Hi montrealers, I love your city but there are NO records of any interest at the shops listed in city guide and or elsewhere on the net. Is the record situation really this dire or am I missing something?
Mars was the epitome
but honestly i've been pretty satisfied with my recent trips to the local spots
however not much to blow my mind excepts the recent hutcherson find
33 tours had decent Blue note OGs on the wall awhile ago (dude slowly going through a collection)
however its nothing incredible but it's not terrible either
that store in NDG i listed in the city guide is dry as bone recently
however
june july has a huge tourist wave hit the city and the owners are happy but there is not much left behind
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Hey,
I'm sorry, but I got it in coppin' vinyls in Montreal (back in August 2010). You can hear a number of my finds on the "Grown Folks Music" mix I made in September last year. I visited two cool stores there that were a block from one another.
I'm sorry, but I got it in coppin' vinyls in Montreal (back in August 2010). You can hear a number of my finds on the "Grown Folks Music" mix I made in September last year. I visited two cool stores there that were a block from one another.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
primitive records?
btw this city is upside down sometimes
i've seen melody nelson for 40$ sit in the bin for months in 2 different stores
including not being sold at a record convention
Big_Stacks"I don't worry about hittin' power, cause I don't give 'em nuttin' to hit." 4,670 Posts
pcmr said:
Big_Stacks said:
Hey,
I'm sorry, but I got it in coppin' vinyls in Montreal (back in August 2010). You can hear a number of my finds on the "Grown Folks Music" mix I made in September last year. I visited two cool stores there that were a block from one another.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
primitive records?
btw this city is upside down sometimes
i've seen melody nelson for 40$ sit in the bin for months in 2 different stores
including not being sold at a record convention
Hey Pcmr,
Yes, I went to Primitive and the name of the other store, just a block away on the same street, escapes me. I had amazing hauls from both spots.
I'm sorry, but I got it in coppin' vinyls in Montreal (back in August 2010). You can hear a number of my finds on the "Grown Folks Music" mix I made in September last year. I visited two cool stores there that were a block from one another.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
primitive records?
btw this city is upside down sometimes
i've seen melody nelson for 40$ sit in the bin for months in 2 different stores
including not being sold at a record convention
Please, to cop and send to me next time this happens. I'll have $40 waiting (plus shipping).
Montreal used to be amazing for records, but that was a few years ago. I used to spend my non-existent funds as a student on records and then when I moved back to Ottawa I used to drive to Montreal for shows and to visit friends and always came home with great stuff. (Now Ottawa, THAT is a record wasteland, but that's another story.) I haven't been to Montreal in about half a decade though. Most of the spots I used to hit are gone, but I have fond memories of $2 heat from L'??change on St-Denis, Noise, Disquivel, Le Pick-up and a bunch of other places. Even the chudbin emporium by Berri station yielded goods once upon a time, and avant heat for days at Esoterik, with fruitful visits to the backroom when my homie J**** was working.
Mars always terrified me, I thought I'd get syphilis and leprosy from just going inside that place, and the owner was a douche. I am sure that as a result I missed out on a ton of stuff, but I just remember walking in there once, the guy being a dick, the place being disgusting and beat to shit records being priced at 10x going rate, so I just left and took a shower as soon as I could.
if u can't pull records out of montreal, it might be time to hang it up...
I pulled a few things, but nothing major at all and that certainly was not a result of lack of effort. Most of the older hotspots like disquivel, etc have dissapared and other places like cheap thrills are shadows of their former selves. Bins are stuffed with pure chud and the places that do feature "collector" vinyl like aux 33 tours are asking silly prices: who is going to walk in there and drop 90 bucks on a second pressing of art Blakey big beat? Or the $140 Marius cultier?
if u can't pull records out of montreal, it might be time to hang it up...
I pulled a few things, but nothing major at all and that certainly was not a result of lack of effort. Most of the older hotspots like disquivel, etc have dissapared and other places like cheap thrills are shadows of their former selves. Bins are stuffed with pure chud and the places that do feature "collector" vinyl like aux 33 tours are asking silly prices: who is going to walk in there and drop 90 bucks on a second pressing of art Blakey big beat? Or the $140 Marius cultier?
33 tours prices disgust me,
but he has his loyal customer base
the same that buy 70$ reissues so that's your answer
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Many great memories at Mars...
Just stick to digging for ladies.
Yes. Women in Montreal are VERY friendly.
but honestly i've been pretty satisfied with my recent trips to the local spots
however not much to blow my mind excepts the recent hutcherson find
33 tours had decent Blue note OGs on the wall awhile ago (dude slowly going through a collection)
however its nothing incredible but it's not terrible either
that store in NDG i listed in the city guide is dry as bone recently
however
june july has a huge tourist wave hit the city and the owners are happy but there is not much left behind
I'm sorry, but I got it in coppin' vinyls in Montreal (back in August 2010). You can hear a number of my finds on the "Grown Folks Music" mix I made in September last year. I visited two cool stores there that were a block from one another.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
primitive records?
btw this city is upside down sometimes
i've seen melody nelson for 40$ sit in the bin for months in 2 different stores
including not being sold at a record convention
Hey Pcmr,
Yes, I went to Primitive and the name of the other store, just a block away on the same street, escapes me. I had amazing hauls from both spots.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
Please, to cop and send to me next time this happens. I'll have $40 waiting (plus shipping).
it's gone down in value so i did not want to flip it
I could tell you where to look, but I'd have to kill you.
Mars always terrified me, I thought I'd get syphilis and leprosy from just going inside that place, and the owner was a douche. I am sure that as a result I missed out on a ton of stuff, but I just remember walking in there once, the guy being a dick, the place being disgusting and beat to shit records being priced at 10x going rate, so I just left and took a shower as soon as I could.
33 tours prices disgust me,
but he has his loyal customer base
the same that buy 70$ reissues so that's your answer
Trou Du Diable
Dieu Du Ciel
Microbrasserie Charlevoix
Then take a ride on a bixi and eat at Le Comptoir.
1) ladies
2) food
...
875) records
:D