Annisa Gooden and Marie Henderson inside Out of the Past Records, surrounded by decades of vinyl records and music memorabilia at 4407 W. Madison Street, Chicago

Out of the Past Records is a living archive of American music. We’re talking Funk, Soul, Blues, Jazz, R&B, Hip Hop, Latin, Reggae and more, housed in ten rooms on West Madison Street in Chicago.

The Henderson family started selling records in 1966. Charlie Joe Henderson, known to everyone as the Mayor of Maxwell Street, built something that outlasted every obstacle the West Side threw at him. Riots. Fires. Displacement. A city that tried to bulldoze the market he loved.

He kept showing up anyway. Practically blind in 2019, he was still at the market every Sunday.

His wife Marie, still at the store, says it best:

“I always knew records were going to come back. I got 10 rooms of records here.”

Now Annisa Gooden, Marie's granddaughter, is carrying the legacy forward and making sure the story doesn’t end.

A Lifetime of soul. We're celebrating all year.

Photo: Chicago Magazine, 2025

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Record Store Day 2026

Saturday, April 18 · 4407 W. Madison

We're celebrating a Lifetime of soul. Come dig. Come celebrate. Come home.

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  • THE MUSIC

    Blues. Funk. Soul. Jazz. R&B. Hip Hop and more. Ten rooms deep. Customers come from Germany, Japan, France and India. The old artists always sell. Come dig.

  • THE COMMUNITY

    Look for the Hall of Fame when you walk in. Hundreds of photos of regular customers surround the front door. This is the store where people run into someone they haven't seen in years  and find a record they haven't heard since childhood.

  • THE LEGACY

    Charlie Joe Henderson was called a Chicago Metropolitan Museum of Blues. He gave records away to anyone who couldn't afford them. The Blues belongs to everyone, and this store still believes that.

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