It's a very large antiques mall. We know the man who owns the place. He is one of those opportunistic capitalists who can't seem to decide what business he wants to run. However, he's been doing antiques auctions and selling out booths at this place for a long time, so I think he's finally found something to stick with. haha

My parents didn't really collect records. My dad's brother has a few Elvis records because he was obsessed, and I think the ones my dad has are of a Southern Gospel quartet group that he enjoyed growing up. It's great that your grandad was able to make you a copy onto a CD. I've thought about doing that since you can't really capture the sound of an analog recording with the modern remastering process. Oh well, perhaps someday I'll get a USB turntable.

Half Price Books sounds vaguely familiar, but I don't think there are any of them around where I am. It sounds great! I've never really had good luck finding albums at thrift stores. I did find one Chicago album at a thrift store in the Raleigh, NC area that I was lucky to find, but I've had my best luck at antiques malls where local record dealers have booths. There was one in Raleigh that I loved to go to called the Cheshire Cat Gallery. It had two very large booths of records. That's where I got most of my collection.

Prices are generally good and vary based on the condition of the vinyl and the album cover. I paid $9 total for these two that I mentioned in the post; I can't remember the itemized cost. The most I've paid for an album is around $25 I think, and it was for a copy of The Beatles' White Album. It's rare that I'll spend more than $5 on one album.

Ok. That was a super long response, but I hope I answered all of your questions. haha Thanks so much for your comment!