It’s that time of year! The holiday season is upon us and this Sunday is the last show to buy all those gifts for your favorite music lover – or a little something for yourself! We are also introducing our very own Arbutus Record & CD Show bag with our new logo! Ask your favorite dealer for yours. Also coming up is our annual favorite Christmas song list from our vendors.
It’s hard to believe there are only two more shows left in 2014 but never fear, we already have our dates for 2015. And a brand new flyer and logo design by Frank and Janet’s very talented daughter! Remember always free admission and we are open from 9 am – 3 pm. It’s never too early to start Christmas shopping for your favorite music lover. Next month, look for our annual Christmas favorites list and videos from our vendors.
Arbutus Record Show 2015 flyer
After the August hiatus, the September show was a great kick-off to the remainder of the 2014 season. There were brand new vendors and legendary record collectors/sellers from across the pond and Europe. More on that story coming up! You never know what surprises – and people you will find at the Arbutus Record Show. Before cheering on our home team, there is plenty of time to come to the show. Admission and parking is always FREE and the hours are 9 am to 3 pm. See you there and wear your Purple Pride!
New vendors Ann and her friend, Preston
First time vendors Ann and her friend Preston had attendees – and longtime veterans and fellow vendors – hopping around their table snatching up great deals on CDs and CD collections. They will be returning for our November 16th show!
An amazing story unfolded at the show with the participation of a celebrity. A tall, lanky Scotsman with an easy laugh and full of great stories, John Anderson (left) is a legend in the world of music and record collecting. Ted, an out-of-town vender from Georgia (pictured right) couldn’t say enough about him.
As a young man, John was one of the first people from the UK who started to make trips to the East Coast of the U.S. in the late 60s to find 45s that would fuel the “Northern Soul” movement – a term coined by British journalist Dave Godin. The movement was characterized by a music and style of dance that developed in industrialized northern England and came from the working class and “Mod” youth culture. It began with the upbeat Motown sound of the mid-60s, but then gravitated to the music of lesser-known, American black soul artists on smaller labels as music tastes changed. Northern Soul was at its peak throughout the 70s as venues would host all-night, soul dance parties that still played mid-60s soul. It is still popular today and the subject of a 2014 BBC documentary, “Northern Soul: Living for the Weekend.” (click on title to view on YouTube.)
Anderson travelled to towns big and small in the US and paid as little as a pound or 50 pence a piece for these rare records. British DJs and music lovers could not wait for John to bring back his latest finds. He sold the music to fans through his business, “Soul Bowl,” and become a premier expert and supplier of rare American soul music to the UK and beyond.
John is still making trips to the U.S. and this time he came with other European collector friends – Richard, Angus, and Thorsten who has a record shop in Germany and his buddy Marcel from Belgium, an avid collector. It was quite an international gathering at the show that day and we were so honored to have John and all these gentleman with us!
Pictured: Marcel, John, Janet & Frank Ruehl, organizers of the Arbutus Record Show.
After the July break, our August show returned with loads of great attendees and vendors! New and longtime sellers brought wonderful new things to see and purchase – and the buyers were part of the fun too! August was also the 45th anniversary of Woodstock and there was lots of great records – some very rare – from that era. It was a fabulous show and this Sunday will be too! We look forward to seeing you there, 9 am – 3 pm and admission is always free!
Check out some fun photos from the August show below!
A vendor and a buyer share colorful do’s!
Longtime Pennsylvania dealer, Mike McCully, made his Arbutus Record Show debut!
One of our newest and youngest vendors, Ed Bach of Record Vision (www.recordvision.com), poses with a great selection of albums – and homemade chocolate lollipops in the shape of an LP. A great gift idea!
Dealer Karen Albright, who with her husband Zary specializes in funk and psychedelic music, displays rare LPs from The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix – both from 1967.
Dealer Jim Arrasmith introduced some amazing displays for his albums. He built and created them himself.
We hope you have been enjoying your summer – Orioles baseball games (go, dem Os!), barbecues and goin’ downy oshun, hon! The Arbutus Record & CD Show returns rested and ready to go after our summer break! We will be bringing you great vendors and music treasures every month for the rest of the year starting with our August show this Sunday. We look forward to seeing you there!
We compiled some fun summer tunes – Click on the song link and enjoy as the sunny, warm days of summer wind down.
Let us know what is on your summer song list!
And this new song because it just feels like summer should feel! Happy!
We had a great turnout for our Memorial weekend show in May. There were some interesting and rare finds. One of our vendors (roller coaster expert and announcer) Derek Shaw found these 45-sized 33s records (below) that had been used in jukeboxes and with their jackets, including Steppenwolf, Alice Cooper and The Rolling Stones – a rare find indeed!
If you are a fan of the long-running CBS series, NCIS, you will love this find from Frank Ruehl. This little 45 gem (below) is from David McCallum‘s days as Illya Kuryakin on the popular series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. when it seemed every actor was expected to have a singing career! We still love him as Ducky!
Also we found a rare picture disk (below) of The Marvelettes “Please, Mr Postman.”
We look forward to seeing you at our June show for more special vintage finds like these – and more!
Excuse the pun but just a friendly reminder that this month’s show will be held on the fourth Sunday instead of the third. April’s show brought showers of deals and great finds so spend part of your Memorial weekend with us! See you there, 9 am – 3 pm, at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall.
“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” – Plato
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Above are Chad and Patty setting up our great show in March. With Easter on the third Sunday this year, the next show will be a week later – on April 27th. Spring has finally sprung with the return of our great vendors and special finds. We came across this one below. A classical album, Ravel’s “Daphnis and Chloe” contains book pages with early work by Andy Warhol who contributed illustrations. One of our longtime vendors, John Wood had this great find. All our vendors have something special and different.
See you in April!
Before Andy Warhol became a famous modern artist, he did illustrations for record albums like this one for a recording of Ravel’s “Daphnis and Chloe.
Join us for our pre-St. Patty’s Day show, Sunday, March 16. We are sure you’ll have “the luck of the Irish” in finding some great deals and treasures from our wonderful vendors. Records, CDs, books and specialty items will be available. Put some green on and see you there!
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