Record Store Hats
Description: Peaches Records & Tapes was a Los Angeles-based chain of record superstores, some as large as 15,000 square feet. They were known for its vast selection, with many locations in buildings the size of a typical grocery store, reportedly stocking $500,000 in inventory. Peaches were also known for in-store events with bands and artists, huge murals of the latest album covers on the side of its buildings and for selling records from fruit-crates. The first store opened on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles in 1975 and later that year, a second was opened in Atlanta. At its peak, Peaches had 50 stores in 22 cities with over 2,000 employees. In June 1981, Peaches filed a petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 citing $20 million in debt.
Description: Established in 1960, Tower Records was once a retail powerhouse with two hundred stores in thirty countries across five continents. From humble beginnings in a small-town drugstore, Tower eventually became the heart and soul of the music world, and a powerful force in the music industry. In 1999, Tower made a cool $1 billion, yet in 2006 the company filed for bankruptcy before slowly disintegrating before our collective eyes. This design is from the 30-year anniversary celebration of the iconic Sunset Strip location, which opened in 1971 on the northwest corner of Sunset Boulevard and Horn Avenue in West Hollywood. Rawk \m/
Description: Back in 1938 Max Silverman opened a record store at 1836 7th Street in Washington, D.C. under the name Waxie Maxie Quality Music Co. Silverman's store was an instant hit as he stocked it with all the latest recordings as well as those from up-and-coming musicians, including many black artists, something that was still not very common at the time. Silverman began holding jam sessions and live radio broadcasts in the storefront's window, a spot that attracted teens and young adults to the store and became known as the Maxie's goldfish bowl. Silverman would eventually change the store's name to Waxie Maxie's and open over 30 locations throughout the Washington Metropolitan area.
Description: The Record Bar is a former U.S. retail music/entertainment store chain founded in Durham, North Carolina. The company eventually grew from a single location to 180 stores. One of the largest music retailing chains, it was located primarily in the southeastern United States. From 1960 until the late 1980s, the owners were the (Barrie) Bergman family of Durham. In the mid-to-late 1980s, Record Bar began opening large new stores and remodeled Record Bar stores under the Tracks name, to better reflect the changes taking place in retail music merchandising.
Tower Records Vintage Music Sunset Hollywood Hat
by Ghost of a Chance
$12 $19
Description: Peaches Records & Tapes was a Los Angeles-based chain of record superstores, some as large as 15,000 square feet. They were known for its vast selection, with many locations in buildings the size of a typical grocery store, reportedly stocking $500,000 in inventory. Peaches were also known for in-store events with bands and artists, huge murals of the latest album covers on the side of its buildings and for selling records from fruit-crates. The first store opened on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles in 1975 and later that year, a second was opened in Atlanta. At its peak, Peaches had 50 stores in 22 cities with over 2,000 employees. In June 1981, Peaches filed a petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 citing $20 million in debt.
Description: Support local business and your favorite local record store. Great design with distressed look for vinyl collectors and music lovers. Every vinyl junkie needs a record store to listen to LPs spinning on the turntable or record player and buy great music. A retro 60s, 70s design Show appreciation for local businesses and record stores you buy your music from. Gift for audiophiles, DJs, music enthusiasts, record collectors, record store owners and clients.
Support your local record store, Vinyl Collectors, Music Lovers Hat
by emmjott
$12 $19
Description: Championship Vinyl is the fictional record store from the 2000 film, High Fidelity, based on the 1995 British novel of the same name, though the setting moved from London to Chicago for the screen. Owned by Rob Gordon, and located in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, he and his employees are archetypal music snobs, the kind who'd sneer when someone picks up the latest hit record. Throughout the film, the crew leverage their encyclopedic knowledge of music to belittle customers, compile "Top 5" lists for every conceivable occasion, openly mock people's musical tastes, and occasionally manage to sell few records. How Championship Vinyl managed to stay in business is beyond me, but hey, it's a movie, right?
