Wooden Nickel Music
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Wooden Nickel Records & Music consists of three locations-3627 North Clinton Street, 3422 North Anthony Blvd. and 6427 West Jefferson Blvd. in Fort Wayne. Wooden Nickel Records opened back in the summer of 1982 on North Clinton Street in Fort Wayne, Indiana by Bob and Cindy Roets during the first year of MTV music television. Bob had worked at three other record stores in Madison, Wisconsin while in college and after graduation, moved to Fort Wayne to manage Slatewood Records. At just 23 years old, Bob’s dream of owning his own record store became a reality in 1982 as a full line record and cassette store and grew quickly as Wooden Nickel introduced Fort Wayne to the Compact Disc in 1983(the first title released was an import of Genesis “Genesis”). Due to the explosion in popularity of the CD, Wooden Nickel went from one location to six (N. Clinton, N. Crescent, Time Corners, Dupont, Southgate and Georgetown) in Fort Wayne during their first decade of business. Things were going great in the music business until the debut of Napster in 1999 signaled a huge downturn in physical music product sales. With free file sharing services, itunes along with internet sales(Amazon for example) well over 3000 record stores went out of business over the next decade. Wooden Nickel was not exempt to the changes in the industry, losing it’s Dupont, Southgate and Georgetown locations by 2007.
A major turning point occurred the next year (2008), as Record Store Day was born. Wooden Nickel was one of just a handful of multi-store independent music locations that participated the first year, and began to notice a rather interesting trend that grew each year after our first RSD. That of course was the return of vinyl, which has grown at a double digit rate for us over the each of the past nine years!
One of WN’s special hallmark’s through the years has been our in-store signings and performances. Bands to appear at Wooden Nickel over the years include artists like Bo Diddley, They Might Be Giants, .38 Special, Foreigner, Krokus, Dokken, Queensrÿche, The Tubes, Head East, Joe Bonamassa, Static X and Soil to name a few. Wooden Nickel has hosted over 370 performances in it’s 35 year existence, most of which have featured the some of the finest musical talent in and around Fort Wayne. Check out our YouTube channel which features over 3000 videos shot in our stores featuring many of these in-store performances. The videos on our YouTube channel have received well over 1,000,000 views, bringing much needed attention to many artists in our local music community!
We are truly a family run local business as both of Bob and Cindy’s sons, Christopher and Andrew have logged countless hours in the stores through the years. Wooden Nickel has received many accolades through the years, including 22 national sales awards, 9 Fort Wayne Newspapers “Best Of Fort Wayne” awards and most recently the 2014 H. Stanley Liddell Fort Wayne Special Achievement Award for our enthusiastic promotion of Fort Wayne’s musicians and the local music scene for over three decades.
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facebook.comNOW AVAILABLE AT ALL THREE WOODEN NICKEL RECORDS LOCATIONS! "Stone Temple Pilots" is the self titled new release from STP featuring the hit "Meadow". This one is now available on CD and vinyl LP pressing. Pick up your copy at any of the three Wooden Nickel Records locations-North Clinton, North Anthony and West Jefferson Blvd. See you soon! #stp #stonetemplepilots #woodennickelmusic #woodennickel #fortwayne #fortwayneindiana #shoplocal #shopsmall #shoplocalfortwayne #records #recordshop #recordcollection #recordstores #recordstoreday #recordstoresarecool #recordcollecting #recordcollector #vinyl #cimsmusic #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #vinylmusic #vinylalbum #vinylrules #independentmusicstore
TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO USE THIS MONEY SAVING COUPON! Would you like to save big bucks on vinyl and Cd's? Each Tuesday in May we are offering you 25% off any used LP or CD in stock at any of the three Wooden Nickel Records locations! This would be a great time to add to your music collection! Pick up a coupon at the front counter of any Wooden Nickel Records location-West Jefferson, North Clinton or North Anthony Blvd., print it off social media or off our website, woodennickelrecords.com. Also show us the coupon on our new free app. Hope to see you soon! #woodennickelmusic #woodennickel #fortwayne #fortwayneindiana #shoplocal #shopsmall #shoplocalfortwayne #records #recordshop #recordcollection #recordstores #recordstoreday #recordstoresarecool #recordcollecting #recordcollector #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #vinylmusic #vinylalbum #vinylrules #independentmusicstore
Check this out! One of my most pleasant surprises from a recent show at the C2G Music Hall was singer/songwriter Erin Coburn, a 17 year old guitarist and electric ukulele player who plays the blues! She opened for the Marcus KIng Band. I think she has a big career ahead of her!
