The Pitch reports this morning that Shawnee’s Needmore Discs will be closing August 2nd.

Did you know:  Needmore Discs is named after Robert Pollard’s music publishing company, Needmore Songs?

Sad news, as it was one of the better stores to walk into every month or so and peruse the vinyl section.  I’d always come out of there with some nice finds, ranging from early Cocteau Twins eps, to a triple-taking of Talking Heads’ Fear of Music, 77,  and Little Creatures, to Detroit techno full-lengths (Anthony Nicholson’s  Necessary Phazes on Trackmode and Tejada & Leviste’s The Dot and the Line, to mind), all at very reasonable prices.

Not to mention the constant supply of GBV-related vinyl that was always available in the place.

It’s unfortunate that the city proper couldn’t have a store like this, but the reality is that, within Kansas City limits, record stores with somewhat of a modern selection just don’t last.

To the owners and staff, one of whom I met years ago at the DiscTraders on Metcalf as I was just beginning my own voyage down the labrynthine path of GBV obsessiveness, best of luck and thanks for the great reason to venture over to the Kansas side of things every once in a while.