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Favorite Record Stores?
StrikeThePostman:
I like Cutler's in New Haven, Connecticut and Newbury Comics in Boston.
I've been going to Cutler's for a little while now, and I usually don't find anything I went to look for, but I end up walking out with 5 CDs anyway. They also sell used classical CDs for about $3 sometimes.
I've only been to Newbury Comics once, but I found three CDs that I'd never seen in real life before. Their poster selection was incredible too.
RUMBLEMOOSE:
The best record stores in Boston all seem to close down. Mystery Train or whatever the hell it was, in a basement on Newbury Street, had a copy of Trans Am's Red Line on LP the first time I went in and had absolute loads of used records. Mars Music, almost directly across the street, had the Braid live album on LP, a Brad Strider 12", a couple Pavement bootlegs (including the Garrulous 7"), and both Wish You Were Here and The Wall on vinyl for relatively cheap. Both stores are gone now.
synecdoche:
My favourites are Zulu Records (Vancouver) and Ditch Records (Victoria). Zulu is much bigger, but I prefer Ditch, personally, because the staff there always seems much friendlier and actually makes suggestions without sounding like hipster snobs. They're actually helpful.
Not that the people at Zulu aren't helpful or anything like that-- a few of the people there have been super cool-- but the people at Ditch seem a little more... welcoming I guess.
BillyEchapa:
--- Quote from: Bunnyman ---Everyday does indeed kick ass. As does the Amoeba on the Haight.
And the Rasputin/Amoeba superorganism on Telegraph in Berkeley makes a nice second. Or third. Or whatever.
--- End quote ---
Don't forget Mod Lange also in Berkeley on University between Oxford and Shattuck. Definitely not the megastore a la Amoeba and Rasputins, but great selection with an indie and local music bent.
Kai:
THe Music Exchange - Quite possibly the largest vinyl store in at least the midwest. It's in Westport, Kansas, and it's FUCKING HUGE. Like, massive. If there's something you're looking for on vinyl, you'll find it, with a few hours looking. I mean, they even have a metal section! Awesome. Too bad it's closing soon.
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