You Are Invited to Our Holiday Party! Come on by on Friday the 14th for some refreshments, good music (both live and recorded), and good times!
Our Contest is Still in Effect! Check the previous entry for full rules and get over to our FB page and submit your entry! The winners will be announced at the party!
We Are Currently Offering 10% Off all purchases of $10 or more – Now until the end of the year! Come take advantage of this deal!
We Got an Amazing Record Collection in, Just in Time For the Holidays! 600 45s and 350 LPs: Original punk from the US, Sweden, Germany, Finland, Italy, Canada, France and more! New Wave, Power Pop, Kraut Rock, Psych, Indie, Experimental, Art Rock, Neo-Folk, Glam, Hard Rock, Proto Metal, the list goes on and on. Records will be priced to move and are already coming out onto the floor! Have some of this stuff you want to sell? We’re always buying! Stop by or call!
Black Gold Records Presents the 2nd “Me and My LP” contest.
1) If you aren’t already a fan of ours on Facebook, become one HERE.
2) Take a photo of yourself with a record that you purchased at Black Gold. Any setting is fine, just please keep it somewhat appropriate.
3) Post the photo to our Facebook page HERE and promote your picture any way you want to.
4) The person whose photo gathers the most “LIKES” by noon on Friday December, 14th wins a $50 gift certificate to Black Gold. The person with the second highest amount of likes will win a $30 gift certificate to Black Gold. All other participants will be thrown into a drawing giving every person who enters a chance to win. The drawing will take place at our holiday party on December 14th (more details on that event to come). The winner of the drawing will receive a $20 gift certificate redeemable at Black Gold. All winners will be announced on our FB page as well as on our website.
5) Limit one entry per person please.
Thanks and Good Luck.
We Are Super Grateful to have been (barely) missed by the destructive path of Hurricane Sandy. We are devastated for our neighbors who did not do as well. We exhausted our coffee supply for the entire week in just two short days and were forced to take some risky runs down to our roasters in New Jersey and back. Things should be back to normal for us soon, and we sincerely hope everything goes smoothly for everyone else. You’re all in our thoughts!
We Recently Acquired a Very Large Collection of 45s. From early punk to post punk, experimental, power pop, new wave, indie, and much more, the collection is beginning to be priced now, and the prices are low so we can move em. Come grab them while they last!
Selling Your Records? We’ll be buying and selling records on a 7 days per week basis as usual. Call 347-227-8227 or email us info[at]blackgoldbrooklyn.com. Always paying the best prices for collections of all sizes.
The Black Gold Records Gold Dig is Back! This Saturday at 12 noon (yes we made it a couple hours later than last time so you can have a nice Friday evening) we will be selling off thousands … literally thousands of records that have never been on the sales floor here before … all for a dollar each. LPs and 12″s of all genres will be available. There will be sealed records, promotional records, weird records, rare records, and so on. You will have to dig, but we’re sure you’ll leave with something. 12 noon sharp, Saturday October 27th!
Are You Ready For Halloween? We have some great Oddfellows paraphanelia, folk art, taxidermy, masks, you name it. We are your creepy gift headquarters.
Our Phone is Finally Fixed! Thanks, everyone for all the support during this really annoying and frustrating time. You can once again call us with your record collections and you can also come in and buy records, bags of coffee, and some of the great things off our walls with your credit or debit card.
Check out Elion Paz of Dust and Grooves Fame as he gets inside the head of Black Gold’s Jeff Ogiba. A photo shoot, intimate interview, and record house call is covered on our own Brooklyn Record Buyer.
Photo © 2012 Eilon Paz and Dust & Grooves
Black Gold is Buying Records in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, The Bronx, Long Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and more! We can come to you (if your collection is large enough) or you can come to us! Open and buying collections seven days a week!
Black Gold Buys and Sells classic rock records, soul records, R&B records, funk records, hip hop records, blues records, jazz records, indie records, heavy metal records, soul records, Motown records, folk records, soundtracks, punk records, hardcore records and more! Black Gold does not buy classical, opera, pre 60’s pop vocalists, etc. If you aren’t sure what you have or if we’d be interested, just give us a call at 347-227-8227 seven days a week. Chances are you’ll have something we can pay you cash for! Shopping around ends with us. Highest prices paid in the area, guaranteed.
Stay Aware Of Our Changing Inventory, new arrivals, specials, sales, events, etc. by liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter.
