Tucson record collector comes home, opens shop in antiques malls | Business News

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But this initial failure laid the foundation for what Lambert believed to be a used record store.

“My theory from then on has always been that you treat used records like a new record store,” he said, explaining that he often has more than one copy of popular titles and artists and exhibits the records in cases where customers can go through Scroll through albums and find a rare track or favorite from the past.

“I always know that things are good when the inventory is messed up,” he said. “When things are wrong, I know that people are looking.”

And what they find are rare albums by The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, the British folk rockers Fairport Convention and Emerson, Lake & Palmer alongside the usual suspects in the record collector catalogs of Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.

He also has several jazz, blues and classical albums in the mix.

Desert Vinyl is a post-retirement company for 65-year-old Lambert whose working life has included selling solar energy, importing wine, making tapes, and owning and operating a recording studio for children.

But with every new venture, Lambert dreamed out loud of running a record store.

“I kept dreaming of walking around a record store,” he said.

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