Category: Record Stores
Boogie Records, 2629 W. Central Ave.
In 1973 Boogie Records opened in the former Kenwood Barber Shop located on the southeast corner of Central Avenue and Haughton Drive, just west of Douglas Road. The shop entrance is slightly hidden by the phone booths. Note the barber shop pole to the right of the shop window (above the Mercedes).
Continue reading “Boogie Records, 2629 W. Central Ave.”Madhatter Music Company, 143 E. Wooster St.
“It felt like the sort of place that had existed for decades...”
Stepping outside of Toledo to capture this one. Madhatter Music Company was opened by Billy Hanaway and Ed Cratty in 1988. The store was named after their band, Madhatter.
Continue reading “Madhatter Music Company, 143 E. Wooster St.”Sound Asylum Records, 2582 Monroe Street
Built c1921 as Hi-Speed Gas Station (later E.E. Moore’s Hi-Speed Station). Might have been a laundromat in the late ’40s/early ’50s.
Continue reading “Sound Asylum Records, 2582 Monroe Street”Media Play, 5223 Monroe St. #8104
Tommie L’s Record Shop, 1539 W. Bancroft St.
Opened 1974 by Tommie and Charlotte Smith. Closed(?). Location was later occupied by Thro’ Down Sounds, owned by Robert Mc Cant. Closed.
B-Bop Records, 3414 Dorr St.
Opened by Amjad Doumani in 1987. The first location was in a small strip mall at 711 N. Reynolds Rd. It was then called B-Bop Records Vintage & Mod Clothes. In 1991 the business was moved to 3414 Dorr St. Closed in 1994. B-Bop was an internet store in 2005. In 2012 Mr. Doumani reopened B-Bop Records at 137 N. Michigan St. in downtown Toledo. It appears B-Bop went back online and can be found here.
Continue reading “B-Bop Records, 3414 Dorr St.”Peaches Records & Tapes
2559 S. Reynolds Rd.
Peaches Records & Tapes on Reynolds Road opened on October 14, 1977 in Reynolds Plaza. James Castello was store director from 1977 to 1979. Toledo artist/painter Dave Wisniewski was the store artist. In 1989 Peaches became Coconuts Music & Movies. The Coconuts at this location closed c1996. Savers Thrift Store occupied the space from 1998 through 2017.
