Erratic Updates From Frank Shankly's Record Emporium

A few weeks ago, we stumbled upon a sizable stash of John Denver 45s, mostly from Denver’s mid-70s classic era. Unfortunately, most had too much surface...

“It's a Cinderella story. ... I got in L.A. and I had been married six months. It was in the summer of '62, and by that next year, I had a contract with...

What did David Geffen see in the pulpy, alcoholic musings of a former student of Ogor Stravinsky? Aside from the fact that Geffen signed Warren Zevon to his...

Abdul “Duke” Fakir (tenor) was a teenager when he became friends with Levi Stubbs (baritone). The two first sang with Renaldo "Obie" Benson (bass) and...

We don’t know about you, but we’re sick of social media.So we’ve decided to give it up and created a blog—Sounds + Vision—and teathered it to our storefront....

Thanks for another year of support, interest, and curiosity in the Record Emporium. Frank wishes you all the best for the holiday season and the coming year!

Heya, Maybe it’s because she’s more unassuming than her older sister Loretta Lynn, or maybe it’s just the fickleness of pop music history, but it feels like...

Let’s talk about Chrissie Hynde for a moment. Actually, let’s talk about a song that has been rambling around in Frank’s brain for the last few days… The...