Jerry's Records | Pittsburgh, PA | Record Stores Across America S09E01
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- Meet local treasure and legend Jerry Weber as he shares insight, with his laugh-at-life humor, into his 42 years in the business. We discuss how he got the famous artist R. Crumb to do artwork for his brand, why he sold 700,000 records to a broker in Germany and why shoppers have always been able walk out of his store with an arm full of records without breaking the bank. "Thank you Jerry for your time, the interview, your hospitality and most of all sharing your story with the vinyl community." -Corey
Website
www.jerrysrecor...
Auctions
vinyl-man.com/i...
Jerry , Aug. 7, 1948-Jan. 28, 2022 ,,, RIP Jerry, your work is done!
There’s something so likeable about this man and his passion for music. RIP sir.
My heart goes out to people like these...
RIP Jerry! I spend so much of my time and whatever I could scrape together in college there. Have such fond memories of that goldmind!
Jerry is fantastic. I could spend an hour each day for the rest of my life looking at his collection and never be bored.
Same here!
I know I'm 2 years late but what a great video,
Jerry you're a bloody legend mate!
Jerry The Facilitator. I love this guy already. Great interview, he's the real deal. :)
I have been to Jerry's several times and brought my children with me. Spectacular place.
What a great guy! One of you very best episodes.
Thank you
What a peach of a guy! He loves what he does and that shines through. It was interesting to hear how the online component of the business - the auctions - is critical to the store being able to continue to operate at the price points he wants to sell at. Great video, Corey ... Jerry's smile says it all.
Cheers! Tom
Great comment and much appreciated.
Nothing like seeing an interview with one of the legends in the record store business. Super job Corey~
Rob/Boston
Thank you Rob
RIP Jerry. I would bring a stack of records up to the counter and he would round the total price "dahn". The price tags would total $55 and he would only charge $50. I'm going here tomorrow to browse for the afternoon. This is my favorite place to be in the entire city.
What a kind hearted and charming man! RIP-Jerry!
Legends never die. This was fantastic on so many levels. Great job Corey!!
I'm glad you found this video! I was very fortunate to get an interview with Jerry just before he retired. I think R. Crumb did the art work for that book you were showing the other day? Thanks brother!
Yup. Crumb did the artwork for that Yazoo CD comp. I got some books by Crumb. Unique character. @@CoreysChannel
Jerry and mac miller. Rip
Very Cool Corey! What a down to earth guy. I appreciate you doing this series, very cool to visit with these folks! Thanks! Peace!
You bet. I loved being able to share some of Jerry's story to the music community.
So this is the record store mac references :")
❤
what?
Sure is 😊
I've been to jerry's many time.classy,honest man.
Fantastic Corey, very professionally done, especially the sound which is often tricky to capture on location. Jerry's character shines through with great stories and attitude. It'll be a real honour for his mate to step up to the plate.
What's up Ian! Yes, glad you can appreciate the challenges of shooting videos on-site and on-the-spot without an isolated area. Many challenges, I've had a lot go wrong lol but good back ups or creative editing always saves the day. He is a local treasure and I'm glad to have had the pleasure to meet Jerry and shop at such a legendary record store!
Love Jerry’s. Miss him
Totally, me too.
I lived two hours from Pittsburgh. When I went record shopping, Jerry’s was the first stop. I miss those days.
Corey. i dont remember seeing this episode but maybe i did. I came to this video because i saw the owner in an other video, done for tv, and they showed his other place were he has 2.000.000 records more. amazing. This is a super profesional video and loved the way you did it Corey.
Didn’t know this was a real place, I was listening to the song titled “Jerry’s Record Store” by Mac Miller and came across this legendary place. When ever i finally make it up to Pittsburg I’ll have to stop in
That's awesome! Happy hunting.
It's real...and a destination for real record geeks.
Wow dude. You've outdone yourself with this one. First off the place is legendary and Jerry actually smiled, but your editing is on point. If you had a TV show it would be appointment TV
Much appreciated Stav. This is definitely a special episode.
Wow this guys story is amazing.Great video Cory!
