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Parkville Record Shop Brings Back Vinyl

Friends and music lovers live their dreams through a new business.

Editor's Note: This article was first posted with an incorrect byline. The correct author was Kat Dickinson, not Emily Kimball. Patch regrets the error.

Ever had that important person from your past who you somehow lose track of over the years? Fortunately, in this modern age, you can always do a search on Facebook and try to reconnect. Scott Hammer and Gary Twaddle, teenage friends and music lovers from Cockeysville, did just that in the not-so-distant past. Surprisingly, they discovered they were both back living in Maryland.

They got reacquainted online and recaptured a “little of the glory,” as Bruce Springsteen said. They decided they still had a lot in common. In fact, they decided to start a unique Parkville music store, serving the local community.

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They opened Coda Records at 9301 Harford Road in Parkville. The shop is affiliated with the Musicians Institute of Baltimore, which is run by Twaddle’s wife Laurie Kotter. Twaddle, "a sound guy," built the two recording studios that are also housed in the same building.

Coda Records is a unique store offering a diverse collection of new and used music and movie merchandise. The store solicits music lovers to part with forgotten gems for resale. They’ll even make house calls to examine your collections if you are interested in selling some of your treasures.

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The store, which is open from noon to 7 p.m., has a vast collection of used CDs, vinyl, cassettes and DVDs. They also sell some new items, endorsing and supporting several small independent labels, including MT6, a local Parkville label. Other featured indie labels include Mexican Summer and FanDeath Records.  Kurt Vile is one of Mexican Summer’s outstanding musicians that co-owner Hammer and his son, Nick, really love.

Hammer said the store sells “everything from classical to cutting-edge, avant-garde, to folk and country.” The shop reflects his personal tastes in music, which runs the gamut. If it's music, he probably likes it.

The shop opened in September 2010 and offers ample parking in the adjacent parking lot.

Beside having one of the most diverse and unique music and movie collections for sale, Coda offers a range of transfer services. You can have your favorite classic vinyl transferred into CDR or MP3 format.  They can even do the same to those cherished cassettes or reel-to-reel recordings. Any VHS tape can also be converted to the modern DVD format.

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