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Record Dealers in Panama?

cadeauxcadeaux 208 Posts
edited February 2008 in Strut Central
My Homeboy is in Vacation in Panama and I told him to bring Records back. Anybody know a reliable Dealer in Panama? I might send him a want list so my boy simply picks up the stash.

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  • cadeauxcadeaux 208 Posts
    HELLO STRUT!
    I thought you guys knew? City and Country is called P-A-N-A-M-A.There must be a Record Dealer.
  • PATXPATX 2,820 Posts
    But your boy has a want list. You're all set!
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    If your boy is the record dealer from NY that is in Panama right now I am sure he is gonna have a better shot finding records on his own down there than anyone from SoulStrut will from behind their desks here in the states.
  • PATXPATX 2,820 Posts
    If your boy is the record dealer from NY that is in Panama right now I am sure he is gonna have a better shot finding records on his own down there than anyone from SoulStrut will from behind their desks here in the states.

    Oh shit, I gave him a wantlist as well!
  • cadeauxcadeaux 208 Posts
    Unfortunatly he isn??t even from NY. Just the Owner of a club hanging out there. He promised me to pick up Records and bring them back to Germany. Postage from Panama or Columbia overseas is a mess and crazy expensive, IF the package even reaches destination. Maybe i can get a contact to that guy from New York? please PM
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    HELLO STRUT!
    I thought you guys knew? City and Country is called P-A-N-A-M-A.There must be a Record Dealer.

    With an attitude like that, I'm sure as hell not about to help out with an actual contact I have there.

    Strut is not the Yellow Pages.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Spent a lot of time in P-A-N-A-M-A as a kid...have relatives who still live there. One day I'm going to buy a house down there too. Oh yeah, you want to know where the records are....



    Just kidding (but then again, maybe not).
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    A-M-A-N-A-P-L-A-N-A-C-A-N-A-L-P-A-N-A-M-A
  • MrSeanMrSean 57 Posts
    'Spress yourself....
  • markus71markus71 937 Posts
    Can't believe you guys are actually responding to his request. What an attitude.
    It's not frickin MacDonalds here were you can just yell your order and they throw it at you.

  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    HELLO STRUT!
    I thought you guys knew? City and Country is called P-A-N-A-M-A.There must be a Record Dealer.

    D-I-C-K-T-A-R-D
  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts
    HELLO STRUT!
    I thought you guys knew? City and Country is called P-A-N-A-M-A.There must be a Record Dealer.

    I usually just go through the Embassy:

    Embassy of Germany in Panama City, Panama - Edificio Bancomer, Piso 6, CLS 50 y 53, Apartado 4228 Zona 5, Ciudad de Panam??, Panam??. P.O. Box. 0832-0536 World Trade Center. Tel: (00 507) 263 77 33 - 263 79 91 - 264 11 47 - 263 46 77. Fax:(00 507) 223 66 64. E-mail: [email]germpanama@cwp.net.pa[/email]

    They should be able to hook you up.
  • SooksSooks 714 Posts
    I spent an hour looking for records in Panama City to no avail - well, I bought a Nicaraguan pressing of the Los Angeles Negros, but that's it. I didn't see any stores, just some small piles of (mostly 80s) LPs in an alley called Salsipuendes.
  • Danno3000Danno3000 2,851 Posts
    There's a dealer "Panama Jose" with pretty solid crates. He carries mostly local material, but it's cheap and usually in excellent condition. Exciters LPs sell for maybe $10, but most of them are unplayed store stock. He hangs around the docks, mostly--he's chummy with the stevedores.

    Look for a guy about 6'2" with a pony tail and a slightly lazy eye. If you bring him a bottle of Canadian Club, he may knock 50% of the price. Tell Jose I send my regards.

    Oh yeah, DON'T talk about the canal with him. It's a sore spot.
  • meatyogremeatyogre 2,080 Posts


    I want the world
    I want the whole world
    I want to lock it all up in my pocket
    It's my bar of chocolate
    Give it to me
    Now!

    I want today
    I want tomorrow
    I want to wear 'em like braids in my hair
    And I don't want to share 'em

    I want a party with room fulls of laughter
    Ten thousand tons of ice cream
    And if I don't get the things I am after
    I'm going to scream!

    I want the works
    I want the whole works
    Presents and prizes and sweets and surprises
    Of all shapes and sizes
    And now
    Don't care how
    I want it now
    Don't care how
    I want it now
  • SooksSooks 714 Posts
    Well, to be fair to Danno, he did give me Jose's contact information, but in the end I spent more time hunting for rare hats than records. Saw a VG- 1923 woven-straw model with the band still attached, which was pretty sweet, but definitely out of my price range. Then I got home and learnt that Panama hats aren't actually from Panama, so I'm glad I didn't buy it.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    There's a dealer "Panama Jose" with pretty solid crates. He carries mostly local material, but it's cheap and usually in excellent condition. Exciters LPs sell for maybe $10, but most of them are unplayed store stock. He hangs around the docks, mostly--he's chummy with the stevedores.

    Look for a guy about 6'2" with a pony tail and a slightly lazy eye. If you bring him a bottle of Canadian Club, he may knock 50% of the price. Tell Jose I send my regards.

    Oh yeah, DON'T talk about the canal with him. It's a sore spot.

    Dude, c'mon, be real. When I dealt with him, Jose was charging me $30 for the Exciters LP and shit was NM- at best, not unplayed store stock. He was a bitch to find in the docks too; you didn't warn me about not going at night!
  • Danno3000Danno3000 2,851 Posts
    He was a bitch to find in the docks too; you didn't warn me about not going at night!

    C'mon sailor, you can't go to Panama City without spending a night at the docks.
  • aleitaleit 1,915 Posts
    Jose was mad chill.
    he was so mellow that we worked out trades on some titles.

    basically i got these titles from Jose...

    Los Exagerados-Panama Esta Bueno Y Ma
    The Exciters-Exciters Theme
    Bush Y Sus Magnificos-Nana Nina
    Victor Boa Y Su Musica-Soy Solo Para Ti
    Freddy Y Su Afro Latinos-Maltrato
    Papi Brandao Y Su Ejecutivos-Viva Panama
    los Silvertones-Old Buzzard
    Los Fabulosos Festivals-El Mensaje
    The Exciters-New Bag
    Bolita y Su Tentacion Latina-Descarga Tentacion
    Los Caballeros de Colon-Con Los Caballeros
    Los Dinamicos Exciters -Let me do my Thing
    Los Mozambiques-Viva Tirado
    Maximo Rodriguez Y Sus Estrella Panamenas-Mambologia
    Lord Cobra and Pana Afro Sounds-Rocombey

    it was crazy.


    basically jose was looking for Hot Stamper pressings of Cat Stevens and Supertramp records... so it was a super mellow trade.

    oh, we also did a wife swap.
  • cadeauxcadeaux 208 Posts
    HELLO STRUT!
    I thought you guys knew? City and Country is called P-A-N-A-M-A.There must be a Record Dealer.

    With an attitude like that, I'm sure as hell not about to help out with an actual contact I have there.

    Strut is not the Yellow Pages.

    thank you guys who seriously responded and helped me out, I??m gonna try that to get some, and yes, I need that exsiters record.
    Yellow pages didn??t work, so I tried the strut.
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    I've found two different Exciters records in New York City alone.

    You don't need Panama Jose. But he does have the wild hats.
  • cadeauxcadeaux 208 Posts
    it??s almost impossible to find serious latin stuff over here, so i might expand my next stay in ny for some more caliente. i will drop by with some trades.
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