But as soon as the machine gained traction, the cassettes have gone from emptying the first shipment in four months to selling out of stock in less than two months. The partnership started in November 2014 and was slow-going at first, Johnson says. It’s like a little satellite Burger shop.” “They send us everything, we keep track of the inventory and the cashiers check back. “We don’t take anything from it,” Johnson says of the consignment setup. Johnson says Burger’s reaction was immediate and soon corresponded with Johnson about how they wanted to execute the sales. “Once we located a machine in town and it was really going to happen, we thought we might as well shoot big.” “They release a wide variety of artists and we were really into that so we figured we’d give it a try,” Johnson says.
Meyer says his knowledge of electronics are “low-hobby level,” although the cigarette machine involved mostly mechanical parts.įinally, before he asked the corporate Urban Outfitters for permission to sell non-store merchandise within the shop’s walls, Johnson said the store decided to first reach out to Burger Records as a long shot. “It’s kind of a magical thing when you can pay your mortgage by tinkering with a busted cigarette machine for two weeks,” Meyer says. Urban Outfitters’ former display artist Jason Meyer fixed and tweaked the machine to sell tapes. The concept matured after the now-cassette vending machine was discovered in the basement of Omaha’s Brothers Lounge. First, the stores men’s manager Bobby Rubalcava helped conceive the idea, inspired by a repurposed cigarette machine selling tapes he saw in Seattle, while touring with his old band, Places We Slept. It took a few minds and hands to see the machine where it is now. The machine has found its home as the first - and only - Burger Records cassette vending machine in the world. Mike Johnson, the downtown Urban Outfitters store manager, says a factory tag on the inside of the machine reads “1960.” The 55-year-old machine is still operating, repurposed it to Burger Records cassettes. The California-based label Burger Records has been distributing its indie beach punk bands on cassette since 2007.
Or “TASTY TUNES,” as the machine’s red block font puts it. Its antique stature and dark wood, starkly contrast the blonde shelves that house popular indie vinyl albums and brightly-colored Crosley record players.Ĭassettes from Burger Records’ artists are displayed for purchase inside the “cassigarette” machine - a nickname for the cigarette machine that now sells cassette tapes. Thanks!Hashtags: Lana Del Rey Rare Sold Out Exclusive Urban Outfitters Born To Die Paradise Ultraviolence Honeymoon Lust For Life Norman Rockwell Chemtrails Over The Country Club Blue Banisters Violet Bent Backwards Light Over The Grass Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean BoulevardLana Del Rey - Lust For Life/Love Single - Heart-Shaped Vinyl - Urban Outfitters.An old cigarette vending machine is tucked in the corner of Omaha’s Urban Outfitters. I originally bought this directly from Urban Outfitters in the United States right when it went up for pre-order.Also, I sell other Lana memorabilia such as vinyl, merch, and magazines if you want to see if you're interested in anything else. The plastic sleeve does pick up small specs of dust easily, but the sleeve is still in flat and great condition. This super rare record that only becomes harder and harder to find as time passes, and this untouched condition is hard to come by. The hype sticker did have an additional ugly sticker on top of it that I removed and that sadly slightly damaged the actual hype sticker. I have never taken this record out of its sleeve so it has never been played and is in mint condition.
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