As LPs continue to gain popularity, here’s a list of stores that sell used LPs. Fair prices (mostly, around $5, some as low as $1-2, as high as $7-8). Very good to excellent condition (free from noisy scratches, sometimes, a nice sheen). Jacket with significant rips, marks or other degradation. Check your local yellow pages–most urban areas support at least one good used record store. Please comment additions or corrections, and I will update the list from time to time.
Some favorites and recommendations I have not yet visited. Some of these stores stock only vinyl, and some mix it up with CDs:
Princeton Record Exchange – Princeton, NJ
The Bop Shop – Rochester, NY
Record Archive – Rochester, NY
Siren Records – Doylestown, PA (near Philadelphia)
Jerry’s Records Pittsburgh, PA
Stereo Jack’s – Cambridge, MA
Bull Moose Records – Portsmouth, NH
The Sound Garden – Baltimore, MD
Encore Recordings – Ann Arbor, MI
Grimey’s New and Preloved Music – Nashville, TN
Waterloo Records – Austin, TX
Dave’s Records – Chicago, IL
Twist & Shout – Denver, CO
Music Millennium – Portland, OR
Amoeba Music – Berkeley, CA, and both San Francisco and Los Angeles (I haven’t been there in a few years– are the prices still reasonable?)
Jive Time Records – Seattle, WA
One good web source for new vinyl:
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