NOW AVAILABLE AT ALL THREE WOODEN NICKEL RECORDS LOCATIONS! "Spectres" is the classic album featuring the monster hit "Godzilla" by Blue Oyster Cult. Just released is this high definition remastered translucent blue vinyl LP pressing! Limited to just 2000 copies worldwide! Pick up your copy at any of the three Wooden Nickel Records locations-North Clinton, North Anthony and West Jefferson Blvd. See you soon! #blueoystercult #woodennickelmusic #woodennickel #fortwayne #fortwayneindiana #shoplocal #shopsmall #shoplocalfortwayne #records #recordshop #recordcollection #recordstores #recordstoreday #recordstoresarecool #recordcollecting #recordcollector #vinyl #cimsmusic #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #vinylmusic #vinylalbum #vinylrules #independentmusicstore
It was great getting caught up with 22 year old blues guitar player Marcus King from the Marcus King Band after his smokin' concert at C2G Music Hall Wednesday evening. Marcus mentioned to me that he has been collaborating with Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks and will be releasing his third album in September-he played several tracks from the new one and they sounded great! He said that the new one will be released in both CD and vinyl formats. Of course you will be able to pick up your copy at all three Wooden Nickel Records locations!#woodennickelmusic #woodennickel #fortwayne #fortwayneindiana #shoplocal #shopsmall #shoplocalfortwayne #records #recordshop #recordcollection #recordstores #recordstoreday #recordstoresarecool #recordcollecting #recordcollector #vinyl #cimsmusic #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #vinylmusic #vinylalbum #vinylrules #independentmusicstore
NOW AVAILABLE AT WOODEN NICKEL RECORDS!WOW! Listen to the music from the new film "Solo: A Star Wars Story" which is released today with this CD! The soundtrack features music composed by the legendary John Williams including the "Han Solo Theme". The score was composed and adapted by John Powell. Pick your copy up while they last at any of the three Wooden Nickel Records locations-North Clinton, North Anthony and West Jefferson Blvd. See you soon! #starwars #woodennickelmusic #woodennickel #fortwayne #fortwayneindiana #shoplocal #shopsmall #shoplocalfortwayne #records #recordshop #recordcollection #recordstores #recordstoreday #recordstoresarecool #recordcollecting #recordcollector #vinyl #cimsmusic #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #vinylmusic #vinylalbum #vinylrules #independentmusicstore #hansolo
NOW IN STOCK AT ALL THREE WOODEN NICKEL RECORDS LOCATIONS!!! Brand new CD and selected LP releases from: Chvrches, Shawn Mendes, Solo:A Star Wars Story Soundtrack, Kuntry Twang, Blue Oyster Cult, Snow Patrol, Jonathan Davis, Kasey Chambers, Jennifer Warnes, Meiko, Philthy Rich, Lamont Dozier, Big Scoob, Matt Anderson, Tracyanne & Danny, Davisson Brothers, Skating Polly, Jeffrey Osborne, Bleeding Through and Kris Kristofferson. For more information about all of our new releases this week, please check out our website, www.woodennickelrecords.com. and download our FREE app from any of the app stores to sample new releases. Also, be sure to check out our $5.00 classic CD bins and our 50 cent vinyl bins while in the any of our three Fort Wayne locations-West Jefferson, North Clinton and North Anthony Blvd. See you soon!
