Vinyl Bay 777 is Your New Home for Queen Music and Memorabilia

Queen has been inspiring artists and fans for nearly five decades with their bombastic rock sound and theatrical stage presence. Now, the band’s Long Island fans have a new place to stock up on music from their favorite rockers: Your Music Outlet, VinylBay 777.

Vinyl Bay 777 has one of the largest collections of Queen music and memorabilia on Long Island. The independent record shop has acquired a collection of more than 100 new and used copies of the band’s music on CD. The extensive collection encompasses the band’s entire career, from their 15 studio albums to live recordings, greatest hits, solo albums and post-Freddie Mercury reunions. The collection also includes tribute and cover albums that bring new perspective to the band’s legendary catalog from artists inspired by Queen’s career. These albums range from classical takes on the band’s music to multi-genre covers that exemplify the kind of reach the band’s music has had.

CDs aren’t the only Queen items the store has in stock. Vinyl Bay 777 has another 70-plus pieces set to hit shelves over the next few weeks. These include albums, books, memorabilia and more. Check out more of the band’s works on vinyl and cassette. The store has books about the band’s jukebox musical ‘We Will Rock You,’ biographies detailing their storied career with never-before-seen photos, and even guitarist Brian May’s study on the work of T. R. Williams in stock now.

Queen remains one of the most revered bands in rock music today. Led by the inimitable Freddie Mercury, the band has sold hundreds of millions of albums all over the world, making them one of the best-selling artists in music. Even after Mercury’s passing in 1991, Queen’s music and legacy continued to live on. Their 1981 greatest hits album became one of the best selling albums of all time. The band continues to tour behind their massive catalog, most recently with ‘American Idol’ alum Adam Lambert on vocals as Queen + Adam Lambert. And with a successful jukebox musical touring the UK and an upcoming movie about the band’s early career (which hits US theaters on November 2), people’s fascination with the band doesn’t look like it will ever burn out.

Vinyl Bay 777 is Long Island’s top new independent record shop. Operating for nearly two years, the store boasts an inventory that spans thousands of titles in a variety of genres. Browse their wide selection of new and used vinyl records, CDs, cassettes, music DVDs and memorabilia in store or online at vinylbay777.com. Located in Plainview off Sunnyside Boulevard, the store is just minutes away from the Northern State and Long Island Expressway.

Queen fans will be sure to love the extensive collection of the band’s albums Vinyl Bay 777 has added to their inventory. Including albums, books, memorabilia and more, the new collection spans the band’s entire career, as well as their legacy and influence. Keep the music of Queen going and check it out on your next visit to Vinyl Bay 777.

Vinyl Bay 777 Quickly Becoming Best New Independent Record Shop on Long Island

Plainview shop has one of the largest selections of new and used vinyl records and more in the area

Over the last year, Vinyl Bay 777 has become one of the hottest new record shops on Long Island. Featuring a wide selection of new and used vinyl records, CDs, cassette tapes, DVDs, memorabilia and more, plus friendly staff to help you make the perfect selection, it’s easy to see why in under a year this store is set to be a big player in the long island music market.

Vinyl Bay 777 and vinylbay777.com are an extension of local businessman Frank Napoli’s successful eBay shop. Opening at 101-14 Dupont Street in Plainview, NY in November 2015, the shop is filled wall-to wall with vinyl records, CDs, cassettes and music memorabilia. Its dim lighting adds to the vintage ambience, making it a cozy spot for browsing their ample music selection, one of the largest collections of physical music releases on Long Island.

Mr. Napoli is no stranger to the Long Island music scene. For the last three years, he has successfully organized the Freeport Blues and Jazz Festival, which brings nationally touring blues musicians to the Nautical Mile every summer. The 2016 festival included performances by Christine Sweeney Band, Jim Koleman, John Judd Band, Two Finger Jake, Lady Laura, Blue Ruin and Killer Joe & the Lido Soul Review. Mr. Napoli also briefly owned a blues lounge, which was recently shut down due to zoning issues.  

