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| - I'd occasionally rummage through their stock decades ago back when there was a used record shop at every street corner and found a few obscure and rare discs, although when compared to other shops (on Le Plateau area, now all gone) their stock on experimental abstract electronics was not as impressive.
Now in 2016, Cheap Thrills still stands tall and strong, and is one of the last decently-priced shops for your new and used vinyl, CDs, DVDs, books, magazines, and even audio cassettes.
Their layout is tight, compact, but easy to navigate, and their genres organization isn't half bad at all-I myself was easily able to find pretty much what I was generally hunting for within minutes. It's a great feat to be able to pack in so much stuff in such tight quarters without feeling as though products will fall on your head or the need to jump over a few obstacles.
I was quite impressed with their selection(s) considering that we live in an age where the physical medium itself is considered obsolete. Granted you won't find those long-discontinued Vromb, Coil, or Panasonic CDs in their new nor used sections, but for noise fans, they have a great selection of Merzbow, Pita, and other more comtemporary non-music artists. Plus anyone that carries a handful of Muslimgauze gets extra points in my book.
If your musical tastes are more towards rock, punk, and/or jazz, chances are you will be quite impressed with Cheap Thrills' sélections: they carry an impressive array of such more traditional styles of music in all formats possible.
If you're looking for used DVDs (and BluRays) and books, they also carry a good selection of those. By quickly looking (at a glance) I did see they have a lot of inventory but did not manage to browse long enough during my half lunch hour break trek to see if they had a good selection of more obscure film titles, or if their stock was limited to the "usual" used shop material.
Cheap Thrills is deffinately a place to stop by if you are any kind of musical collector, even if it is but to soak up the (already) nostalgia of roaming through records and CDs, an experience which has unfortunately become a true rarity in today's Wireless online shopping.
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