Hi Bill - Records Plus was located in Rocky Point LI, I actually worked for 
Mark at the store for a short period and got paid in records :-)
This was during the early 80's and Bruce was expanding Records Stop, I think 
at one point he had at least 4 stores that I know of; Ronkonkoma, Center 
Moriches, Riverhead and Rocky Point.
He wanted me to run the Riverhead store but I had a pretty good job at the 
time and though it was a record collectors dream job I had a gut feeling 
that the store wouldn't last.

Sure enough by the end of the 80's, Bruce was back to the main store in 
Ronkonkoma.
Still doing well though, the only place I know of on eastern LI that still 
has tons of vinyl and plenty of used CD's. Though his main stock is stuck in 
the 70's with a big emphasis on 70's prog and native Long Island bands like 
the Good Rats and Zebra.

Ok two posts in one year, that has got to be my personal record :-)

Keith


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> Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 03:05:17 GMT
> From: "wigout6@juno.com" <wigout6@juno.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Record Stop & Other Stores
> Message-ID: <20060518.200559.8594.1259417@webmail53.lax.untd.com>
>
> Keith wrote:
>>  Favorite record store owners I would have to go with my old buddy Mark 
>> Geller from Records Plus out on Long Island, they were a short lived off 
>> shoot of Record Stop in Lake Ronkonkoma, I also got to know Bruce from 
>> Record Stop pretty well and still stop in occasionally. Not the place it 
>> use to be back in the 80's at the peek of the new wave era and we hung 
>> around checking out new stuff as it came in, but there are many good 
>> memories from both SU and later Records Stop.
>
> When I lived in Smithtown, I used to love going to Record Stop - Bruce had 
> a fabulous collection of imports and I was always amazed at the number of 
> Beatles bootlegs he had in stock!  Thanks for bringing up the memories. 
> Was Records Plus also located in Ronkonkoma?  Didn't know that place...
>
> I'm surprised nobody has mentioned J.D. Martignon of Midnight Records in 
> NYC.  From what I've heard, he was a nasty guy.
>
> Joe Hanna has a super record/CD store in Bethlehem, PA named Play It 
> Again.  Kind of a cantankerous fellow, but he certainly stocks lots of 
> quality stuff, especially the great mid-80's Aussie releases (Citadel, 
> etc.), as well as the many releases by local faves The Original Sins.
>
> Be seeing you,
> Bill
>
>