Record or Used Gear in NYC

[hello9821]

Hello everybody.
I am visiting New York until Saturday, and was wondering if anyone knows a good record store or place to look at some nice gear. I always like to try and find a music shop when I am in a new city.

 

[JonL]

There was a long thread about this before/during the summer. Enjoy your stay! There are so many great things to do, great things to eat, great things to hear... Don't sleep too much!

 

[hello9821]

Really? I'll try and find it. That was the other thing, finding some live music would be excellent.

 

[JonL]

Pick up a copy of the Village Voice (if it's still being published... I have a vague recollection that they stopped putting it into print, a terrible thing if true)... Anyway, if it is available it will have page after page after page of live music listings towards the back. IMO stay away from Times Square unless you want the Disney version of NYC. Great restaurants all around, especially Upper West Side, and East and West Villages. Hell, there's great restaurants on nearly every block in every district. Soho has also become quite commercial but it's still fun. I'd also avoid Little Italy for food... mostly tourist traps and there's great Italian to be found elsewhere (Arthur Ave. in The Bronx, for one place). Anyway, I'm a suburbanite. We've got some Brooklynites and Manhattanites among us, hopefully they'll chime in.

 

[RT Fan]

hello9821: Google is your friend: http://http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=manhattan+record+stores&aq=3sx&oq=manahttan+record&aqi=g-sx10

We have lost so many record stores in Manhattan over the years but here are a few that remain, most of these are in the West Village. For cds you have to head down to Park Row near the Brooklyn Bridge to go to J&R Music World, the last great cd store in the city. http://http://www.jr.com/category/music/

I'll post more later.

 

[RT Fan]

St. mark's Sounds, in the East Village: http://http://nymag.com/listings/stores/sounds/

East Village record Shops: http://http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&q=east+village+record+stores&aq=0&oq=east+village+record&aqi=g2

 

[RT Fan]

Stereo Shops, Village: http://http://stereoexchange.com/

Union Square: http://www.soundbysinger.com/


Upper East side High end: http://http://www.lyricusa.com/

Not much in the way of used gear in the city anymore although Stereo Exchange used to have a great selection.

 

[jmela]

Rekkids:

http://www.academy-records.com/

http://goodrecordsnyc.com/

http://www.turntablelab.com/lab_info/store_nyc.html?ajax=1

 

[philcib]

You didn't say what kind of music you were looking for, but if it's Jazz,
try the Jazz Record Center on W.26th Street between 7th and 8th.

 

[bliss53]

Check out my thread from our nyc trip this summer over at hoffman.

http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=182022&page=2

We spent a morning at stereo exchange and heard some very nice gear. It is not far from some good record stores. Ask for Alan the audio elf. He is a vinyl/mcintosh guy. If he is not busy he can be pretty entertaining.

http://stereoexchange.com/

We did spend a chunk of money on new vinyl at JR.

http://www.jr.com/information/directions.jsp

 

[hello9821]

I don't recall the name, but I found a nice record store near the Village that had a comically obese cat. Tomorrow I am going to JR Computer/Music, and Stereo Exchange.