Normals Books & Records
@normalsbooksbalto.bsky.social
A 34 year old book & record store nestled in the heart of The People’s Republic of Waverly. From the obscure to the indispensable is our motto. Open 7 days a week.
More new vinyl goodies for the bold & limber! Including a reissue of this impossible to find in original pressing (under $500) Brazilian gem #LoBorges . #ByardLancaster #MostraCollettiva #Witch #SkinnyPimp #BaltimoreRecordstore #ShoppingWhileSlippery #OofMyNateBone
January 31, 2026 at 6:46 PM
More new vinyl goodies for the bold & limber! Including a reissue of this impossible to find in original pressing (under $500) Brazilian gem #LoBorges . #ByardLancaster #MostraCollettiva #Witch #SkinnyPimp #BaltimoreRecordstore #ShoppingWhileSlippery #OofMyNateBone
Maybe this will lure you out of your smoke-filled, Colt 45 drenched snow escape bunker! Turn off Twin Peaks, it will be there for you when you return, & check out our new stuff! (And help us pay our bills for this frozen week…..)
January 31, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Maybe this will lure you out of your smoke-filled, Colt 45 drenched snow escape bunker! Turn off Twin Peaks, it will be there for you when you return, & check out our new stuff! (And help us pay our bills for this frozen week…..)
Another new release with some local spin is “Can I Get A Pack of Camel Lights?” By #Geologist of #AnimalCollective . Plus “Galaxia Tropical”, Emotions and the Exotica side of Sun Ra.
January 31, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Another new release with some local spin is “Can I Get A Pack of Camel Lights?” By #Geologist of #AnimalCollective . Plus “Galaxia Tropical”, Emotions and the Exotica side of Sun Ra.
And speaking of living under fascism and still having some freedom to work, survive, resist, make art, Drew Daniel wrote a brilliant essay in the Quietus about the complexities of the current authoritarian assault and how that affects a musician, makes them question their actions.
January 30, 2026 at 11:31 PM
And speaking of living under fascism and still having some freedom to work, survive, resist, make art, Drew Daniel wrote a brilliant essay in the Quietus about the complexities of the current authoritarian assault and how that affects a musician, makes them question their actions.
VERY cool grocery bag of #AvantJazz CDs going out. #DonCherry #WadadaLeoSmith #DeweyRedman #BillDixon #ArchieShepp #EddieGale #BaltimoreRecordstore
January 29, 2026 at 7:25 PM
VERY cool grocery bag of #AvantJazz CDs going out. #DonCherry #WadadaLeoSmith #DeweyRedman #BillDixon #ArchieShepp #EddieGale #BaltimoreRecordstore
We are open and picking back up on our sidewalk I’ve assault. Putting out some rarities for your snowed in viewing pleasure.
January 29, 2026 at 7:24 PM
We are open and picking back up on our sidewalk I’ve assault. Putting out some rarities for your snowed in viewing pleasure.
Professor Borax has cleared a path and is holding down the fort! I am off to try to move my truck and find salt. Walk carefully over, warm up by our radiators and make a selection that will carry you through the harsh week of polar vortex.
January 27, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Professor Borax has cleared a path and is holding down the fort! I am off to try to move my truck and find salt. Walk carefully over, warm up by our radiators and make a selection that will carry you through the harsh week of polar vortex.
We are going to give it a shot tomorrow and at least clear paths, spread precious salt and heat up the tomes. May close early if we’re alone in buried world. 11-?
January 27, 2026 at 3:05 AM
We are going to give it a shot tomorrow and at least clear paths, spread precious salt and heat up the tomes. May close early if we’re alone in buried world. 11-?
Lovely Baltimore snow scene captured by aspiring young filmmaker Otis Smith.
January 26, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Lovely Baltimore snow scene captured by aspiring young filmmaker Otis Smith.
@djhummingbirdfeeder ‘s union suit got locked up in the 25th St laundromat, I’m still coughing and reading books fused to my couch (not in a Nazi commandant JD Vance perverse way!), fill in Star @mrigaankamuch is currently back in Mumbai reading script lines with Shah Rukh Khan,
January 25, 2026 at 11:21 PM
@djhummingbirdfeeder ‘s union suit got locked up in the 25th St laundromat, I’m still coughing and reading books fused to my couch (not in a Nazi commandant JD Vance perverse way!), fill in Star @mrigaankamuch is currently back in Mumbai reading script lines with Shah Rukh Khan,
Happy 40th Emergence Day to Waverly stalwart Sonia Zawadzki who practically grew up right across the street from us with her painter dad Pete who had an antique shop in the basement for a while. Sonia taught herself Japanese and lived in Japan for years as a teacher.
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Happy 40th Emergence Day to Waverly stalwart Sonia Zawadzki who practically grew up right across the street from us with her painter dad Pete who had an antique shop in the basement for a while. Sonia taught herself Japanese and lived in Japan for years as a teacher.
Two new boxes of #Valancourt horror for your snowbound on the couch drinking mulled rum pleasure! Nothing hits like horror when you are coccooning against raging Nature. #CharlesBeaumont #RobertBloch #TheTenant #NestofNightmares #CarlJacobi #WomenofWeirdTales #BaltimoreBookstores
January 23, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Two new boxes of #Valancourt horror for your snowbound on the couch drinking mulled rum pleasure! Nothing hits like horror when you are coccooning against raging Nature. #CharlesBeaumont #RobertBloch #TheTenant #NestofNightmares #CarlJacobi #WomenofWeirdTales #BaltimoreBookstores
Some of today’s #usedvinyl #LP treasures. 1978 UK #SexPistols , #LeeHazlewood #NinetyEightPercentMomAndApplePieNineteenTwentynineCrashBand #HandfulofDust #PhilipGlass , #MusicInTheWorldOfIslam #BaltimoreRecordstore #MusicSuppliesBeforeSnowmageddon
January 22, 2026 at 9:11 PM
More #usedvinyl new arrivals going out, including the greatest slab of Magical Miserablism! Rumor has it that MK Ultra unleashed Leonard on the counterculture to wrinkle their ponchos, but he bent the knee to no organization, just the fair ladies!
January 21, 2026 at 7:19 PM
More #usedvinyl new arrivals going out, including the greatest slab of Magical Miserablism! Rumor has it that MK Ultra unleashed Leonard on the counterculture to wrinkle their ponchos, but he bent the knee to no organization, just the fair ladies!
Some vinyl reissue essentials in for your mid-week browsing. Temps into the 30s! But still wear a coat.
January 21, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Some vinyl reissue essentials in for your mid-week browsing. Temps into the 30s! But still wear a coat.
Lots of new used books have been going out for days and now we’re catching up on used vinyl. Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day and may ICE rot in hell.
January 19, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Lots of new used books have been going out for days and now we’re catching up on used vinyl. Happy Martin Luther King Jr Day and may ICE rot in hell.
Everybody gets a turn on Satan’s calliope! Now the other buyer ((me)) is sick & wont be present tomorrow, Wednesday. But we’ll be buying Thursday through Saturday 12-5. No graphic novels or crime/mystery novels at the moment, though, all stocked up. Let go of some jazz & soul vinyl baby!
January 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Everybody gets a turn on Satan’s calliope! Now the other buyer ((me)) is sick & wont be present tomorrow, Wednesday. But we’ll be buying Thursday through Saturday 12-5. No graphic novels or crime/mystery novels at the moment, though, all stocked up. Let go of some jazz & soul vinyl baby!
