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Good Record Stores In Philly/baltimore Area??

southerngardensoutherngarden Posts: 457
edited November 2008 in The Porch
ill be soing some traveling around Philly and B-more during the next week and was hoping to squeeze in some record hunting....

can anyone on here point me towards some decent music stores in the area?

thanks....
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  • flyinwhole313flyinwhole313 Posts: 1,651
    http://www.prex.com/
  • SPEEDY BOX TURTLESPEEDY BOX TURTLE Posts: 100
    theres only one that matters... The Soundgarden in Fells Point!
  • Vedder1029Vedder1029 Posts: 179
    yeah, I second The Soundgarden in Fells Point... great bars in the area too!
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  • MattyJoeMattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    It's not a store but there's gonna be a huge record show next weekend in Philly, at the Guard Armory on 2700 Southampton Rd & U.S. 1. It's one of the biggest in the country.
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  • Dirt Like MeDirt Like Me Posts: 204
    Soundgarden in Fells Point is great despite the obvious copyright infringement.

    Positively Records in Levittown, PA is my personal favorite.
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  • firecrotch23firecrotch23 Posts: 586
    MattyJoe wrote:
    It's not a store but there's gonna be a huge record show next weekend in Philly, at the Guard Armory on 2700 Southampton Rd & U.S. 1. It's one of the biggest in the country.
    i saw the big sign on the side of the armory about this, is it worth going to?
    Small my table, seats just 3, its not crowded, its just lucky me
  • southerngardensoutherngarden Posts: 457
    thanks guys! yall rock! ....i'll see how close soundgarden is to where ill be....a record show sounds perfect...thanks for the tips!
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  • southerngardensoutherngarden Posts: 457
    alright, looks like i may hit POSITIVELY RECORDS in LEVITTOWN....

    do they have a lot of used records?
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  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    firecrotch23 wrote:
    i saw the big sign on the side of the armory about this, is it worth going to?



    hey where is this in Philly? Is it easy to get to? I would love to drive on over Saturday morning.
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  • Dirt Like MeDirt Like Me Posts: 204
    southerngarden wrote:
    alright, looks like i may hit POSITIVELY RECORDS in LEVITTOWN....

    do they have a lot of used records?

    I would guess they have 1000 or so. CDs mostly though. A great used selection.
    Let the ocean swell, dissolve 'way my past
  • AntreaperAntreaper Posts: 256
    If you're willing to take a 45min detour, Princeton Record Exchange in Princeton is really good. You can spend 2 hours in there - easy.

    Plus Princeton is a really nice town. Can stop into Triumph for a microbrewery beer, and get some badass brick oven pizza down the street!
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  • MattyJoeMattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    firecrotch23 wrote:
    i saw the big sign on the side of the armory about this, is it worth going to?

    Yes. It's a huge show. More than worth going to.

    Again, it's gonna be at the Guard Armory on 2700 Southampton Rd & U.S. 1 in Philly. Be there.
    I pledge to you a government that will not only work well, but wisely, its ability to act tempered by prudence, and its willingness to do good, balanced by the knowledge that government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm us.
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  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    MattyJoe wrote:
    Yes. It's a huge show. More than worth going to.

    Again, it's gonna be at the Guard Armory on 2700 Southampton Rd & U.S. 1 in Philly. Be there.

    Is that next weekend as in Nov 29th and 30th?
  • firecrotch23firecrotch23 Posts: 586
    MattyJoe wrote:
    Yes. It's a huge show. More than worth going to.

