Reverberation Vinyl Records

Enter most record stores and you’ll find an eclectic arrange of various collectibles. Reveberation Vinyl bucks the trend as this place is really for the pure vinyl enthusiast. Nothing but vinyl here … but the selection is deep from jazz, blues, classic rock, modern rock, hip hop, and more. The owner, John, specializes in the hard to find and rare stuff. It’s not out of the ordinary to walk in and find a recently reissued Italian pressing of your favorite movie soundtrack or a mint copy of your favorite Clash album. Great place to find your vinyl and talk music.

A great small independent record shop, worth a visit if you’re in Bloomington. Very nice selection in all genres, and albums are generally in good-​to-​great condition. Prices are overall reasonable… some titles are a bit pricey, but then I uncovered some great finds in their discount bin. The owner seems friendly and also recommended a stop to another local record shop, which is pretty cool in my book.

This place is awesome! We had a great time looking through their awesome selection. It looks great too– clean, organized, artful. The music is a little loud but it felt like a boutique kind of experience (according to my husband). :) Good prices too! Nice owner. We hope he does well!

UPDATE: This shop is getting more space which just makes it that more great of a shop with more opportunity for the community. Here in lies the beauty of this shop… it’s for our community as well as other visiting here in BloNo… This shop cares that we have good music to listen to and options!
I’ll tell you right upfront I am biased. I love this store, the owner John and his staff are very knowledgeable and really good people. We are blessed in B/​N to have several good music shops and this place is tops for me. John caters to his customers, he stocks what they are looking to buy. It is not a huge store but it is packed full of goodness. This is not an RSD store so if you are looking for that hype, this is not your place. This is a vinyl shop, so if you are a digger this is the place for you. They cover every genre in the book, and they are always adding more. Prices are more than fair and I have never felt like I was being taken advantage of from the first day I walked in to yesterday when I walked out. I have always felt more than welcome, it’s an oasis for me. Anybody giving this place any less than 4 stars isn’t a record person. Chances are if you are looking for it they’ve got it or John can get it. If you are in town go check them out you will not be disappointed, if you are a townie or a college kid go more and go often.
KOTJMFS!

Who says vinyl records are extinct? Not me, I love them! If you are looking to add on to your vinyl collection, this is the place to go!

This place is exactly what you look for in a record store. Small, friendly, and extremely well-​curated. They specialize in the best new and used independent psychedelic, folk, jazz, soul, R&B, and international releases, and even the dollar bins are stocked to please the most frugal of collectors. The staff is friendly and easy to approach, and they’re knowledgeable about pretty much anything you’d ever need to know about records, collecting, and audio gear. If you’re not sure if something is in stock, they’re very responsive via phone or Facebook message and if they don’t have it, they’ll do their best to special order for you and even ship if you’re from out of town. They also buy records every day and offer very fair cash or trade value for quality stuff. Overall, this place has something for everybody and is well worth the trip.

So, I thought the re-​release of Pink Floyd’s «See Emily Play» single came out today. Pink Floyd’s website listed Reverberation Vinyl as the only place in Bloomington that will be selling the record. I’ve never been to this store so I was looking forward to going there. The store opens at 10 a.m. and I was very excited to get this record so I showed up ten minutes after they opened. I try to walk into this place and it’s closed. This made me kind of upset but I decided to get some food and then come back.
At about 10:40 I come back and this place is finally open. I walk in to two employees opening up the shop, not even acknowledging that I walked in. I awkwardly walk around for about 10 seconds looking for the record and finally ask them, «Do you guys have the Pink Floyd See Emily Play 45?» and the guy behind the counter gave me a very blunt «no». I would have stayed anyways to look at the records but these guys were so rude and awkward that I just left. I was in this store for a total of about 20 seconds and felt like an idiot as I was walking to my car. Just now as I got home, I checked the website and it says it comes out TOMORROW. Why couldn’t he just tell me this while I was at the store? Now I feel like an effin idiot.
After this experience, I will never go here again. There are plenty of record stores in Normal where I can ride my bike to and the employees have sort of care for the business. I feel like an old man complaining about the employees at a record store (I’m 21) but I was expecting some sort of help finding this record/​he could have simply told me it comes out tomorrow. I wouldn’t be surprised if this slum closes down sometime soon.

I’m thrilled to have found this hidden gem. especially given that it’s in central IL. Excellent selection of various kraut/​psych albums makes this place even better.