And another one: These Records, in London. It is bizarre, and you have to know EXACTLY where it is and when it's open (it's not visible from the street, and keeps weird hours), but they have lots of things I've never seen anywhere else.
― Douglas, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― alex in montreal, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― helenfordsdale, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― katE, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sean, Friday, 1 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― adam, Sunday, 3 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― al, Sunday, 3 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
((still kicking myself for giving my copy of 'tony fletcher...' to a long-since-ex boyfriend...i got it at the old vinyl sol))
alas, now i am in saginaw mich and must travel for such things.
s.
― strawberry girl, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Curt, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
There's nothing quite Amoeba-sized up here, but the closest store that comes to that is probably Zulu records in Vancouver, BC. Otherwise, most stores in the Northwest are a mish-mash of small stores.. and I kinda like it that way. I'd hate to have to see the same exact store every time I had the urge to shop, even if I wanted to dwell into a different genre.
Seattle has the following:
― Brian MacDonald, Sunday, 10 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― pnewsome, Sunday, 1 February 2004 01:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Sunday, 1 February 2004 20:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Sunday, 1 February 2004 21:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Ian Johnson (orion), Sunday, 1 February 2004 21:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Sunday, 1 February 2004 21:40 (twenty years ago) link
Pooly stocked in some categories (especially electronic/dance). Surprisingly well stocked in contemporary classical, I'll give them that!
― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Sunday, 1 February 2004 21:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Sunday, 1 February 2004 23:38 (twenty years ago) link
As for decent places, Probe in Liverpool is good but not as good as i used to think. Also, Concepts in Durham will always hold a special place in my heart.
― Jim Robinson (Original Miscreant), Monday, 2 February 2004 00:16 (twenty years ago) link
(Oops, way off-topic! You can track me down through my ILX "user info" page if you ever want to hear the whole story...)
― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Monday, 2 February 2004 00:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Kornél Kovács (Kornél Kovács), Monday, 2 February 2004 00:45 (twenty years ago) link
― svend, Monday, 2 February 2004 01:07 (twenty years ago) link
I'm also fond of Other Music and Mondo Kim's, even though the staff there is probably the least friendly I've ever come across.
― Jeff Sumner (Jeff Sumner), Monday, 2 February 2004 02:25 (twenty years ago) link
I'm not its biggest fan, sadly. But the Brazilian sandwich guy is a riot.
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 2 February 2004 02:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Monday, 2 February 2004 02:46 (twenty years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 2 February 2004 04:36 (twenty years ago) link
I have also been to Lou's and Off the Record in San Diego. Nice stores.
― Jean Cinsten, Monday, 30 August 2004 06:55 (nineteen years ago) link
*bump*
this thread is almost certainly due for an update.
anyplaces in portland, oregon? i know of jackpot and ozone....any others i should look into?
― drone/a/sore, Wednesday, 13 August 2008 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Mississippi and Discourage.
― ian, Wednesday, 13 August 2008 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Twisted Village, Cambridge, Mass.!
― henry s, Wednesday, 13 August 2008 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
are you looking for vinyl in Portland? If so you should got to Crossroads (it's on Hawthorne, forgot the cross street, but maybe 3-4 blocks west of the jackpot etc. over there). It's a building that houses a bunch of different vendors. This means there are like 30 separate sections to check for any genre, and condition and pricing vary. Some vendors have awesome stuff that's cheap, some have awesome stuff that's expensive, and some have regular stuff that's overpriced. Towards the front though there's a section that someone has for prog/psych/new agey stuff that's great. I've always found some cool stuff there, generally for $5-$10 (Steve Hillage, Curved Air, Tangerine Dream kinda stuff).
― altair nouveau, Wednesday, 13 August 2008 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
My favorite store in Portland is Exile Records on like 49th and Hawthorne. Some of the members of Eat Skull work there.
― t. weiss, Thursday, 14 August 2008 22:26 (fifteen years ago) link
They've got psych, drone, experimental, noise, sublime frequencies type stuff covered.
― t. weiss, Thursday, 14 August 2008 22:27 (fifteen years ago) link
If it weren't on the expensive side I could truly love Volcanic Tongue.
