Special partnership..
5/25/2011 11:01:26 AM

I have some exciting news to announce. I have put a few questions up on the website asking Jukebox Create-A-Label visitors if they would be interested in purchasing records from us. About 70% of the visitors said YES!!

I started looking into how I might be able to provide vinyl records to the jukebox community.. Believe it or not it involves a tremendous amount of work. After all of the work finding the vinyl records, seperating them by genre, artist, label etc. , these records must have a "grade". To be honest I am not that knowledgable when it comes to grading vinyl records, and after many hours of research it seems that there are very few who are. Just like Jukebox Create-A-Label software, I only want to provide excellence to the jukebox community.

I have partnered with Craig Moerer in order to provide vinyl records to anyone who would like them. There are links on the Jukebox Create-A-Label website which will bring you to Craig's website. He is one of the best that I have found when it comes to the condition of his vinyl records which are for sale.

The story begins in 1974 when an 18-year-old blues lover decided to turn his hobby into a business serving similarly obsessed collectors. 

Armed with $1000, Craig and his even younger brother, Keith, set off across America in a '65 Ford Galaxie. Over the course of six weeks, they covered a dozen states and 6,000 miles, diving into dusty stacks in already plundered warehouses and stuffing what they bought into the trunk of their car. Despite the suspicion they caused among Texas state troopers and by-the-hour hotel operators, the trip proved to be a shoestring success, leading to hundreds of other trips over the next 31 years. 

 

Today, Records By Mail offers one of the most comprehensive selections of vinyl LPs and 45s available anywhere. Housed in a 6,000 square foot warehouse that currently holds 1.3 million records, Craig and his talented, dedicated staff (Erik, Howard, Tim, Jeff, Sean, Automne, Ken, Ranieri, Daniel, John, Adam, Edward & Nate) serve music lovers in more than 70 countries. 

While a network of computers and a newly re-designed website helps Craig and his staff satisfy the cravings of his customers more efficiently, he still logs thousands of miles each year - usually by plane rather than muscle car - always in search of more collectible gems.