A little Record Shopping Trip: Brooklyn

 

I had a bit of time off, so I had the opportunity to visits some of the record shops in Brooklyn. Thanks to Doug Pressman of Record Grouch as my guide, here is the lowdown:
Green Point seems to be the new centre of record buyers, with Academy and Record Grouch moving from Williamsburg.

All store owners were all friendly, and although I made no great finds (at first), it was a pleasant day with the odd bar visit to liven up proceedings




Coop 87

coop 87

Co-op 87, at 87 Guernsey Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211 had some good stock and is well worth visiting. It looks like there is a good stock turnover. Some good singles.


Academy

Academy have recently moved to 85 Oak Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222, and the focus is currently more on LPs, however once they get organised, 45s should be making more of a comeback. Some very reasonable prices.

Captured Tracks

Captured Tracks at 195 Calyer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222, have a good selection of LPs, perhaps more of a Soul focus

Captured Tracks

Record Grouch

Record Grouch, 986 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11222, played the best music. A good wide selection of stuff, from second-hand to choice reissued (picked up the Iron Claw double...). Owners who live their stuff and are the perfect hosts.



Record Grouch

 

The Thing

Apparently a big hit with Japanese tourists is The Thing opposite from Record Grouch at 1001 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11222, is quite amazing. When you walk round the mounds of stuff, you walk downstairs to the catacombs just filed wall to wall with vinyl. Wonder where records go when no one wants them? Well it looks like at 250.000 of them end up here. The last stop before landfill. Now if you had 2 days, there may be some finds, but it is a tad overwhelming..



The Thing

The Thing





 

By early evening we headed to The Archive of Contemporary Music at 54 White Street, New York,  NY 10013 as they were holding a cocktail party (well cheese and wine) as a pre-sale event. Picked up nice copies of the A Square SRC/Rationals and MC5. I was holding out getting the pic sleeve, but the copy they archived was not for sale at any price...

 

 

Never seen that red cover for the Thundertrain...

 

Today, Manhattan...