NYC Outer Borough Record Stores

Halcyon
new and old dance music, pricey but well stocked

Fusetron
amazing avant/noise online distributor and label. you can buy stright from Chris if you ask nicely. not really a place to browse as it is his home.

Eat Records
greenpoint, nice people

>The Thing
worth a trip once in your life, esp for the migraine it will give you

Somethin' Else
spotty at best. but if you walk in the day after they picked up a good collection you can gorge yourself.

Beat Street
a fulton mall classic. good for hip hop singles.

Coxsone's Music City
reggae lovers destination. nb: on fulton, but NOT anywhere near fulton mall

Easystar
reggae shop listings here

Mooncurser Records
on city island. i need to check this guy out, and i hear city island is a great day trip (fried scallops by the piers).

i thought coxsone's was long gone. thanks for the links.

dudes at 158th and b'way (northeast corner) who sell bits of old dj collections on the sidewalk. some different dudes were out there at that same spot last summer also selling old dj collections with great early hip hop singles, 99 stuff, kraftwerk and other typical nyc sets.

dude at 111th and b'way (northwest corner) selling books supposedly has interesting old punk records in his collection from time to time (rumor of a josef k single or something).

i hear that miggy is back up operating his bedroom record store now on a sidewalk somewhere certain days of the month?

Miggy is back selling stuff? anyone have details, locations?

Random old record store near the corner of 5th ave and 9th street in Park Slope, carries some cheap-o rock in the boxes outside, tons of freestyle, mostly stuff you'd pay a dollar for but listed at 5 or 6. I bought a copy of the WBMX classic Dancing in My Sleep for 2 bucks outside there a few weeks ago, same day I stopped by mike's guy at the 7th ave park slope flea market.

the upstairs is shuttered, and as of my last visit in February, all the leftover vinyl was selling downstairs at huge discount and 2 for 1 on top of that. it was mostly bad hip hop, but i was able to score several Go4 Entertainment! repressings for $3 each. i guess i'll use em as birthday gifts for people.

then again i might be thinking of a different fulton music store.

The aforementioned Something Else has been a treasure trove to me when they pick up the right collections.

saturdays there is sometimes a old guy with mostly garbage, but he had some amazing stuff a month ago. cheap too.

sunday there is a young guy with tables and a record fair type setup, mostly rock and priced correctly. some world music.

http://www.infinityrecords.net/

Everything's in nice shape, prices are reasonable, and there are tons of $1.99 LPs against the far wall.

it will only end in tears.

lol, that place is a shitstorm. actually, that's where i found the three pharoah sanders covers WITH NO RECORDS in them.

are we talking about the one on Quincy near Broken Angel? Pass.

I found a really lovely 70s copy of Gregory's "Mr Isaacs" in a thrift store on (something like) 21st St nr 2nd or 3rd or something, might even have been a Sally Army place, but largely speaking my thrift store finds in NYC have been limited. This is no doubt because I simply don't know the right places, but I always assume big city charity shopping is a largely fruitless process.

Birdel's Record Shop
http://www.bedstuygateway.com/2006/03/bedstuy_custome.html

nice gospel + r&b shop, rumored to have some excellent soul + r&b vinyl. no dice on wax tho. owner told me its not coming back down to the sales floor until late June.

Dope Jams
http://www.dopejams.net/

cons:
place reeks of Nag Champa, it clung to some of the stuff i brought home
dimly lit, so its hard to see what they have

pros:
well stocked, good prices. got an ugly edit i've had my eye on for $12. would have cost me $20 at TTL.
pretty decent rock and jazz stock, dance is the speciality though.
staff knowledgable and friendly. they tried to get me to come back this coming Saturday, Joe Clausell is doing an instore at 5pm.

if anyone wants to really delve into outer borough stores, this is a good starting point (CALL AHEAD):
http://www.thecityofnewyorkcity.com/music/index.html

come to capones saturday night.

i think i am going to the Social Registry showcase this Saturday. i think it starts pretty late. how late will you guys be on at Capones?

walked by Somethin' Else tonight and noticed the place is gutted

:(

They plan to reopen soon elsewhere in Park Slope.

down near 16th street most likely, where most of the indie-rockers moved when priced out of north slope anyway.

you must be talking about the sweets, not the viciouses.

Is 'Music Matters' still there, on 7th ave and 13th or something?

totally. Do any viciouses live in South Brooklyn at all? Maybe the ones working their way into Crown Heights, a few in Red Hook perhaps.

I feel like making pilgrimage friday. Any recs?