So when I started this documentary project on the Sound Station last summer in 2011 it was really to celebrate something that was pretty unique to my dear old town of Westfield, New Jersey. The hope is that this story turns into a comeback for a little cultural mecca that was just starting to gets it’s legs back. Embraced by the local NJ music scene like The Court Tavern was this was just another unexpected blow. The record store was going through a resurgence finding their audience on facebook and throwing free shows they were able to stick their heads-out from the recession but nothing could prepare them for this. This is a place where there was always a steady diet of discovery of all sorts of genres funk, jazz, soul, hip-hop or whatever your discerning rock taste was into. Chances are Bob would always have a recommendation for you and if he didn’t I was usually was just happy to be able to walk into the place and talk about music — music therapy. Just knowing the place was there gave musicians and music fans like myself comfort.
Ava shopping for records at the Sound Station
Help donate and rebuild the Sound Station.
Shows:
Fri 2/3 Backpack Superheros present Sound Station Benefit show
1410 East Elizabeth Avenue, Linden, NJ
Sat 3/21 Cross Roads Garwood NJ w/ Traveling In Stereo, Minor Motion, and The Grains – Stay tuned for all ages matinee is going to be added
Just one of many amazing Blues, Soul and Funk records I found at Sound Station
Problems MP3 by Lee Fields & The Expressions
Greasy Spoon MP3 by Mel Brown from Chicken Fat
Radio MP3 by Raphael Saadiq from Stone Rollin’
One More Night MP3 by CAN from Ege Bamyasi
Black Snake MP3 by Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears from Scandalous
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Sound Station Grooves & Collectibles
Sound Station Psych & funk Fallin’ Off The Reel
April 11, 2011: Record Store Day at Jersey’s Sound Station
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