If you've stopped into B-Side Records on State Street to pick up an album or CD, chances are you've seen the same face behind the counter.

Steve Manley is the owner and sole employee of the independent record store at 436 State St. Which means when he goes down, the store needs a lot of help.

Last Monday, Manley was biking to work in the rain when his front tire slipped off the pavement and became wedged in a gap between railroad tracks. Manley fell off his bike, breaking his hip in two places and fracturing his right elbow.

The injuries will require surgery and keep Manley out of the store for the winter. So friends and family are scrambling to keep the store open during shortened hours. Former employees have come back to the store to work shifts and friends have taken crash courses in working the registers.

Manley’s family has set up a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign to pay two extra people to work at the store, estimated to be at $2,000 per month for the next three months. The campaign went live Monday and is almost funded thanks to word of mouth on social media.