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!

Love is still in the air—our love of music! Join us for our next show over the Presidents Day holiday weekend on Sunday, February 18!

Posted on February 15, 2024 by arbutusrecordshow

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!

Whether it’s love or Black history, MUSIC celebrates it all! Join us Sunday, February 19 at the Arbutus Record Show.

Posted on February 16, 2023 by arbutusrecordshow

Janet with the new sign for 2023!

Is it spring or winter? We started 2023 in January with a great show with lots of vendors and buyers. Our next show is coming up on Sunday, February 19 at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Hall from 9 am – 3 pm. Plenty of free parking and never an admission fee!.You can still get a gift for your special Valentine. Celebrate celebrate Black History month with the great legacy of Black musicians. Come spend those “presidents” ahead of Presidents Day!

We recently lost one of the great legends of pop music at age 94, Burt Bacharach. His influence and all the great musicians who have covered his extensive catalog is incalculable! You can find tons of albums everywhere at the show.

We also had a lovely, new vendor last month, Adam Marsh from Leesburg, and hope we will be seeing him at more shows in the future.

Below are some of the great finds we had last month!

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!

Summer’s not over yet! Come on down to our next show, August 21 for some great music finds!

Posted on August 17, 2022 by arbutusrecordshow

Summer is not over yet, so get some cool deals at our next show, Sunday, August 21, 9 am -3 pm at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department in Arbutus. Always free admission and plenty of free parking!

Boy, there were there so many different and interesting finds at last month’s show! First up since our wonderful, young Orioles team is doing so well, we came across some cool albums, immortalizing the 1964 pennant race, “Pennant Fever,” an album about the “Earl of Baltimore,” Earl Weaver, and “1970: Year of the Birds,” exciting play-by-play action of the Orioles flight to the World Championship.

Keeping with the sports theme, we found a set of albums about famous Formula One race car drivers of the past, including legendary British driver (Sir) Stirling Moss, American champion Phil Hill, American designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur Carroll Shelby (you can learn more about him and his challenge (as a Ford man) to Ferrari in the film, “Ford vs. Ferrari”), and the colorful Spaniard who drove for Ferrari, The Marquis de Portago.

The debut album by The Runaways in 1976. Joan Jett is on the cover and she was only 16 years old! A steal at $50!

Finally, one of the very few, perhaps the biggest, group to challenge the nearly total dominance of The Beatles in the 1960s, America’s own, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. This rare album (for $400!) pits them in “The International Battle of the Century,” put out by Vee-Jay Records. They were both legendary in their own way!

Our final show of 2021! Come shop for wonderful music gifts on Sunday, December 19th and celebrate the season with us!

Posted on December 6, 2021 by arbutusrecordshow

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We had a really great show last month! Can’t believe it is our final show of 2021 on Sunday, December 19 —just in time for holiday shopping! Celebrate the season with us while looking for wonderful music gifts! We have it all for the music lover – DVDs, CDs, vinyl, posters, books, T-shirts, picture discs, magazines, and much more! We are open from 9 am to 3 pm and admission and parking are always FREE! And don’t worry we have already planned our 2022 season! (New schedule posted soon but you can pick up the new flyer at the show!)

We wish all the best of things this holiday season!

See below all the wonderful things you might find at the show!

Baltimore’s own The Peppermint Rainbow, from the 60s with hits as “Will You Be Staying After Sunday” and “Don’t Wake Me Up in the Morning, Michael.”

Need storage for all your 45s?

Beat the heat and summer storms and come to our special July show on Sunday the 18th!

Posted on July 14, 2021 by arbutusrecordshow

We are BACK with a very special JULY SHOW — Sunday, July 18th! Cool down and look for fun, summer tunes to rock your next barbecue or vacation! The show runs 9 am – 3 pm, and always FREE Admission with FREE and ample parking. It was great to see our fearless leader, Frank, last month, thankfully on his way to recovering from Covid.

Returning from last month’s show is Howard Dinkel and his fabulous tie-dyed T-shirts, scarves, and shirts!

We have it all! See below some of the things you may find this weekend. See you there!

Summer and the cicadas are here! Join us at our special 4th Sunday show, May 23, ahead of Memorial Weekend!

Posted on May 19, 2021 by arbutusrecordshow

Beat the heat and get HOT music deals at the special 4th Sunday show, MAY 23! Hours are 9 am – 3 pm and ADMISSION is always FREE! Plenty of FREE parking at the COOL Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall. Masks are still required. Bring your family and friends to pick up rockin’ tunes for your Memorial Day celebration! The Arbutus Record Show is held at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall located at 5200 Southwestern Boulevard in beautiful Arbutus, MD.

We had a wonderful show in April and Janet took some great photos of our visitors and vendors in their fun T-shirts. Do you have a favorite T-shirt from a concert back in the day that you still wear? We would love to see you in them on May 23!

Spring has finally arrived! Hop on over to our show on April 18!

Posted on April 15, 2021 by arbutusrecordshow

Our fearless leaders, Janet and Frank!

Spring is finally here! Deals will be blooming at our next show, Sunday, April 18, at the Arbutus Fire Hall from 9 am – 3 pm. Admission is FREE and parking is FREE! This is our normal third weekend of the month since the spring holidays were early this year. We still have to wear our masks in compliance with the state law and safety for everyone. Please continue to MASK UP, socially distance, and bring your own food and drink.

Last month’s show was AMAZING with such a great crowd all day long. It was also a wonderful opportunity to get some great photos as well of lots of the great finds at the show!
Yes that fuzzy creature holds 45s!

We had the opportunity to meet Lou Vlangas, who partners with our wonderful announcer, Derek Shaw at the Keystone Record Collectors show, the Pennsylvania Music Expo, every month (usually the weekend before the Arbutus show). Lou is the show coordinator, announcer and does the table reservations. At our show in March he showed up with a gem! The first 45 record every pressed, recorded by Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup – and it’s even color vinyl!

Lou, top left and his prize 45 record. A steal at $400!

Lou’s partner in crime, Derek, at his usual spot at the entrance of the Arbutus Record show. Both are great guys!

SPRING IS COMING! So is our next show, Sunday, March 28!

Posted on March 16, 2021 by arbutusrecordshow

Spring is just around the corner and so is our March show! This month it is the fourth Sunday! Come by Sunday, March 28 at the Arbutus Fire Hall from 9 am – 3 pm. Admission is FREE and parking is FREE! We had a great show in February but, alas, all the great photos taken were lost when the old phone just couldn’t go on. I have a new one and ready to shoot lots of great photos at the March show. Below are a couple of Janet’s great shots.

Even though we hope many of of you have or will be getting vaccines, we still have to wear our masks in compliance with the state law. Continue to MASK UP, socially distance, and bring your own food and drink. We will have lots of great vendors and music treasures.

Remember the days when you sat listening to your favorite song on the radio so you could tape it on your cassette player? Remember all those favorite mix tapes? We can thank Dutch inventor, Lou Ottens, who passed on March 6, 2021 at the age of 94. Not only did he invent the audio cassette, he also invented the CD player! The chart below, credit to Forbes India, illustrates his contributions. Where would music lovers be without him? We have lots of dealers who sell both cassettes and CDs.

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