World Famous VIP Records, an iconic fixture of Long Beach and music history, will host a free community block party this weekend to celebrate Juneteenth. Juneteenth commemorates the date — June 19, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The idea for a museum came to VIP Records owner Kelvin Anderson Sr. when a boy at the store asked his father what a vinyl record ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Mayor Robert Garcia is presented a proclamation to brothers Kelvin and Cletus Anderson for their contributions to the city of Long Beach. Cletus opened VIP ...

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LONG BEACH – Kelvin Anderson already has enough headaches running the landmark Long Beach independent music store, VIP Records. Internet downloading and music industry favoritism toward big-box ...

Long Beach’s World Famous VIP Records and Tapes received a sign from the fashion gods just in time for ComplexCon. Recently, the apparel giants over at adidas Originals reached out to the legendary ...

[Update Friday, April 21, 2017: After this story was published, L.A. Weekly was notified by VIP Records branding president Shirin Senegal that due to the positive response from the city, the sign is ...

Two high-profile indie record stores -- Criminal in Atlanta VIP in Long Beach, California -- recently announced that they're likely to close before the end of the year. But the Atlanta community is ra ...

The idea for a museum came to VIP Records owner Kelvin Anderson Sr. when a boy at the store asked his father what a vinyl record was. (William Liang / For The Times) In the early 1990s, Kelvin ...