Thank you Trish
I still have some old punk, hardcore, and metal albums with Jerry's stickers on them. What a great place.
Wow! This guy is amazing .. rescuing records and saving them for the next generation is what it's all about... so anti hipster... love it
Excellent episode ...so laid back chat with Jerry ..I hope to make it there before he leaves someday.
Waz up VK? Dude you'd love it the most. Plan for a lot of time but you won't need to save a lot of cash.
very nicely kept all about the subject, Jerry/ Jerry,s, by not hearing questions/conversation. thoughtful technique and editing.
Thank you, this approach allows the viewers to fill in the blanks and I think it works. I never liked the videos that show the questions typed out and I don't have the equipment or people to have one camera on me and one on the owner. Glad you enjoyed. I have a bunch more on my channel. Cheers ~Corey
One of the best experiences of this whole vinyl deal I have been on was being able to talk to Jerry on the phone once before he retired. I won one of his online silent auctions for a pressing of Lee Morgan - The Cooker.
Nice! The auctions continue (non consistent) from another website now. Jerry was so gracious with his time and I was honored to make this video for the record shop!
Just Add Vinyl Yeah I still get the auction emails. Always great stuff on there.
Love it ! He's awesome ! Love the Crumb story as well . Thanks for sharing.
You bet. Glad you appreciated the Crumb story and good thing you kept your thumbnail ;)
I just found your Channel yesterday and i watched all seasons of "record stores across america" immediately. Can't wait for new stuff. Thanks for your great work!
ALL the videos? Wow that's quite a compliment. Thank you for binge watching the series! I am fortunate to have a large audience through the vinyl community and opportunities to visit shops in a hand-full of states. Do you have any favorite moments or shops?
Yup, every one. And it is really cool to see that you became better and better in making those (like it when there is a lot of great b-role and things like this).
I was really impressed by the Amoeba record shop. I'm from a smaler city in Germany and we don't have something like this in my area. So this was really cool to see.
Thanks again for the great work!
Excellent. Thanks for comin' back around and sharing feedback.
You're welcome
Very fascinating feature. That's the kind of store and owner every city needs.
Absolutely! Thank you Cameron
That was unreal!! Loved it! Well produced vid as always!! Thanks for putting that together and sharing!!!
You bet. Jerry added all the flavor that could have been missing from this video. It was a pleasure to document such a great guy and local treasure. I appreciate your support, the comments have been amazing.
I love Jerry's. I live, maybe 30 minutes from there. I loved to go in and trade records for more records. I have two boxes of 45's marked "go to Jerry's" on the box... and then a friend of mine says, Jerry's isn't dealing with 45's any longer. SAY WHAT? I'll have to trot over there myself and see if that's true or not. I've gotten so many great records from Jerry's. It truly is one of the few, shining things, in Pittsburgh.
I'd fill my house with records if I lived that close to Jerry's! I saw 45s around the shop and bought a handful so I think they will still buy them. From what I understand the main focus shifted to LPs and he sold all the 45s from the back of the shop to make room. Glad I had the video of the shelves of 45s from 3 years ago!
I can’t wait to visit this store
Happy hunting!
Jerry; you’re more than welcome here in Costa Rica.
Thanks to guys like him the average person can collect records at an inexpensive way instead putting down good money for poor quality records online.
Absolutely. I wish more owners would be inspired by his philosophy.
Great video Corey!! Wonderful interview thanks for showing. Be well-- Lisa
Thank you
What a awesome video!!! Now I wish I lived in PA!!
Thank you! I hope you get to visit someday. If you enjoyed this video, please check out the Record Stores Across America series featuring brick and mortar stores with interviews and things in local area. Maybe I've done one at a store near you?
Thanks!!!! I will check that out!!!
I love that store! I can spend hours in there and Jerry is an awesome dude.
