It Came From Aquarius Records

Name: It Came From Aquarius Records
Director: Kenneth Thomas
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2022-06-03
Duration: 1 h 49 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Bruce Ackley, Emil Amos, Chuck Arnold, Jose Angeles, Erik Auerbach

Directed by Kenneth Thomas

Documentary Music

20221h 49m8.0

Overview

IT CAME FROM AQUARIUS RECORDS tells the story about the San Francisco based independent record store, Aquarius Records. Having closed in 2016 after 47 years, this small apartment-sized store championed local, underground, independent, and challenging music to the masses - most memorably with their infamous bi-weekly, college essay-length, new-release lists. Six years in the making, interviewing collectors, musicians, and store owners, the film has a very personal angle, with lots of behind-the-scenes footage (and drama) that shows both the joy and excruciating stress that comes with running — and closing — a store like this, helped in no part by the changing city around them.