Put on the green and celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with us at our March 17 show!

Posted on March 14, 2024 by arbutusrecordshow

Enjoy your preview of spring and get ready for cooler weather again and a special Sunday show…Yes! This year, it falls on Sunday, March 17—St. Patrick’s Day! Wear your green and bring plenty of green to the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Hall from 9 am – 3 pm. No admission and plenty of FREE parking! Find those special musical treasures at the show.

Our February show was fabulous and busy all through the day, and so nice to see we are getting more ladies coming to the shows, along with our wonderful women vendors—and it’s Women’S History Month.

Some sad news—we lost another great singer to soon this month—Eric Carmen, the lead singer of the great 70s group, The Raspberries. Remember how scandalous, “Go All the Way” was?

See below for some great items we saw at last month’s show. Our great vendors will be bringing even more goodies this month.

Not only were there great TV shows back in the day, but some very famous musicians and composers wrote, arranged, and conducted the theme songs, such as Earle Hagen and Lalo Shifrin:

A great book about a trailblazing, Black artist, Sister Rosetta Sharp!

Someone found this great child’s Disney guitar from the animated film, “Cars!”

Lots more fun finds!

Come to the last show of 2023 and celebrate the season with us on Sunday, December 17!

Posted on December 3, 2023 by arbutusrecordshow

It’s hard to believe our last show of 2023 is soon upon us! Join us on Sunday, December 17 for cheer and shopping for Christmas, Hanukkah and whatever your special celebration is for this holiday season! Find those special gifts for the special people in your life—and even treat yourself too! We are open from 9 am to 3 pm in the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall and admission and parking are always FREE! Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the FIRST show of 2024 on January 21!

People come from all over the world to our show! At the November show, we were joined by Michael and Sebastian. Michael Hurtt is a collector from Detroit and co-wrote the book (with Billy Miller) called Mind Over Matter: The Myths and Mysteries of Detroit’s Fortune Records. His friend Sebastian, originally from New York, lives in Stockholm (his mother is Danish) and collects vintage records and clothes from the 50s and sells them back in Sweden.

Michael and Sebastian pictured with Janet below.

We spotted so many great holiday finds of all kinds that would make perfect gifts including arguably one of the best Christmas albums ever, A Swinging Christmas by Ella Fitzgerald.

Fall is here, the baseball playoffs, and the football season has begun! But don’t miss our Sunday, September 17!

Posted on September 15, 2023 by arbutusrecordshow

We are back with our show on Sunday, SEPTEMBER 17! Come to the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall from 9 am – 3 pm. NO admission fee and plenty of FREE parking! We found some reaaally cool stuff at last month’s show and there will be even more cool stuff at this month’s show! We even found some Orioles and Colts memorabilia!

Never seen this cute, mini-records from the Depression before, called Little Wonder!
I wonder if they were the precursors to 45s!

A very vintage record player!

A fun Peter Sellers album!

An audio 45 version of a famous children’s book!

You can never have enough Elvis memorabilia!

A visit from one of our wonderful patrons, Ned, a collector of the great film composer, Ennio Morricone!

Summer is heating up and so are all the sizzling music deals at our July 16th show!

Posted on July 12, 2023 by arbutusrecordshow

Thank you for sharing some of Father’s Day with us last month! This will be our third July show in a row! Cool down with some hot deals on Sunday, July 16th! Look for summer tunes to rock your next barbecue, pool party, or vacation! The hours are 9 am – 3 pm, no admission and FREE ample parking at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department.

Our show has it all! Last month, we found such a variety of cool things from posters, record players of all kinds, books, games, DVDs, CDs, 8-track tapes—even some wonderful Beatles memorabilia, including a display of miniature Beatles albums which were actually like trading cards with bubble gum in the shape of a record inside! Come on down—you never know what you will find!

Summer is here! Celebrate part of your Father’s Day with us this Sunday, June 18!

Posted on June 16, 2023 by arbutusrecordshow

Summer is here, and again, a show on Father’s Day, June 18! Come celebrate all dads with us! Bring your dad and search for that special music gift for him. We have so many great vendors who will bringing wonderful treasures across all genres and media. Cassettes are even cool again! The hours are 9 am – 3 pm with tons of FREE parking and no admission fee. Join us at Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall! Janet and Derek welcomed all the wonderful patrons who came to the show in May.

janet and Derek

There were so many great special and rare finds last month like Bob Dylan‘s first album!

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Here is an early, rare Heart poster!

How about a Mike Hammer album, narrated by the author Mickey Spillane himself!

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Vintage sheet music with some famous faces!

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A great T-shirt worn by a patron! What would music have been without The WRECKING CREW!

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Cassettes are BACK and very cool again!

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Some classic speakers and a turntable to play all your vintage vinyl!

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Did you hear? ROD STEWART is going to go back to doing the Great American Songbook and giving up rock ‘n’ roll!

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Spring is here! Lot of deals are blooming at our next show, Sunday, April 16!

Posted on April 4, 2023 by arbutusrecordshow

Spring is finally here! Deals will be blooming SUNDAY, April 16, at the Arbutus Volunteer Department Fire Hall in Arbutus from 9 am – 3 pm. Admission is FREE and parking is FREE! All our great vendors will be there with tons of fun music items.

