Spring is finally here and so is our next show on SUNDAY, April 21, at the Arbutus Volunteer Department Fire Hall in Arbutus from 9 am – 3 pm. Admission is FREE and FREE parking! All our great vendors will be there with tons of fun music items.
Don’t forget to support your local record store on RECORD SHOW DAY, Saturday, April 20 right before our show!
Krissy and Janet had all their Irish going on at last month’s show!
Here are some great finds awaiting you at the show!
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!
Our next show is coming up on Sunday, February 18 at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Hall from 9 am – 3 pm. Plenty of free parking and no admission fee! You can still get a gift for your special Valentine or celebrate Black History month with the great legacy of Black music and musicians. Come spend those “presidents” on great music items offered by our fabulous vendors!
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 21! Our great vendors will be at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall from 9 am – 3 pm. No admission and plenty of FREE parking. Below is our NEW 2024 schedule and you can pick up a flyer at the show. (You can always click on the ABOUT link on our website for all of the 2024 show dates. Click on DIRECTIONS link on how to get there.) You can even shop for something special for your sweetie—Valentine’s Day is coming!
We had a great final show of 2023 and even spotted Santy Claus with Janet.
Here are some of the many wonderful music items you will find at the show!
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.
There are only two more shows left in 2023 so that means there are only two more chances to to shop for music gifts for your family and friends! Join us Sunday, November 19 from 9 am – 3 pm at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department! all our great vendors will be there with tons of incredible music deals and gift ideas for your friends and family! We have it all—albums, 45s, CDs, books, posters, DVDs, figurines, and always an unexpected surprise or two. Don’t forget to mark your calendars for December 17 for our last show of 2023!
There is finally that fall nip in the air and that means it’s fall. Keep the faith in dem Os and Ravens but make time for our next show on October 15! Search for some fun, Halloween-themed music you can have playing when the trick-or-treaters come by. Scare up some great deals and steals at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall. FREE admission and plenty of FREE parking! Even though the hours are 9 am – 3 pm, the early birds could barely wait at the September show for our fabulous vendors to set up their tables! They know we have great stuff!
Here are some more “treats” you might find at the show!
Posters that will MESMERIZE!
and Smashing Pumpkins are perfect for this fall month!
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!
One of our wonderful longtime vendors, Dave, has a wonderful collection of 70s blacklight posters! Get your groovy on!
Fall is around the corner but there is still a lot of summer left! Our next show is Sunday, August 20, 9 am -3 pm at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department. Always free admission and plenty of free parking! I hear there will be tons pf great vendors with lots of wonderful finds and great deals. So may cool finds—check them out below!
Here is a cool jazz cover borrowing art from the great Art Nouveau artist, Alphonse Mucha. That movement influence lots of art in the 70s from jazz covers to film titles. Just check out the opening credits for the film “Duel at Diablo” that also has a great Neal Hefti score.
Another great film score – and film. Henry Mancini’s “The Pink Panther”!
On July 13, 2023, the Arbutus Record Show family was all a-buzz! Frank Ruehl appeared on the Fox 45’s BMORE Lifestyle show interviewed by host, Marc Clarke. The show airs weekdays at 11:30 am and Frank had a chance to talk about the record show—which has been running for over 30 years—ahead of Sunday’s monthly July show. Click the link below the listen to the entire interview!
Arbutus Record Show 