Description: Bop Street Records first opened on Seattle's Aurora Avenue in 1979, later moved to Ballard Ave in 1984, and moved again in 2010, though just a few blocks away to Market Street. The store was a favorite with collectors who loved finding rare gems among Bop Street's extensive 500,000 recordings, but was also just a great place to stop in to buy records. Bop Street's prestige extended well beyond Seattle’s borders, being named as one of the best five record stores in the country, though sadly, global events of 2020 forced the store to close several years ahead of the owner's intended retirement.
Description: The Crow’s Nest was a free-standing record store that operated in Crest Hill, Illinois, about 38 miles southwest of Chicago. From the store's first day to it's last, sometime in the 2000s, this place was a magical wonderland for music lovers of all ages. Named after the store's own, Floyd Crow, the shop had the kind of community vibe all record stores aspire to, but few manage to achieve. From midnight record release parties to artist meet and greets, Crow’s Nest Records & Tapes created a lasting legacy that many still remember fondly today.
Description: The roots of jazz run deep in Seattle culture. From the '20s through the '50s, the jazz scene flourished in nightclubs along Jackson Street, starting the careers of Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Ernestine Anderson, and many others. If you allowed yourself to follow the sound of these music legends, you'd end up at Bud's Jazz Records — where history could be heard and learned. Listen carefully, though, or you might pass this hidden repository that has been tucked away in a basement suite well below Jackson Street. Far from a polished mega-chain record store, Bud's was the real deal with literally stacks upon stacks of records and CD's that helps them live up to their tagline - Jazz in all it's forms.
Description: Record and Tape Traders was founded in 1977, initially operating out of a house in Towson, Maryland, the store sold new and used music, and as the name alludes to, bought, sold, and traded music as well. The store eventually outgrew their residential digs, moving into their Towson retail location, and further expanding over the years to have eight other locations, including Charles Village, Frederick, Bel Air, Catonsville, Westminster, and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Like all too many traditional record stores, internet sales and streaming services began taking their toll, and one by one the stores were closed or sold until one remained.
Description: Seattle's Cellophane Square in the University District was a haven for band t-shirts, records and tapes, all kinds of underground merchandise and was where you'd buy tickets to punk shows. They opened in the 70s and made it all the way until 2009 before succumbing to the 'digital revolution' that took out out a lot of cool things, including many record stores.
Description: Man's Ruin Records was an independent record label founded in 1994. The label's eclectic catalog is vast, ranging from the relatively famous, to the lesser known. Man's Ruin prided itself in being the opposite of everything that was wrong with the record industry, keeping their operation very straight forward. They did not make signed contracts with the artists that they released, and profits were split 50-50 between band and label. Recordings were licensed for 2–5 years, and all rights were retained by the bands. The label became began to falter after a combination of events, including having outgrown its original distributor, and losing its lease at the height of the Bay Area Dot-Com boom. This combination led to the label's untimely demi
Description: A long time establishment in NYC's Bushwick neighborhood, Northern Lights Records is as renowned for their extensive selection of used vinyl. Buying and selling records 7 days a week from their somewhat hard to find Lawton St. location, Northern Lights was a true 'it spot' for collectors of rare albums and deep cuts since the early '90s.
Description: Support local business and your favorite local record store. Great design with distressed look for vinyl collectors and music lovers. Every vinyl junkie needs a record store to listen to LPs spinning on the turntable or record player and buy great music. A retro 60s, 70s design Show appreciation for local businesses and record stores you buy your music from. Gift for audiophiles, DJs, music enthusiasts, record collectors, record store owners and clients.
Support your local record store, Vinyl Collectors, Music Lovers Hat
by emmjott
$12 $19
Description: Everyone had a favorite record store growing up and if you were in the greater Columbus area in Ohio, that store was without a doubt Buzzard's Nest Records. They weren't just a great record store that stocked all kinds of music, but an early example of going well beyond music with a large selection of posters, stickers, patches, shirts, and a little bit of everything a teen might need to trick out their room.
