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Vinyl Road Rage Heads North

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It’s been an amazing journey so far–Vinyl Road Rage #4 has been a fun, mind bending journey into the heart of America’s indie record stores between Chicago and San Antonio, Texas.

Tomorrow morning (Saturday) the show goes back on the road for two punishingly long days of driving back up north towards Chicago. Most of the record stores have already been hit, only a small number remain to be visited before the journey is complete. It’s hard to believe it’s already time to write the final posts on the last few shops before heading back to Chicago and start publishing reviews of the individual stores along the way.

There are too many people to thank in this post–a whole entire other blog post will be dedicated to all the people who made this trip possible, but I especially want to thank YOU for reading and keeping up on all the Vinyl Road Rage madness.

As I’ve been promising, there will be a review for all the good record shops visited along the way, and maybe a few bad ones, too…each store deserves its own individual shout-out and they will all get their due.

It’s entirely possible that when this trip is over Vinyl Road Rage will have covered THIRTY record stores, which is a record for Turntabling.net, to be sure. Next time we do this, I think it’s time for some kind of sponsorship deal, don’t you?

Again, thanks for reading and the best is yet to come…

Joe Wallace

Waterloo Records, Austin Texas

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Anyone who’s been reading this blog for a while knows I like to spread the love about great places to buy vinyl, so let me introduce you to one of my all time favorites. Waterloo Records in Austin, Texas is a pure joy. I’ve dropped a small fortune in this place, much of it on dub, Morricone, and obscure oddities like the Japanese rockabilly-at-pain-threshold-volumes madmen Guitar Wolf.

Waterloo has an online store, sure. But it’s nowhere as much fun as pawing through the stacks of wax. The CD selection is completely off the chart as well…you’ll find that barely-heard Isaac Hayes disco attack Groove-a-Thon alongside the original motion picture soundtrack for What Are Those Strange Drops of Blood Doing On Jennifer’s Body? (Really.) It’s a delight. And best of all–for you non-vinyl buyers–is the wall of employee picks.

Electronica and moody dance music fans won’t be disappointed in the vinyl selection any more than the classic punk lover or 90s indie heads. There’s so much variety here between new and used…King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown was one of my all time vinyl finds at Waterloo–I spotted it out of the corner of my eye while fondling The Faint’s Danse Macabre LP.

Make a special trip to Austin and spend all your money at Waterloo–hold just enough back to eat at Stubbs BBQ, but you could max out your plastic if you’re inclined. Get directions to Waterloo from where you’re at, or just Google 600 N. Lamar, Austin TX 78703.