GQ's Top 20 Rackord Shops

UnherdUnherd 1,880 Posts
edited February 2009 in Strut Central
Apologies if this has been posted before.Props to Senor Skl*te and anyone else on the list. And yes, I do get all my diggin tips from GQ...
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  • CosmoCosmo 9,768 Posts
    f*cking DOPE!

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    dope

  • haha, I was looking for this for a minute now.

    Thanks for the link, need to get my PR game in order!

  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    Nice look, Jonny!


    ... and it cracks me up how The Thing continues to be the most blown-up
    non-secret "secret spot" in the history of secret spots.

  • beautiful dude!

  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    DOPE! It's well deserved, my man.

    Can't believe they skipped Groove Merchant and Friends of Sound (Thes was just here rocking the F.O.S. shirt). I need to get back to Austin this year.

  • mrmatthewmrmatthew 1,575 Posts
    Grown + Sexy = This

  • Unless Philly Record Exchange has gotten a lot better in the last few years they should replace that shit with Plan 9 in Richmond. I know the record exchange used to be the spot, but that shit fell the F*ck off.

    Props to Good Records.

  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts
    That's great, and totally deserved--it's the best record store I know.

  • Congratulations on your success, Johnny.

  • This is me grumbling about the inclusion of Waterloo.

    Maybe our store will get on people's radars eventually. Thanks for the nod, DJ Day.

  • That's great, and totally deserved--it's the best record store I know.

    Amen to that!

  • "The L.A. (Amoeba) branch is the largest music store in the U.S. If you can???t find it here, give up."




    OK, I give up.


    Seriously, congrats to Jonny and anyone else mentioned in the article. It's amazing when these general audience features get anything right about record stores.

  • BurnsBurns 2,227 Posts
    haha, I was looking for this for a minute now.

    Thanks for the link, need to get my PR game in order!

    flossin' the historic pres. type thing, nice floors, and is the ceiling real tin?
    you probably got the oldest spot in that group.

    screw the spot they have from my hometown-earxtacy, too much new and just got into used vinyl a year ago, but was also on spot for new electronic,house,& the rap.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts





    make this happen

  • discos_almadiscos_alma discos_alma 2,164 Posts
    Alright, there's no way in hayle Groove Merchant doesn't get propers.

    That's an East Coast-heavy list, BTW.

  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    it's the best record store I know.

  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    The best thing about this list is that none of my spots are on it.

    Congrats Jonny....I hope to get up there within the next 12 months.

    S'up Mike......Tony Clifton is my shit.

  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    FRIGGIN AWESOME!

  • BreakSelfBreakSelf 2,925 Posts

    That's an East Coast-heavy list, BTW.

    Well that was $1000 well spent.

  • Unless Philly Record Exchange has gotten a lot better in the last few years they should replace that shit with Plan 9 in Richmond. I know the record exchange used to be the spot, but that shit fell the F*ck off.

    yeah phrx you should totally never go there... i was in there today and there was nothing at all, no, no ....

    CONGRATS JOHNNY! varvatos got nothin on you ....brrrrrrrr style-zeee
    xo ab

  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    Unless Philly Record Exchange has gotten a lot better in the last few years they should replace that shit with Plan 9 in Richmond. I know the record exchange used to be the spot, but that shit fell the F*ck off.

    All reports over the past few years have indicated that Plan 9 fell the F*ck off too, but I haven't been there so I can't confirm.

  • Congrats, [email]Jon@th@n[/email] Sklute. Well deserved honor...

  • Mike_BellMike_Bell 5,736 Posts
    The best thing about this list is that none of my spots are on it.

    Congrats Jonny....I hope to get up there within the next 12 months.

    S'up Mike......Tony Clifton is my shit.
    Hey R*ch.
    about Tony Clifton

  • Unless Philly Record Exchange has gotten a lot better in the last few years they should replace that shit with Plan 9 in Richmond. I know the record exchange used to be the spot, but that shit fell the F*ck off.

    All reports over the past few years have indicated that Plan 9 fell the F*ck off too, but I haven't been there so I can't confirm.

    Thats just because Fatback scoops up all the good shit, the employees let slip through, before anyone else has a chance.

  • piedpiperpiedpiper 1,279 Posts
    That's a US-heavy list, BTW.

    19 US + 1 UK

    It??s GQ magazine, but still.

  • hell yeah

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    haha, I was looking for this for a minute now.

    Thanks for the link, need to get my PR game in order!


    Does this mean there's a dress code now?

  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    Congrats to Johnny and Good!

    No disrespect to DJ Hut(thrilled they are still in it after 2 fires and I am a repeat customer), but I wouldn't put them in the top 3 in DC area(or even DC proper) let alone a trans-continental best of for vinyl shops. Great for the latest in 12"s, unbeatable in the area for that and other DJ related items, but not what comes to mind as a serious record store. New stuff only with very few exceptions. If you feel the need to represent DC, GQ, maybe some other spot might have been a more interesting choice. But hey, congrats to DJ Hut!

  • white_teawhite_tea 3,262 Posts
    DOPE, Mr. Paycheck.



    I love this policy from that shop in Columbus, Ohio:

    Owner Chuck Kubat pulls anything that doesn???t sell two copies a year

    Don't know what fate awaits those records that he pulls, but it would help slim down the inventory of so many shops.
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