We visit Rochester NY, the home of the impressive 13,000 square foot store, Record Archives. Celebrating his 50th year, owner and musician Richard Storms has one of the most impressive stores we've ever seen, also having a live music venue and bar called the Backroom Lounge. We also go to Bop Shop Records, renowned for the high quality of their used vinyl - the selection goes from Ska, Punk, as well as Blues, Soul, and Funk. And before we left, we couldn't miss going to The Hi-Fi Lounge, once known as THE CD EXCHANGE - which has had its doors open for over thirty years.

Our crew goes to the Windy City stopping by Dusty Grooves, Shuga's, Out Of The Past, and a store that really beckons to the past, Beverly's. Chicago's record stores have survived the mass merchandisers who used the top titles of the day as 'loss leaders'. They have a scrappy reputation: as one store owner put it, "We're all individuals, we're not joiners - we couldn't even put together a record shoppe baseball league in the city --- We're just too damn competitive." A distinctive city with iconic distinctive stores.

American music is heavily laced with the DNA of The Blues. That was the case one hundred years ago and that's the case now in the 21st Century. Clarksdale, Mississippi is ground zero.

That town on the bluff overlooking the Mississippi, is a wash in the legacy of Blues, Soul, & Rock 'n Roll. Let's take a look at some of the record stores that keep those traditions alive and well - Memphis Records on famous Beale Street, Shangri La Records, as well as Goner Records.

While in Florida, we begin our vinyl journey in Florida's West Coast, home of Daddy Kool Records, opened in 1985, built as Tampa Bay's best in new releases for vinyl, CDs, and cassettes. We then head on over to Banana Records, who claims to have the largest vinyl collection in the world - 3.5 million records along with a separate store specializing in audio equipment. Tom and the crew couldn't leave the state without going to Miami to check out their indie stores such as Sweat Records, Yesterday & Today Records, as well as Technique Records.

By the early 1970s, Papa Ray was a fan of Jamaica's contribution to world music, reggae. But he found out Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff were only two examples of the talent this tiny island in the Caribbean had to offer. Having released and curated Reggae music on his store's label and for the international Trojan imprint, our crew goes to Kingston to check out the vibe and where things are going in the home of ska, roots, reggae, and dancehall. We'll be visiting shoppes including Rockers International Records, and Derrick Harriott's Record Shop. We'll also stop by Bob Marley's Tuff Gong International Distribution on Marcus Garvey Avenue.