At a time where the demand for vinyl records is growing, now is the perfect time for a record store to open on the island. As more people are searching out the medium, record companies are producing more of it. According to Fortune, RIAA-documented sales of vinyl are at their highest since 1988, while CDs have been at a steady decline for years. Record Store Day, which Vinyl Bay 777 participates in yearly, has helped strengthen this trend by promoting limited release titles from artists of all genres and supporting the small record shops that sell these releases.

Vinyl Bay 777 continues to thrive in its Plainview location, attracting music lovers and audiophiles locally, statewide and nationally. Open Monday and Wednesday from 4PM to 10PM, Saturday from 11AM to 2AM and Sunday from 11AM to 10PM, the store’s late night hours make it the perfect place to go after work or on the weekends for a late-night browsing session. The store also sells music from their website, vinylbay777.com, making it convenient to shop online during off hours.

Going from eBay to physical location, Vinyl Bay 777 has been doing well for itself. As the Plainview location continues to thrive approaching its second year, there is no telling how big the store will get. With thousands of titles in store and online and more people finding out about the store’s unique finds and ambience all the time, there’s no limit to where Vinyl Bay 777’s popularity might go.

For more information and to browse Vinyl Bay 777's enormous selection of vinyl, CDs, cassettes and more, please visit vinylbay777.com.

The Grand Opening of the best Record Store on Long Island

Does anyone still play Vinyl anymore? 

The answer may surprise you. But if you said yes, we have the perfect Music Outlet for you! Conveniently located off Sunnyside Boulevard in Plainview, NY we have the best variety of both Vintage & New Vinyl Records, strictly in mint condition of course! 

Aside from the records spanning from wall to wall, Vinyl Bay 777 will also have the best collection of New & Preowned CDs, you will be sure to find all of your favorites!

Have an eye for art? We also have gallery-quality artwork for you to rest your eyes on when you want to take a break from looking through albums. 

Although it is not as early as we would like, we are looking forward to opening on April 20th.

Hope to see you there! 

Be sure to stop by for our Grand Opening

Vinyl Bay 777 has something for everyone!

(Including the best bargains)

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Vinyl Bay 777 talks Vinyl Revival

Vinyl Revival Stumps Digital Age

Vinyl records, the kind that we here at Vinyl Bay 777 love to frame, study, and spin, are undoubtedly technology from last century.  In an era where a gadget the size of your hand can store half a terabyte of data, translating into thousands of songs spanning hundreds of albums, it sounds almost quaint that physically distributed music – cold, hard media such as Compact Disks and magnetic tape - could stand up to digital downloads.  With electronic audio formats such as MP3's dominating in the cost, storage space, quality and, sadly, ease-of-piracy categories, the only leg left for solid media to stand on is the value of touch.  Surprisingly for many who don't work with us at Vinyl Bay 777, the soft grooves of vinyl records have managed to provide physical media a grip on the sales charts long after their supposed death at the hands of CD's.

According to Wikipedia, global sales in Vinyl have skyrocketed from around $55 million in 2007 to $171 million in 2012.  $55 million of that growth came between 2011 and 2012 alone.  This resurrection of a media form once written off as dead is being called the “Vinyl Revival,” a term popularized in part by Britain's The Independent's use of the term in their 2012 article, The Rapacity Of The Record Revival.

Part of the reason for the Vinyl Revival's success has been its status symbol as part of collector-edition sets for groups like the Foo Fighters, or pre-order packages for bands like Silversun Pickups.  In the case of pre-order packages, sometimes an MP3 copy of the album is included with the purchase, merging digital and physical distribution.  Collectors can hold on to their mint-condition vinyl albums and still listen to the music they bought!  Plus, no amount of internet uploading can duplicate a physical object, so sales officials can rest assured that they will get an excellent mark-up on their merchandise even if the MP3 files find their way to a torrent site.

Speaking to The Independent in its Record Revival article, Sean Bidder, the creative director of Vinyl Foundry, argued that it was worth “another few pounds” to create a vinyl album because of its superior “quality and craftsmanship.”  We at Vinyl Bay 777 completely agree.  We love feeling the velvety grooves of our albums, and that's why we got into the industry. 

The Vinyl Revival is about more than just sales figures:  It's about craftsmanship, nostalgia, and good tunes along the way!