Much appreciated comment Bill
Beautiful story
What a great video. I love how you just let Jerry talk about his store and his philosophy about vinyl. I just discovered your channel and instantly subscribed. What a great idea for a TH-cam channel. Cheers! 😁👍
Hi Frank, I really appreciate the sub. Preserving brick and mortar record stores and their owners has been very rewarding. I spent several years meeting fascinating owners and visiting unique stores to share with viewers. I really appreciate when people can enjoy them with me. If you pull up a playlist you'll see each one has a unique approach, short but interesting. Let me know what you think if you watch any more! Cheers!
i been shopping at his store since the nineties in Oakland . istill shop there awesome place lots of great memories there .
Really? I'd go broke if I lived that close to Jerry's!
Albanian goat herding music? Perfect for the ipod when out in the fields. Great interview, Corey! Always enjoying hearing and seeing things about Jerry's. Would love to visit. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Jeff
That's a great idea for a new thread right? Goats n' Notes...esh that was bad but yeah good times at Jerry's hope you can make it someday.
Fantastic!!! Great job on this one brother. Plus you know it's one of my favorite shop in the world.
SO glad to serve up the first RSAA video of the year with an interview from Jerry. I had a lot of encouragement from Audrey as well. We went two days, one to dig (I got a stack) and one for the interview and store shots. You can tell the store is going through a transition with the basement clearing out and reorganization but the space where the 45s were already had walls of vinyl but a lot easier to look through. It's still all curated nicely as well. With an endorsement like 'favorite in the world' I'm glad I could do it justice Greeno!
My friend and me used to spend hours in the Princeton record exchange in Princeton NJ, they used to have all records until CDs came along then little by little they had more and more CDs, soon the records were being overtaken but it was still a fun time, I don't know if they're still there, you know you scored big when you came out with more than one of their yellow record bags full up.
Great video! I love stores like this.
Thank you Legion
I still have albums I bought there back in 1989 with the "Jerry's" price sticker.
Nice!
that's sooo cool :D
I really nice memory from the store
I love videos like this I just found your channel! I'll check em all out! Thanks and keep it up I can go to the record store and never leave my house! Very fun stuff!!! Thanks Mike
and there it is! Thank you Mike.
Wow have herd of Jerries here in the UK. If I visited it you would never see me again LOL
You'd be arrested for diving through piles of records like Uncle Scrooge in his gold??
Greeting from Australia Corey!!
Love this series man!
He seems like one really cool guy.
Cheers
~Andrew
Greetings, thank you for watching. I can see you're passionate about this stuff, are you planning to make any videos?
Corey's VC Channel
Definitely, very passionate about this!!
Been trying for over a year to make videos, just dislike the way I sound lol.
My grandpa is probably one of the sole survivors that listen to polka
God I hate pokla. And I like jazz blues soul country big band rock folk ragtime Opera classical and others I can't remember
@@madbear3512 i love just about everything ive been collecting for 12 years i have over 200 artists i have 528 pieces of music it is the love of my life i don't know what i would do without it i have everything from the classical stuff bethovan and Bach i have alot of jazz classic rock country british rock soft rock disco soul r&b pop everything except hip hop and really hard rock
@@cimarronhopper4605
Man of many tastes I see. Good
Another great record store video.
Thank you Rich
Jerry, you are a wonderful soul . Thanks ! ( Wallace )
just found this video. holy crap, what a great guy.
He really is a local treasure. I'm honored I was able to interview him shortly before he retired from working at his store.
Very cool fella. If i didn't live so far away, I'd be there every weekend lol.
The store is total overload for guys like us. Thanks Andy.
Very cool video! Awesome interview. Guy seems like a legend. You dont see any record stores like that in my state. Nary a one. All long gone. A few tiny niche ones and the rest of places that sell lp's are coffee shops, barnes and noble, newbury comics etc.
Thank you Jimmy. Glad you could go for a ride to Jerry's then, if only virtually.
Another great video about record stores! Very cool guy. It's the kind of record store and owner that i wish were here where i live! Take care! :)
Thank you Jorgen, guys like Jerry and stores like this are a rarity for sure.
My favorite record store..
I would love to visit that store. I suspect it won't be around a lot longer. I need a long road trip this summer.
Well Jerry says the store will be there even if he's retired plus he'll visit on weekends.
Between Jerry's for used stuff and The Attic for new records, Pittsburgh has it pretty good.
