Haha.. yeah the Obi holds it all together like that Lebowski rug, or the big round brand sticker folks, including my son back in the day, keep on the bill of their baseball cap. Don’t even get me started on Beanie Baby tags! Looks like a really nice record store. Modern set up/ old school vibe.

The back photo on that Beatles album was the inspiration for the Oasis album cover of Definitely Maybe

You’re my new favorite channel. Loving all of it. Jumping around, but I WILL watch them all! I think. Maybe. Definitely. 🤘

Robert, it was great seeing you in the shop and chatting with you. Always look forward to seeing a friend pop in. Many thanks for this video. So glad you enjoyed the shop and hope to see you again! Billy-

Here comes my hit single...with a bullet! Love the Beatles. Love Mama's and Papas. But I have no Japanese pressings. Gosh. Plenty of Canadian and US along with a fair smattering of euro pressings.

Great vid! Enjoyed the peek inside Riverbend Records, hope to visit sometime.

Just picked up my first Japanese pressing the other day! Found it at my job in the antique mall I mentioned where I got the alice copper records signed, a 1976 press of the Beatles HELP! Sounds amazing and quiet. Paid top dollar for it at 85 after my discount but I’m not complaining as it’s a much better sounding record then my beat up captiol pressing. If you’re ever in the area (for what ever reason!) defiantly stop in and be sure to say hello!

Got rid of cassettes. They squeal when they get old! Nice store. Love to visit if I'm ever in your area ( I live in Arizona).

The owner is a VC member too! He's a cool dude! Trish

I live in the Lou area need to check it out. Thanks hope they have a bunch of good stuff.

great episode congrats on 3 k

Took you a long time to pop your Japanese cherry! 😮😮😮

Hi Robert. Nice review of Billy’s store. It looks great. I just got my very first Japanese Pressing a couple of months ago also, Brian Eno’s A Green World. I have just never seen them in my record shopping trips. SAVE the OBI strip lol. Steve

Nice haul man! I picked up my a Japanese pressing (c/w Obi strip) of 1972's Nino Rota's 'The Godfather' soundtrack on Friday morning. Looking forward to hopefully exploring more Japanese pressings as there quality is awesome!

That Japanese pressing looks amazing!!

My first major purchase after returning to vinyl was a NM Japanese 1st pressing of Abbey Road (no Obi)...not only an AMAZING sounding pressing, but a meticulously cared for copy. I JUST picked up a Japanese repress of "Risin'" a Kansas City (soul / disco / R&B) act from the 1970's called Smoke (Obi!). Pretty sure this is a needle drop and not from tapes...not sure the tapes exist anymore...sounds remarkably good and makes me want to find an OG.

A Big Shout Out to Illinois!

5:51 たわごと(Tawagoto)

Pressing from japan are awsome! Got some red vinyl once from the 60s by Roy Orbison and they play and sound better then the US release

I am shocked to hear this is your first Japanese press with three walls of music. Your absolutely right about the OBI, it’s good to have a friend that reads Japanese tho, cuz they might just any ole rando OBI from a Bill Cosby comedy record on there. I have gone down the Russian bootleg CD rabbit hole. It would sound UnAmerican if I said the Russian Bootlegs sound better than your average American RSD press( so I won’t)

Have quite a few Japanese releases in my collections and majority have the collectible obi just keep your eyes peeled and do your research check out the threads in steve hoffman forums

bahahahaha "if you dont have this little strip, you ain't sh!t"

A Collection of Beatles Oldies was Brian Epstein’s design

Shitake means SHIT in Japanese, pro-nounced-as SHE-TA-KAY!!

No Britpop OR Japanese records? 😭