Photos: PDQ Records in Tucson closing after decades in business
One of the last remaining record stores in Tucson is closing. "With great sorrow, we are announcing that PDQ Records & Tapes is closing its doors after 40 years in business, permanently," according a post on the site's Facebook page.
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Les Owens compares two copies of Mondo Bongo by The Boomtown Rats which he realized featured different closing tracks while browsing vinyl at PDQ Records, on Nov. 26, 2019. The store recently announced its upcoming closure due eminent domain as the city prepares for the Grant Street widening project.
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VHS tapes line a wall near the equipment repair shop inside PDQ Records at 2432 N Dodge Blvd, on Nov. 26, 2019. The store recently announced its upcoming closure due eminent domain as the city prepares for the Grant Street widening project.
PDQ Records Closing
PDQ Records at 2432 N Dodge Blvd, on Nov. 26, 2019. The store recently announced its upcoming closure due eminent domain as the city prepares for the Grant Street widening project.
PDQ Records Closing
Customers browse through CDs at PDQ Records at 2432 N Dodge Blvd, on Nov. 26, 2019. The store recently announced its upcoming closure due eminent domain as the city prepares for the Grant Street widening project.
PDQ Records Closing
Records at PDQ Records at 2432 N Dodge Blvd, on Nov. 26, 2019. The store recently announced its upcoming closure due eminent domain as the city prepares for the Grant Street widening project.
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Robert Earle and Frank Luna bona over their love of soundtracks while browsing through the shelfs of vinyl at PDQ Records at 2432 N Dodge Blvd, on Nov. 26, 2019. The store recently announced its upcoming closure due eminent domain as the city prepares for the Grant Street widening project.
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Jammie Phipps, a regular of PDQ Records since the store re-opened in 2014, browses old country records at the store on 2432 N Dodge Blvd, on Nov. 26, 2019. The store recently announced its upcoming closure due eminent domain as the city prepares for the Grant Street widening project.
PDQ Records Closing
Jammie Phipps, a regular of PDQ Records since the store re-opened in 2014, browses old country records at the store on 2432 N Dodge Blvd, on Nov. 26, 2019. The store recently announced its upcoming closure due eminent domain as the city prepares for the Grant Street widening project.
PDQ Records Closing
PDQ Records at 2432 N Dodge Blvd, on Nov. 26, 2019. The store recently announced its upcoming closure due eminent domain as the city prepares for the Grant Street widening project.
PDQ Records Closing
Customers browse through CDs at PDQ Records at 2432 N Dodge Blvd, on Nov. 26, 2019. The store recently announced its upcoming closure due eminent domain as the city prepares for the Grant Street widening project.
PDQ Records Closing
Duane Gibson gives a kiss to former radio host and store regular Frank Luna's dog Oona as Luna buys his final records at PDQ Records at 2432 N Dodge Blvd, on Nov. 26, 2019. The store recently announced its upcoming closure due eminent domain as the city prepares for the Grant Street widening project.
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Jack Grossi aka PDQ Jack, owner of PDQ Records, center, chats with Matt Neely, left and Frank Luna about music and other topics. The shop, located at 2342 N. Dodge Blvd, has re-opened after being closed for four years. Grossi first started selling vinyl out of the record wagon at the Tanque Verde Swap Meet. The store sells vinyl, tapes, 45's, cd's and VHS tapes. Photo taken: Friday December 26, 2014
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Brothers, Don, left and Michael Murray who describe themselves as vinyl enthusiasts, are happy that PDQ Records has re-opened after being closed for four years. The record and tape shop, located at 2342 N. Dodge Blvd., originally started with owner, Jack Grossi, who sold vinyl out of the record wagon at the Tanque Verde Swap Meet. Photo taken: Friday December 26, 2014
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Larry Maney says he's been working with Jack Grossi, owner of PDQ Records, since 1977. Maney collected surf music and met Grossi when he was selling vinyl out of the record wagon at the Tanque Verde Swap Meet. Now Maney does carpentry for Grossi at the store located at 2342 N. Dodge Blvd. The store has re-opened after being closed for four years. Photo taken: Friday December 26, 2014
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PDQ Records, located at 2342 N. Dodge Blvd, has re-opened after being closed for four years. The store sells vinyl, tapes, 45's, cd's and VHS tapes. Photo taken: Friday December 26, 2014
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PDQ Records, located at 2342 N. Dodge Blvd, has re-opened after being closed for four years. The store sells vinyl, tapes, 45's, cd's and VHS tapes. Photo taken: Friday December 26, 2014
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Clif Taylor says he's estatic that PDQ Records re-opened after being closed for four years. The record and tape shop, located at 2342 N. Dodge Blvd., originally started with owner, Jack Grossi, who sold vinyl out of the record wagon at the Tanque Verde Swap Meet. Photo taken: Friday December 26, 2014
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Matt Hill was on the hunt for Smokey Robinson and Prince records at PDQ Records, located at 2342 N. Dodge Blvd. The shop has re-opened after being closed for four years. The store sells vinyl, tapes, 45's, cd's and VHS tapes. Photo taken: Friday December 26, 2014
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PDQ Records and Tapes, 2342 North Dodge Boulevard, in 2004.
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Photographed in 2000, Jack Grossi, owner of PDQ records, a huge Tucson store that carries a giant selection of used, popular, unusual, hard to find records, cassettes, cds, 8 tracks. etc. Here, he's lining up a needle on an old LP. Grossi feels an LP in good contition, with good equipment, provides a better sound than an equivalent CD.
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Albert Chamillard, shown in 1997, visits PDQ Records music store 2-3 times a month to buy records for his collection.
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Jack Grossi, owner of PDQ Records, 3702 E. Grant Road, Tucson, on Oct. 4, 1995.
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Owner Jack Grossi goes through the CDs at PDQ Records, 3702 E. Grant Road, Tucson, on Oct. 4, 1995.
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Henry Sipp shows his son, Jesse, an album selection at PDQ Records, 3702 E. Grant Road, Tucson, on Oct. 4, 1995. "Each and every time I come here, I find what I'm looking for,' Sipp said.
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PDQ Records, 3702 E. Grant Road, Tucson, on Oct. 4, 1995.
Nadine and Jack Grossi
Nadine and Jack Grossi, owners of PDQ Records, 3702 E. Grant Road, Tucson, on May 6, 1991.
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Vinyl might be back, but Tucson's PDQ Records won't be.