Favorite Records Stores, online or brick and mortar

[Nate Dogg]

Occasionally, I see links and references to places that you can find particular recordings. I thought it would be a good idea to set up a thread where we could list good sources for music.

Not a big discussion thread, not a whole of commentary to be added, but I see this as a great reference thread, one that we can search on as we travel or search for that hard to find disc.

To kick it off, a few of the more obvious stores ...

Online:
www.half.com
www.ebay.com (affiliated with half.com, but I often find stuff on eBay that is not available on half.com).
www.amazon.com

MP3:
iTunes
eMusic

Brick in Mortar:
In Austin - Cheapo, Waterloo records, various CD Warehouse locations, Jupiter Records.
Nationally, Amoeba in L.A/San Fran

[Matthew]

A few more that may be familiar, but are still useful.

CD Universe lets you preview nearly every track of almost every CD.

FYE also lets you preview much of the music, but at different points than does CD Universe (for example, 1:20 instead of 0:30)

GEMM has tons of hard-to-find recordings.

[JesseMiner]

Let me take this opportunity to remind you that I have added a Links section designed for listing websites (see link to this at the top of every page), and there is a section specifically for music sources:

Links: Music Sources

The categories are flexible, so when there is a need for a new category of links, it can easily be created. I hope this becomes more utilized in the future.

By all means, continue this conversation but remember to post your links there as well.

Jesse

[Roy]

Jazzmart/Chicago has the largest/most diverse Jazz and blues collection I know of.

[kbuxton]

I've had pretty good luck with www.djangos.com . You can specify that they notify you when they have a used copy of something in.

[Swifty]

The Bop Shop in Rochester, NY.

[mark0tz]

Wow, just bought $110 worth @ CD Cellar here in Falls Church, VA. Newly discovered place. So I can't call it a favorite yet.

Bought some nice Ellington, Basie, Barnet, Charlie Shavers/Maxine Sullivan, Betty Roche, Fats Waller, Woody Herman, Roy Eldridge, and a handful of others. Non-swing, but a Bill Withers CD.... nice listening. Maybe when I'm not in a hurry to go teach a lesson, I'll actually put the CD names down here.

[smoothblues]

http://www.cheap-cds.com consistently has the lowest prices and speedy USPS first-class shipping which is very reasonably priced.

Support the local shops when possible

[Dj G]

Online = GEMM

Boston:
Harvard Square stores (multi) and Boylston Street

NYC:
Academy Records; Footlight Records; Jazz Exchange

NJ:
Princeton Record Exchange

Philly:
Philadelphia Record Exchange

DC:
Roadhouse Oldies

Atlanta:
Eat More Records

Ft. Lauderdale:
Larry's Records

New Orleans:
Lousiana Music Factory; Rock-N-Roll Records

Austin:
Waterloo

Phoenix:
CDGB's

Chicago:
Jazzmart; Record Surplus

LA:
Aomeba; Record Surplus; Norwalk Records

SF:
Aomeba's

[Nate Dogg]

Ah, the old thread got bumped up.

I just want to say that I got visit Amoeba during the fall. I love those stores. I am so jealous of the California DJs in that regard.

Nathan

[gatorgal]

Ft. Lauderdale:
Larry's Records

Where?

Tina

[Dj G]

Oakland Park Blvd. (east of 95)

Ft. Lauderdale:
Larry's Records

Where?

Tina

[Yakov]

http://www.copcomco.com hipped me to proper box, and is the only U.S. source for past perfect discs (apparently)

Pittsburgh:
Paul's CDs
unbelievable prices, best selection

[Nate Dogg]

http://www.copcomco.com hipped me to proper box, and is the only U.S. source for past perfect discs (apparently)

Pittsburgh:
Paul's CDs
unbelievable prices, best selection

Many of the Past Perfect discs are available at Half Price Books. The stores have lots of them, they must have a deal worked or something (similarly, many of the budget Bethlehem Records CDs seem to be at every store as well). Most of the CDs are dirt cheap and new. When I walk into the local store, they have a big display filled with Past Perfect discs. You can also listen to some of them at the listening stations.

They have a good number of locations Texas and they have locations all over the U.S.

Some locations have good selection of used CDs, it really depends on the location.

http://www.halfpricebooks.com/ - Their online store has Past Perfect discs.

81 Neighborhood Locations in 12 states.


Arizona
Phoenix/Tempe
Paradise Valley
Superstition Springs


California
Berkeley
Solano
Concord
Concord
Fremont
Fremont


Indiana
Indianapolis Area
Castleton
Greenbriar
Greenwood


Iowa
Des Moines Area
Greater Des Moines Area


Kansas
Kansas City
Lawrence
Olathe
Overland Park


Minnesota
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Apple Valley
Maplewood
Northtown
St. Louis Park
St. Paul


Missouri
Kansas City
Westport


Ohio
Cincinnati Area
Arbor Square
Gentry-Tricentre
Kenwood Galleria
Northgate
Cleveland Area
Mayfield Heights
Mentor
North Olmsted
West Cleveland
Columbus Area
Bethel/Sawmill
Brice/Tussing
W. Lane Ave.


Dayton
South Towne Centre


Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Ross Park Mall Area
The Pointe at North Fayette
Village Square Mall


Texas
Austin
Anderson Mill
Guadalupe
Research/183
Round Rock
South Lamar
Bryan/College Station
Bryan/College Station
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi


Dallas Area
East Northwest Highway
Frisco
Irving
Lewisville
Mesquite
North Dallas/Preston Road
Plano
Richardson
Ft. Worth Area
Arlington/Lincoln Square
Arlington/South Cooper
Bedford
Hulen
Ridgmar Mall Area
Watauga Pavilion
Houston Area
Clear Lake
Copperfield
FM 1960
Humble
Kirby/Rice Village
Montrose
Sugar Land
Westheimer


San Antonio
Broadway
I-10/Huebner Road
Loop 410/San Pedro
Loop 410/Summit
San Marcos
San Marcos


Washington
Seattle Area
Bellevue
Capitol Hill
Edmonds
Everett
Lynnwood
Redmond
Seattle
Tacoma
Tukwila


Wisconsin
Madison
Essex Square
Whitney Way
Milwaukee Area
Brookfield
Greenfield
Milwaukee

[gatorgal]

Thank you kind sir!

Tina

Oakland Park Blvd. (east of 95)

Ft. Lauderdale:
Larry's Records

Where?

Tina