Record Store Shelving + Wall Pieces
dgriot
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Does anyone here have a preference when flipping through records in stores?Do you find it annoying when it's all just milkcrates and cardboard boxes, or don't mind as long as they're not overstuffed and there's room to flip w/o removing some first? Are wood dividers that essentially achieve the same effect w/o the height issue preferred? What about those pyramid-shaped tiers instead?Does everyone really check out wall pieces and use that as a sign to gauge the quality/proper representation of the store? Or is it just tradition to have some combination of eye candy/"coffee table" covers and status symbols on the wall, and doesn't really leave much of an impression?Do people find having a bunch of records on the wall (not just the "wall piece" area but general stock) just too much clutter and distracting?What's your dream store setup?
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So true, thats store's day came and went a long time ago. I always look at the walls, but just because the wall records are bad doesn't mean there are no good records. It just means they don't know a hell of a lot about what they have.
thats actually a painting!!! And only the gangway down the middle is real or something like that
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wuh? really? I mean, I know those rows of imperial guards in the original star wars were not real. I always assumed this scene was real jsut because, I dunno, the government prolly has a warehouse like this somewhere.
that's fresh. i don't think anyone's saying reissues on the wall=automatically wack, but there should be a method to the madness. PREX's entire stock is just a mess.
what? aside from pricing at the counter this sounds like my DREAM setup. i love fuckin messy record stores. (kanesville comes to mind)
Crates stuffed with shit records standing in the way of everything = NAGL
Cardboard dividers when there??s no organization whatsoever = NAGL
As far as wall pieces go, I like them, but there??s a tendency to completely cover the entire store with records, which I feel = NAGL
I like a slightly minimalist approach, but it depends on the store. One place I went there was only a single record on the wall, and nothing else. It really looked cool (no, I can??t remember what the record was). How about just putting record-related posters on the wall and leaving the raers in the bins? I mean they??re gonna be picked down and messed with and listened to anyway, and I like to believe I found it myself. Wall pieces sometimes makes me feel like people are doing the digging for me (and consequently upping the price a bit).
The best stores I??ve been to share a few key characteristics:
There??s good lighting, so you can actually see the condition of the record and not be surprised when you come into the daylight after visiting some vinyl-dungeon.
The crates are actually filled with what the tag on them says. Well-organized and pretty clean.
Mystery-crates on the floor, sorted crates/shelves at about waist-height.
Bathroom facilities.
Other than that, I enjoy the variety record stores offer.
- J
People are a lot less prone to mess with stuff if it's on the wall, which can be a good and bad thing.
- J
I hear you. Except for this bit:
"Popsike says $125."
Add: turntable and headphones
I always spend more than I was planning on if I can hear the records first.
Isn't this a snapshot of Indiana Jones' Raider of the Lost Ark at the very end of the movie when they are taking the Ark into storage???
[Edit] Well, it does say it in the url address
naturally