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post #1 of 21
12/24/11 at 6:09pm
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Hi All! To celebrate our local record stores, I decided to start a thread to first share my own favorite!

Not only will this help others find these brilliant shops, but also they help to show our appreciation.

All buy all of my music used, so large selections are important.

 

My Favorite:

1. Academy Records (18th street, Manhattan)

Great selection, and the cheapest prices anywhere. I always find something that I like, and I spend a ton of money here.

Today, I saw a copy of

Soundgarden: Superunknown

Broken Bells

Yo La Tengo: Painful

We were promised Jetpacks: In the Pit of the Stomach

Spoon: Girl Can Tell

 

And all for cheaper than ebay/amazon prices! I would have bought them up, if I had enough money. I only bought Soundgarden + Yo La Tengo.

 

2. Other Music (4th street, Manhattan)

Great selection, but not as cheap as Academy. I love to come here just to see what's new, and sometimes to pick up some bargains.

 

 

So what about you? What are your favorite? We need to keep theses stores open!

Cd's are my only source of lossless music, so its in my best interest (and hopefully yours) to keep keep patronizing them.


Edited by blackbird - 12/24/11 at 6:10pm
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post #2 of 21
12/24/11 at 9:17pm

I love Easy Street Records in West Seattle. That is my place. I go there to get new releases and have breakfast there when I'm lucky. And even win concert tix from time to time. Cool place to get music. My 2 cents.

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post #3 of 21
12/24/11 at 9:36pm

Waterloo Records in Austin. Fantastic store.

 

That and any local Half Price Books.

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post #4 of 21
12/26/11 at 10:50am
Amoeba Hollywood
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post #5 of 21
12/26/11 at 2:12pm
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Draygonn:

That looks like an EXTREMELY large store. I've never seen a record store that large (at least not recently).

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post #6 of 21
12/26/11 at 3:48pm

The closest thing I have to a local record store is Earshot Records in Winston-Salem.  For me, it is a forty-five minute drive, so I don't go as often as I would like.

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post #7 of 21
12/27/11 at 12:39pm

Any places in Michigan you guys recommend, and have been to?

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post #8 of 21
12/29/11 at 2:14am

This is in Brisbane, Australia.  9000 records catalogued.  I reckon theres more than that.

http://www.recordexchange.com.au/storedetails.htm

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post #9 of 21
12/29/11 at 4:36am

www.levykauppax.fi

 

They have everything you wish. The prices are kinda high but this is Finland. Otherwise I buy my CDs from play.com

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post #10 of 21
12/29/11 at 3:12pm

Not exactly local, about 25 miles away, but still the closes to where I live, New & used CDs and Vinyl.

 

http://www.manifestdisc.com/

 

Here's another place in Charlotte thats pretty cool

 

http://www.lunchboxrecords.blogspot.com/

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post #11 of 21
12/29/11 at 4:33pm

None around me but i heard about a good one 20 minutes away from me where i sometimes go to attend classical concerts.  Will have to check it out next time i go.

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post #12 of 21
12/29/11 at 7:06pm
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Any places in Michigan you guys recommend, and have been to?


Well, im paying $25 for a ADC 1500 TT and the seller states "the switches that control the speed need to be cleaned and the tone arm does not return at the end of the album." Im going to buy some vinyl now biggrin.gif

 

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post #13 of 21
12/29/11 at 8:41pm

In Milwaukee, my favorite place is The Exclusive Company in the Brady St. area. Good selection (especially used), good vibe, fun area of the city to be in anyway!

 

In Minneapolis, my go-to place used to be The Electric Fetus, pretty similar to the Exclusive Company in scale and selection. But then, I learned of a wonderful place called Cheapo, in Uptown. Cheapo is like a mall of music, has more music than I've ever seen in one place before (from that picture of Amoeba Music, Cheapo is comparable to that). Great prices (used starting at $.25), absolutely incredible selection, and also a really fun part of Minneapolis to chill around for a day!

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post #14 of 21
12/29/11 at 8:42pm
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Originally Posted by cifani090 View Post


Well, im paying $25 for a ADC 1500 TT and the seller states "the switches that control the speed need to be cleaned and the tone arm does not return at the end of the album." Im going to buy some vinyl now biggrin.gif

 



What...?

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post #15 of 21
12/29/11 at 9:47pm
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What...?


Haha, well the guy was on vacation that had the ADC so he's finally able to send it to me but he stated those following problems. Im having to get my 1250 looked at because of a possible blow speaker terminal, so im going have the TT fixed while im there. Im finally going to be able to buy some vinyl!

 

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