I was one of the jurors awarding… read more >>
Retro + Active
Thought we needed a new tagline here, so now its, “Would You Take My Mind Out for a Walk,” a fitting title for our random postings. Have a listen to this late 60s ditty by The Tiffany Shade. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWGIym_GFTg And just to… read more >>
HAPPY VAL- the new lovedrug from ARC – take two and call me in the morning…
B.here.now (70s ref. – look it up) : I once DJ at Danceteria on Valentines Day in the 80s. It was a disaster. I only played old 30s – 60s songs. EVERYONE hated it and wouldn’t dance. So much for trying something… read more >>
A Blizzard of Sound
Last Thursday Fred + B wandered over to lower Soho to see a gallery show that caught our ear, “We Buy White Albums.” It’s by artist Rutherford Chang, who confesses a passion for cataloging, so of course we liked him instantly. Here… read more >>
Blue Lotus Festival in Rajasthan
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thiqGsGqHzU?rel=0&w=560&h=315] My trip to India was a wonderful experience and has led to a host of new friends and musical information. One stellar event that’s coming right up is The Blue Lotus Festival in Rajasthan. This is a massive, well-organized event,… read more >>
ARC roundup 2012
Did you clean 4,500 LPs covered in talcum powder? Did you work during Hurricane Sandy searching for albums by flashlight? Did you wade through a mile long alley of engine parts and motors, piled 4 ft high, in 96 degree weather, to… read more >>
Music Makes the Holidays Glow – ok, lets say bearable…
Here’s some vinyl X-mas magic available at our Holiday sale – ends this Sunday, so do stop by. Lookit how cute, and cuddly and fuzzy and Christmasy our sale is! There’s also copies of Punk Magazine from the 70s to give the… read more >>
Soul Session @ the ARC
This year’s winter Members Only Party, a preview and a shindig held on the Thursday evening before the semi-annual Record and CD Sale kicks into full swing, was a very soulful event. Frank Lipsius, whose father founded Jamie and Guyden Records in… read more >>
Punk Singles – including Lora Logic
This single by Lora Logic (Rough Trade, UK, 1981) is just one of the great vintage (?) Punk singles recently hung on the wall @ the ARChive Holiday Record and CD Sale in Tribeca, Goes everyday, 11-6, until Dec 16th. Do drop… read more >>
Today’s the Fifth, so here’s some $5 LPs for Sale!
Hi! Here is a nice batch of LPs that will be available at the ARC’s hot WINTER Holiday Record + CD SALE, Dec 8-16, everyday from 11am – 6 pm. Any of the above – $5 each. The sale is our major… read more >>
East Coast – West Coast, all around the towns!
No New York is $25, and the San Fran 415 Records release is less, the left coast is ALWAYS less than NY, @ $5. Yes, great classic Punk Era travelog vinyl at the ARC sale this year. Here’s some of the regional… read more >>
ARC Holiday Sale for only $6
Our Holiday Sale is only 6 days away, so here’s a batch of some near-mint LPs, curiously all by ARC Board member Lou Reed, that we’ll be offering for only $6 each! Hope to see you at ARC’s hot WINTER Holiday Record… read more >>
ARC Holiday Sale + other things 2 do…
Hi! Here is a nice batch of LPs that will be available at the ARC’s hot WINTER Holiday Record + CD SALE, Dec 8-16, everyday from 11am – 6 pm. Any of the above – an odd accidental religious grouping – all… read more >>
You Light Up My Life
It’s festival Time in India. I was in Varanasi (Benares) during Durga Puja and took a breakneck bicycle rickshaw drive trough the streets – highly recommended in a city offering hash and opium on every corner. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCcRdZjzaTs?rel=0&w=420&h=315] Festivals are pretty darn… read more >>
Cardboard 78 Player from India
While in India I had the great pleasure of meeting Suresh Chandvankar, a scholar and one of the catalysts behind the Society of Indian Record Collectors (SIRC). He also spoke at the IASA conference in New Delhi, is an author and has… read more >>
What Storm?
Well it’s the storm that is keeping me in India – That’s what storm. So as no one from United Airlines has the slightest idea what to do to help, I’ll show you this sky related item: A beautiful specialty generic 45… read more >>
TAXI DANCER
Traffic moves at a snail’s pace and a high db here in Mumbai. The car horn outranks the conch shell for summoning the gods, or at least warning them that a taxi or cycle-rickshaw is cumming up on the inside. Here’s a… read more >>
Sale-ers Delight
Here’s a pic of Suresh, collector extraordinaire and my erstwhile record guide to the Chor Bazaar (Thieves Market). Easy to find the record salers here, not just the well-spelled signage, but by the dangling discs.Here’s a few more finds from Chor and… read more >>