Lacking a music nerd friend who will let you dig through their massive vinyl collection in the garage while talking your ear off about various musical minutiae?Resale Records is here to fill the void.
Located in the most random pre-fab shack on Commercial Avenue, it's a bit dark, fairly musty, but full of good finds at reasonable prices. While some of the other patrons eyed us warily when we walked in, the owner was very inviting. He explained to us how the shop was set up and asked what we were looking for. I was just browsing, and after giving me about 10 minutes he came back to see what I usually purchased. I am not a vinyl collector - I just nab things that look interesting or that I enjoy, so I told him as much and he left me to my digging.
Most records (at least in the rock bins) were priced around $3.50 - totally reasonable for the selection and condition. There're also several crates of dollar records and a decent selection of cassette tapes - I considered walking away with INXS's Kick, but that's really more of a driving tape and my car lacks a cassette player.
While we were browsing the owner and a presumable couple of regulars chatted at length about a Canadian rock show similar to Nights with Alice Cooper that he managed to pick up on the radio that centered on Randy Bachmann - I forget what the debate was about, but it was lively and nerdy and I loved eavesdropping on every second of it.
Make a trek one weekend and check it out - it's an anachronistic little slice of the rock and roll life.