The Third Bar Crate - Vinyl
The Third Bar Crate
Part of The Black Crate subscription series by Apocalypse Vinyl.
Where the swing shifts, the mood drops, and the music gets real.
This crate lives in the quiet turns — the third bar of the phrase, the third bar of the night, the third time you play a record that still hits different. Inside: jazz, blues, and soul pressed into wax that hums with hunger, heartbreak, and raw beauty.
You won’t find elevator music here. This is smoke-stained, late-night stuff — deep cuts, outliers, and soul that limps instead of soars.
These are records made for leaning back, turning down the lights, and letting the needle do the talking.
Included:
Two wax-soaked laments, slow burns, or midnight grooves drawn from the deeper stacks of jazz, blues, and soul.
Always a blind drop. No chart hits. Just records that hang in the air like cigarette smoke.
Examples you might find: Nina Simone, Charles Mingus, O.V. Wright, Pharaoh Sanders, Terry Callier, Cassandra Wilson, Donny Hathaway, Sun Ra, Archie Shepp and Cedar Walton.
Shipping and details below.
In Every Crate
- Two Curated Vinyl Records pulled from our vast vault of major and independent labels—including Warner, Universal, Sony, Light in the Attic, Real Gone, Mondo, and more.
- Retail Value up to $75
- Blind Box Format: You won’t know what’s coming until it lands on your doorstep. That’s part of the fun.
- No Duplicates across your subscription lifetime. We keep track.
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- Your first Crate ships within 3 business days of your order.
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