washington dc record stores?

real downer, though i can't blame josh for not keeping on if his heart's not in it anymore. i used to work there and still love checking in when i'm back in dc/md - gonna have to make it up again before he closes.

how's it going z

hey man! it's going pretty well, nc rules (recent political atmosphere aside) and i have a pool in my backyard. how're you?

keep that vinyl away from the pool

hahaha

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/08/30/red-onion-records-books-not-closing/

Changed his mind

so where should a record-store addict and vinyl lover be sure to check out in DC these days? bonus points for a good selection of psych/metal/noise/experiment/etc. many thanks in advance.

is this still basically the deal:

So with Melody RIP as of last week, the District's got SOM, Smash, Red Onion, Crooked Beat and Joint Custody (which I want to check out, but never seems to be open when I do my rounds). I need to visit the new Metro-accessible Joe's Record Paradise, too.

pretty much - http://dcrecordmap.tumblr.com/ is a good visual reference. i'd be sure to stop by red onion.

joe's and record exchange in silver spring are both excellent too, though their best sections (imo) are mostly dance/go-go

and actually, for psych/noise stuff, the baltimore recommendations upthread are still pretty much valid. true vine, old guru, celebrated summer...

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/44717/disc-men-kemp-mill-records/

Once a big D.C. area chain, now there is only one Kemp Mills left--in Temple Hills, MD with lots of go-go and rap according to this article

Mostly all on cd

Is CD Depot at College Park walkable from the CP/UofM Metro stop?

Well, it's looking like a No. Quite the trek. Guess I could bus it from the metro.

yep.

http://www.metroweekly.com/2015/01/vinyl-record-stores-in-washington-dc/

A few I don't know, but i don't buy that many records these days...

I'm in the middle of a 5 week work trip to DC and I have to say, the record stores have been incredible. Som, Joint Custody and Red Onion are excellent stores. I'll definitely go back to these three stores but where else should I go?

Crooked Beat maybe, and out to Md for Joes and to Va for CD Cellar and others. Check out that metroweekly link I posted in January.

Joe's Record Paradise in a Silver Spring just for the experience. It's unlike any of the others and massive.

Whoops - er, like curmudgeon said.

Sweet. Thanks for the tips. Think I'll try to hit joes next weekend. Metro accessible?

Yep. Here's your link: https://www.google.com/maps?ll=38.992121,-77.026942&z=15&t=m&hl=en-US&gl=US&mapclient=embed&q=8216+Georgia+Ave+Silver+Spring,+MD+20910+USA

Don't sleep on the Music & Game Exchange 1/2 block north of Joe's -- pulled some good stuff out of the new arrivals and $1 bins there. My boy found a Fairport test pressing in the $1 bin but it got yanked at the register.

Joint Custody has been killing it lately.

Arlington Flea Market starts up again this weekend, might go see what that's all about. I think it is Saturday morning.

Nice tips! I was thinking of making Saturday my big record hunt day so that would be convenient.

but it got yanked at the register.

What do you mean? The clerk just went "whoops - that's mislabeled" or something?

I've never found anything in the Music Exchange vinyl-wise but they have tons of CDs for like .50 cents - I got some great Go-Go discs there.

Record Exchange in Silver Spring is closed until mid-April. They're moving up to the street next to the Fillmore (condos are going up in the current space).

What do you mean? The clerk just went "whoops - that's mislabeled" or something?

yeah, clerk said he'd already seen it and had pulled it to be looked up/marked up, though it was still sitting over by the cheap bins.

Joe's Record Paradise was awesome. Spent 2hrs there but could have easily spent another 2. All the shops in DC have been great. Even Hill & Dale, which I wouldn't go to again, necessarily, but for what it is, where it is, it's good.

In Arlington, most of us are aware of CD Cellar but brief shout out to Blue Groove in Westover.

http://www.bluegroovesoundz.blogspot.com/

http://bandwidth.wamu.org/joes-record-paradise-is-moving-again/

Lee says he found out today that the store’s landlord won’t be renewing its lease come March 2016.

was going to joke that they shd move back to their og space in plaza del mercado and it looks like they are

red onion moving over to u street too

http://patch.com/virginia/oldtownalexandria/record-store-moving-dc-alexandria

Crooked Beat moving (moved?) to Old Town Alexandria.

Joe's Record Paradise will supposedly finally open in new Silver Spring location soon.