From the article: Once Upon a Time There was a Dusty Little Record Store
It wasn't just the big selection and the knowledge of the sales people. It was the gathering place of kindred spirits. It was the smell and feel of the place. It was the record store, and it is being celebrated (and mourned) on Record Store Day. Share your memories
Record stores
- The smell! The smell of a record store was something special. It was usually a shop (60's-70's) that sat alone. All they sold was records or maybe posters or needles but usually only records. Cool people hung from the walls from England, San Francisco, New York and places all over. Their sound filled the air. How could a boy from Kansas resist the temptation to rock.
- —Guest Altaredboy
Fairway Record Store
- This was a little shop that existed in the early 60's in my neighborhood. The owner had a turntable at the front desk and would allow you to come in and listen to one song a day. You would request the song that you wanted to hear, he would pull out a copy of the 45 RPM single and play it for you. I bought my first record from him in January of 1963 (The 4 Seasons "Walk Like A Man" on VeeJay Records, B side: "Lucky Ladybug". A year later after receiving my one dollar weekly allowance,I ran down there on a really cold January night to pick up a copy of a song by a new group that I heard the night before. It was "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles. The shop ended up closing in 1966 but I had some great times (and tunes) there!
- —Zenguy1213
Long live Wax
- Chemistry Records in Houston, Texas is where my love for Vinyl took hold. Thanks goes to Chris Anderson for always having an amazing selection of dance music and also for keeping the place alive as long as he did. Onbeat Music out of Florida was my second vinyl love... even though I never stepped foot in the store, Kimmi made me feel appreciated as a customer and he catered to my every Breakbeat need for the 3 years I dealt with them... not to mention he's one of the best DJs I've known: professional, knowledgeable, nice as can be, and a huge advocate for quality Breakbeat. Vinyl will never die.
- —Guest Neural Tech
Good Times
- I love browsing through the selection of music in record stores. There's a great place here in Mesquite, TX called Groove Records. They've got alot of the more unusual stuff, but there's also some well known stuff as well. There's also Bill's Records & Good Records, but that's about it. I prefer these places then I do Best Buy, Circuit City, etc.
- —clapton8
record store
- the record store was called"arca brianza"(milano),i have buy the first record :"are you experience?" of hendrix .(1967)
- —Guest dakota
Record Stores
- I love to browse for records, you just never know what you might find, something you haven't heard in forever and forgot, something by an artist that you love but have never heard that song. I just love finding something I've never heard taking it home, playing it and falling in love with something new, of course at my age it's always an old song!
- —Guest Rejane Hinkle
Best memories
- finding and entering my first record store was like finding "OZ"! I remember it having "listening booths" and racks and racks of LP's and 45's, it kept me occupied for hours! Music is truly the only constant in my life, I love it and collect it. My favorite record store's of all time were the Wax Museum on Lake street in Minneapolis, followed by the original Electric Fetus on the West bank by the U of M. I really miss those places!
- —Guest Mike Barlow