    Again, it's gonna be at the Guard Armory on 2700 Southampton Rd & U.S. 1 in Philly. Be there.
    nice, i am definately gonna check this out, its better than trying to do xmas shopping at over crowded malls.
    Small my table, seats just 3, its not crowded, its just lucky me
  • firecrotch23firecrotch23 Posts: 586
    yoke wrote:
    hey where is this in Philly? Is it easy to get to? I would love to drive on over Saturday morning.
    Right on the corner of Southampton rd and Roosevelt Blvd (rt 1) if you know where the Nabisco factory is, it will be right across the street
    Small my table, seats just 3, its not crowded, its just lucky me
  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    This coming weekend or the first weekend in december?
  • Dirt Like MeDirt Like Me Posts: 204
    Antreaper wrote:
    If you're willing to take a 45min detour, Princeton Record Exchange in Princeton is really good. You can spend 2 hours in there - easy.

    Plus Princeton is a really nice town. Can stop into Triumph for a microbrewery beer, and get some badass brick oven pizza down the street!


    I have spent 5 hours there.
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  • firecrotch23firecrotch23 Posts: 586
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    This coming weekend or the first weekend in december?
    this weekend, http://www.igtc.com/pipermail/thewho/2006-November/014926.html
    Small my table, seats just 3, its not crowded, its just lucky me
  • Back_PedalBack_Pedal Posts: 1,171
    Dirt Like Me wrote:
    Soundgarden in Fells Point is great despite the obvious copyright infringement.

    Positively Records in Levittown, PA is my personal favorite.
    Yet, that's got to be the coolest fucking name for a record shop you could use. If you're going to infringe, do it right like these guys.
    Thanks EPOTTSIII!
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  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    Antreaper wrote:
    If you're willing to take a 45min detour, Princeton Record Exchange in Princeton is really good. You can spend 2 hours in there - easy.

    Plus Princeton is a really nice town. Can stop into Triumph for a microbrewery beer, and get some badass brick oven pizza down the street!

    I was just up there on Wednesday. No Pearl jam vinyl in stock at the moment but plenty of everything else. It's hard not to spend hours in there.
  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    Guys....that link says the record show was 2006.

    Here is the real link: http://showsandexpos.com/vf/index.htm
  • yokeyoke Posts: 1,440
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    Guys....that link says the record show was 2006.

    Here is the real link: http://showsandexpos.com/vf/index.htm



    thanks, I am heading there in the morning.. not doing the Pre Admission thing but I will be there by 10 or so if I don't over sleep.
    Thats a lovely accent you have. New Jersey?

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  • mkeen411mkeen411 Posts: 103
    absolutely positively the sound garden in fells point, then stick around a check out some live music at leadbetters and the horse.
  • MattyJoeMattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    Is that next weekend as in Nov 29th and 30th?

    Yes. I'm headed there tomorrow.
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  • sirlou22sirlou22 Posts: 71
    firecrotch23 wrote:
    Right on the corner of Southampton rd and Roosevelt Blvd (rt 1) if you know where the Nabisco factory is, it will be right across the street

    Gold Million Records in Bryn Mawr is pretty cool too...lots of good shit.

    I have to work and i'm super pissed i'm going to miss the record show at the armory. they usually have real big shows there.

    hey firecrotch23, are you from northeast philly?
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  • MattyJoeMattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    Went to the show today, it was pretty sick. Picked up Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin IV, and Houses of the Holy on vinyl in pretty good condition and very cheap. Also picked up Because Of The Times and In Rainbows on vinyl, brand spankin' new, $20 each. Only Pearl Jam vinyl I saw were two Avocados, both like $60 which I didn't get.
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  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    I spent 4 hours there on Saturday. So much great stuff to go through. The only Pearl Jam I saw was a Vitalogy hanging store display and a couple 7"ers. I didn't even see the Avocado vinyls but I did overhear an older dealer contributing the recent vinyl popularity resurgence to Pearl Jam. I was able to get some really great, obscure shit including am original Journey band poster from the 80's.
  • MattyJoeMattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    ^^ I was talkin to this one vendor and he said they sold a lot of Pearl Jam vinyl on Saturday, people were "goin nuts for it."
    I pledge to you a government that will not only work well, but wisely, its ability to act tempered by prudence, and its willingness to do good, balanced by the knowledge that government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm us.
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