Check out some of these new arrivals to our album bins at the North Clinton Wooden Nickel Records location-these awesome titles are part of a much larger collection we picked up this morning. See you soon! #woodennickelrecords #woodennickelmusic #woodennickel #fortwayne #fortwayneindiana #shoplocal #shopsmall #shoplocalfortwayne #records #recordshop #recordcollection #recordstores #recordstoreday #recordstoresarecool #recordcollecting #recordcollector #vinyl #cimsmusic #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #vinylmusic #vinylalbum #vinylrules #independentmusicstores
"British Blues Explosion Live" is the latest offering from Fort Wayne favorite and our good friend Joe Bonamassa! It is a fantastic live album which pays homage to British guitarists Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Recorded at the Old Royal Navel College in London, this one is available in a 2-CD set, A DVD, BLU-RAY and a LIMITED EDITION TRIPLE COLORED 180 GRAM VINYL LP VERSION! Get your copy at any of the three Wooden Nickel Records locations-North Clinton, North Anthony and West Jefferson Blvd. See you soon! #joebonamassa #woodennickelmusic #woodennickel #fortwayne #fortwayneindiana #shoplocal #shopsmall #shoplocalfortwayne #records #recordshop #recordcollection #recordstores #recordstoreday #recordstoresarecool #recordcollecting #recordcollector #vinyl #cimsmusic #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #vinylmusic #vinylalbum #vinylrules #independentmusicstore
WOW! Check this out! Wooden Nickel Records has in stock this five piece vinyl record care kit from Vinyl Styl that has everything needed to keep vinyl sounding great for years to come. This kit comes complete with an anti-static brush, anti-static stylus cleaner, deep cleaning pad, record cleaning fluid and a stylus cleaning brush! All five pieces in the kit are now on sale for just $26.99 only at Wooden Nickel! Pick up your kit at any of the three Wooden Nickel Records locations-North Clinton, North Anthony and West Jefferson Blvd. See you soon! #vinylstyl #supportyourlocalrecordstore #woodennickelrecords #woodennickelmusic #woodennickel #fortwayne #shoplocal #shopsmall #shoplocalfortwayne #records #recordshop #recordcollection #recordstores #recordstoreday #recordstoresarecool #recordcollecting #recordcollector #vinyl #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #vinylmusic #vinylalbum #vinylrules
NOW in stock at Wooden Nickel Records! Metal band Lamb Of God is turning back into their first band name, Burn The Priest for a special covers album, "Legion: XX", filled with tracks that influenced the musicians growing up. Check this one out! Available in both a 10 track CD and a LIMITED EDITION SMOKEY GREEN 150 GRAM VINYL VERSION WITH A DOWNLOAD! Pick up your copy at any of the three Wooden Nickel Records locations-North Clinton, North Anthony and West Jefferson Blvd. See you soon! #lambofgod #burnthepriest #woodennickelrecords #woodennickelmusic #woodennickel #fortwayne #fortwayneindiana #shoplocal #shopsmall #shoplocalfortwayne #records #recordshop #recordcollection #recordstores #recordstoreday #recordstoresarecool #recordcollecting #recordcollector #vinyl #cimsmusic #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #vinylmusic #vinylalbum #vinylrules #independentmusicstore
NOW in stock at Wooden Nickel Records! Indie rock band Parquet Courts is back with their sixth studio album called "Wide Awake" Check this one out! Available in both a 14 track CD and a vinyl LP. Pick up your copy at any of the three Wooden Nickel Records locations-North Clinton, North Anthony and West Jefferson Blvd. See you soon! #parquetcourts #woodennickelrecords #woodennickelmusic #woodennickel #fortwayne #fortwayneindiana #shoplocal #shopsmall #shoplocalfortwayne #records #recordshop #recordcollection #recordstores #recordstoreday #recordstoresarecool #recordcollecting #recordcollector #vinyl #cimsmusic #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylcollector #vinylmusic #vinylalbum #vinylrules #independentmusicstore
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