what was your favorite record store that is no more

[turbomustang]

Mine was a chain called liquorice pizza in California ,
not sure if they were anywhere else .but before any outdoor concert we would stop and pick up a bunch of their liquorice pizza labeled Frisbee's to toss around during the breaks in the show.
plus they had a great selection of Records and smoking apparatus that was also important in my crowd in the 70s

 

[Balifly]

A&B Sound in downtown Vancouver. :tears:

 

[NoTransistors]

Not a record store, but a store that sold records.

E. J. Korvette [Korvettes]

 

[mhardy6647]

Record and Tape Collectors in Baltimore. Their Cold Spring Lane store was right across the street from Soundscape.

 

[vinylisfinal]

platterpuss records in cleveland, ohio and wax stax in cleveland ohio..... so many closed. but recently 3 new ones opened. i am still looking to open one! looking at store fronts now. funny...i already have the stock. i think i am sick having over 10,000 lp's lol

 

[kmulkey]

Not a record store, but a store that sold records.

E. J. Korvette [Korvettes]

Wow, what a blast from the past!
Mine was Rose Records. I believe they were in the Chicago area only but I don't know for sure.
In later, non vinyl years, Tower Records.

 

[avguytx]

Peaches Records & Tapes - Little Rock, AR

 

[turbomustang]

Here is the Band The Runaways at the canoga park CA store

and th Ramones at the same store

and another of the Runaways gotta love Joan Jett

 

[chadnliz]

Look there is a young Lita Ford too.

 

[turbomustang]

Look there is a young Lita Ford too.

they were the same age as me ,I think I bought their records more to look at them than listen to the music..LOL

 

[BobHol]

Dirty jacks record rack Milwaukee WI.

 

[Westy56]

Sam's Jams in the fashionable city of Ferndale Michigan

 

[markd51]

Wow, what a blast from the past!
Mine was Rose Records. I believe they were in the Chicago area only but I don't know for sure.
In later, non vinyl years, Tower Records.

Yep I remember Rose Records living in Chicago. They had their Store on Wabash Ave. in the Loop, and had two floors of Records. I remember buying lots of Quad LP's, and I think even bought my first MFSL there "The Doors". Still got it, and still mint condition, I think even for a short while they even had R2R, and some quad R2R Tapes.

Very sad when that all went belly up. Mark

 

[chadnliz]

they were the same age as me ,I think I bought their records more to look at them than listen to the music..LOL

Boy Joan Jett was an angry Lesbian all the way back then, thats old school!

Funny how when record stores were still mainstream I bought most through record clubs. Anyone from Cleveland/Lakewood Ohio ever go to Chris's warped records? I met King Diamond, Ice T, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Gwar, Primus, Fugazi and others at that store.

 

[Chad Michael]

Eucalyptus Records & Tapes- Nice selection, always had something good playing on the (very nice) house system when you walked in, had incense burning. Old-school store (for the era).

Eli's- When you walk in, you smell that fresh vinyl and it smells good enough to eat!! The first thing you see is the "Top 10" on sale for $5.99. If you were into top 40 or pop, it was cool to get it for $5.99 @ Eli's. New-school decor etc.

I miss them dearly... however, I am an idiot for never going into "4000 holes". They have been here for 20 years and I just recently visited for the first time. They have tons of contemporary jazz / fusion that I lust for .

 

[ekmanning5]

Flipside Records on Foster Ave. in Chicago. Not only the best records in town but the finest selection of rock tees I've seen before or since. :thmbsp:

 

[Jovinyl]

I have a tie. I probably spent equal time at both spots. Paperback Booksmith + Harry's Music :thmbsp:

 

[kaplang]

Here is the Band The Runaways at the canoga park CA store

and th Ramones at the same store

and another of the Runaways gotta love Joan Jett

Not on topic but did you use the U - tape a tape store on Topanga Canyon Blvd to make your own custom 4 and 8 track tapes.

 

[Bluespower]

We had Korvettes here in PA as well. What was so great was every week they had a different label on sale (Reprise, WB, etc). About four times a year they'd have their all label sale. That was the time to go nuts.

 

[70salesguy]

When I was living in Charleston SC, two brothers had two locations of a Record Store named Sunloft and Son of Sunloft. They had a very good selection. They later got into selling audio gear, and I was the bane of their existence!

When I lived in Wilmington NC, it was a place named School Kid Records. Good selection as well and good prices. I also picked up a girlfriend there for a short while!