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  • Short review: worst record store I've ever been to and total waste of time - avoid at all costs Long review: Hubby and I are into many different genres ranging from 60s Jamaican ska to 90s hip hop and after fifteen years of serious collecting we have a vinyl collection that fills two large six feet tall bookcases not to mention the various 45s we have around the house. Hubby has also DJed at VLV the past few years (with my help :-) ). So point of all this is we know music and vinyl and while we were up at Viva Las Vegas a few years ago we decided to check this place out since they advertised in the VLV program. The store is out in the middle of the boondocks. If you are in Vegas you most definitely need a car to get there. We were staying on the strip and it took us a good 15+ minutes to get there. To top it off it looks like a house so it's very easy to drive right on by. When we walked in the place smelled like mildew so badly that it took me by surprise. In two seconds the guy was on us asking what we were looking for. This is sort of strange because people that shop for collectable and/or rare OOP vinyl don't come in with a shopping list. Vinyl collecting doesn't work that way. I'm sure you serious collectors know what I'm talking about. Digging is half the fun. We decided to indulge the guy and asked him if he had any 50s jive or Jamaican ska. He led us downstairs into his basement and showed us a shelf and said that was all he had for Jamaican music. We looked through it and about half of the 20 records he had were 80s reggae and the rest were pretty decent early ska records. We pulled about 10 then asked him how much. He laughed, "you're not going to like the price" We're from LA so we're used to vinyl being expensive so we said, "well? How much?" He then says with a straight face, "$800". Are you f***ing serious?! Half the records were reprints that you can buy from Rhino Records for $10 and he wanted $30 each for them and told us it was because they were original pressings. I'm not sure if he's a liar or an idiot because the "original" pressings had a Rhino Records label very visibly printed on the jacket. The only way this guy stays in business has got to be by preying on people that don't know any better because his prices are literally three times fair market value for records that are decent but definitely not rare. He does have some good records in stock but quite frankly I will never give this guy a penny of my money. If you really want a record that he has in stock I would suggest getting it off ebay instead. You won't get the instant gratification but you'll save yourself a ton of money.
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