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Favorite Record Stores?
sjbrot:
Anyone notice how most record stores may as well have the same damn names? There are probably three dozen "Vinyl Exchanges" out there in the world. Probably because there are only so many names you can come up with that say that you have vinyl and that you wish to sell it.
Inlander:
ratatat: Gaslight closed 'round August last year. Bummer, huh?
Octillus:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---Shit, I forgot the Virgin Records in London. I almost wept for joy when I went in there: basically, I am all too used to the 'metal' section of a record store being filled with arseloads of punk, metalcore and nu-metal, and a couple of Peaceville re-issues.
They had a seperate metalcore section. They had every Edge of Sanity record including Cryptic and Evolution. They had Theatres Des Vampires EPs!
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That's why i love Streetlight Records (small chain, 3 or 4 stores in the Bay Area) in my hometown of Santa Cruz, it's not a huge section, but punk and hardcore had a giant section, goth and industrial had their own section, Black Metal had its won section, Doom Metal had its own section, and beyond that there was a decent sized metal section.
I moved to SF and I was spoiled by Amoeba and Rasputin, but still. Oh and the streetlights in san francisco seem to be less expansive than that of the one in santa cruz, well, except for the techno section in the one on the castro. That just makes me smile.
Coonstar:
--- Quote from: 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.
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Zulu's probably one of the most well known and accessible places in Vancouver, but I agree with you. I get so hella intimidated in Zulu, people there don't talk or laugh enough.
Where is Ditch located exactly? I'll make sure to check it out next time in Victoria.
Hat:
I generally do most of my shopping at JB's, they're pretty good, they don't have anything too obscure, but you can't beat the prices, and its a pretty decent selection. I wouldn't be listening to Iron Maiden or Zeppelin today if it weren't for their $10 CDs.
Also, Rocking Horse is pretty good, but it appals me that their punk/hardcore section is bigger than their metal section, and all the prog metal is in the general population area, I guess because maybe it offends all the spider children that need to get their Cryptopsy there or something. I'm kind of used to the new location by now, I had to rack my brain for five minutes to remember where the old location was.
Skinny's is alright but I always wind up blowing my money on all the crap they have behind the counter, like Alice Cooper dolls and Mr T bobbleheads, instead of buying CDs.
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