During Thanksgiving weekend, on Black Friday, my father, a life-long record collector, and I stopped by two local record stores.  With the record revival going on right now, it’s amazing to think we covered less than half of the local record stores in the Buffalo area.  There are at least six record stores in Western New York now that I can think of.

            The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Further Out (1961) and Herbie Hancock – Thrust (1974), I found at Spiral Scratch Records.  The Chick Corea Elektric Band – The Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986) and Roger Waters – Radio K.A.O.S. (1987), I found at Revolver Records.

            Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock, like some of the bigger name jazz artists from the ‘60s, went on to experiment with different musical styles and record albums in the ‘70s, ‘80s, and beyond.  I’m a big fan of records like this.  I have a Chick Corea record, Again and Again (1983), one of my favorite records in my collection, which features experimentation with electronic instruments.  The Chick Corea Elektric Band is a great album continuing with his electronic experimentation in the ‘80s.  Herbie Hancock went on to experiment with funk, disco, future jazz, and other different musical styles, and Thrust is some of the most “out there” music of his I’ve heard.  The musicians on this record are totally out of control!  Forget about future jazz.  This is space music.

            Dave Brubeck records are popular among many record collectors.  I now have five Brubeck records, including an original copy of Newport 1958 (1959).  Dave Brubeck definitely has his own unique style in jazz.  He uses a lot of syncopation which I like in music.  Time Further Out was a cool find as it’s a record I’ve come across before in all my Discogs searches.

            You can follow Revolver Records on Facebook where the owner always posts lots of photos of what he has in store that week.  I asked him if he still had the copy of Roger Waters – The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984) I had seen him post online a few weeks ago.  That had sold, but he dug out this copy of Radio K.A.O.S. for me that he still had.  Roger Waters is one of my all-time favorite song writers and Radio K.A.O.S. is a total classic.

            It was cool to stop by some local record stores with my dad while he was in town.  He got to meet Dave, the owner of Spiral Scratch, who’s really knowledgeable and always great to talk to, and I finally got to see the Revolver Records shop for the first time.  If you’re in the Buffalo area be sure to stop in and check out Revolver Records and Spiral Scratch Records.