New Record Store T-shirt: Bop Street Records
Our Seattle Scout, Chris, just signed Bop Street Records, another cool, independent record store specializing in a huge selection of vinyl. Dave, the long-time owner, originally opened his doors in the Greenwood neighborhood back in 1979, and the shop is now right in the thick of it on the historic Ballard Avenue. Look for their cool, vintage t-shirt on our site in the coming weeks!
We’re piling up quite a collection of independent record store t-shirts. Check it out—we’ve got:
- Georgetown Records in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood
- Sonic Boom Records in three cool Seattle neighborhoods: Ballard, Capitol Hill & Fremont
- Logos Books & Records in downtown Santa Cruz, CA
- Easy Street Records in West Seattle and Queen Anne
- Jive Time Records in Fremont and on Captiol Hill
- Bop Street Records in old-town Ballard
So while they were chatting, Dave at Bop Street introduced Chris to his buddy and customer, Tim Hayes, who it turns out is THE Tim Hayes—one-time owner of Capitol Hill’s legendary Fallout Records. They chatted about what we do here with local businesses and t-shirts, and Tim filled Chris in on his waning efforts to sell Fallout t-shirts.
Desteenation has been working on a new t-shirt line that we like to call Vanishing Desteenations—it’s our effort to keep some of our beloved local places alive even after they shut their doors. Fallout Records would be a perfect addition, and you can read why we think so in this article about their sad farewell from The Stranger. We’ll keep you posted.
