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| From | David Pearlman <dap@arlingtonmass.com> |
| Subject | Moby Disc gone...End of an era for used record stores (LA area) |
| Date | Thu, 08 Jan 2004 14:15:56 -0500 |
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This may mean something to some of you who live in the LA area. Moby Disc
was for years one of the best used record stores in the San Fernandy Valley.
It was better in days or yore (especially when there was only one store, on
Victory Blvd), but still worth a look. A few years they got bought out by
the Django's chain, who had delusions of becoming a national used music player.
They still exist, but are now in bankruptcy.
Anyway...
Just got back from a visit to the folks out in LA...Last Friday night, I drove
over to the local Moby Disc (across from Topanga Plaza in Canoga Park) and...
it was replaced by a phone store...Hmmm...Went back home and called the Sherman
Oaks store. Nope, number disconnected. Seems the entire chain went belly up sometime
in November. (Last time I was there was back in September I think). Sigh.
Seems there are no good used record stores left in "The Valley". My other favorite
in the Valley, Record Trader, mysteriously closed a couple of years ago. (They
always seemed quite busy, so I never figured that one out)...
Are there any good used stores left in the Valley I don't know about?
To make myself feel better, I drove over the hill into the city to visit Record Surplus and
Rhino. (I don't much like Amoeba...Too big, too much crap to sift through. I LOVE used
record stores and have spent too many years of my life in 'em, but I find Amoeba overwhelming.
I kinda liked the Berkeley store when it first opened (was there the first day there were
open!), but now...not so much.)
dap
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