buying new/used vinyl in NYC?


I'll be in NYC for a week (3/11-3/18). Where are the best stores to find quality vinyl? mainly looking for rock/pop, but I'm not limited to that. also, any good stores besides sound by singer and in living stereo to browse in? Thanks a bunch!
vanderstephen

Showing 1 response by ketchup

This sure sounds familiar, as I asked it before.
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1138840218&openfrom&1&4#1

I thought academy (on 10th street between 3rd and 4th avenues) had some pretty beat, worn vinyl, but a lot of variety. The dollar bins were pretty cool, too. I did find some strange, rare stuff here. While not in really good shape, I couldn't leave them there. The other academy (on 18th b/t 6th and 5th), had a lot of really nice vinyl but 99% was classical. They did have a good variety of used cds, though. The Jazz Record Center was flippin' awesome. If you like jazz go there at any cost. Rows and rows of jazz, as far as the eye can see.

A1 records (b/t 1st and A on 6th) had a lot, but I actually heard a conversation between an employee and a customer while there. The employee was saying how they can charge way way too much for beat, junk records because out-of-towners buy it simply because they can't believe that they have it at all (or just don't know its too expensive). That's pretty rotten if you ask me.