Located inside an old auto mechanic / brake specialist garage, Goshen, Indiana’s Ignition Music Garage (120 East Washington Street) is the best place for vinyl and used music in the area, and better than many other stores in larger, nearby cities like South Bend or Mishawaka.
First, they have a radio station in there.
It’s a remote studio for Goshen College’s station 91.1 the Globe. The Globe has won multiple awards for college radio quality and Goshen College students are often frequenting Ignition for record sales, live music (on a small stage there), or coffee at the attached place next door.
There’s plenty of music, of course.
I happened to go there on Record Store Day this year, so there were plenty of RSD special items on sale.
Record Store Day is always a bit odd for me because I don’t collect vinyl. I can’t go down that road because I know I’ll never stop and our house is full of enough stuff already. Still, that Autopsy score by Ennio Morricone and the Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock record were tempting. I’m that guy who goes to RSD and buys CDs.
I scored the Clash‘s Sandinista!. Julian Cope‘s Saint Julian (my cassette of that wore out years ago), Caroline Rose‘s I Will Not Be Afraid, and ZZ Top‘sEliminator (which I haven’t owned since I was in middle school). Oddly enough, I still haven’t listened to the Caroline Rose or ZZ Top albums.
Ignition sells music systems as well. They have turntables and Sonos systems. My wife bought me two Sonos speakers after hearing their good sound quality at Ignition.
There’s plenty to browse at Ignition, and the coffee shop next door isn’t too shabby either. If you’re not sure what to get at Ignition, I suggest you start here.
Keep your mind open.
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