Where did you buy your records?

Saran · 11-18-2011, 02:43 PM

The vinyl generation has lost it's habitat a only a few hundred browsing record emporiums left.

I have set a up a web site to save the history of the record shop/dept. Please add your comments or send in your information of shops missing from the archive.

Where you brought your first record or what former musician worked or was seen in the shop. You can leave comments on the forum or on the British Record Shop Archive.

s_k · 11-18-2011, 03:26 PM

I still buy new records, regularly.
So what are you on about?

bob. · 11-18-2011, 03:42 PM

same here....although i primarily buy it online....i still take a few days each year to wander the bay area, get drunk, and buy records

s_k · 11-18-2011, 03:43 PM

Hahaha, I'd join you if the bay area wasn't thousands of miles away

bob. · 11-18-2011, 04:00 PM

anytime you can make it

ironically my favorite bar is down the street from Amoeba records and specializes in Belgium beers (if i remember my geography that would be pretty close to you

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s_k · 11-18-2011, 04:16 PM

If I shout really hard, Belgium can hear me.
I am not kidding either:

The green dot is my house, the red dot is the Belgium border. There's a scale in the lower left corner

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As you know I've moved recently. The house I lived before is about the same distance from the German border, as this house is from the Belgium border.
This piece of the Netherlands where I live is called the 'bottleneck'. It's really narrow:

Look near the bottom. I used to live in Susteren. Now I live under Maasbracht

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Germany's on the right of the orange area, Belgium on the left.
There's something called the 'Drielandenpunt' close to where I live. which means 'point of three countries' here. It's actually a place where The Belgian, German and Dutch borders get together. You can actually travel through those three countries while walking in a tiny circle

There you go. All three poles are in a different country

Anyway, ontopic:
THIS is where I've bought most of my new records for the last 14 years

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The second hand ones are mainly from flea markets/bootsales and thrift stores/charity shops or whatever you call them

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bob. · 11-18-2011, 04:35 PM

^mine

a seriously amazing record store....i remember years ago i went to S.F. to see Fantomas.....me and my friend had time to kill before the show so we hiked up the hill to Ameoba....walked and and fantomas was doing a free in store.....saw them twice in one day!

edit: Rasputin Records in berkley is pretty damn good also....you can almost always find crazy self released stuff there that is well worth looking into

TheFolkslave · 11-18-2011, 05:51 PM

I live in Turku, Finland and there is a handfull of record stores there. I usually visit only two of them and this one is my favorite: Eerikinkatu 8, 20100 Turku, Finland - Google Maps

Engine · 11-18-2011, 06:01 PM

I haven't bought vinyl in years but I used to spend much money on it at Plan 9 in Richmond, VA.

Zer0 · 11-18-2011, 06:13 PM

I usually get new records at Tower Records in Dublin. They have a nice selection in there and stock new releases. Although there certainly isn't as many places here selling records as there once was you still have a handful of places to choose from.

I get second-hand records at a travelling record fair that comes to my town every few months. I've found some awesome stuff at it so far this year and the next one is on in a couple of weeks time

11-18-2011, 02:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
Saran Groupie Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: London Posts: 3	Where did you buy your records? The vinyl generation has lost it's habitat a only a few hundred browsing record emporiums left. I have set a up a web site to save the history of the record shop/dept. Please add your comments or send in your information of shops missing from the archive. Where you brought your first record or what former musician worked or was seen in the shop. You can leave comments on the forum or on the British Record Shop Archive.

11-18-2011, 03:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
s_k Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,206	I still buy new records, regularly. So what are you on about? __________________ Click here to see my collection

11-18-2011, 03:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	same here....although i primarily buy it online....i still take a few days each year to wander the bay area, get drunk, and buy records __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

11-18-2011, 03:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
s_k Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,206	Hahaha, I'd join you if the bay area wasn't thousands of miles away __________________ Click here to see my collection

11-18-2011, 04:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	anytime you can make it ironically my favorite bar is down the street from Amoeba records and specializes in Belgium beers (if i remember my geography that would be pretty close to you ) __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

11-18-2011, 04:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
s_k Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,206	If I shout really hard, Belgium can hear me. I am not kidding either: The green dot is my house, the red dot is the Belgium border. There's a scale in the lower left corner . As you know I've moved recently. The house I lived before is about the same distance from the German border, as this house is from the Belgium border. This piece of the Netherlands where I live is called the 'bottleneck'. It's really narrow: Look near the bottom. I used to live in Susteren. Now I live under Maasbracht . Germany's on the right of the orange area, Belgium on the left. There's something called the 'Drielandenpunt' close to where I live. which means 'point of three countries' here. It's actually a place where The Belgian, German and Dutch borders get together. You can actually travel through those three countries while walking in a tiny circle There you go. All three poles are in a different country Anyway, ontopic: THIS is where I've bought most of my new records for the last 14 years . The second hand ones are mainly from flea markets/bootsales and thrift stores/charity shops or whatever you call them . __________________ Click here to see my collection

11-18-2011, 04:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	^mine a seriously amazing record store....i remember years ago i went to S.F. to see Fantomas.....me and my friend had time to kill before the show so we hiked up the hill to Ameoba....walked and and fantomas was doing a free in store.....saw them twice in one day! edit: Rasputin Records in berkley is pretty damn good also....you can almost always find crazy self released stuff there that is well worth looking into __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

11-18-2011, 05:51 PM	#8 (permalink)
TheFolkslave Music Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: Finland Posts: 458	I live in Turku, Finland and there is a handfull of record stores there. I usually visit only two of them and this one is my favorite: Eerikinkatu 8, 20100 Turku, Finland - Google Maps __________________ My Last.Fm Well I come from the old time baby, where all the kids are crazy.

11-18-2011, 06:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	I haven't bought vinyl in years but I used to spend much money on it at Plan 9 in Richmond, VA. __________________ Like an arrow, I was only passing through.

11-18-2011, 06:13 PM	#10 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	I usually get new records at Tower Records in Dublin. They have a nice selection in there and stock new releases. Although there certainly isn't as many places here selling records as there once was you still have a handful of places to choose from. I get second-hand records at a travelling record fair that comes to my town every few months. I've found some awesome stuff at it so far this year and the next one is on in a couple of weeks time __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound