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Lucky_Lefty said:
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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Kansas City: I really only fukked with two places. First being Willa's Books and Vinyl off Troost Ave. For one, just an amazing owner who sometimes, I’d just pop in to discuss the history of KC with. Amazing selection of hard to find books by Black authors and the records selections are top tier. You feel like you’re robbing them some of the stuff is priced so low. Can’t recommend enough. Next is Josey Records off McGee. You walk in and see the selection and think this just some new aged cac artisan coffee/record shop….then you go to the basement. I’ve seen so many white label hard to find, DJ promo only hip hop singles in this mf. I got my entire collection of Diamond D remixed singles from BCC, Ras Kass, Saafir, etc from there. If you’re willing to drive a bit, can’t recommend Love Garden Sounds in Lawrence, KS enough. They held me tf down when I lived there. The owner schooled me on how to build a proper system from scratch. Mad cool white dude. You can find some gems in here when it comes to R&B and jazz. Hip hop selections tends to be repressed and/or RSD type of reprints but it’s decent enough if you want stuff from well known artists. You can also run into random artists who are in town to perform at the Granada. I saw Keanu Reeves once in there.

DC/Northern VA: haven’t really explored like I should since moving back but my two faves are Decibel (by Howard metro station). My man Geoffrey and Vince have the best Black owned store in the city. Also could bump into Sixth Sense who consigns a lot of his stuff thru them (lotta hard to find shyt; got Jr Mafia Get Money Clark Kent remix vinyl out of there). I’ve also bumped into Pete Rock a couple of times while in there. But they got a dope ass selection of Jazz, rap and DC go-go if that’s your thing. Som Records is cool if you want rock and you might find some R&B in there. CD Cellar is another good one
 
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About to hit up my favorite record spot, my favorite burger spot and then head back to the home studio for a day of crate digging / March Madness :ahh:
 
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I stopped buying records on a regular basis a long time ago. Put most of my shyt in storage, and it was there for many years until I discovered that rats had gotten in. They shyt all over my crates, and got into some of my shoe boxes as well (ate the back of my Kobe 6s). I decided to put rat traps and poison, but also to put my records in the house. This was my initial set up, I’ve since added shelves on each side to accommodate 4 more crates worth of records.

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Mastamimd said:


What I just got. Any of y'all doing RSD?
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Good price on the Marvin Gaye. I was seeing $70 for vintage copies in good condition. I bought the reissue from Amazon, but I don’t think it sounds as good as it could

My local store doesn’t get RSD releases, but they give a 20% discount. I have no space or money for any more records tho
 
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⠀X ⠀ said:
Good price on the Marvin Gaye. I was seeing $70 for vintage copies in good condition. I bought the reissue from Amazon, but I don’t think it sounds as good as it could

My local store doesn’t get RSD releases, but they give a 20% discount. I have no space or money for any more records tho
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I'm out of space too lol plus I don't think there's anything out there that I care about
 
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