Our Mission

Second chances for humans & hi-fi

We believe in second chances — for records and for people. Second Chance Records is more than a shop. It's a community — a place where records find new homes, conversations happen without judgment, and people are met with dignity, not their past.

Every record has a story. So does every person. We believe the things — and the people — the world passes by are often the most worth knowing. Second Chance Records exists to restore dignity, purpose, and opportunity to the overlooked and the underestimated. To be a space where everyone is welcome, everyone belongs, and everyone gets another shot at being heard and valued.

Our Pillars

Record Restoration

We give discarded vinyl a second life through careful cleaning, grading, and restoration.

Community Support

We create welcoming spaces and support local organizations working on housing, recovery, and reentry.

Second Chances

We believe in the power of second chances for everyone. Our hiring practices and partnerships reflect this value.

Community Resources

Second Chancer Foundation

Founded in by Jesse Crosson, this organization seeks to humanize the experience of reentry for justice-impacted individuals and drive both awareness and resources toward the process.

The Clean Slate Initiative

The Clean Slate Initiative is working across the country, and in Congress, to pass and implement laws that automate record sealing for people with eligible records who have completed their sentence and remained crime-free, and to expand who is eligible for sealing. Houses list of Second Chance Employers!

Oregon Justice Resource Center

We seek to frustrate and dismantle mass incarceration in Oregon.

Oregon Corrections Enterprises Reentry

State-level reentry programming through Oregon Corrections Enterprises.