{"id":30846,"date":"2023-10-31T23:51:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T05:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/four-corners-record-show-extravaganza-returning-to-durango\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:27:21","slug":"four-corners-record-show-extravaganza-returning-to-durango","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/four-corners-record-show-extravaganza-returning-to-durango\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Corners Record Show Extravaganza returning to Durango"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vinyl records alive and well in the Four Corners; event will be held Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Phil Gallacher, president of the Four Corners Vinyl Record Club, expects a strong turnout for the Record Show Extravaganza on Saturday. (Courtesy of Phil Gallacher)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Four Corners Vinyl Record Club\u2019<\/a>s annual Fall Record Show Extravanganza will return to downtown Durango this weekend.<\/p>\n

The event will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Holiday Inn & Suites, 21636 U.S. Highway 160.<\/p>\n

Club founder and president Phil Gallacher expects a strong turnout, as the club is rebounding after the COVID-19 pandemic. Gallacher said the club has been doing record shows in the spring and fall for over a decade.<\/p>\n

\u201cVinyl records are alive and well in the Four Corners,\u201d Gallacher said. \u201c(The record show) started through Southwest Sound in Durango around 2010 or 2011.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gallacher took over organizing the show when Southwest Sounds closed.<\/p>\n

He said a lot of the vinyl records vendors are part of the \u201cboomer generation who are not on social media.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I created the club as a bridge, a platform for us to indulge in sharing our record hobby and also be able to communicate with a group of people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also said that Durango has a record store, \u201cToast,\u201d that only sells newly made records, \u201cso it\u2019s very difficult to find used records in this area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vinyl provides highest quality sound<\/div>\n

Gallacher said that vinyl records are regaining popularity because they provide the best sound reproduction quality by far.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecords never lost their appeal like CDs \u2026 you can’t give CDs away \u2026 kids aren’t into them,\u201d he said. \u201cAnalog music is a continual sound wave, whereas, digital music is a cut sound wave where the highs and the lows are cut. It’s a finite spectrum of wave music, wavelengths.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also said analog music \u201cencompasses the entire sound wave.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt encompasses those low, low tones and the high, high tones,\u201d Gallacher said, adding that digital technology \u201ccuts out\u201d the highest and lowest sounds.<\/p>\n

And it \u201cgets even worse\u201d with streaming technology, he said, because it an even \u201csmaller spectrum that get broken up into a million pieces to feed it back together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then when we do Bluetooth speakers, we’re breaking it up again and feeding it back together, so you\u2019re only getting a limited amount of the sound spectrum,\u201d Gallacher said.<\/p>\n

He said people are \u201cblown away\u201d by how much of the sound one can hear when they play an old record compared to the sound of a Bluetooth speaker.<\/p>\n

Gallacher said more young people are getting involved in records \u201cbecause it was a cool sound and those things that are the coolest never really go away.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the average age of the vendors is probably 50 to 60, but the attendees are primarily under age 40.<\/p>\n

Gallacher said people want something they can touch and hold, adding they truly appreciate the \u201cquality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd there’s the art form of it again \u2026 seeing the pictures of the people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Show has historically solid turnouts<\/div>\n

Gallacher said they average about 400 to 500 people at the record shows. He said the largest show was in March of 2020, held at the Fort Lewis College banquet room. He said they had vendors from throughout the Four Corners states, including one vendor from Scottsdale, Arizona.<\/p>\n

They had 25 vendors and about 1,000 people who showed up, according to Gallacher.<\/p>\n

Area musician Rob Webster will serve as disc jockey for this year\u2019s event. Gallacher said there will also be coffee and doughnuts.<\/p>\n

With this being a fall show, there will also be vendors with Christmas records.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you’ll be able to find anything you’re looking for most of the time,\u201d Gallacher said.<\/p>\n

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The Four Corners Record Show Extravaganza will have 14 vendor with over 10,000 records. (Courtesy of Phil Gallacher)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Gallacher has been collecting records since age 15<\/div>\n

Gallacher recalled how his mother bought his older brother the Fleetwood Mac double album, \u201cTusk,\u201d so he asked her to buy him two albums.<\/p>\n

His choices were \u201cFreedom of Choice,\u201d by Devo and Styx\u2019s \u201cParadise Theatre\u201d with their hit \u201cToo Much Time On My Hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI grew up playing the piano when I was a kid, and so I was really into the \u201980s New Wave music coming on. I really got into music that had cheesy keyboards \u2026 and the weird hair — that was very cool to me,\u201d Gallacher said. \u201cAnd so I remember when Van Halen\u2019s \u2018Jump\u2019 came out with the keyboards intro \u2026 it was the first piece of music that I learned to play by ear.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gallacher, who now has a few electric keyboards, plays in a band called the \u201cAcidtones.\u201d He\u2019s also an aficionado of diverse musical genres, including classical jazz, rock, blues, punk and metal.<\/p>\n

He said the Record Show Extravaganza will have 12 to 14 vendors, so they should have \u201cover 10,000 records for music lovers to peruse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gallacher said there will be vendors from Durango, Farmington, Cortez and Grand Junction.<\/p>\n

Vendors who\u2019ve been involved over the years, along with two or three new vendors, will offer up their records. Gallacher said those records in some cases are like that \u201cshirt in the closet that never gets worn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gallacher said they may have duplicates or \u201cit may just be time to let somebody else enjoy it\u201d and make room for new ones. He said his musical tastes have changed over time.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now I’m really into stuff I haven’t heard before. And so I’ve digressed backward in time to music of a period before my generation,\u201d he said, adding he\u2019s now listening to 1950s-era jazz and soul music.<\/p>\n

His vast collection of nearly 2,000 records is diverse and eclectic, including everything from AC\/DC and Frank Zappa to John Coltrane and Herbie Hancock.<\/p>\n

He said the best of the best all \u201cstems from the roots of American music,\u201d adding he enjoys the history of how blues and jazz evolved into bebop.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd now we’re into fusion, soul music, funk and disco,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Vinyl record production stopped in 1989, but have rebounded since the early 2000s, now surpassing all other recorded music formats.<\/p>\n

Gallacher said some of the current music that\u2019s popular does not feature instruments.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew music is mostly either electronically created through a computer or built in pieces,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Gallacher said the current artists are going back to find sounds from music in the \u201870s and \u201880s.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo when I listen to music with my kids, I say this sounds just like David Bowie or this \u201880s band,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

dalbright@tricityrecordnm.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note: Phil Gallacher is an advertising representative with The Durango Herald.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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