Record Stores...

[mazinz]

I totally miss them. We had ERL records, Music Shack(2 locations), Worlds Records, Flipped out Records, Rhino Records and Essential Sounds around here. 7"'s, LP's, t-shirts and every kind of music. Most importantly you could talk and hang with people that actually knew something about music.

Rhino records is still around (in New Paltz, not Albany one) just in a much smaller location down the road (a side street across from Jacks' Rhythm's, by the way the owner of Jack's just
passed away)

I remember a record world in middletown or it was in the dutchess mall across the river. If I knew the knowledge of then then music I was getitng into I could have had a field day at whichever one was in the dutchess mall

the hammer really came down for me when Trash in Danbury Connecticut shut down in 2008

I loved going into records stores because you never really knew what you could find. I miss talking with the people that ran them (or at least the ones that had true knowledge of music, like Malcom from Trash who was literally an encyclopida of music). I miss talking with the people who were shopping and finding all sorts of non music items at them as well

DAMN THE KIDS AND THEIR BLASTED INTERNET AND MP3s.

By the same merit it was part of the statment above that killed the video store too

[Hotfoot]

We used to have Turtles, Peaches and other record stores. (Remember the Peach Crate to store your records in?) Almost bought a local store in the early 80's. I miss the classic album art. A 12" x 12" piece of work that you could hold and look at. Now the little 4" CD art just doesn't feel the same. Neither does looking at it on the computer.

I did buy a vinyl to mp3 player and am attempting to convert my old albums and 45's that I never did buy CD's of. Already fed 500 CD's into the computer. Now I need a monster ipod to carry it all. My 8GB Nano is full!

[Brazoo]

I've been visiting Ft. Lauderdale since I was a kid, I use to love Peaches!

In Toronto the classic Sam the Record Man is long gone, but there a several fantastic independent CD/Record left. Like Soundscapes, Rotate This! and Sonic Boom.

[4NDR01D]

Birdman Records in Ottawa, Rotate This in Toronto.

[david_b]

A great place for used records was The Princeton Record Exchange right next to Princeton University.

I used to go there about every 2 weeks ..... Their turnover was amazing .... People used to bring full boxes of records in to sell every day.

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A local place like that was where I bought all my Stones stuff in college.. I remember the 'Digital Masters Release' of 'Exile On Main Street' being out and I contemplated so long about getting that album for like a hundred or something.

Yes, second-hand shops were great for finding excellent rare and low-priced vinyl in college.

david_b

[trekman101]

When I was a kid my mom used to take us to the independent stores all the time...see was a music nut and had tons of 78's and 45's...I still have my 45's to this day.

[phil]

In the Pittsburgh area the big local chain was National Record Mart. They had stores everywhere! In the early to mid '80s there were four or five NRMs of various sizes within walking distance of each other just in downtown Pittsburgh. I was going to college in the city at the time and it was great having easy access to those stores because the stock did very slightly. The main NRM in the city was quite large and had a big Classical section staffed by people who actually knew what they were dealing with. NRM also carried a lot of oldies on 45 which was good for me since I like older music. Sadly National
Record Mart is long gone.

[kryptosmaster]

Oh man, I loved going to Record Theater in Buffalo, I went there all the time. They had a fantastic selection and I remember that big 7" singles section too. I probably still have a half filled book of stamps in a box somewhere too.

Yeah that's right. I forgot about that 7" section. That was an awesome store. I went to the one on Main St & Lafayette most of the time. I think that was the flagship store.
I still have some of those stamp booklets too.
I also remember the huge cassette wall. You had to reach your hand in a tiny hole but the tapes wouldn't fit through the hole. If you wanted to mbuy it you had to drop it down on the conveyor belt and go to the desk and they'd turn on the belt and bring your selections to the counter.
There was also a guy (I think his name was Fred) that seemed to know EVERYTHING about songs, etc if you ever had a question about anything.
Rich

[jwyblejr]

God I wish this stuff came back with a vengeance....The last record store we had was Record Giant over 15 years ago and even then it was a mis-nomer because they were all CDs. The Last Unicorn kicked around for a while but it was used 45s/LPs and eventually used CDs. Can't even find decent stuff and garage sales anymore....

Not sure if it's still there but there use to be a place in Utica called Off Center Records. I believe it's over on Bleeker Street.

[VintageMike]

In this area, while there were some small independent shops it a;ways been abotu chains. However back then the chains weren't owned by the same company and each was cool. In the mall there was shop called simply "Record Town" where it seemed you could find anything. It's an FYE today. The last of the "cool chains" was Tower and of course they are gone in the states.

[bgrimm77]

Growing up I had Rockit Records and they were awesome.....could always ind great imports and stuff. They got bought out by Newbury Comix (which is still a cool place)

[Rallygirl]

Our local chain wasBelieve in Music.. I spent so many of my teen years in those stores buying vinyl, 8 tracks, 45s and finally CDs. They also have stamp books that could be redeemed for merchandise. I don't know what I had been saving for, but last year I found about 2,000 stamps in a box of my stuff from high school.

I miss 45s. I loved having less than a buck in my pocket and being about to buy music. They are still all stacked in my basement near the Atari 2600 and my 8 tracks. LOL. I also miss browsing for music. I bought so many albums based simply of the cover art.

[Mikey]

A great place for used records was The Princeton Record Exchange right next to Princeton University.

I used to go there about every 2 weeks ..... Their turnover was amazing .... People used to bring full boxes of records in to sell every day.

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[BendyZaius]

Where I grew up, Scranton, PA, we had the Electric Mind Shaft downtown. Awesome place with vintage as well as new records. Used to hang out there a lot. The location moved around a few times. Five years ago or so, the owner got busted for growing weed on the second floor of the building where he had his shop. He apparently had a huge hydroponics setup going with hundreds of plants and grow lights etc. I thought to myself, now everything makes sense. Used Beatles records downstairs, pot farm upstairs. Store is still there under new owners of course.

[wilbs518]

I totally miss them. We had ERL records, Music Shack(2 locations), Worlds Records, Flipped out Records, Rhino Records and Essential Sounds around here. 7"'s, LP's, t-shirts and every kind of music. Most importantly you could talk and hang with people that actually knew something about music.