Record Stores
Record Store Day announces 2017 Black Friday exclusives
RSD Black Friday 2017 titles include the first-ever North American vinyl pressing of Neil Young’s ‘Harvest Moon,’ a 40th anniversary edition of Richard Hell & The Voidoid’s ‘Blank Generation,’ Tori Amos’ hair metal band Y Kant Tori Read and more.
Mainline Records takes over Disc-O-Rama space in the Village, open now
Manhattan has a new record store, Mainline Records, which opened a couple weeks ago in the Village in the old Disc-O-Rama space at 44 W. 8th St (between Macdougal and 6th Ave). The store is owned by Bob Perry, who bought Boston’s Cheapo Records last year…
NYC getting new record store Limited to One, focusing on rare & collectable vinyl
With record stores in NYC becoming more scarce, it good to hear that there are new ones opening, too. Limited to One is a new store set to open July 29 in the East Village…
NYC record store Disc-O-Rama closes after 41 years
“Thank you New York. It has been an epic ride, starting with vinyl, to cassettes, CDs and back to vinyl again. Who would have thunk it!!!”
10 Brooklyn Record Stores, that you may not know about
Check out our list and photos too.
East Village record store Turntable Lab closed its E. 7th St location, moving to E. 10th St. soon
Turntable Lab had been on E. 7th since 2001.
reissue label Numero Group have a Chicago factory outlet store (opens today!)
In exciting record-collecting news, the Chicago-based reissue specialists at The Numero Group are making their extensive (around 275-title) catalogue much more accessible as they open up a factory outlet store.
Heliotropes made a video for "Wherever You Live," playing traveling Record Store Crawl in NYC
Heliotropes’ new album, Over There That Way, is a departure from the riffy, ’70s-ish rock of their previous LP. For example, new single “Wherever You Live” is a ’50s-style rock n’ roll ballad, complete with sax solo…
Other Music hosting final in-store on Tuesday with 75 Dollar Bill followed by Second Line parade to Bowery farewell
Matana Roberts will lead the parade from Other Music to Bowery Ballroom; Janeane Garofalo is hosting the “Other Music Forever” goodbye party’ and check out a track from 75 Dollar Bill’s new LP.
Other Music has five days left: watch an MSNBC feature on the store; documentary in production
Stop by the store while you can!