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!

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!

We love our great shoppers!

More goodies!

School is back, fall is almost here, and so is our next show on Sunday, September 18!

Posted on September 13, 2022 by arbutusrecordshow

We are back with our show on Sunday, SEPTEMBER 18! Join us at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall from 9 am – 3 pm. NO admission and plenty of FREE parking! Last month’s show was amazing and the most vendors since the pandemic. (A little secret is that you can come as early as 7:30 am and perhaps snag some super special finds -sshhh).

Sadly we just lost one of greats— jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, 87, who successfully crossed over to pop success with “The In Crowd” which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. A fabulous live recording was done locally in DC at the Bohemian Caverns. He received the 2007 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Award. Lewis was also a mentor to Maurice White who was in Lewis’ trio. He would later go out on his own to form another legendary band, Earth, Wind, and Fire, which clearly had a jazz influence in their music and made them one of the most successful bands ever.

On a lighter note, yours truly had the great opportunity of seeing a legendary band in concert this summer—British new wave rockers Duran Duran. On their 40th Anniversary Tour, they made a stop at Merriweather and put on a fabulous show with the uber-talented Nile Rodgers and Chic opening for them (Rodgers produced their album “Notorious.”) Thanks to the fans, Duran will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November in Los Angeles.

Below are some of the great finds to be had at the show!

It’s Father’s Day show again this year – Sunday, June 19th! Celebrate Dad with us!

Posted on June 13, 2022 by arbutusrecordshow

Again this year our show falls on Father’s Day on June 19! Come celebrate all dads with us and maybe find a special give for your dad at the show! The show runs 9 am – 3 pm, with plenty of FREE parking and never an admission fee. Join us in the cool air-conditioned Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall in beautiful Arbutus. If you ever need to know how to find us, click the DIRECTIONS tab on our web homepage.

Sir Paul McCartney returned to Baltimore for a concert. and there is always tons of Beatles items at the show.

Also the new ELVIS film is coming out on June 24 and, as you can see at the top of the post, we had a vendor with a great collection of Elvis memorabilia! We are pretty sure they will be back this month. Also spotted were some great posters and books. Below are some more great finds!

It’s almost summer! Join us for the fourth Sunday show, May 22!

Posted on May 18, 2022 by arbutusrecordshow

Time to get some cool tunes and music deals for hot, summer days! It’s a 4th Sunday show, MAY 22! It’s right before the start of summer, Memorial weekend. The hours are 9 am – 3 pm and ADMISSION is always FREE! Plenty of FREE parking! Bring family and tell your friends! 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, very busy all through the day and we also had some fun buyers! Carl is a drummer and teacher in the county and told us a great story about Jim Chapin who was Harry Chapin‘s father but also a great musician in his own right! He was a jazz drummer, the author of books about jazz drumming and was posthumously inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2011. He played with some of the great bands led by Woody Herman and Tommy Dorsey. Carl met Jim who offered to mentor one of his students for two hours at his studio on Long Island—and he himself also learned so much from him!

Carl, drummer and teacher, with one of his finds!

Here’s another fun buyer who let us take a photo of his fun T-shirt!

We had a great crowd! See all the great things below we found last month at the show and there will be more at this month’s show.

Spring is springing! Join us for our special 4th Sunday Show, April 24!

Posted on April 22, 2022 by arbutusrecordshow

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Spring is finally here! Deals will be blooming at our special 4th SUNDAY SHOW, April 24, 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. We found some pretty cool local collectibles too from a poster from the local bar Leadbetters Tavern in Fells Point to The WBAL Radio 11 Album.

Leadbetters

The record was produced in 1977 with photos of the great team at WBAL Radio 11 including Elaine Stein, Alan Christian, and Bob Jones, among others. All the proceeds from the sale of the album went to the WBAL Radio Kid Campaign to help underprivileged kids in Baltimore City. What a great cause!

Below are tons of other goodies that can be found at the show! See you there!

monkees record

record boxes

hendrix book

rock candles

tie dye shirts

more books

Happy New Year! It’s time for the first show of 2022 on Sunday, January 16th!

Posted on January 10, 2022 by arbutusrecordshow

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We wish you all a happy, healthy, and safe New Year and hope you had a great holiday season! It’s time for first show of the year on Sunday, January 16! Our great vendors are returning and will be at the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department Hall from 9 am – 3 pm. AND admission AND parking are always FREE. Please continue to adhere to COVID safety precautions — Baltimore County is under an indoor mask mandate (covering the mouth AND nose) regardless of vaccine status. We still aren’t able to have food served for purchase yet, so remember to bring your own food and drinks.

Frank and Janet’s talented daughter, Patty has done another great job on this year’s flyer! Below is our schedule for 2022. You can always click on the ABOUT link in our website menu above for all the 2022 upcoming dates and click on our DIRECTIONS link on how to get there.

2022 flyer

We had a great show before Christmas! It was so great to see Butch and Linda at the show again. They always manage to hunt up some great finds. This time it was some great signage from back in the day – the Buddy Deane show on the WITH radio station and a big sign for Buddy Deane’s Bandstand on WJZ-TV, 3-5 pm Monday -Friday! They also had a bumpersticker for WJZ and a whole bunch of super groovy radios called the Toot-a-Loop Radio by Panasonic, made in Japan in the early 1970s. It was designed to wrap around your wrist – all great finds!

Our other vendors had some pretty cool stuff— Christmas-themed as well as music items for all year round!

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.”