Vinyl Road Rage Four is officially off the road and back in Chicago Illinois. That doesn’t mean the posts for Vinyl Road Rage are ending–actually the record store reviews are just beginning. For every record shop visited in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Missouri, there will be an individual review, warts and all.

The trip ended exactly where our coverage began–at Laurie’s Planet of Sound in Lincoln Square. It was great to be back in the home town record shop, looking at the vinyl again after being gone for half a month. There was even a WTF record find or two, so it was definitely a welcome home after the long seven-state drive.

The last three days of the trip were fairly vinyl-free, since I was catching up with family and friends, meeting new people and working out how all the record store reviews would go once I was back in Chicago.

The Holiday season means getting started is a bit delayed–I’ll start writing up the record stores next week–but it will be well worth the wait. With seven states worth of record stores, photos and vinyl to cover, it will be an interesting cross section indeed.

Stay tuned for the Vinyl Road Rage record store updates, plus news of the WTF Records book project and much more…in the meantime, enjoy this video clip shot in Austin, Texas during Vinyl Road Rage…there is more video to come as well–at least two more reports after this one…enjoy the sights and sounds of the sore-throat punk outfit (individual?) Nigel Pepper Cock, reviewed here with the Crosley Revolution portable USB turntable…