So nice when you are somewhere working in a place 'Devoid of Culture', filed with malls full of crap and you discover that just down the road, in the real city of Scottsdale is a gem of a record store in the 'Arts/Music/Creative' Part of this town.
Borrowed a bike form the resort I ws working a convention at and made the 16 mile ride to check out this area and specifically the RECORD ROOM. John, the owner immediately greeted me and others, with a piper welcome and some good tunes playing on the stereo. Set up like a proper vinyl shop, Record Room has a new arrivals, which I scored all 3 of the LPS I bought and an amazing collection of rock, punk, new wave, soul, jazz, avant-garde, world and more... All priced at fair to uber reasonable market value.
Organized and clean.
Collectible vinyl and titles worth money had new outer and inner sleeves (if needed) and all the wall items/collectibles were well displayed and clean.
Nothing I saw was over priced or unfair.
Well worth the long ass bike ride!
John set me up with a LP mailer for my ride back and I left a happy vinyl purchaser.
Has CDs and DVDs as well for the Digital media folks.
Also picked up a hardcover version of Peter Hook's Joy Division auto-biography cheaper than I could have got on Amazon!
Nice to see a small town store succeed in such a cool part of an off the beaten track part of the Phoenix Area.
I will return with more time to look and more $$$.
Thanks Record Room!