New York City Record Stores: Bleecker Bob’s Records

September 9, 2010

New York City record stores come and go, but some are institutions. Bleecker Bob’s Records is one of those institutions and when you get inside, the collector in you comes right out and you stop thinking about silly things like prices and budgets and start drooling right away over whatever holy grail title you’re currently [...]

New York City Record Stores: Bleecker Street Records

September 6, 2010

Bleecker Street Records is famous for those living in the area–and for many of us from farther away, too. And with good reason. This two-floor New York City record store, located at 239 Bleecker Street between Carmine & Leroy in the West Village, is chock full of excellent finds.

If you start on the main floor [...]

Philadelphia Record Stores: Philadelphia Record Exchange

August 30, 2010

Philadelphia has its share of record stores, but when it comes to jazz albums, you really should make Philadelphia Record Exchange the very first stop. Located at 618 South 5th Street, this store is a three-story wonder, crammed from top to bottom with jazz, R&B, blues, and yes, there is a rock/modern rock section in [...]

Philadelphia Record Stores: Repo Records

August 29, 2010

During my visit to Philadelphia, I was very pleased to shop at Repo Records at 538 South Street. From the moment you spot the store, you know you’re in for a crate-digging safari you should set aside plenty of time for. I realize that most of the reviews from this particular Vinyl Road Rage trip [...]

Vinyl Road Rage 2 Gallery

August 27, 2010

Here is yet another collection of glorious images from the road trip from Chicago to NYC, vinyl finds, kooky album covers and much more. There are still LOADS of record stores to review and post–we have more from Philly, Toledo Ohio and New York City to come…next week is going to be packed full of [...]