As some of you may know, I spent the past week across the pond, in London. It was my first time there, and my first time absent from the store for a full week. I spent the majority of the time wandering around different neighborhoods and street markets, eating amazing food, drinking excellent coffee and cask ales, visiting old cemeteries, record stores, punk bars, and marveling at the dates on the cornerstones of most of the buildings.
Our hotel was located on the curry-scented Brick Lane, which is where Rough Trade East is located. I walked in one night while one of their free in-store shows was going on, got a coffee from their cafe, totally dug the performance by The Moons, and promptly purchased their newest album “Fables of History” on Schnitzel Records in limited edition 180 gram white vinyl.
Check out one of their new singles, “DOUBLE VISION LOVE“.
Our hotel was also in close proximity to Old Spitalfield’s Market, which I walked to almost every morning. On Thursdays it becomes an antique market, so Dan and I got up early to scope the goods. I found a guy selling a pretty decent selection of records, and spent about an hour digging through the 45s that were 2 for a £ while Dan went through the LPs. Here is a pic of some of the 45s I scored. You can spot the Vibrators, Hawkwind, Ruts, Sweet, Kinks, Roxy Music, Billy Bragg, & more:
We found some amazing Victorian glass-cased taxidermy that we were foaming for but the thought of shipping something that old and fragile back to the States was daunting. Here is a pic of one of my favorite birds, the cormorant, in taxidermy form that was spotted at a Notting Hill antique store:
I had heard that London has a very strong coffee culture these days, and sampled from some of the independent cafes that were speckled between the slews of Starbucks and Pre-a-Mangers. Very few served filter coffee- often I would ask for a coffee and receive an americano from a mustachioed barista (just like Brooklyn!)- I did, however, find a small handful that made an excellent pour-over.
One was Tapped&Packed, a charming little spot in the Fitzrovia neighborhood that uses beans from various small, UK-based roasteries. Another was a fantastic spot in Spitalfield that I frequented quite a few times during my stay, called A. Gold
This tiny gem has a fantastic selection of traditional British foods produced by independent makers, sandwiches made to order, local honey, mead, traditional candy by the quarter, and more. Philip will make you a fine cup of single-origin pour-over coffee, locally roasted by Monmouth Roasters. I wasn’t able to visit the roastery during this trip, but I did pick up a bag of their beans from A. Gold, and am enjoying a cup of the Guatemala as I type this.
I certainly got my fair share of records, coffee, and antiques in London, among other things. I am already nostalgic!
Here are some pics from my magical experience in West Norwood Cemetery. It was raining all day, and as soon as we entered through the gates, the sun poured through the clouds and made a perfect rainbow. Red foxes and magpies danced among the glistening tombstones.
The only museum I was able to squeeze in was the spectacular Victoria and Albert Museum. Here I am in front of a cast of a celtic cross from 600 a.d.! \m/
We had a blast, met some great people, but it’s great to back!
– Sommer
Yes, We Know Our Phone Is Out! (and yes we paid the phone bill). As a result of some very inconvenient technicalities on our service provider’s end, we are without a phone until at least next week. You can email us at info@blackgoldbrooklyn.com with your questions or info on your record collections you have for sale. Record buying hours for the week of 9/23- 9/30 will be 10 a.m. until close everyday. Check out our Twitter account or Facebook page for more up-to-the-minute updates. Sorry about this and thanks for your support!
Above: Some new jazz LPs that came in today. Lots and lots of new additions to our 45 selection are in as well and our new arrivals is stocked!
We Are Proud To Announce that not only were we ZAGAT rated in the 2013 New York City Shopping guide, but we also received a fantastic score!! Thanks as always for the love and support, everyone!
Quality: 25
Display: 19
Service: 23
Cost: M
Overall: 23
“After chowing down at Carroll Garden’s Frankie Spuntino, duck into this “small, attractive”, “very Brooklyn” emporium with an early – 1900s “retro” feel purveying java, antiques and scores of record genres; you never know what nugget you’ll discover – say, a Stiv Bators 45 or Wu-Tang Clan CD, or even used furniture and oddities – and rounding out the mix: Rook Coffee Roasters’ Black Gold Blend coffee.”
(It should be noted that we do not and will not be selling CDs but we do support the Wu Tang Clan and are honored to have them mentioned in our review)
Thanks Brooklyn Exposed! Find out what we were up to before we opened BLACK GOLD
New Tees Now Available For Sale Online! Check the sidebar on the right of the website. This new design is courtesy of DEATH TRAITORS and will also be available for in store purchases. Stay tuned for more items to be available for purchase online in the coming days.