Last month’s show was a great success and Janet and Chrissy were still in the St. Patty’s spirit putting on the green!

It’s always great to welcome new vendors and especially the younger generation that discover and carry on the love of classic music. Alex (with his gal) is an Eastern Shore native and got into collecting records while living in Seattle around 2013-14. His friend worked at Easy Street Records, one of the great records stores in the area, and that’s how he got hooked! He’s glad to be back in Maryland and is living in Ellicott City. He said her will be doing more shows!

A whole selection of great Dolly Parton albums – SIGNED!

In the spirit of spring and Easter we found some classic, favorite bunnies (and some cool cats and a dog!)

Here are some other great finds from last month (yes you can still find a record player–or two!)

We have sprung forward and it’s time for our next show! Join us on the Sunday, March 19 of St. Patty’s Day weekend.

Posted on March 15, 2023 by arbutusrecordshow

Spring is just around the corner and so is our March show! Come by Sunday, March 19 at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Hall from 9 am – 3 pm. Admission is FREE and parking is FREE! Don’t forget to bring the green. St. Patty’s Day comes before the show but there is still plenty of golden music treasure at the end of that rainbow offered by our wonderful vendors.

We had a really busy show last month and Janet was as colorful as ever as she always is and great clothes, helping customers and making some announcements.

Our very own vendor and announcer, Derek, made a super cool trade for this snazzy piece of equipment! It’s new, even USB, but looks SO vintage!

Remembering Burt Bacharach, who sadly just passed, and one of his own fabulous albums, Reach Out, besides the many he did with other artists.

Some VERY cool and clever packaging design for some Beatles and Tina Turner albums!

This Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers collection has is all – vinyl, CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray, and more!

Buttons galore and…

…and SO much more wonderful finds of all kinds below!

Happy New Year! We are so excited for our first show of 2023 on Sunday, JANUARY 15!

Posted on January 13, 2023 by arbutusrecordshow

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and safe New Year! We hope you had a great holiday season! It’s time for first show of the new year on Sunday, JANUARY 15! Our great vendors are returning to the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall from 9 am – 3 pm. No admission and plenty of FREE parking. We posted this last month but here is our NEW 2023 schedule below and you can pick up a flyer at the show. Also you can always click on the ABOUT link on our website for all the 2023 upcoming dates and click on our DIRECTIONS link on how to get there.

We had a great show last month with lots of people coming to shop. Some festive folks from The December show!

Below are many of the great things we spotted, including some very lunch boxes, buttons, vinyl (of course), Beatles items, even a record player and some vintage toys were for sale—and of course Christmas albums. We always remember Elvis in January as well. It’s time to start thinking about LOVE and Valentine’s Day coming up since our next show will be after that holiday.

It’s almost here! Our final show of 2022! Shop for wonderful music gifts on Sunday, December 18! Come celebrate the season with us!

Posted on December 16, 2022 by arbutusrecordshow

It’s hard to believe it is our final show of 2022 on Sunday, December 18 —just in time for holiday shopping for Christmas and also the first day of Hanukkah! Celebrate the season with us while looking for wonderful music gifts! We are open from 9 am to 3 pm and admission and parking are always FREE!

Lots of exciting things from last month’s show! First we had a special treat of LIVE music from “Lonesome” Dave Fisher, his very talented son Gus (he’s only 12 and starting playing guitar only two years ago) on guitar, and his bass player Brad, with three mini-sets at 10 am 11 am, and 12 noon. (He also performs at the iconic The Horse You Came In On Saloon in Fell’s Point.) Dave plays “Real 1950s-Styled Rockabilly Music.” He also had some of his music, T-shirts, buttons, and stickers for sale.

Dave is not only talented but a really nice guy! He came from Colorado during the pandemic and they discovered a wonderful house in Baltimore. They love the weird, fun, and creative vibe of Baltimore and he says that everyone here is really friendly (we like to hear that!) Dave gives lessons at the School of Rock here and also teaches guitar, ukulele, and pre-school music classes at the Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School in Pikesville. He’s working on a recording project in December. We welcome him and his family and wish him all the best and success with his music here in Baltimore!

We also have our 2023 schedule available so pick up a flyer at the show!

Finally, below are some of the great holiday music across all genres you can find for gifts. See you at the show!

The nip is in the air and the holidays will soon be here! Join us the Sunday before Turkey Day, November 20, and start your music gift shopping early!

Posted on November 16, 2022 by arbutusrecordshow

Janet in all her fall glory!

It’s that time again! Only two more shows left in 2022 and time to start shopping for that special someone. Join us the Sunday before Thanksgiving, November 20, from 9 am – 3 pm at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department. Mark your calendars for DECEMBER 18 (Also Hannukkah begins) for our final show of the year! FREE admission and plenty of FREE parking! A bonus this show is that we will be having LIVE music! Lonesome Dave Fisher will be singing some “real 1950s Style Rockabilly Music” during three mini-sets at 10 am, 11 am, and 12 noon! He will also have his 7″ vinyl singles and T-shirts for sale.

We lost a great one recently, the legendary Loretta Lynn. There are always lots of her great albums to be found.

Below is a small sampling of the great shots from our spooktacular show in October and other great finds!

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