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From | "garymaher@juno.com" <garymaher@juno.com> |
Subject | Re: NYC record stores |
Date | Sat, 25 May 2013 03:56:07 GMT |
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100% agree. Vintage Vinyl used to have mostly VG stuff at bargain prices, but they recently added a large selection of EX/NM LPs which are still decently priced, I believe. It's in the front of the store all the way to the right side. In addition to the vinyl, PRE also has a large variety of used bargain CDs. Both are highly recommended.
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Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 20:45:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Myers <mmyers1446@yahoo.com>
To: "audities@smoe.org" <audities@smoe.org>
Subject: Re: NYC record stores
Message-ID: <1369280755.75039.YahooMailNeo@web142505.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
Hi Ralph and everyone else
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Contact me off-line if you need more info.
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Mike
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