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| - I don't want to write this review. I want this place to remain a little known treasure. How do I help make it popular enough to stay open, but obscure enough to be able to get what I want with virtually no one else in the store, so I can peruse at my leisure and not bump into others?
I drove by several times over the last few months without stopping, with the signage on Thomas I couldn't tell if the place was going to be amazing - much like some of my favorite ethnic food dives - horrific on the outside, but with amazing food; or awful - like a bunch of meth heads bought the $2 records at Goodwill and are now selling them for $5 to feed the habit.
Happily, the former is true! The place is relatively small, but very well laid out. Good mix of new and used records - and a very accommodating owner (Mike) who is willing to order in records on request (as he did for me!), and a decent selection of rock and punk albums. There are few record players available of varying quality and price point. Lots of 45's for $1.00, and some CDs for good measure.
Sadly, the days of getting screaming good deals on vinyl are over - it's cool again, so now, it's not just a few of us buying. The upside of that, lots of reissues so I've been able to get some treasured old stuff on brand new vinyl (Iggy and the Stooges!). None of it is cheap anymore - but few things worth collecting are.
Mike mentioned he gives the best deals on trades in town - so it's time to go through my collection, determine what I don't want anymore - and trade it in for stuff I do!
So happy to have found this gem of a place - and so sad for my budget!
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