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"We're Always On The Hunt For Odd And Interesting Titles"

For Over 15 Years Now, Mark Grusane & Mike Cole of what is now Mr. Peabody Records in Chicago have been a vast music resource for D.J.'s, Producers, Collectors, Rare Music Compilers, and stores all around the world. Their store and personal selections have attracted attention from real music lovers. Their idea to open Mr. Peabody Records was to snare selections for there unique style of playing music for dance floor crowds and also to provide an outlet for others that collect music. Years before, they were trading on the Underground to mostly those " In The Know".

They are world renoun for their selections and unique style of play. They play quality music from the yesteryears up til modern times. Their style of play spans from the rare & rarely unplayed dance music from the 1970's coming through to the 80's, Off course, with a few modern day exceptions - But, let them be the judge of that.... The dance floor material they are known for spans across many genres. Many describe some of them today as Disco, Boogie, Modern Soul, Funk, Jazz Fusion, House, Club, New Wave, Garage, Mid-Tempo, Up-Tempo, etc...But more importantly, It's how Mr. Peabody Records put their music together for crowds eager to hear something different and new. Their style is like no other, definitely geared for crowds of sophistication, lavish, and even venturing off into the wild and experimental! Whatever it is quoting Mark & Mike, "It's Gonna Sound Damn Good".

Now teamed up with london's powerhouse BBE Music & Germany's - Rush Hour Recordings, expect Mark & Mike to be bringing those hidden gems to the forefront of dance floors all around the world.Their style can unmistakingly not be denied by real music lovers. Be sure to check out their release "The Real Sound Of Chicago" On BBE Music direct from london, And "Time And Space" - A new age cosmic house selection avaliable on Rush Hour Recordings direct from Germany. Both will be available in a store near you.

Cash Paid For Vinyl Records - We Buy Records Daily

If you have a Record Collection, we would like to give you Ca$h for it. The more records the better. Condition must be perfect to near perfect. Lp's must have original sleeves and "unscratched". Don't worry about the dust, we'll clean them!! If you have 45's, they must be perfect to near perfect as well, which means NO SCRATCHES. We buy anywhere along the lines of Soul, Jazz, Funk, Disco, Rock, Blues, House, And World Music. We will travel for large collection. We pay top price, Hands Down.

Important: If "Some" of your records have been purchased before you call us, we probably won't find much, so make sure the records you are selling have not been seen by anyone else!!!



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11832 S. Western Ave.
Chicago Il. 60643
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Mr Peabody Records | Brankett | Osaka Japan - Sat. November 20th

Lono Brazil Bringing The Unusual Disco To Tha Chi

The most reliably tasteful dance party in the city, Disco Unusual Social Club, has been running for just over a year now. Indie kids pack the compact Danny’s Tavern floor to the distinctive bass lines of disco edits while DJ Lono Brazil blows whistles and passes out tambourines. Things get a little nuts.

“I’ve been lucky. Most of the things I’ve dreamt about, I’ve been able to do,” says fortysomething Gold Coaster Brazil without exaggeration. Raised in the South Shore/Windsor Park section of Chicago, Brazil spent much of the ’80s as a downtown New York personality, throwing parties with Pete Rock and Red Alert for Russell Simmons and Def Jam Records in New York, England and Tokyo. At the suggestion of his chums the Beastie Boys, Capitol-EMI hired him as a marketing director, then label executive. When he wasn’t exploring the dance halls of Kingston with Mad Cobra or working in the studio with Foxy Brown, he was picking up prominent DJ and modeling gigs.

Brazil’s latest venture, the monthly DUSC at Danny’s, comes out of his life as a fervent clubber—which began at Tree of Life Health Spa’s disco on 95th and Jeffery in 1981. Brazil worked his way to the Warehouse (U.S. Studio) where Frankie Knuckles was making electronic-dance history. “That did it for me. I found my place and my music,” Brazil says. In mid-’80s Manhattan, Brazil stayed up all night at the Loft and indulged in dance marathons at the Paradise Garage.

Over the course of the ’90s, Brazil was a resident at Tokyo megaclub Gold’s and hosted the popular Global Village radio show, bringing Fela Kuti and Nuyorican Soul to Los Angeles listeners on Monday mornings. Yet, he considers deejaying only a sideline.

Back in Chicago, Brazil returned to party throwing with the Urban Renewal Project at Sonotheque, focusing on Afro, Latin and nu-jazz. Burned out on hip-hop a decade ago, he’s based DUSC on a passion for the free-ranging underground sounds of his early club years. He even sports a David & Nicky & Larry & Frankie T-shirt celebrating his DJ muses.

It’s not just disco music; it’s the disco era he’s after. Brazil cites David Mancuso, the curator of seminal ’70s spot the Loft, as a role model. “I don’t say I’m a DJ; I say I’m a music host—the music, the place, the people are all a part of it,” he says. Like Mancuso, Brazil looks for an eclectic mix of music-focused people, not the look-at-me crowd that fancies bottle-service joints. At boho neighborhood joint Danny’s, he’s found his niche. The vinyl-oriented programmers there even allow Brazil to use his Serato and laptop rig.

Paradise Garage great Larry Levan’s free-ranging style provides a stylistic sonic template—Brazil spins vintage dance music, mostly pre-’84 material, not just disco but also Italo, mutant disco and classics from the Prelude and West End labels, along with disco edits and nu-disco from Lee Douglas, perhaps with an Obama speech layered on top. Like Levan, he doesn’t fuss over beat matching. The night’s overarching mantra comes courtesy of Mancuso himself, says Brazil: “Disco just means come ready to dance.”

Sweat it out at Disco Unusual Social Club every 2nd Saturday at 10pm at Danny’s in Bucktown and venues around the world.

Check Out Some Of Lono Brazils Podcast Here: http://discounusualsocialclub.podomatic.com/

Chicago Soul Legends Party @ Mr Peabody Records

We kicked of our Chicago Soul Legends (Pt1) meet and greet this past Saturday. We had the pleasure of having Ruby Andrews, Doris Lindsey (Barbara & The Uniques), Lorenzo Johnson (The Steelers), Rick Evans (The Artistics),Brunswick Records very own Willie Henderson and a host of many others stop by for the day. Thanks to the WHPK DJ's (PJ Willis, Gary Tyson, Ray Hayne) for coming thru and giving a fabulous set, Many good & rare tunes played by all. While we were there, we decided to do a live stream broadcast of the web. If you missed it, make sure you don't next time! Check Out Some Of The Photo's:


Ruby Andrews (Zodiac Records) & Willie Henderson (Brunswick Records)




Preston McCaffe (Worked With Various Artist Including Chuck Benard & Ruby Andrews)


Lorenzo Johnson (The Steelers)



Gary Tyson (WHPK)


Doris Lindsey (Barbara & The Uniques) & PJ Willis (WKKC)




Rick Evans (The Artistics)





Richard Pegue III (Son Of The Late DJ Richard Pegue - The Best Music Of Your Life)


Earlene Jones (Daughter Of Rodney Jones/R&B Time - Tuff Records)