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Recordville returns to Northampton with 70,000 albums for sale

Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Cohen also DJs and sells records under the name Studebaker Hawk. Lara Woolfson Advertisement Last March's edition of the fair was 'by far our biggest one ever,' Cohen says. And the Recordville world is poised to keep growing, as his 16th Northampton fair comes to 'Even by 9 a.m. — when we open for early admission — there's probably at least 150, if not over 200 people, who are ready to come in,' Cohen says. For everyone else, a bounty of sounds await in the afternoon, ranging from the most mainstream records — say, the latest release from Taylor Swift — to obscure finds tucked among dollar bins. From funk to punk, you'll be hard-pressed to name a genre that's not represented among the scores of vendors, although some businesses boast notable niches. Golden Music of New Hampshire is a 45s dealer, for instance, while Cambridge shop 'Searching online is just such a different journey than looking in person, digging in person, and getting recommendations,' Cohen says. 'You really don't know what you're going to find.' Advertisement As guests browse wares from dealers who made the trek from Connecticut, New York, and New Hampshire, as well as selections from Massachusetts shops like Belmont's Want List Records and Purchase Street Records in New Bedford, DJs will soundtrack the afternoon with highlights from their own music collections. (Cohen, who DJs under the name Cohen also intended to expand the fair Eastward this March, and booked a Somerville rendition of the fair at the As it turns out, the expansion will have to wait a few more months. Following a fire on the hotel's ninth floor in February, the Holiday Inn has canceled all March events, although Cohen has plans to rebook the record fair there in late 2025. 'I was vocal about 'why doesn't someone restart [the Holiday Inn fairs]?' he says. 'I certainly have the experience and the network, and I'm happy to make it happen and turn it into a really great fair.' GIG GUIDE Folks eager to celebrate Mardi Gras can head to and guest vocalist will ring in the festivities. Scullers Jazz Club will also host Mardi Gras events on Saturday, tapping Boston's Advertisement Washington D.C. duo Two shows involving Berklee College of Music will reimagine the catalog of rock icons this week, starting with the Berklee Ensemble Orchestra's renditions of Led Zeppelin classics at the Advertisement The Burren welcomes the next generation of budding Massachusetts artists on "Vroom Vroom, etc.", the new EP from Boston band Copilot, contains stomping roots and pop-rock radiance. Yazi Ferrufino NOW SPINNING Copilot, "Trilogy 3" captures the live magic of jazz greats Chick Corea, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade. Jordin Jaz Pinkus/Chick Corea Productions Chick Corea, Cornelia Murr's first LP in six years, 'Run to the Center,' contains 10 tracks of lithe pop and balletic synths. Laura-Lynn Petrick Cornelia Murr, Advertisement BONUS TRACK Game on, chiptune fans. Victoria Wasylak can be reached at vmwasylak@ Follow her on Bluesky @