― krakow, Friday, 15 August 2008 07:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Off topic-ish, sry... I live in a small town that can't really support record stores, but what's it like in bigger cities that can these days? I mean, with online buying/stealing as big as it is, are they sort of going away / getting more specialized? At one time I thought they'd become more popular than ever, people would discover more music with greater ease and therefore buy more, but I think that's just me / people like me. What's the skinny, yo?
― RabiesAngentleman, Friday, 15 August 2008 11:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know. A friend of mine just opened a record shop in South London (The Dream Machine in Dulwich - obligatory plug!) which seems like a brave move when so many record shops are closing down. I shall be interested to see how it fares.
― Masonic Boom, Friday, 15 August 2008 12:24 (fifteen years ago) link
A new experimental/avant-garde record store just opened in Seattle (Ballard).
Dissonant Plane.
http://www.dissonantplane.com/
― HI, YOUR BAND! (Mackro Mackro), Thursday, 27 November 2008 00:48 (fifteen years ago) link
there's abs. nothing here in upstate NY (binghamton). we had a record fair the other day that wass decent but nothing special really.
― k3vin k., Thursday, 27 November 2008 01:40 (fifteen years ago) link
drive to rochester and go to the bop shop.
― ian, Thursday, 27 November 2008 01:41 (fifteen years ago) link
i've got family there, so i'll "pop" into the bop shop next time i'm there, thanks!if anyone's got other suggestions (closer to bing) that'd be cool.
― k3vin k., Thursday, 27 November 2008 01:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Any good ones (2nd hand too!) in Cambridge, UK? Going to see a friend in March, won't have that much time for recordshopping but would like to scour for a bit if there's a good shop...
― willem, Wednesday, 28 January 2009 09:59 (fifteen years ago) link
So... what advice does ILM have for starting a small record store?
I have the space, which is free (part of my house - and local regulations allow businesses in the home), a Visa Merchant account, Paypal, an eBay account, a Discogs account (which I'm thinking can function as a de facto web site for stock listing), and a fair amount of stock. I know I need a business license, business cards, a land line, and some physical modifications to the space (wall shelves, crates, etc). What I especially need more info on is distributors, and distro contacts. I'm basically going to be working on the small-but-good model of Wall Of Sound in Seattle, TD's in Bloomington Indiana, Exile in Portland, etc. I am interested in how people typically set up accounts with distros, how to contact ones people think are good, and what the usual minimum orders are.
I'm also sure I'm missing other crucial details, which is why I'm asking.
― sleeve, Saturday, 20 June 2009 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
sent an e-mail to your efn account...
― ian, Saturday, 20 June 2009 22:10 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.wosound.com/images/specialties.gif
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 June 2009 22:21 (fourteen years ago) link
i like how that reads like it's one genre. it would be funny if you went into their store and they only had 5 avant-garde japanese noise industrial art-rock indie alternative free-jazz folk experimental ambient world electronic electro-acoustic neoclassical records and nothing else.
― scott seward, Saturday, 20 June 2009 22:23 (fourteen years ago) link
scott you just made me laugh.
thanks ian!
― sleeve, Saturday, 20 June 2009 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link
When I first read that I thought it was an ad for scott's new store.
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 14:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Twisted Village store in Harvard Square is closing tomorrow. http://thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2010/07/15/harvard-square-s-twisted-village-to-close-july-25.aspx
― nerve_pylon, Saturday, 24 July 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Ear X-Tacy in Louisville is closing
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 31 October 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
All the (5?) Dimple records locations are closing in SacramentoThey all kinda sucked for music anyway
― brimstead, Thursday, 27 June 2019 13:46 (four years ago) link
You may have heard something about the future of Amoeba in LA. Rest assured, we are NOT closing. We are planning to move to a new space in Hollywood in about another year and will let everyone know when we have news to share.Please read our full update: https://t.co/8GdZmJbUTk pic.twitter.com/gNCxEAda3Z— Amoeba Music (@amoebamusic) June 26, 2019
― Consider the coconut (morrisp), Thursday, 27 June 2019 13:59 (four years ago) link
Chicago folx — a friend’s brother recently opened this store in the Portage Park neighborhood: https://www.facebook.com/tonedeafrecschicago/Check it out if you’re so inclined
― Consider the coconut (morrisp), Saturday, 29 June 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
Warren from Little Ax in Portland OR has moved to the city next door to me in Springfield and opened a store there, supposedly tons of African records but I have yet to make it in.
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Saturday, 29 June 2019 15:52 (four years ago) link