Younger Than Yesterday

I have drove by Younger than Yesterday many, many times. It is located in a small strip mall on University Street. I finally got to go in!
It has the smell of incense that’s not overwhelming, but definitely noticeable. In the front, they have record players and different odds and ends. To the right they have more a bargain bin. On top of the counter they have an assortment of 45’s.
All of their records are in plastic sleeves to protect them from normal wear and tear. Their selection is older. They do have some newer albums, but they are mixed in the older ones.
The pricing is a little higher than Amazon/​online stores. I wouldn’t mind paying the price, but some of them are used. The price of the used records are a little high.
I will certainly be making another trip. You could definitely spend a lot of time in this shop.

I love shopping small and make a point to whenever I can. One of the typical benefits of shopping small is the kindness and genuine customer service. This store, however, lacks all those charms. My Husband bought me some records for Christmas. When I opened them on Christmas morning, we discovered RAT FECES in the dust covers of two out of three records. I cleaned the covers, but decided after a few hours that I didn’t want to keep them in the house. So, I went to return them. When I went in, I was called «little girl» (I am a full grown woman) and then called a liar by the owner. In all his 40 years doing business, he’d never before seen this, so I MUST have been lying. Yea, I’ve also never opened a gift on Christmas morning with a side order of Hantavirus. Rude, demeaning, sexist, fools. Don’t shop there.

I’ve been buying used records for more than 30 years, in the past 4 years I’ve been blessed to have purchased records on both coast and in between during my travels. I would place Younger Than Yesterday in my top ten independent record stores easily. Craig Moore, the owner, is knowledgable and fair and every trip into the store is a musical education for lovers of 60s & 70s psychedelic and blues rock. Craig knows his music and he sells lps at reasonable prices. Love the store and it is always my favorite stop when I’m in the Peoria area.

So, for anyone not familiar: Record Store day was 04÷21÷12. It’s a day for bands to release limited edition vinyls and to get people into their stores. It’s an opportunity to get people back into the vinyl game, score some good merch from their favorite bands, and discover some new music.
Please see the following thread and judge for yourself :
How, in good conscience, can a record store owner MARK UP the limited edition Eddie Vedder vinyls to $ 35.00 (supposed to be under $ 15.00), and then dare to tell people he’s going to put the rest on eBay? Especially when it’s supposed to be something unique and special to his store. The cashiers are supposed to limit the purchases to each buyer to one each — to avoid this exact sort of thing.
Someone needs to pull this dude’s RSD card. Why even let a store owner participate in this day, when he’s just going to take the stuff to make more money off of it, or sell it for 3x the value on eBay? It completely defeats the purpose of participating in something like this. Next time we are in Peoria I will go out of my way to go to the OTHER record store in town.