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The Genesis Of This Mix:

I started putting together this mix for the Waxidermy Mix Swap but around the time I was supposed to submit it the actual files went completely ghost from my computer. They hadn’t been deleted, changed or copied - just gone. The sequencing was still intact but the soundbites were empty. Weird shit. Anyway, with the store moving, my apartment moving, my wedding being planned, and all kind of other shit goings on I regretfully withdrew my name from the swap… but I did find the last iteration of the mix before it all went kaput.

The mix sways from dub to jazz to rock to funk to folk to shit I don’t even know what to call it. And, as DJ Evil Dee once wrote, “this album was done on blunted terms.” To say the least.

So roll that shit, light that shit, smoke that shit… sit back and enjoy.

Peace -
Jonny

After a long hiatus, the shop is back up and running in our new location!

The location is 218 East 5th Street, betwee 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue - right off The Bowery. In roughly three weeks I had to completely disassemble the old store, pack everything into boxes and reassemble it at the new location. I still have many boxes of new stock to go through, but we are finally open for business! Below is a photo journal of the moving process.

Wife and Friend help box up the records… at a point I thought I was actually going to move these myself. LOL

The calm before the storm

Cargo arrives

Ended up hiring some goons. I’m about my neck and my back like Khia

Da Basement

Out in the New Back Yard, I’m thinking “BBQ Season is on!” Meanwhile, back out front…

The Move Continues. And back at the old location, things have gotten ugly:

… but little did we know, they were about to get worse. Much worse.

^^^ the once famous Wall.

Master Builder Keefe Butler breaks it down

… until it’s all gone.

Now let me take a moment to say June 8th was totally unrealistic… I’m still putting stock out! Thanks to the folks who came by that weekend though, and bought some records… but getting back to the move itself, the new store looked a hot mess once we got in there.

But from chaos, comes order!

And with some tunes

And some carpenters’ fuel

Things came together. Now, it’s starting to look like a record store!

… well, sort of.

As you can see, there’s a lot of work yet to be done. But we are open for business, clocking math, and there are new records hitting the racks daily. Come check us out! As for me, I gotta get back to work.

- Peace, Jonny

If your ear is to the street, then you’ve heard it right - Good Records NYC is moving to a new location!

Starting in June, we will be located at 218 East 5th Street, between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue, right at the intersection of The Bowery and 3rd, a stone’s throw from Cooper Square. Near all of the shops, close to the F, 6, N/R trains, and of course the emerging Bowery/Houston scene… really a perfect location.

It has been a great 3 years in our current spot, and to be honest I wish I could stay here forever… but that can’t be the case. So about 6 months ago, I quietly started looking around for a new space. The location we settled on is by far the best of many worlds - expanded space for the shop’s plentiful (and growing) stock, a huge basement to accommodate new collections, a back office for increased productivity and organization… hell, it’s even got a backyard. We might get to Que-in’ back there if we’re lucky!

In the meantime, I’ll be down here at the 3rd Street location boxing records, taking stock and cleaning up.  Drop by if you’re in the hood and say what’s up…

Pictures will be coming soon!

It gets greater later-

Jonny

What’s up friends and famalam, hope you’re feeling good and getting things done… my apologies for being a little lax on the updates, but there are some BIG things in the pipeline so hold tight and all will be told in time. Now to business at hand… I got hit with a new mix for Mixshow Wednesday and it’s that fire!

All of y’all who know whats what know the boy Dr. Delay aka Tom Thumz aka Mr. Fixerupper gets it in on the 1s and 2s… holding down all kinds of club gigs, pumping out mixtapes like no tomorrow and wrecking shop from Turkish Psych to Old School Hip-Hop, everywhere in between, and combining all of the above into some of the hottest remixes this side of the Hudson River.

Well here we have Mr. Shiner on a whole ‘nother vibe, live from one of his many residencies dropping a sexy set of lovers rock mixed with R&B joints new and old, and the set is sure to have you swooning… perfect for these summer nights as you’re trying to romance some Pretty Young Thang; perfect for backyard bbqs, or just lounging around the crib as you plot your next move.

Here you go:

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Stay Strong-
Jonny

All of that time spent reading the approval matrix while I was on the toilet has not gone to waste!

So my mans and them over at The Soul Strut Forums upped this monster from the forthcoming Al Green record on Blue Note with Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson producing and playing on it.

I mean it might be a day late for Sunday but it damn sure ain’t nothing short and I am catching the holy ghost with this one. Now if you are like me you were probably skeptical. You might’ve thought this would come out cheesy. But first of all, Al Green has not lost a step. Now I hear you saying, “and we know this, maaaaaaan”. Well check this out, Brother ? f*cking NAILS IT. Does that not sound like Willie Mitchell and the Hi Rhythm section in back? Amazing. Then, as if it couldn’t get any better, Anthony Hamilton, perhaps THEE best soul singer on the scene these days, drops in for backing vocals and a guest verse. If this is any indication we are looking at a new classic here folks.

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WOOOOOOOOOO SH*T!!!