If you have a couple hours in Grand Rapids, Michigan, you can easily spend them at Vertigo Records (129 Division Avenue South). The place is full of used and new CDs, LPs, 45’s, DVDs, and more. I didn’t get to spend a lot of time there on my recent trip to Grand Rapids to see Goblin, but I wished I’d come to town earlier as soon as I walked in the door and saw this.
The place is a crate digger’s heaven. They were playing some vintage Kate Bush when I walked in and I even found a Goblin record (Roller) laid out among some DVDs and used CDs when I started exploring.
There were so many boxes of used CDs that I didn’t have time to sift through all of them. There were vintage 45’s, of course, and plenty of jazz, funk, electro, punk, and metal to round out the mix of rock and rap. There was even this section.
I also liked the wall of patches.
Don’t worry, vinyl lovers. This place has you covered.
That’s only a small section of what they have to offer. I walked out of there with a Merge Records 2018 CD sampler, but I’ll be sure to give myself extra time in Grand Rapids the next time I’m there because Vertigo deserves deep exploration.
Keep your mind open.
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