UPDATE...
A Black Cloudhas fallen over teak23records.com...
Its a sad day indeed... the store has been loosing money for over 6 months now & without a steady job I can no longer afford to keep things going [Sad face :( ]. Not as if the store ever really "MADE" any real money EVER, but now without a job & I barely can support myself. Trying to keep things going makes no sense when I only get 1-2 orders a month for $20, my profit on that doesn't even pay for a quarter of the website fees.
That being said I still have over 100-200+ copies of most titles on CD/CDr & a few titles on Vinyl as well, plus 10-20 Tees in various styles. These will all be available mostly on Discogs, but I can only sell CD's & Records there. So if you want Tees you'll have to get them on eBay or hit me up direct via email. Which I would prefer to cut out the middle-man [aka eBay & Discogs] because they RAPE me with fees! and just sell directly to you guys & can give you a better deal.
If you want to hit me direct, heres the email form
[if that doesn't work send an email direct to
- teaktwentythree at gmail.com ] or I'm still on YouTube @23teak & fastest on Twitter @iphonetechtips
h3 style="color:#ff0000;">HIT THESE LINKS TO CHECK OUT WHATS STILL AVAILABLE...
teak23records on eBay!
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eBay won't have very much on there though as nothing seems to sell very well & they charge listing fees even if items dont sell! During the last year I've lost over $1000 "SELLING" on eBay, so thats a total waist!
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Well, it was fu while it lasted! And to anyone & everyone who shopped at the store during the last 12-14 months... THANKS ALOT for supporting this little adventure & I hope you all enjoyed the music & continue to SUPPORT UNDERGROUND HIP HOP!!! I know all the artists who titles I sell really appreciate it! They've told me so & without you guys that wouldn't be possible!
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So these are the last days...[unless I hit the lottery] there's not much else I can do to continue...
PEACE!
teak one
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* About the store *
teak23 Records is a small independent record store, based in Portland, Oregon. I started the store as a way to distribute good underground hip hop to people who don't have access to a good independent record store. I had been out of the music scene for awhile & when I got back into buying records & mixing again, I found a big void in Portland record stores. Only one had mostly hip hop, but there was a lot I couldn't find, especially Shape Shifters & LA2theBay stuff & very few 2Mex & Awol One & Project Blowed titles. I figured if it was like this in Portland, there had to be many other cities with the same shortages of these titles. And eventually I found sources for many of the artists who's music I like. Currently we're only online, but eventually, with the help of customers support we hope to have a physical location in Portland.
*teak23 records is an authorized retailer of The Shape Shifters & LA2TheBay & are the featured artists at the store. We also carry Project Blowed, Living Legends, Ooh That's Heavy & occasionally Anti-con, Afterlife, DJ Shadow, Quannum & other Classic hip hop titles. In addition to those hip hop groups we also have DJ Qbert, D-styles & Thudrumble scratch, battle & breaks records.
**KEEP THE MONEY CLOSEST TO THE ARTISTS MOUTH**
At teak23 records most of the titles we carry are purchased directly from the artists or independent record labels. With no middle man & more money ending up in the artists pocket. In turn saving you money.
* If you have any other questions, requests or comments about the store, please send me an email & I will try to get back to you as soon as possible.
Thanks - teak23 - owner/operator
* THANKS FOR SUPPORTING UNDERGROUND HIP HOP & INDEPENDENT SMALL BUSINESS!!! *