Neal Keller: Digging for Vinyl One Day a Week

Let’s Boogie Records and Tapes at 3321 South Halsted, Bridgeport’s legendary record store, is the perfect Insta retro photo-op. It looks like Gen Z staged a record store and shot it with a Tokyo filter. It’s that cool.

Let's Boogie was established by Neal Keller in 1976. Neal knew the neighborhood needed rock ‘n’ roll. On this episode of Mospratt Street, we'll hear Neal's recollections through his son, Jason. Neal’s been unwell for awhile, so Jason relayed his father’s story to us.

‘He was seeing…that the neighborhood didn't have a record store that catered to the youth of the community,” Jason said. He accommodated their tastes, “but,” Jason added, “The neighborhood needed a store focused on rock and roll.”

Every episode of Mospratt Street premieres live on WLPN Radio Chicago (105.5) between 6:20pm and 6:30pm Central Time each Friday and then makes its way to the podcast so it can be enjoyed anywhere and anytime, often with additional content. 

This episode originally aired December 10th, 2021. Our next episode will feature Jason's own recollections about growing up in a record store.

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