"Recordland" Diggin' in Calgary Part 1

Here's the link to Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdafw9kYoH0&feature=related
A quick tour through one of my favourite record stores. This place is like Aladdin's Cave!

Yesterday I went shopping at one of my favourite Calgary stores, "Recordland". While there, I shot two videos. Part 1 is 24 mins in length, while Part 2 is 14 mins.
It's my first time doing anything like this, and I was half asleep after getting up early to drop my wife off at the airport to catch a flight (hence the brain fog narrative). Coming home I decided to stop off for coffee & breakfast before hitting Recordland, which is something I do every Saturday. I could barley even come close to showcasing what this store is all about with these videos, but I'm pretty sure you can get an idea. Sometimes I get stuck in there for 3 or 4 hours. I was there around 1 hour...I would have stayed longer had I not been so tired. I may bring my camera on my next visit as well. I have a friend in Virginia who wants to come here to check this place out, so that prompted me to make these two videos ;)

Thanks to Armand Cohen for allowing me to showcase his store!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Recordland
• Vinyl
• Record
• Collecting
• Digging
• Calgary

[TheGrecianThunder]

Recordland=the Lotus Eaters....wow! Thanks, Doc! I have that Pink Faeries re-issue and dig it. I'm pretty sure there's a boot floating around with them and Hawkwind playing live together as a "supergroup". Am I right? You probably have it. Ha! Awesome video, man!

[drprogensteinphp]

@TheGrecianThunder

Both bands played the same bill may times, as did Twink. Surely something exists with them jamming together. I did hear a bootleg by a band calling themselves Pinkwind a few years ago at Recordland, but the sound/recording quality was horrid. Other than that, Magic Muscle were a decent band featuring former Hawkwind bassist Adrian Shaw, Simon House (of Hawkwind, Third Ear Band & High Tide), Twink (drums ex Fairies), Hugh Gower (guitarist for The Records), and Rod Goodway.

[200crates]

@drprogensteinphp ...

was the store there in 97 .. i was living in vancouver for about 2 months and had a chance to stay in calgary and opted out . should i have ? was the store there in 97 ? looks like a great store

[drprogensteinphp]

@200crates

The store opened in 1985, 2 blocks from their current location on 9th avenue SE. Pre-Recordland (late 70's/early-mid 80's) there were many other great used record stores here as well; The Sound Exchange, The Record Store, Hot Wax, to name a few. Hot Wax is still in the district of Kensington, but now sell a lot of what I call filler; Billy Joel, Loverboy, Donna Summer, Fleetwood Mac etc. We also have Melodia Records, which is mainly filler, reissues & indie.

[jeffrecordman1958]

Ok Doc, Come clean with us, This is really your basement where the vinyl treasures of Canada are stored. Amazing, I speak for all of us in the VInyl Community when I say, Oh My God, I am blown away. I would be seriously broke all the time.Thanks for the Awesome video. Does this store have a web site ? Thanks Again.

[drprogensteinphp]

@jeffrecordman1958

No website that I'm aware of...not yet anyways. His two sons have been asking him to do this for sometime, but we won't hold our breath. It would definitely mean hiring someone full-time to handle the online stuff....and that in itself is a huge responsibly with shipping, accurate grading, photographing etc. If something does get off the ground, I'll let you guys know :)

[ElvisRocksVinyl]

jeez this is fantastic, I would be an old man before I left this building, as I was watching this for minute i could smell a vintage records around me...weird!

[PetieFr]

I've never seen anything comparable : O

I'm impressed.

[vislandbud]

i really sucks most his is never heard cause its not main stream enough to get on comercial/talk/radio lol i am disabled an dont get out much but loved records as a younger an the ones you have highlighted are amazing works of art here nicely done thank you..im preety happyt to play along to some this music on my guitar/fusion/ambient *_*

[greeneyesmexico]

Wonderful store for anyone with a passion for music. I found some gems in the classical music department, those are always in pristine shape, as classical music lovers take good care of their records.

Very cool video, but the best of it all is hearing your lovely voice babe, major turn on. Love you! :D

[jeffthrow6892]

Yeah........wow, could spends hours (not to mention lots of $ !!) in that store!! We have a few really nice record shops here in the STL area, but I don't think anything could quite compare with that! I used to like to go A to Z when I went vinyl or CD shopping.......it looks like that might take a couple of days to pull off there......thanks for this, heaven indeed!!!