Digging Hierarchy

To the four of you who have been eagerly anticipating a new blog post for over three months…Adam Harrison-Friday regrets the delay. During the summer — while I was too lethargic to think of something worth sharing and opted not to provide details from more quirky interactions with baffled salesclerks in underpopulated New England towns — a milestone was achieved: I finally completed visiting every record store in Connecticut, a project you expected me to say was many years in the making but was more truthfully an abundance of months in the formulation.

In the words of my buddy Rick, “Let’s light this rocketship!”

7. Vernon Vintage Vinyl (visited four times)
Upstairs is full of jukeboxes and old knick-knacks while the downstairs has the largest selection of 45s in the state. The layout is impeccable, whatever 60s-ish chain smoker working is nice as hell, and they tend to play doo-wop or sunny pop to make the shopping experience singalong-able. Even better, the prices here are uniformly fair and it’s the only town in the state with two (great) record stores. Best Purchase: KISS’s Music from the Elder, which may not seem remarkable but it’s my best bud’s favorite KISS album (and made for a memorable birthday gift).

I will not provide a concluding summary paragraph. You now know more than any human should about Connecticut record stores (at least without memorizing the Yelp pages of each place). Happy hunting!

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ADDENDUM (March 21, 2021): Since posting this hotly debated list, I discovered two new Land of Steady Habits stores via word of mouth. In lieu of rejiggering my list order, brief analysis of the locales — along with a trip to Redscroll’s new location — was essential to satisfying my inner completist. In the words of Billy Eichner, “And a-way. We. Go!”

Stay tuned for future addendi. When new stores pop up, I’ll keep you abreast of my assessments. Now that’s the appropriate way to conclude thousands of words about wax: T&A.

Originally published on September 19th, 2020.

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