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| - The highest compliment I can pay The In Groove is that it's very fortuitous I live nowhere near it. If I did, I imagine all my income would be directly funneled into this store, leaving me nothing to spend on food, utilities or bathing, forcing me to eke out an existence surrounded in an LP-based fortress. Fortunately, being a few hundred miles away helps ease the temptation to have my paycheck automatically delivered here. Unfortunately, I feel the need to return, and while that will not be for awhile, I will definitely make this a priority on all future visits to the Phoenix area.
The In Groove is located in a small strip mall that you would probably never look twice at. Once you're inside, it really is a sensational experience: everything is immaculately taken care of and organized. The racks of records house thousands of items, each individually placed behind a protective plastic sheet, pristine and cleaned for the next buyer. And I'm serious when I say everything is given impressive attention - the colored-variant of "A Date with Elvis" by The Cramps I picked up looked just as polished as the forgotten copy of "The Cage" from Tygers of Pan Tang that was calling my name with its $5 price tag.
Dig a little and I guarantee you will find something your collection needs. And the best part, aside from the fastidious care the staff here maintains, is the pricing. I picked up five records on my maiden voyage here and did not need to reevaluate whether or not I would be able to eat lunch. There are tons of used records to browse through that will not inflict mortal damage on your wallet, and plenty of new records that follow suit. For the adventurous, I believe there are some pricier, collectible variants behind the counter, including the infamous "robot" "Appetite for Destruction" cover.
There is so much to see and consume in one small location that it would be overwhelming if it was not so organized. You can tell the team here really value and care about the music they are selling, with genres flowing seamlessly from rack to rack, including an awesomely tantalizing section labeled "WTF." There are CDs to scope out, too, plus some equipment and turntables, but the vinyl runs the show here.
They had me at the live Billy Idol album being played through the loud speakers when I walked in, and they made me a lifelong fan with a $12 copy of Alcatrazz's "No Parole from Rock N Roll." The In Groove is a record store run by record fanatics for the rest of us. Never has settling into a groove been this easy.
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