Steve Manley, who has worked at B-Side Records at 436 State St. since 1983 and has owned the shop since 2007, is moving his store this fall to 514 State St. His current leased space is likely to be demolished to make way for a new development.
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There have been several record stores in Madison's Downtown over the years but B-Side Records is the lone survivor. The shop nearly closed in the mid-2000s but a resurgence in vinyl has brought new life to the business.
The confines of B-Side Records are narrow but will soon more than double in space with a move to 514 State Street.
Sugar Shack Records had been in leased space at 2301 Atwood Ave. since 2003. The building is about to be sold and will later this year become home to Table Wine, which will move from its current location a few blocks away.
Gary John Feest, owner of Sugar Shack Records, sorts through bins of records on Monday, just a few days after closing his brick-and-mortar business on Atwood Avenue. Feest, who has been in the record store business since 1981, will continue to sell online.
The vast inventory at Sugar Shack Records included bins of 45 rpm records along with posters, such as this picture of the late John Belushi when he starred in the movie "Animal House."
Beer signs, posters and platinum and gold records crowded the walls of Sugar Shack Records for years.
Gary John Feest has moved his Sugar Shack Records six times since 1981 but has called it quits. He will continue to sell music online that he has stored in a warehouse.
Sugar Shack Records has closed after 41 years of business. The music shop had been at 2301 Atwood Ave. since 2003.
Resale Records, 2401 Commercial Ave., and seen here in 2017, had been housed in a Trachte building since 1978. Eric Teisberg's father purchased the building in 1977 for an appliance repair business but six months later died, which allowed his son, Eric Teisberg, to open a record shop. Teisberg died unexpectedly in 2017. He was 61.
After a horrific bike crash in 2016, Steve Manley, owner of B-Side Records on State Street, now rides a recumbent trike to work.
Photos: One last look inside Sugar Shack Records in Madison
Sugar Shack Records
The vast inventory at Sugar Shack Records included bins of 45 rpm records along with posters, such as this picture of the late John Belushi when he starred in the movie "Animal House."
Sugar Shack Records
Sugar Shack Records had been in leased space at 2301 Atwood Ave. since 2003. The building is about to be sold and will later this year become home to Table Wine, which will move from its current location a few blocks away.
Sugar Shack Records
Sugar Shack Records has closed after 41 years of business. The music shop had been at 2301 Atwood Ave. since 2003.
Sugar Shack Records
Sugar Shack Records has closed after 41 years of business. The music shop had been at 2301 Atwood Ave. since 2003.
Sugar Shack Records
Beer signs, posters and platinum and gold records crowded the walls of Sugar Shack Records for years.
Sugar Shack Records
Sugar Shack Records has closed after 41 years of business. The music shop had been at 2301 Atwood Ave. since 2003.
Sugar Shack Records
Sugar Shack Records has closed after 41 years of business. The music shop had been at 2301 Atwood Ave. since 2003.
Sugar Shack Records
Gary John Feest has moved his Sugar Shack Records six times since 1981 but has called it quits. He will continue to sell music online that he has stored in a warehouse.
Sugar Shack Records
Sugar Shack Records has closed after 41 years of business. The music shop had been at 2301 Atwood Ave. since 2003.
Sugar Shack Records
Sugar Shack Records has closed after 41 years of business. The music shop had been at 2301 Atwood Ave. since 2003.
Sugar Shack Records
Sugar Shack Records has closed after 41 years of business. The music shop had been at 2301 Atwood Ave. since 2003.
Sugar Shack Records
Sugar Shack Records has closed after 41 years of business. The music shop had been at 2301 Atwood Ave. since 2003.
Sugar Shack Records
Sugar Shack Records has closed after 41 years of business. The music shop had been at 2301 Atwood Ave. since 2003.
Sugar Shack Records
Sugar Shack Records has closed after 41 years of business. The music shop had been at 2301 Atwood Ave. since 2003.
Sugar Shack Records
Gary John Feest, owner of Sugar Shack Records, sorts through bins of records on Monday, just a few days after closing his brick-and-mortar business on Atwood Avenue. Feest, who has been in the record store business since 1981, will continue to sell online.
