Record Store Day just around the corner!

Record Store Day is almost here, folks! Saturday April 19th is the day. We will be celebrating at our Villa Park location (22 S. Villa Ave.) starting at 9AM. Some very cool limited edition releases are scheduled. We are doing are best to get our hands on as many titles as possible.

Before you ask, no…we can’t order for you…and no…we can’t hold items for you. Strictly first come, first served that day. But if there are specific items you are looking for drop us a line at info@cheapkissrecords.com the day before and see if we got that item in. We don’t want you to come out and wait in line if we didn’t get the record in that you are looking for.

Stay tuned for more info the closer we get to the date!

 


Year End Sale In Villa Park!

From Saturday December 28th ’til Tuesday December 31st all vinyl at our Villa Park location will be 20% off. Yep, you heard right. 20% off. We just dropped a bunch off, too. So plenty of new records to choose from.

The store will be open on Saturday from 9AM until 5PM, Monday and Tuesday 10AM until 6PM.

We are at 22 S. Villa Ave., Villa Park, IL. Southwest corner of Villa Ave. and St. Charles Rd. You can find us inside Cornerstone Used Books.


Record Store Day’s Black Friday coming to Villa Park

Our Villa Park location (22 S. Villa Ave.) will be participating in Record Store Day’s Black Friday extravaganza. The store will be open from 10AM-6PM. We have a number of the limited edition records on order. Sorry, we don’t know yet what we will be getting in. Just like for the regular Record Store Day it is all a crapshoot. And just like RSD, it will be first come, first served. We won’t be able to hold records for you.

Hope you can make it out!


Record buying event at Sam Ash (Buffalo Grove)!

Have a hankering for a new guitar but don’t have the funds? How about a keyboard? Or maybe a P.A. system? Well, if you have a closet full of records that you don’t listen to any more we just might be able to help you out. On Saturday November 9th from 1PM-5PM we will be at the Sam Ash Music store in Buffalo Grove, IL buying record collections. Bring in your records, we’ll appraise them and make you an offer. If you accept the offer, we will give you the agreed upon amount as a Sam Ash gift card. Turn those records you aren’t listening to any more into the musical gear you’ve been craving.

We are always looking for ’60s-’80s rock/pop, soul/r&B, punk, metal, and alternative. We are not looking for easy listening (Streisand, Andy Williams, Manilow), soundtracks/showtunes, 78s.

Sam Ash is located at 1305 W Dundee Rd, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089

Please spread the word to anyone you know that might be up for this offer.

Hope to see you there!


Vinyl Buying Event!

This Sunday (October 6th) we will be at our Villa Park location with cash in hand, waiting to buy your record collection. We will be there from 1:00-3:00. What we are looking for: ’60s-’80s rock, New Wave/Punk, Soul/R&B, Jazz, Metal, Alternative. What we are not looking for: easy listening (Barbra Streisand, Barry Manilow, Andy Williams, Johnny Mathis, etc.), big band, soundtracks (Camelot, Sound Of Music), organ music, 78s.  If you don’t have a turntable anymore, if your records are just gathering dust, let us help find them a new home. Let them be enjoyed they way there were meant to be enjoyed. And please spread the word. Tell family or friends who might be ready to part with their records as well. Thanks!


“Vinyl Obsession Night” Monday!

Our next “Vinyl Obsession Night” in Villa Park is this coming Monday, September 16th. We will be there from 6PM-8PM. All vinyl in the store will be 10% off. This month’s theme: Soundtracks. Bring along a couple of your faves, spin some tunes, tell some stories. The more obscure the better. Although we love them, we probably don’t need to hear anything from “Saturday Night Fever” or “Grease”. Dig deep!
 
22 S. Villa Ave.
Villa Park, IL
(corner of Villa Ave. and St. Charles Rd., inside Cornerstone Used Books)
 
Hope to see you there!

Labor Day Sale In Villa Park!

Just a quick heads up. We are having a 10% off sale this Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 2nd) at our Villa Park location. The store will be open from 10AM-3PM. Our friends at Cornerstone Used Books, who are so kind to let us put records in their space, are also having a sale: buy one book, get a second free. So before you bbq, stop on by! 22 S. Villa Ave. (corner of Villa and St. Charles Rd.)

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Welcome to our new website!

Hello friends,

The long rumored new website has become reality! Long time comin’, right?

Give it a look. Poke around. Take it for a spin. Let us know what you think. We hope you like it as much as we do.

We have tried to make it as appealing to look at and as easy to use as possible.  There’s nothing quite like flipping through records at your favorite record store, but we hope you will find this site to be a more than adequate alternative.

Records are going to be added at a brisk pace over the next few months, so please check back often.

Thanks for visiting and happy browsing!


Record Store Day Is On The Way!

Record Store Day is less than a month away. And you know what? We have too much fun planned to keep it contained to just one day. So we will also be celebrating The Day After Record Store Day as well!

We will celebrate Record Store Day on Saturday April 20th (the same day as the rest of the world) at our Villa Park location (22 S. Villa Ave., southwest corner of Villa and St. Charles Rd., inside Cornerstone Used Books) We will be there from 9AM ’til noon. We are trying to get as many exclusive Record Store Day releases as possible. Items are very limited, but we are doing our best. We hope you understand that we won’t be able to get everything on everybody’s wish list. We have placed our order with the distributor. What we wind up getting is a total crapshoot. So fingers crossed that we get what you’re looking for.

Also, we will be celebrating The Day After Record Store Day on April 21st at our Schaumburg warehouse (700 Albion Ave.) We won’t be able to bring all of our records to Villa Park, so we’ll just keep them where they’re at and open up on Sunday. We will be there from noon ’til 4:00 on Sunday. Big discounts on all items.

And we are very pleased to announce our special guest performer for The Day After Record Store Day will be singer/songwriter/producer Mike Viola. The name might not ring a bell for some, but you know his voice and you have heard his songs. He was the man behind the mic for “That Thing You Do”. Yep, that’s his voice on the title track of the awesome Tom Hanks film. He also wrote songs for “Walk Hard – The Dewey Cox Story”, “Get Him To The Greek” and all sorts of other film projects. He was leader of the band The Candy Butchers and has also released a bunch of stellar solo albums. If you’re a fan of pure pop songcraft, check him out. We are honored that he will be stopping by our HQ. His performance on Sunday April 21st in Schaumburg will begin at 1:00.

“Like” us on Facebook. We will be posting plenty of updates as the events draw nearer: https://www.facebook.com/CheapKissRecords


Stop on by!

cornerstone inventory 12:28:12Besides our online store at cheapkissrecords.com, if you’re in the Chicagoland area be sure to stop by our Villa Park location as part of Cornerstone Used Books. It is located at 22 S. Villa Ave. (southwest corner of Villa Ave. and St. Charles Rd.) Open Monday thru Friday from 10-6, Saturdays 9-5, closed Sundays. Plenty of cool vinyl to flip through. Thousands of titles from $1 on up.