Founded in West Babylon, Long Island, New York, Brookvale Records is a boutique independent label that specializes in high-quality vinyl releases and reissues. Their website notes the label is “independently owned… in West Babylon, NY specializing in vinyl releases” and emphasizes demanding standards: obtaining original master tapes (or best available sources), doing careful mastering, packaging attention, and the attitude of "we are true record collectors ourselves." The label’s roots on Long Island tie it directly to the region’s enduring vinyl culture and the community of independent record-stores.
Brookvale’s significance on Long Island is two-fold: first as a local embodiment of the resurgence of vinyl culture, and second as a bridge between the island’s independent retail roots and broader national (and even archival) reissue work. Its parent store, Looney Tunes (also in West Babylon) was founded in 1971 and passed to Karl Groeger Jr., who extended the family business into the label side when he saw the vinyl revival.
Through Brookvale Records, Long Island has one of its few home-grown labels that actively pursues audiophile vinyl manufacturing and reissue work — a niche that ties the island’s retail legacy to an archival, global vinyl market. Among the key artists and titles released or reissued by Brookvale are:
Blues Traveler — Their album Save His Soul was issued in a Brookvale double-LP vinyl edition in 2015 (BRK-244) under Brookvale’s reissue imprint.
The Grateful Dead — Brookvale handled vinyl reissues of the Dick’s Picks series (for example, Volume 4: Fillmore East 2/13-14/70, BRK-222) in the early 2010s.
Taking Back Sunday — They released a 12″ limited edition of We Play Songs (BROOK-211) via Brookvale in 2012.
Ace Frehley — A reissue of Anomaly was completed by Brookvale in 2012 as a hand-numbered limited pressing.
Spoiler NYC — Their album Banned in 38 States was featured by Brookvale with deluxe colored vinyl editions.
Researched by Darren Paltrowitz on November 9, 2025.