VladTheImpaler
The Sensational Prince
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The Official Coli Vinyl Music Collector's Thread
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WOW.
I've been slacking and need to find a good vinyl shop here in Houston.
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
It begins and end at Sig’s Lagoon in midtown. I’ve walked out of there with $500+ in records. They’re a bit pricey but they have the best selection in Houston IMO
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
I'll eventually get to my Jam & Lewis phase but I'm coming out of my Kool & the Gang binge phase and to my acid jazz and yacht rock phase.
I tried doing this in a previous vinyl thread that was on here, but it didn't get much traction. Can y'all start sharing stores y'all can vouch for? I go on a lot of road trips and hate having to trust hipster-ass website reviews for records. I'll start:
Houston: like I mentioned above, easily Sig's Lagoon. Feels and smells like a record store. The staff is hella knowledgeable. You can find some GOOD shyt here as well. Be prepared to spend tho cause they aren't cheap. Vinal Edge isn't bad (but it isn't good). Their layout is a bit cluttered and confusing.
DFW Metroplex: begins and ends w/ Forever Young in Grand Prairie. It is literally impossible to go through the stuff they have in there in less than 2 days. To have that much product, easily the best sorted, easy to maneuver, and find what you want (alphabetically and by decade). They have a section dedicated strictly to the top-shelf shyt. Premo first pressings of Hendrix, Beatles, Monk, etc. I've walked out of there multiple times with at least $500+ in vinyl. Doc's Record & Vintage in Fort Worth has the best hip-hop (old and present-day) collection I've seen. Also, it's the most reasonably priced. Spinster in Bishop Arts is overrated as shyt. It's the same with Good Records. 14 Records is two doors down and has a much better selection of everything not named hip-hop.
Nashville: The Groove and Vinyl Tap were the only two I really rocked with whenever I would go up there on a day trip once a month from Huntsville. Both have a diverse selection of all genres.
Bama: Speaking of Huntsville, Vertical House Records is damn good. I literally bought 20% of my entire collection from there. Also, if you ever drive down Hwy 78 through Muscle Shoals, I demand you stop at Muscle Shoals Record Shop. The owner is an old dude who loves to talk music, and if you get cool with him, he'll take you to his storage spot around the block, where he has over 100k albums in there. shyt is incredible. I bought a first press Donny Hathaway "Live at the Troubadour" joint from him for $5 that I paid $90 for a month prior for a repress shipped from Japan. Nu Way Vinyl is another in town, but last I heard, the pandemic forced them to shut down.
Memphis: Shangri La Records off Madison in Midtown. Incredible selection of classics on top of an unfukkwitable section strictly dedicated to Memphis soul and blues. RIP Jared!
Those are just some of the places I can remember off top that I'd recommend. There's more from Austin, Kansas City, Lawrence, Indianapolis, etc., but it's late, and I'm tired. Please add on.
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I don’t think I’ve ever even listened to the 2 Kool and the Gang albums I have. I gotta check em out soon.
I’m always listening to Yacht Rock though. That sound always brings me back to my childhood
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
Hit up a Black-owned, local bookstore and cleaned tf up. Would've easily run me over $500+ if it was a white-owned shop. If y'all are ever in KC on Troost, I beg y'all to stop by Willa's Books & Vinyl. Black-owned and got rare Black books and vinyl for the low. Repress in bold
Donald Byrd - Caricatures
Al Green- Livin For You
Quincy Jones - Back on the Block
Freeway - Philadelphia Freeway
Goodie Mob - Soul Food
Grover Washington - Come Morning
Joe Sample - Rainbow Seeker
Les McCann - Layers (already own a repress but had to cop since it's an OG)
Grover Washington - Feels So Good
The Car Wash Original Soundtrack
Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess
Ramsey Lewis - Mother Nature's Son
Earl Klugh - Living Inside Your Love
Herbie Hancock - Mr. Hands
EWF - Open Our Eyes
Bobby Bland & BB King - Together Again...Live
DeBarge - All This Love
Bill Withers - Making Music
Phyllis Hyman - Self-Titled Debut
Bob James - Two
The South Side Movement (Self-Titled)
Written in their Soul: The Hits - The Stax Songwriter Demos
Patti LaBelle - I'm In Love Again
Donald Byrd - Caricatures
Al Green- Livin For You
Quincy Jones - Back on the Block
Freeway - Philadelphia Freeway
Goodie Mob - Soul Food
Grover Washington - Come Morning
Joe Sample - Rainbow Seeker
Les McCann - Layers (already own a repress but had to cop since it's an OG)
Grover Washington - Feels So Good
The Car Wash Original Soundtrack
Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess
Ramsey Lewis - Mother Nature's Son
Earl Klugh - Living Inside Your Love
Herbie Hancock - Mr. Hands
EWF - Open Our Eyes
Bobby Bland & BB King - Together Again...Live
DeBarge - All This Love
Bill Withers - Making Music
Phyllis Hyman - Self-Titled Debut
Bob James - Two
The South Side Movement (Self-Titled)
Written in their Soul: The Hits - The Stax Songwriter Demos
Patti LaBelle - I'm In Love Again
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
We have a lot of the same artists.
You should check out the documentary called Down The Rhodes. It’s about the Rhodes piano and they interview a lot of the artists and keyboard players who played it.