Record Collector

Alissa Witzke co-owns it with Larson; they met working the same counter. When the doors were shut through the pandemic she told Little Village that a record store without customers "feels empty and sad, like we're just a warehouse." The first record Larson ever bought here was a 12-inch of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's "The Message." Five addresses since 1982. The comic shop, Prentiss Street, 4½ S. Linn from 1985, Washington Street from 1998, then 116 S. Linn since August 2007, which leaves the current door about two hundred feet from the one it took in 1985. Jo Adams was eight years into the job by November 2022. The Discogs storefront carries 4,086 ratings, every one positive, the biggest band of listings between $15 and $40, so a title can be confirmed before you cross town.