xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
BAIN wrote:NJ
Flipside in Pompton Lakes
Sound Exchange in Wayne
Let it Rock in Montclair (closed)
Pier Platters in Hoboken (closed)
Curmudgein in Somerville (closed)
NYC
Generation Records
Reconstruction Records (closed)
NY
Clockwork Records (brand new, old NYHC dude owns it)
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
clash77 wrote:I always enjoyed going to a record shop, talking music with the people there and checking out the records and demos for the first time.As for the kids today, that type of experience is rare as a result of the internet. Thats another discussion for another day.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
drew wrote:All the NYC ones you mentioned, plus the NJ shops. Especially Vintage Vinyl & the New Brunswick one, what was the name?
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:clash77 wrote:I always enjoyed going to a record shop, talking music with the people there and checking out the records and demos for the first time.As for the kids today, that type of experience is rare as a result of the internet. Thats another discussion for another day.
It depends on where you live, but I think that's too simplistic of a way of looking at it. It seems that though a lot of independent mom and pop shops closed in the early to mid '00s, there has been a huge revival and they are thriving now. It's only in big cities like where I live or college towns, though, but in recent years kids (I mean like teenagers) are into vinyl again and they bypassed CDs entirely. I think this is great. It will always appeal most to music obsessives like us and that's fine with me. The only downside that I can see is how highly-priced new vinyl has become for a variety of factors (probably should be a different thread) and that it's almost like a luxury item now..
clash77 wrote:Cool!! Obviously Im a New Yorker but went to Amoeba Recs in Hollywood when I was there..That was a cool place!!
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
drew wrote:All the NYC ones you mentioned, plus the NJ shops. Especially Vintage Vinyl & the New Brunswick one, what was the name?
When I lived in L.A. I went to Aaron's recs & another one downtown. There was also the TAANG! store but it was overpriced.....
I went to a shop in Amsterdam & was pretty blown away. I bought a couple of The Ex albums I've never seen over here & cheap Fall cd's....
There were dozens of live Bootleg Jerry Lee Lewis & Johnny Cash LP's...
JGJR wrote:clash77 wrote:Cool!! Obviously Im a New Yorker but went to Amoeba Recs in Hollywood when I was there..That was a cool place!!
It is, but it's totally overwhelming, as is the SF one in Haight-Ashbury. The Berkeley one is much more manageable, but all 3 are great. I've been to all of them, but haven't been since the mid '00s.
yourenotevil wrote:JGJR wrote:clash77 wrote:I always enjoyed going to a record shop, talking music with the people there and checking out the records and demos for the first time.As for the kids today, that type of experience is rare as a result of the internet. Thats another discussion for another day.
It depends on where you live, but I think that's too simplistic of a way of looking at it. It seems that though a lot of independent mom and pop shops closed in the early to mid '00s, there has been a huge revival and they are thriving now. It's only in big cities like where I live or college towns, though, but in recent years kids (I mean like teenagers) are into vinyl again and they bypassed CDs entirely. I think this is great. It will always appeal most to music obsessives like us and that's fine with me. The only downside that I can see is how highly-priced new vinyl has become for a variety of factors (probably should be a different thread) and that it's almost like a luxury item now..
yeah, it seems like a ton of labels charge 20 bucks or more for a reissue these days(esp anything metal). sst just jacked up black flag record prices too. and in some cases you can find the original pressing of an album for less than the reissue, which seems totally backwards to me.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:yourenotevil wrote:JGJR wrote:clash77 wrote:I always enjoyed going to a record shop, talking music with the people there and checking out the records and demos for the first time.As for the kids today, that type of experience is rare as a result of the internet. Thats another discussion for another day.
It depends on where you live, but I think that's too simplistic of a way of looking at it. It seems that though a lot of independent mom and pop shops closed in the early to mid '00s, there has been a huge revival and they are thriving now. It's only in big cities like where I live or college towns, though, but in recent years kids (I mean like teenagers) are into vinyl again and they bypassed CDs entirely. I think this is great. It will always appeal most to music obsessives like us and that's fine with me. The only downside that I can see is how highly-priced new vinyl has become for a variety of factors (probably should be a different thread) and that it's almost like a luxury item now..
yeah, it seems like a ton of labels charge 20 bucks or more for a reissue these days(esp anything metal). sst just jacked up black flag record prices too. and in some cases you can find the original pressing of an album for less than the reissue, which seems totally backwards to me.
It's not just metal or reissues. It's brand new stuff, too, though of course it varies by label. I commend Dischord for keeping their prices so reasonable, for example.
version sound wrote:Yesterday & Today in Rockville.
john stabb wrote:"When I came to D.C. it was the usual bunch. Smash, Vinyl Ink, Phantasmagoria, Olsson's, Orpheus, and yeah, Tower. I'm sure I'm forgetting one."
