The ARChive of Contemporary Music collects music, is throwing another Holiday Record & CD Sale
Lots of room in the ARC
Since 1985, not-for-profit organization The ARChive of Contemporary Music has been collecting, preserving and providing info on “the popular music of all cultures and races throughout the world from 1950 to the present.” In a world that is hurdling towards the cloud, the ARC remains obsessively devoted to physical formats and counts David Bowie, Jerry Leiber, Youssou N’Dour, Lou Reed, Keith Richards, Martin Scorsese and Paul Simon among its board of advisors.
For those of us who have too many CDs and records and are looking to clear out some personal space, the ARC is a great place to donate. As loads of people — and record companies do just that (BrooklynVegan included) — the ARC has duplicates and surplus, and for one week every year during the holiday season it becomes the biggest record store in NYC. This year the ARC Holiday Record & CD sale happens Dec 8 – Sunday, Dec 16 from 11 AM – 6 PM at ARC HQ (54 White Street, NY, NY) and will feature over 20,000 items, including:
Good vinyl in good condition at great prices. Remember we clean out everything after each sale, so it may seem familiar, but it’s fresh, CDs are NEW donations from record companies, NOT used, returns or defects! Mostly pop and rock recordings. Collectible LPs are priced below book value. Hundreds of CDs are priced at $1 to $5 each. Cassettes + Classical LPs – 2 for $1.00 Just released NEW & HOT CDs are $5 – $10.
PLUS – 7″ singles. Old + new music books, books of all kinds actually – African, Reggae & world-music releases – videos.
More details are here. ARC Members will get first dibs at this year’s sale at their Holiday Cocktail party which happens on December 6 from 6 – 9 PM. If you’re not a member, you can join right now and there are a number of different price levels, starting at $50.
