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Indie Record Store Profile: Gimme Gimme Records in Los Angeles
January's indie record store profile features Gimme Gimme Records in Los Angeles, a 'generalist' record shop with a 30-year history.
Shop owner and founder Dan Cook says he took the leak – supposedly caused by an upstairs tenant falling asleep while filling the bathtub – “as a sign from God.” The store was only open Thursday through Sunday and served as a side business for Cook, who also worked at a bookstore and was the lead vocalist for the Matador Records-signed Lynnfield Pioneers, which formed in 1996 and disbanded by 2000. The pre-streaming era was ripe with genre purists, but besides some questioning glances, Cook’s love for all kinds of music set him up for success whether it is purchasing new vinyl or sifting through used collections.
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