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Parasol shutting down Mail Order & Record Store, but keeping the label alive

by Bill Pearis

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After 20-plus years of pulling, packing & shipping orders all over the world, and serving Champaign-Urbana area music fanatics’ needs locally, we’re sad to announce we’re pressing pause on Parasol Mail Order and our record store.

PMO’s last day of regular operation will be Saturday, December 17th. Between now and then we will be putting our existing mailorder/store stock on sale, so if ever there was a time to buy music for the holidays, this is it!

It goes without saying (but we’ll say it anyway) that we owe all of you a huge THANK YOU for your support over the years. It’s meant a lot, and will continue to as we re-boot the franchise.

Super sad news. In the pre-internet days, for those who didn’t live in a major urban area, Parasol’s catalog was a treasure-trove of enticing new releases from around the world. They also introduced America to a lot of Swedish bands, like Peter Bjorn and John to Jose Gonzalez — both of whom saw their records first released on Parasol’s Hidden Agenda label.

In happier news, Hidden Agenda and Parasol’s other in-house labels — home to The 1900s, Elsinore, New Ruins and many more — will continue to operate.

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