The idea for a museum came to VIP Records owner Kelvin Anderson Sr. when a boy at the store asked his father what a vinyl record was. (William Liang / For The Times) In the early 1990s, Kelvin ...

Family and friends are mourning an icon of the Long Beach music scene, Cletus Anderson, who died Sunday at the age of 82 after being diagnosed with aggressive gallbladder cancer, according to family ...

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Giveon was recently honored by his hometown, Long Beach, California, after giving back to one of the city’s most famous institutions. Teaming up with Tres Generaciones Tequila, Giveon donated a ...

In the early 1990s, Kelvin Anderson Sr. built a makeshift recording studio in the back of his Long Beach record store, a vinyl-filled paradise called the World Famous VIP Records on the corner of ...