The Vinyl Road Trip
Have you ever thought about just hopping in a car, exploring the country, and stopping at every opportunity you have to find records? It's the type of thing many of us vinyl lovers dream about but few ever actually do.
For Joe Wallace of Turntabling.net, that dream just became a reality. This past week, Joe kicked off his 1300-mile Vinyl Buying Road Trip starting in Chicago and ending in San Antonio. Here's his initial post from his site:
Today, the great Turntabling road trip begins–a long, winding journey by rail and by car in search of black wax platters-the odd, the unusual, and the obscure. Staring in Chicago, ending in San Antonio, Texas, the road winds through two Springfields (Illinois and Missouri), Oklahoma City and Norman, Dallas, Austin and finally San Antonio. There will be blog posts along the way and it should be an amusing voyage, to be sure.
The best part about a trip like this is the frequent stops, and if you know of an indie record store that definitely must be seen along the way (I-55 to I44, I-44 to I-35 is roughly THE journey, pretty simple, eh?) please drop a line in the comments section. This is a first for Turntabling, it should be an excellent adventure. More updates from the road!
We wish Joe the best of luck and look forward to hearing updates from the road. He will be posting blog entries from the road on Turntabling.net. In the meantime, you can keep up to date with him on Twitter here.