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 over 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.
And, we are attached to Tom Brewer Gallery.

Some of this week's new arrivals...

Lots of new stuff this week! Here's about half of it: a stray copy of 801 Live on CD, American Analog Set, Amyl and the Sniffers (LP and CD), Angine De Poitrine, Arctic Monkeys, Black America Sings Ray Charles, Beach Boys, Ben Folds Five, Ben Vaughn Combo, a bunch of Big Black, Champaign (first two records on one CD), Charlatans, Clover (backing band on Elvis Costello's My Aim Is True; local connection, too!), Courtney Barnett, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Curtis Mayfield, Death Cab For Cutey, Deep Entries: Gay Electronic Excursions 1979-1985, more Dinosaur Jr, and an Ellen Foley two-on-one CD (Nightout/Spirit of St Louis). Stop by the next time you're in the neighborhood...

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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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SHINDIG!: THE BEST MUSIC FROM THEN & NOW

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UGLY THINGS: WILD SOUNDS FROM PAST DIMENSIONS

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UNCUT: THE SPIRITUAL HOME OF GREAT ROCK MUSIC.

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UNCUT ULTIMATE MUSIC GUIDE

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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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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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