After her father died in a car accident in Saudi Arabia, Mary and her brother went to West Virginia to clean out her dad's storage units and found thousands of vinyl records and collectibles in storage.
After making the long trip from Charleston, WV to Bryan, TX, Mary unloaded into her first location on Texas Ave. Behind Barnes and Noble over by Tutor John and opened her doors for business in October 2016. As you can see from the pictures, the store started out with a lot of her dad's collectables and antiques as well as records. After opening the doors, Mary realized the market in this town for vinyl was much larger than she had anticipated and she quickly converted the store from an antique store record store.
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The Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce not only benefits small businesses, but is an incredible resource to locals when it comes to discovering new resources in and around the twin cities, that encourage growth within our community.
Many Chamber of Commerce events are open to the public and all encourage active community involvement by our friends and family in and around the Bryan/College Station area. Check out their calendar of events here and plan to get involved.
http://business.bcschamber.org/events/calendar/
]]>There will always be roadblocks to success, but the music culture has embraced Curious Collections making us the top vinyl seller in College Station.
Supporting small businesses make the economy better for our nation. We thank you for supporting us through this endeavor and hope to see you in our store soon!
]]>The majority of people still go grocery shopping in a brick and mortar store. Buying produce online can be a little daunting. There is no censor for the condition it is in beyond a short description on a screen. We have accepted this chore of grocery shopping with the masses rather than doing it in our underwear at home, so why not accept other less taxing shopping outings for other valued items?
Shopping for vinyl is nothing less than an experience. Getting to hold a record in your hand, and listen to the little flaws it has that makes it what it is. Holding records in your hand rather than reading about it and hearing how that scratch effects the play and the needle to assess rather it is worth the price; that is what we are offering at Curious Collections.
Walking into a store with wall to wall of the same product is intimidating, but taking thirty minutes to sift through thirty records finding that one gem makes fighting Texas Ave traffic worth it.
Shopping for vinyl used to be an old school pastime, and we have tried to transform it for our day and age. However, getting bent records in the mail from non-climate controlled storage is tragic. In a store that doesn't happen. You won't pay twenty bucks for a record to receive it ruined and worth mere cents.
Trying to save a culture,
Curious Collections
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