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| From | "Barry S." <BarryS@lernerweisslaw.com> |
| Subject | Re: Moby Disc gone...End of an era for used record stores (LA area) |
| Date | Thu, 8 Jan 2004 11:31:00 -0800 |
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Second Spin is just 1 block east of the vacant Moby Disc store on
Ventura Blvd in Sherman Oaks. It's no Moby Disc, but it doesn't cost
anything to browse...
--- Barry Schlom
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Pearlman [mailto:dap@arlingtonmass.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 11:16 AM
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Moby Disc gone...End of an era for used record stores (LA
area)
>
> 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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