Wait... why is it that all the good record stores are out of business??
Toad Hall, the owner died. Sams Jams went out of business 10 years ago due to bad management. All the other little stores that sprung out of it though, still excellent buying.
i cant even tell you how many records i got there. hundreds. i used to go up there with a $500 and spend half of it on soul and jazz records every time. nothing was ever more than $3-5. 25 sealed copies of Gordons War, all the Hank Ballard LPs sealed, thousands of 45s in the attic for a dime each... then one day we trekked all the way up there and they were closed... no more records. we pressed our faces up to the glass and left nothing behind but our tears and the fog from our breath...
after 8/9+ yrs of being closed i still let out a small tear whenever i think of that goldmine.
Vinyl Museum (Lakeshore), Toronto Stranger Cole's Records (Kensington Market), Toronto Theo's Records (2 blocks north of Bloor on BAthurst), Toronto Gayle's Record Shop BJ's (Bert Jackson, brother of R Zee Jackson) Records when he was at OSsington and College Monica's 8 years or so ago (and before obviously) Sunshine Sound, Scarborough Randy's, NY
Vinyl Museum (Lakeshore), Toronto Stranger Cole's Records (Kensington Market), Toronto Theo's Records (2 blocks north of Bloor on BAthurst), Toronto Gayle's Record Shop BJ's (Bert Jackson, brother of R Zee Jackson) Records when he was at OSsington and College Monica's 8 years or so ago (and before obviously) Sunshine Sound, Scarborough Randy's, NY
K in Canada.
K speaks the truth!
I would add StarSound and a place that had this hidden message on their T-Shirts!
Oh, and I'll add my old shop.. Just cause it holds a special place next to my :heart:
Cosmo's has great records... but price? some of those wall joints are crazy expensive.
PHO RAEL! i went in there a few weeks ago when i came up for spring break, shit was very dope but too pricey for me to buy something that i wasn't dying for.
Vinyl Revolution in Monterey, CA. Bob took a young blood under his wing and showed me a bit about the collectro game. Selection was up and down, but he answered questions and provided names--a beautiful record stool pigeon, if you will.
Thank the lord! Last time I was there, Brad was absent and some Iggy Pop looking dude looked everything up on eGay. Definitely made me sour about People's.
on one side of this thread we have the hip spots with cool records, a 'twist one up' vibe & their toe dipped in the waters of current 'fag digger trends'.
in contrast to this is the "lots & lots of rare records being sold for a fraction of their value" shop.
RAJ
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No computer in the store. Solid new arrivals section. Nothing priced more than $10 ever.
And of course W**__L***_ in ____***E, Wisconsin.
R.I.P.
It's gone???? Dang, Only went there once in 2001 and loved it.
Toad Hall, the owner died. Sams Jams went out of business 10 years ago due to bad management. All the other little stores that sprung out of it though, still excellent buying.
Black and Read in Arvada, CO
Street Corner in Detroit
Disquevels in Montreal R.I.P.
Rap79's haunts
The clerk @ this shop is now the Don of bully records.
i cant even tell you how many records i got there. hundreds. i used to go up there with a $500 and spend half of it on soul and jazz records every time. nothing was ever more than $3-5. 25 sealed copies of Gordons War, all the Hank Ballard LPs sealed, thousands of 45s in the attic for a dime each... then one day we trekked all the way up there and they were closed... no more records. we pressed our faces up to the glass and left nothing behind but our tears and the fog from our breath...
after 8/9+ yrs of being closed i still let out a small tear whenever i think of that goldmine.
Stranger Cole's Records (Kensington Market), Toronto
Theo's Records (2 blocks north of Bloor on BAthurst), Toronto
Gayle's Record Shop
BJ's (Bert Jackson, brother of R Zee Jackson) Records when he was at OSsington and College
Monica's 8 years or so ago (and before obviously)
Sunshine Sound, Scarborough
Randy's, NY
K in Canada.
black and read close to denver
PDQ tucson
add on waxtraxx (denver)
specialty shop stars:
Groove Merchant without a doubt
TSL & GOOD records.
Arons
ummmmm... ive heard paychecks store is the shit too.
Am I the only person on SS to have ever stepped foot in Leslie's in Charles Town, WV?
K speaks the truth!
I would add StarSound and a place that had this hidden message on their T-Shirts!
Oh, and I'll add my old shop.. Just cause it holds a special place next to my :heart:
I :heart: that spot also!
Cosmo's has great records... but price? some of those wall joints are crazy expensive.
K , "Theo's Records (2 blocks north of Bloor on BAthurst), Toronto"
what spot is that? are you referring to Lost N' Found or is it an old record store that isn't around anymore?
PHO RAEL! i went in there a few weeks ago when i came up for spring break, shit was very dope but too pricey for me to buy something that i wasn't dying for.
Brad will be happy to hear this.
anyone else depressed by this thread? the number of good record shops that are now closed is upsetting.
...but it doesn't smell like weed in there anymore though...& they are putting price tags on all the stock.
much love for my peoples peoples.
Thank the lord! Last time I was there, Brad was absent and some Iggy Pop looking dude looked everything up on eGay. Definitely made me sour about People's.
in contrast to this is the "lots & lots of rare records being sold for a fraction of their value" shop.
I know which one I prefer.
shit, I'll twist one up at home( metaphorically)