Welcome to Parasol Records & Mail Order...

Only a small portion of our inventory is listed on our website (mostly all the new/sealed stuff we've got). Head over to Discogs to see all our used CDs, LPs, 45s and DVDs (click here to browse almost 10,000 items). We've also got almost 2,000 back-issues of magazines listed on eBay (click here to see those). But, if you are in the Urbana-Champaign area, please stop by Parasol HQ and browse the bins. We even have some stuff hidden away in the shop you won't find on-line!

Store Hours
Monday-Saturday 9:00-4:00
303 W Griggs St, Urbana, IL 61801
We're just north of Downtown Urbana, down the street from:
Baldarotta's Porketta & Sicilian Sausage, Cloud Mountain Kombucha, and 25 O'Clock Brewing Company.
We share a space with IttyBittyBikeShop and BR Bikes & Repairs and ToneGood Studio.

Some of this week's new arrivals...

New stuff this week includes Bangles' All Over The Place (CD), Chris Squire's Fish Out Of Water (5oth Anniversary CD), David Werner (all three amazing studio LPs + a live LP on 2-CDs), more of the ELP double CD re-issues, Free Design (seven LPs + bonus tracks on 4-CDs), a bunch of Lucy Show (thanks for the suggestion, Bill), Mighty Lemon Drops' Ricochet (vinyl RSD release from 2024) and two new comps from Cherry Red -- We Are The Beautiful: Two Decades of Shoegaze 1991-2011 and Burn It Up: The Rise Of British Dance Music 1986-1991. All are available on the website or stop by the next time you're in the neighborhood...

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SHINDIG!: THE BEST MUSIC FROM THEN & NOW

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UGLY THINGS: WILD SOUNDS FROM PAST DIMENSIONS

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OTHER NEW MAGAZINES

Along with Mojo, Shindig!, Ugly Things, and Uncut, we also regularly get Classic Pop, Cineaste, Classic Pop, Empire, Film Comment, Fistful of Metal, Garden & Gun, Prog, Record Collector, Sight and Sound, Vintage Rock, Vive Le Rock, and The Wire. Check all of those out here...

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MOJO: THE WORLD'S BEST MUSIC MAGAZINE

NOTE (March 6, 2026): We got a message from our distributor saying, "Unfortunately, we have to put future shipments of Mojo Magazine on hold due to the emergency tariffs (Section 122) put in place for the next 150 days." Between the tariffs, clearance fees, and other administrative fees, it just isn't practical to import them for now. Hopefully they can get this sorted sooner rather than later but for now we will not be getting new issues of Mojo. Sorry!

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UNCUT ULTIMATE MUSIC GUIDE

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UNCUT: THE SPIRITUAL HOME OF GREAT ROCK MUSIC.

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SOME NEW ARRIVAL LPS & CDS...

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SOME NEW ARRIVAL DVD & BLURAY

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Parasol Mail Order, Urbana, IL

Shop the collection!

Only a small portion of our inventory is listed on our website. Head over to Discogs to see all our used CDs, LPs, 45s and DVDs (over 10,000 items). We've also got tons of magazine back-issues and other print-goods on eBay. But, if you are in the Urbana-Champaign area, come on by and browse the bins. We even have some stuff hidden away here you won't find on-line!

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