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| From | Michael Myers <mmyers1446@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: NYC record stores |
| Date | Wed, 22 May 2013 20:45:55 -0700 (PDT) |
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Hi Ralph and everyone else
I am a major vinyl crate-digging hound who lives in NJ and near NYC. I own about 3,000 LPs and Rick is right. I'm in the city quite a bit and if I stroll into a store there I'll poke around but usually find the selection to be so-so and the prices to be stupid.
So head for my home state and I will give you 2 great recommendations. #1 far and away is the Princeton Record Exchange near the university. It is amazing. Check out their website. Here's the most amazing part and I have been shopping there for about 30 years and still can't figure it out.... the typical price for the stuff I like best (blues, 60s-70s rock, R&B LPs) is probably in the $5 to $8 range and the quality of the vinyl is astounding. Where the heck do they continually find VG++ to M- records, hundreds of them, year after year? Well, they do, and they don't gouge you for them. They also have I would guess 10,000 LPs in their dollar crates. That is NOT a typo.
Yeah, a few of the clerks have a bit of an attitude but I go to the counter and check out in 5 minutes so who cares, really.... it is easy to spend $150 and walk out with 2 overflowing PRE shopping bags. BTW, it's about an hour from the city.
The other place I'll recommend is Vintage Vinyl on Rt 1 in Fords, NJ. Not anywhere as much stuff as PRE but equally good prices and a superior selection of punk stuff. It's where I go every Record Store Day. They also have great in-store performances by some pretty famous artists.
Contact me off-line if you need more info.
Mike
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From: Rick <rickbilous@yahoo.ca>
To: audities@smoe.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: NYC record stores
Ralph,
There is no such thing as a good record store in NYC - honestly.I went to a bunch on Bleeker st and nearby area and was incredibly disappointed. It was honestly a waste of a day. Apparently the stores in New Jersey are much better....
--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, Ralph Alfonso <ralph@...> wrote:
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> perennial question
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> looking for a quick list of used/new stores that would have good selection
> of punk/power pop
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> manhattan area mostly
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> thanks
>
> ralph
>
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