Satellite Records

By Richard Martinovich

Remember hanging out in your local record shop, spending hours thumbing through stacks of vinyl records, and scouring over the latest albums from your favorite musicians and bands!

Satellite Records is that record shop you remember, or never forgot. You may still be adding to your collection, and Satellite Records has everything to compliment your music tastes.

Satellite Records has over 10,000 records; new and used vinyl LPs, classics from jazz, rock, folk, classical and soul; CDs, cassette tapes. Flipping through crates of vinyl albums will take you back! Perhaps you can replace the treasured record you lost. Satellite will special order for you!

“Several years ago, a customer asked for a record we hadn’t carried,” recalls owner Mike Evans. “No one on staff heard of Mort Garson’s Plantasia. “When we got it and listened, we all liked it. The album became popular with customers, and I still order copies of it!”

Satellite Records is located in the Vine Business District, an area that had a vibrant past life as a record store hub, with names like Second Go Around and Music Exchange. Satellite inhabits the old Sounds Unlimited storefront.

Vinyl albums were works of art; creative and colorful. You could hold them, and admire the cover and back, maybe even read the lyrics! The Beatles Sgt. Pepper broke ground with printed lyrics on the album. John Lennon, however, preferred 45s, reasoning you might only like one song on an album! Satellite Records has hundreds of 45s. If you still have your jukebox, you can fill it up!

Vinyl has made a comeback and Satellite Records is the place for Record Store Day (April 22), the annual event that celebrates independent record stores and features exclusive releases.

In 2021, Satellite launched an on-line company with select favorites.

Satellite Records will buy your used vinyl, and is the ultimate source for “crate diggers” – record enthusiasts -- in Michigan!