Record stores? Anyone still spinning vinyl might like this list

[McDonoughDawg]

2.) The contenders[/B]

Atlanta -- [/B]I have only passed through this large metropolitan area -- "the capital of the South"
-- but stores such as Criminal Records, Wax 'N' Facts, Moods Music, Wuxtry Records and Fantasy Land Records all appear to have very solid reputations. It's a city I'd like to check out sometime.

3.) Others putting up a strong fight

Ann Arbor, Mich. -- [/B]The university town of Ann Arbor, which is about 40 miles away from Detroit, might beat out the Motor City in terms of quality record shops. Standout stores include Encore Records, Wazoo Records and Underground Sounds.

Athens, Ga. -- [/B]This college town about 70 miles from Atlanta has one of the most iconic stores in the U.S. -- the Wuxtry Records where Peter Buck of R.E.M. used to work. Agora and Low Yo Yo Stuff are other record shops in town.

Best areas for records...full list here.

 

[JC-DAWG83]

One in downtown Augusta called Psychotronic, has some neat..

albums and souvenir items. It's small, but has a pretty good selection of old albums and the prices are cheap. You can get lots of albums for $1-2.

 

[MusicCityDawg]

There's quite a few here in Nashville and of course there are small...

companies here that still press vinyl. Jack White has been a big proponent in pushing the resurrection of vinyl because you get a warmer sound out of it over digital.

Kind of like the difference between tube amps and solid state amps.

 

[BullochDawg]

Near Broad St in Old Town? Wifey likes to HIT the antique shops there**

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[DuckYard]

Almost all new rock is available on vinyl.

and u usually get the mp3 with it. win/win.
This post was edited on 3/24 11:51 AM by DuckYard

 

[Top Row Dawg]

Radioactive was best one in Augusta. Right downtown, had that bank vault...

for special records. I remember plopping down over $300 one day for big ole stack of records off my list back then. Stumbled upon store during business trip.



This post was edited on 3/24 12:16 PM by Top Row Dawg

 

[Top Row Dawg]

Thanks, a couple of new ones I missed......

Top Row Dawg's Wall of Sound.

 

[MusicCityDawg]

Kids are spoiled these days. I can't tell you how many hours I spent....

cleaning my records and recording them all to cassette tapes so I could listen to them in my car in 70s and 80s. Having to fiddle with all the inputs so the cassette recording had decent sound. I originally started with a handheld cassette recorder propping it up in front of the stereo cabinet before we got a full modular system my older brother put together.

 

[McDonoughDawg]

That is AWESOME.....*

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[Top Row Dawg]

I recorded most of mine onto CD's

Have a thousand "Don's Choice" CD's Once I have all the albums of a group, I cull the best songs and fill up 80 minute CD's. The most I have for one group is 18 for Santana. Here is a sample......


CANNED HEAT VOL. 1

CANNED HEAT
1) Bullfrog Blues 2) Evil Is Going On 3) Catfish Blues 4) Dust
My Broom 5) Help Me 6) Big Road Blues 7) The Story Of My Life
8) The Road Song 9) Rich Woman
BOOGIE WITH CANNED HEAT
10) Evil Woman 11/12) On The Road Again 13) World In A Jug
14) Whiskey Headed Woman No. 2 15) Amphetamine Annie 16) An
Owl Song 17) Marie Laveau 18) Fried Hockey Boogie
LIVING THE BLUES
19) Pony Blues 20) Going Up The Country 21/22) Boogie
Music 23) Walking Up By Myself (Excerpt)

-------------------------------------

CREAM VOL. 1

FRESH CREAM
1) I Feel Free 2) N.S.U. 3) Sleepy Time Time 4) Sweet Wine
5) I'm So Glad (Excerpt) 6) Toad (Beginning) 7) Toad (End)
DISRAELI GEARS
8) Strange Brew 9) Sunshine Of Your Love 10) World Of Pain
11) Dance The Night Away 12) Tales Of Brave Ulysses
13) Swlabr 14) We're Going Wrong 15) Outside Woman Blues
16) Take It Back
WHEELS OF FIRE
17) White Room 18) Sitting On Top Of The World
19/20/21) Passing The Time 22) As You Said 23) Pressed And
Warthog (Excerpt) 24) Politician 25) Those Were The Days
26) Born Under A Bad Sign 27) Deserted Cites Of The Heart
GOODBYE
28) Badge 29/30) What A Bringdown (Excerpt)

--------------------------------------

SPIRIT VOL. 3

THE 12 DREAMS OF DR. SARDONICUS
1) Space Child 2) Street Worm 3) Rougher Road
FEEDBACK
4) Puesta Del Scam 5) Ripe And Ready 6) Right On Time
7) Trancus Fog - Out 8) Witch
KAPT. KOPTER AND THE (FABULOUS) TWIRLY BIRDS
9) Downer 10) Devil 11) Things Yet To Come 12) Rainbow
POTATO LAND
13) Potato Land Theme 14) Potato Land Prelude 15) Turn To The
Right 16) Donut House 17) Fish Fry Road 18) My Friend
SPIRIT OF ' 76'
19) Happy 20) Guide Me 21) Hey Joe


One day, now that they are digital. I will record them to a hard drive or other device.

 

[McDonoughDawg]

I enjoy playing album sides....

and sipping BOURBON..

 

[DuckYard]

got this in my living room rite now...

everything still works. turntable plays a little fast, but if you throw enough records on it, it slows down to appropriate SPEED.

rawk this setup in my sunroom

 

[McDonoughDawg]

I've seen the TV's removed and an aquarium put in there, dog beds etc..

COOL stuff. My Cousin beat me to my Grandparents setup.

 

[DuckYard]

i hooked a digital converter to the antenna. you can plug a dvd or

cable box into. we'll watch dean martin, hee haw dvds on there every once in a while. and it's cool during Christmas.

 

[DuckYard]

here's mine...

 

[McDonoughDawg]

Good work, I see the appeal.*

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[DuckYard]

The Led Zep DVD sounds and looks better on that thing than it does

on our HDTV.

 

[UGA86]

If you're ever in Memphis..............

nm.

This post was edited on 3/24 1:13 PM by UGA86

Mash

 

[RRtrackdawgson]

I find your collection more well rounded than TRD's**

Rr

 

[doofusdawg]

Re: I recorded most of mine onto CD's

I pretty much live on you tube when I want to get into some tunes. I really appreciate folks taking the time to upload old albums and videos. I live in a small condo and my Harman Kardon computer speakers and sub put out an unbelievable sound with all the digitized classics. Gave my albums away back in the nineties and I sure do miss some of the more obscure classics... a few that come to mind... Les Dudek... Nektar...Triumvirat... I always loved the concept albums.

 

[SleepingDawgLying]

I frequented Wax N' Facts quite a bit back in the 80s.

I've always loved music. I kept all of my albums (400+), although they are stored (safely) in boxes, as is my old stereo system.

I used to frequent record shows that they'd have in the hotel meeting rooms and banquet rooms around town. It was always interesting to see the rare stuff on occasion.

I have a few rare/collectible records, some like the colored discs or something of that nature. I have one fairly unique Kiss 12" single that was only released in the UK. I bought it when stationed there, in 1982. It is double-grooved on one side, with two songs interwoven. The other side is blank and has the band's autographs etched into the vinyl.

I have some old picture disc releases, some colored disc releases, such as that.

This is the one I'm talking about