Vinyl galore at the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, Williamsburg, New York

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

It’s taken me a while to post these up (sorry!) but I came across this busy record fair in the East River State Park (90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St) when I was wandering around Williamsburg in May 2014.

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

I kinda feared that a vinyl record fair in Wiliamsburg might have proved an irresistible hipster-magnet, but thankfully there was a fairly mixed crowd in attendance, with relatively few ironic moustaches and pioneering beards nuzzling up to the vinyl.

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

There was, however, some great vinyl on offer – including stalls from Rough Trade, Domino, Warp and DFA – with the only jarring note being the heavy event branding by Red Bull, who had also installed some DJs in the park.

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

Love the guy’s elbow tattoo of a 45rpm vinyl spindle adapter!

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

Sharp eyed readers should be able to pick out a fairly battered copy of Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle’ from 1973.

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

The park was very busy indeed.

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

A man walks by with a $3 Benny Goodman album under his arm. Good purchase, sir!

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

A shopper examines the inner sleeve of The Cars’ 1984 ‘Heartbeat City’ album.

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

A rare Death In June album and God Bless Tiny Tim from 1968 get put to one side.

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

In the dub collection.

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

Herbie Mann’s ‘Glory of Love’ album is put aside.

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

You don’t have to look far to see the impact of gentrification in Williamsburg. All those shiny luxury condos towering in the distance weren’t there a decade ago.

Photos of the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, East River State Park, 90 Kent Ave. at North 7th St., Williamsburg, New York, May 2014

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One Comment on “Vinyl galore at the Brooklyn Flea Record Fair, Williamsburg, New York”

  1. Beards and taches to one side what struck me was how young the crowd was. Mostly too young to remember the time before CDs so its good to see them into vinyl.

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