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Prince, One Year On: Rockaway Remembers Today marks the one-year anniversary of the passing of Prince. In marking this solemn occasion, fans and peers alike are speaking out to detail memorable interactions or personal anecdotes. Rockaway's General Manager Dave Kent has offered to share his own interesting story of the time he crossed paths with Prince in Denver, Colorado in 1979.

Rockaway Records was recently featured in Daymaker's list of best things to do in LA!

After 2 years of negotiations, we just acquired a wonderful trove of 100s of pieces of Beatles memorabilia from an East Coast collector. Most are in beautiful condition and the collection includes many pieces we've never seen in our 37+ years! There's a May-Sterns mirror, several Beatles autographs, watches, lunchboxes, a promo Apple trinket box, sets of trading cards, jewelry, a record carrier, cuff links, plates, bowls, glasses, wigs, wallpaper(!), a Dutch curtain(!?!)... and much more! Although we're still processing everything, various facets of the collection are already purchasable, with many items available online and all available in-store.

Rockaway co-owner Wayne Johnson talks about Rockaway Records' past, present and future, and his first job!!

From the end of 1968 through 1969, Capitol Records test marketed a line of 2-sided, 3.75" flimsy flexible plastic records (generally known as flexi-discs). One brand of these flexi-discs named "Pocket Discs" was manufactured by a company called Americom for a variety of record labels -- including Capitol Records.

Dear Rockaway Friends, Supporters and Record Store Day Fans, It's official. We will NOT be participating in Record Store Day 2016 on April 16. This will come as little or no surprise to those of you who follow our store happenings and are aware that we also did not participate in RSD Black Friday 2015. April 16 will become our version of a customer appreciation day.

We're extremely proud and excited to announce the recent acquisition of a massive collection of over 1,000 vintage rock and pop concert posters and handbills, obtained by Rockaway co-owner Wayne Johnson from one private collector.

At Rockaway, we acquire unique, rare and interesting memorabilia — especially from artists such as The Beatles, Elvis, the Beach Boys and, of course, the Rolling Stones. Below are five pieces of unique or interesting Rolling Stones collectibles that we’re sure any fan would love to have!

Dear Rockaway Friends, Supporters and Record Store Day Black Friday Fans, In regards to our Los Angeles retail store, Rockaway has evaluated our participation in Record Store Day Black Friday and has decided that we will not be involved this year. That means that we will not be carrying any of the Black Friday 2015 releases. We've given this a LOT of thought. Among other things, we feel that the ever-increasing amount of releases, the nature of many of the releases, and the high costs (both wholesale and retail) of the releases has gotten somewhat out of hand and is becoming contrary to the original spirit of the day.

On the weekend of October 24th and 25th, 2015, Rockaway Records set up a booth at the inaugural WAX Record Fair in the parking lot of the Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood. It was very poignant for us at Rockaway since my brother (and Rockaway co-owner) Wayne and I first started selling records in the adjacent parking lot back in 1978! That was at a monthly record show informally called "The Capitol Swap Meet", although, unlike the WAX Record Fair, there was no formal connection to Capitol Records itself. The location certainly brought back some great (and not so great) memories of those days.