Inside ShakeIt Records – photo courtesy of shakeitrecords.

Inside ShakeIt Records – photo courtesy of.

The exterior of ShakeIt Records – photo courtesy of.ShakeIt’s new Cincinnati Music Legends Cards.Darren Blase of ShakeIt! Records on The Distller.My best friend loves record stores so when I found Moles listed on Yelp we stopped by during a day more. ShakeIt Records’ Darren Blase on The Distiller Podcast This is one of the strangest record stores Ive been in, which is apparent from the moment you walk more. They just want to make sure it’s around to listen to…and to share it with the rest of us. History will show what a debt of gratitude we owe them. People like Darren Blase, and his brother Jim, do the quiet work of actually caring for this legacy. Public figures may wring their hands about monuments and statements of recognition. These days it looks a lot more like a brave act of claiming and celebrating a key part of our history. It may have seemed a fool’s errand, opening a record store in middle-America just as physical music seemed to be dying. ShakeIt’s in-store performances still pack the place out, and the store is a true cultural hub in one of Cincinnati’s most vibrant and diverse neighborhoods. Their most recent release is the amazing 2018 release “What Heaven Is Like” from indie darlings Wussy. And ShakeIt has remained an active record label, putting out Cincinnati music throughout the past 25 years from bands like the Cowslingers, the Ass Ponys, The Heartless Bastards, and Greg Dulli of the Afghan Whigs. The bins stretch across two floors of their Northside, Cincinnati location. These days ShakeIt Records has (depending on who you ask) about 20,000 CDs and somewhere close to 50,000 vinyl albums in stock. Instagram: and making, Cincinnati’s musical history.ShakeIt Records & Melt Revival Links & Information Original feedback was that he was either a trust-fund baby looking for a tax write-off, or an idiot. They’d purchased the ShakeIt recording label from original owner Jess Hirbe in 1992, reportedly trading it for a copy of the Jack Dupree album “Blues in the Gutter.” Blase says opening an independent record store at the height of the Napster era didn’t seem like a great idea to some of their friends. The Blase brothers re-opened the iconic ShakeIt Records in 1999. Right after he does the other fifty thousand things on his list. He intends to create a searchable online database of the collection. Darren is constantly researching, investigating, and archiving historic recordings. ShakeIt also has one of the largest collections of Cincinnati and American roots, blues, soul, R&B and funk music you’ll find anywhere. See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for the best Used & Vintage Music Dealers in Cincinnati, OH. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who knows more about Cincinnati’s musical history than Darren and his brother Jim. Vinyl Record Store in Cincinnati on YP.com. Darren Blase didn’t set out to be a music historian.īut that’s essentially what he’s become.

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