Giving Back to the Community

Local band opens record store

by Connor Adam Sheets | Valley Voice


Visitors to Saturday's In the Street festival in Frederick may have noticed a new music store downtown.

Argyle's Records, the brainchild of two members of Ecstasy the Flower, a band with Middletown and Brunswick roots, and a Frederick friend, opened its doors during the festivities.

The small, well-stocked shop, located at 332 N. Market St., specializes in selling rare and used vinyl records, but also offers a range of cassette and VHS tapes, refurbished turntables and more. Its windows are decorated with strings of old 45s and its walls are plastered with album covers and music posters

Co-owners Chris Wolfe, John Nahwooksy and Jamie Waller got the idea for the store when they realized the worth and appeal of their extensive record collections, which number in the thousands and run the gamut of musical styles, genres and eras.

"Why should I own all the records I've bought and not listen to them when there are other people with the same interests as me who could be listening to them? We're giving back to the community," said Wolfe, a 2003 Middletown High School graduate and Ecstasy the Flower's bassist. "We have everything on record, from Dalton and Dubarri to Wham!, and from AC/DC to Spanky and Our Gang."

Nahwooksy, a 2003 Gov. Thomas Johnson High School graduate and the band's front-man, said he thinks the timing is right for records.

"... Vinyl's making a comeback and we want to be at the forefront of the revolution," he explained.


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