Never forget Yesterday & Today, Joe's Record Paradise (all 4 MD locations) & late 79-early 80's: Backstreet Records. I worked at that "Shrine to Springsteen & Stones" so I'd get first pick at the Punk stuff. That was awesome
Out of the area: Wax Traxx (Chicago), Sounds (NYC) I went in Bleeker Bob's twice but couldn't focus on records with that douchebag owner tearing into his staff. Hated that place. , Strawberries & Newbury Comics (Boston), Skinnie's (Norfolk), and recently the 2 awesome record shops in Philly: JGJR Dammnit, I should remember those places ...
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:We went to Long in the Tooth together and before that, you were at Repo. LITT is by far my favorite store here in town and my go-to place, but I like Repo quite a bit as well in part because they're the only store (except for maybe Barnes and Noble) around here where you can pick up The Big Takeover!
scannest wrote:It's like a filmmaker saying "Spielberg is my idol. Every time I get behind the camera I think about how I can make my film as good as Hook"
Welly wrote:You still in Berlin? You know Albert Luebbing?
version sound wrote:JGJR wrote:We went to Long in the Tooth together and before that, you were at Repo. LITT is by far my favorite store here in town and my go-to place, but I like Repo quite a bit as well in part because they're the only store (except for maybe Barnes and Noble) around here where you can pick up The Big Takeover!
No love for AKA or Tequila Sunrise?
Another great store that I believe is still open is Plan 9 in Richmond.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
BAIN wrote:JGJR = https://www.facebook.com/ClockworkRecordsNy
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
gregpolard wrote:I live in the suburbs so my go-to shop has always been Siren Records in Doylestown. I love it and have been going there since I was 14. I think in more recent years the selection has vastly improved as well and Blair the owner is an awesome guy and will always go out of his way to special order anything I want.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
JGJR wrote:version sound wrote:Tequila Sunrise closed. IThat space is still a record store (different owners) called Borderline. I haven't been in yet, but I hear good things. Anyway, I only went to TS once. It was just OK. The guy working in there was super quiet, the records were way overpriced, etc. I didn't much like the experience, so I didn't go back there.
version sound wrote:JGJR wrote:version sound wrote:Tequila Sunrise closed. IThat space is still a record store (different owners) called Borderline. I haven't been in yet, but I hear good things. Anyway, I only went to TS once. It was just OK. The guy working in there was super quiet, the records were way overpriced, etc. I didn't much like the experience, so I didn't go back there.
Really? I got a minty second pressing of Out of Step there for like $23 and a ridiculously clean Brain first press of the first NEU! LP there for $30.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
Hal wrote:Main St. Records - Northampton, MA
Music Outlet - Enfield, CT
Newbury Comics - Boston, MA (the original one on Newbury St. usually)
Welly wrote:I currently run Ghost Town Records since last year, before that it was Damaged Records from '05-'09. Before that my lady ran Forbidden Beat '94-95 and I was pretty involved with that until they closed when she got pregnant with our son. Prior to that a friend ran Autonomy Records '88-'89 and we all hung out there constantly as we were all unemployed or in college at the time. These were all in Cardiff. The next town of Newport currently has Kriminal Records run by the old vocalist of Cowboy Killers (and now Bad Sam). Prior to him taking this over a few years ago it was Rockaway Records since the mid 80's. This was run by Simon who put all the gigs on in Newport under the name of Cheap Sweaty Fun. This place was a hub. Simon now books all the record fairs, and even in the 80's these places were a goldmine. I found my State 7" in a box under a table.
When growing up I bought all my records from the oldest record shop in the world Spillers Records of Cardiff. The first I remember buying from there was the first Specials LP in '80 prior to that it was a shop near my school called Words and Music (later Oddysey). Opposite Spillers was Buffalo Records, which sold records on one floor and jeans on another. This place closed in the mid 80's. There's an old local punk 7" by Victimize called 'Baby Buyer' (two guys went onto the Damned), the front cover photo is on the same block as where Buffalo was and opposite Spillers...
Spillers went on to feed me with hardcore records. I remember buying Flex Your Head, Boycott Stabb and the Minor Threat 12" in '84 when it came out. One day around the same time I was going on and on to a friend about Black Flag and not being able to find any of their records. A friend said they had stuff behind the counter, I didn't believe him, so we walked in, he asked and they pulled out Nervous Breakdown. I bought it on the spot, and later the same day found Six Pack in another place. By the mid and late 80's the punks of South Wales would meet at Spillers every Saturday. I remember being in a queue all to buy MRR. The whole shop was vinyl and over half was punk/indie. They'd have sales and hardcore wasn't popular then, so I'd pick up stuff like the Reagan Youth 12" for £1.99.
