out of the past records a vinyl destination

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out of the past recordsA collector of vintage vinyl knows there are two sides to every story.

And the stories are plentiful, amusing and inspiring at Out of the Past Records, 4407-09 W. Madison, owned and operated by Charlie Joe and Marie Henderson.

West Garfield Park residents since 1963, the Hendersons are the neighborhood’s power couple — the Berry Gordy and Diana Ross who never left. Part of the great Southern post-war migration, they’ve witnessed a panaroma of social change. They survived the 1968 West Side riots and the subsequent community upheavals. They survived a 1977 arson in a previous West Madison Street location. They survived a flood last year that left more than four feet of water in their store’s basement. They have survived the economic downspin around their current space, which they have occupied since 1986.

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Edited February 27, 2012 by alocispepraluger102

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Near a former car ramp, there are stacks of sealed Rudy Ray Moore 8-tracks.

Whoa...