Resurgence of the Record Store: #RecordStoreDay 2015 in Beacon

Just when you were coming to terms with the loss of collecting CD covers because they built up in your basement, covered in dust as you click down new albums from iTunes (and just as you regretted this because your phone maxed out on storage space), the new record store, the Sound Shack, set up shop in Beacon just steps away from Poppy's. And then another record store came, Audioccult, this time to fill the empty space that Beacon Pantry left, and conveniently next door to vintage boutique American Gypsy.

Couple this with the hashtag movement #RecordStoreDay, and you have a real trend that just might shift the loss of physical albums in your possession! Of course, hard core record collectors have always been collecting records and never had this issue. But for the rest of us who didn't have record purchasing in our spending routine for quite some time, this is a real treat!

You might be thinking, as I was: "That's great that I can get the awesome soundtrack to the Lego Movie on a record, but I have nothing to play it on!" Problem solved. Audioccult is about to start carrying them because of the demand, and the Sound Shack does have a pink limited edition in just in time for #RecordStoreDay! This pink record player at The Sound Shack can be yours for $99, and it comes with a plug for your cushy headphones or fancy computer desk speakers that are showing up in so many "scenes" lately in marketing photos. Personally, I am coveting the stained wood desk speakers. And now it appears I must also covet a record player to play movie soundtracks and an Emmylou album....

If you're out and about on this very day in Beacon, you will hear live music from various artists outside of the Sound Shack.