Outside of these places there were many second hand shops, all gone now. Record Browser on Broadway always had some good stuff, and when I lived near there when in college years later, I'd sell stuff to pay for band practice (and years later bought them back on the internet). Years before the net, I'd mailorder from places like WOT Mailorder and Alternative Tentacles in London, and Rhythm Records, then of Devon, now Cambridge. Rhythm was great and is still going. Used to get rare old hardcore stuff (even then) for £5 a 7". I got my original Mommy's Little Monster LP from Rhythm, and stuff like JFA and Ill Repute 7"s.
From the age of like 15 on, we'd go on the train to London and the shops on Portobello Road and Rough Trade. Many of these are still there, and years later on tour and the like, still go to these places. It was in one of the Portobello Road shops that I found Suffer by Bad Religion before anyone knew it existed. It must've just come out. I thought it must be a live record and bought it, took it home and was blown away to find it was a new album. Under Rough Trade used to Slam City Skates.
Bristol used to be a place we'd regularly go in the 90's-00's as Replay Records was one of the best in the country and had a similar approach to Amoeba in CA and always had new stock for cheap. I'd take in bags of review CDs and get piles of free new and used stuff. There also used be a shop called Revolver in Bristol.
Touring in a band being a vinyl addict, I'd always make it my mission to find record shops and have bought stuff all over the U.S. and Canada as well as the U.K. From Second Avenue in Portland to Vinyl Solution Huntington Beach, Doc Strange, Green Hell, Wax Trax Denver, Generation Records and the old shops that were in St. Marks that have mostly gone. From Ace's Records Tampa to Drastic Plastic in Omaha, I've checked 'em out. I really piss people off I'm in these places so long. I was in LA last year and my lady worked out I was in Amoeba for like 8 hours over three visits. The fact I was picking up 415 Records for $1.99 was lost on her.
xxxMidgexxx wrote:But perhaps I just love drone stuff in general.
James wrote:In Vancouver, we had Track Records where I bought many of my first punk and HC albums (and shirts). They closed in the late 90's and one of the guys from there opened a little hole in the wall a few doors down called Noize which still had a lot of old local stuff. That's gone now too. Scratch Records was another good place, also out of business. Singles Going Steady in Seattle had a shop up here for a little while during the late 90's - early 00's. I always manage to buy something every time I go to the one in Seattle.
Nowadays, we still have Zulu (which used to be Quintessence 30 years ago, they put out many of the original Vancouver punk EP's), and also Red Cat, Neptoon and Audiopile (which is the best place to find punk/HC in town). Most of the time, I just order my records online.
clash77 wrote:James wrote:In Vancouver, we had Track Records where I bought many of my first punk and HC albums (and shirts). They closed in the late 90's and one of the guys from there opened a little hole in the wall a few doors down called Noize which still had a lot of old local stuff. That's gone now too. Scratch Records was another good place, also out of business. Singles Going Steady in Seattle had a shop up here for a little while during the late 90's - early 00's. I always manage to buy something every time I go to the one in Seattle.
Nowadays, we still have Zulu (which used to be Quintessence 30 years ago, they put out many of the original Vancouver punk EP's), and also Red Cat, Neptoon and Audiopile (which is the best place to find punk/HC in town). Most of the time, I just order my records online.
You must remember The Pointed Sticks and K-tels( Young Canadiens)??
James wrote:clash77 wrote:James wrote:In Vancouver, we had Track Records where I bought many of my first punk and HC albums (and shirts). They closed in the late 90's and one of the guys from there opened a little hole in the wall a few doors down called Noize which still had a lot of old local stuff. That's gone now too. Scratch Records was another good place, also out of business. Singles Going Steady in Seattle had a shop up here for a little while during the late 90's - early 00's. I always manage to buy something every time I go to the one in Seattle.
Nowadays, we still have Zulu (which used to be Quintessence 30 years ago, they put out many of the original Vancouver punk EP's), and also Red Cat, Neptoon and Audiopile (which is the best place to find punk/HC in town). Most of the time, I just order my records online.
You must remember The Pointed Sticks and K-tels( Young Canadiens)??
They were before my time, but I did get to see the Sticks when they reunited a couple of times in 2007. They were great live. I just posted a Young Canadians liveset on my blog last month.
Yea..i saw them in Brooklyn in '07 also.I believe it was their first ever show in the states.Awesome gig.They were part of a 3 day powerpop festival at the time.20/20, The Neighborhoods, and the Speedies also played..Forgot to mention the Modernettes.."teen city" is a classic!!
http://melonvillehc.blogspot.ca/2013/07/young-canadians-live-radio-broadcast.html
James wrote:I think the Pointed Sticks toured the west coast back in the day, but I know that was their first time in NYC. Modernettes were great too. Did you know that shitty band Buckcherry had to pay Modernettes' front man John Armstrong (Buck Cherry, which was a piss take of Chuck Berry) for use of that name?
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