..What a great video Corey..
Thank you Garen
been going to his shop since 1991! age 11....he was in Oakland
Nice. Very cool that you are a part of that history.
Corey's VC Channel thanks Corey....he's such a kind man with a great sense of humor
Amazing, he seems like a super cool dude!
I caught him in a good mood ;)
This guy is awesome very interesting
I heard that Jerry lives in a warehouse full of records. It would be fun to look at all of those records, but I don't think I would want to live in a warehouse. I would love to go to the store someday but if I did I wouldn't want to leave LOL>>>>>>>>>>>D&Y
Very good to hear from you David. Yeah, I could stay three days and spend the whole time digging through those records!
I bought Van Halen Balance there for $7...best score, ever.
Since Jerry retired, the place changed too much, to its detriment.
I have no desire to go there, anymore.
WOW nice score. I haven't been there in years.
I spent a lot in that place!
You Rock jerry!
RIP i hope he gave it to that guy 💪🏼💪🏼
RIP Jerry
Would love to go there one day! Seems like a great guy
Jerry is very down-to-earth and I had a great time talking to him. Hope you make it there someday.
Awesome video....
Thank you Darrin!
he has such a good vibe :)
He really was an interesting interview. Great guy.
omg id be there every day!
i know right
Wish I had the chance to meet Jerry. He reminds me of the land of homeless toys, but instead it's records. I really need to check this place out next time I'm in the burgh. I've heard so much about it So Jerry's doesn't sell cds? Just curious.
They actually just started selling CDs too
There used to be a record store by my place that closed last year. It was there in business since 2000, and the prices were not bad. Now the thing that is closest to being a record store close to my place is FYE, and they are way over priced.
Sorry to hear about that. I've had bad experiences FYE. Beat up records jammed in the bin, crazy prices. Try Jerry's record auctions. Link above under 'read more'.
When I was really into vinyl I used to be the first guy through the door every Saturday at Jerry’s it got to the point I’d show up a little early and he would let me in but if anyone was behind me he would tell them it’s not 10 you got 5 more minutes to wait lol I haven’t been there since jerry retired
Wow, thank you for sharing. I wish I lived that close in those days.
Jerry is a cool cat!!!
Great video! Very, very cool store! Definitely needs to get some Smashing Pumpkins though! Haha
haha I was lucky to catch Jerry during a rare non-busy window. Check out his auction for the really cool stuff Cody.
Gosh Corey it's been 6 years since this video. Next time you are in PGH look me up. There's a cold one in the fridge 🍺. Greg
absolutely! crazy how time flies
My kind of store not charging exuberant prices the way it should be. 2 places I go especially 1 does.
Right!
lwanted to work at Jerrys but it never happened . it sure would have been a blast iwas retired any way
Hey polka is a fun dance!
Been there many times.
Billy Corgan has not. ("no Smashing Pumpkins" -Jerry)
want to go to Jerry's some day
a MUST stop in Pittsburgh
Corey...outstanding! I had bid on several of his auctions two or three years back. I didn't win anything but after watching this, it's great to have some context behind the store and Jerry. To be quite honest I am happy the guys in Berlin landed the 45s. At least they will find their way out. The guy from Third Man, while being a well known 45 collector, has always come across as a bit of a leech and I'm a bit suspect on the space claim. That's just my opinion anyway.
Can you believe I landed this interview? So much has to go right and I was thrilled to spend some time with Jerry while the cameras were rolling. That's a good point about the 45s going to Berlin, to your point they will see a lot more exposure beyond local customers or occasional tourist. Glad I found the footage of the 45s from a few years ago as well. Regarding the space being the deal breaker...Jerry did send the measurements. Thanks Paul!
Got any CDs?
one question? does he always get id?
Great, if you have one close to where I'm interested in to, then I'll buy.
Like at Sacramento, California. You could take place to what was both TOWER RECORDS & DIMPLE RECORDS.
They've both RETIRED, so we have NO WHERE to shop.
Check these places as WE need them!!!
Yes we do!
The island of misfit records.
Mac Miller brought me here
Goat Herding Music ?????