Alphabetical Listing of Record Stores in New York

Last updated September 1, 1997
 

Academy Bookstore
10 West 18th Street
(212) 242-4848
neighborhood: Manhattan: Midtown South (Chelsea, Flatiron, Gramercy Park)
Once combined with the bookstore next door, this is now a separate used-CD and LP store. Heavy on classical and jazz. Clean, well-lit, and well-organized, but they are arrogant and price things by the book. Few bargains, but records are usually in pretty good condition. The bookstore next door has a good used music book section.

Accidental CDs
131 Avenue A
(between 8th & 9th Streets)
(212) 995-2224
and, mysteriously, (888) 688-6377
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Cramped and crammed with vinyl on one side of a narrow aisle and CDs on the other, they mercifully display a large selection of CDs out front. Current used CDs from about $8 to $12. Not a large variety and all a bit grimy. Vinyl not especially distinguished or priced to move.

Adult Crash
66 Avenue A
(between 4th and 5th Streets)
(212) 387-0558
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
A trip to this store can function as a quick education in classifying all of that confusing "downtown arty rock music" or make you realize how futile it is to try. The CDs and vinyl are grouped by genre, done with enough self-mocking to forgive the steep prices for new stuff. My first impression was of a heartless haven for purists, but they have improved matters by including a section of used CDs (go to the back and face the door), and used 7" & 12" vinyl (in drawers under the new stuff). They have the Metamkine series of 3" CDs featuring Musique Concrete artists for $7.99. Their stock is thin, so you need to be lucky to get what you want. They take plastic.

African Record Center
1194 Nostrand Avenue
Between Hawthorn and Winthrop
(718) 493-4500
neighborhood: Brooklyn: along Nostrand Avenue
Still the best selection of African and French Caribbean music on the road and in the city They have really cleaned up and organized the store over the years. $11 per LP. Incredible selection of live-show videos.

Albas Records
955 Nostrand Avenue
(718) 953-7589
neighborhood: Brooklyn: along Nostrand Avenue
Largest selection of 12" dancehall in the area, featuring the latest "riddims." Homemade tapes are $5 each.

B's Enterprises Inc.
1285 Fulton Street
neighborhood: Brooklyn: Bedford-Stuyvesant
Take the A train to Nostrand Ave. for this Soca and Calypso label and store. Conveniently located near Charlie's record store and good eatin' at Ali's Roti Hut.

BPM
334 Bleecker Street
(212) 929-2434
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Dance Music specialists, heavy on the techno-ish side, they've also got some oldies, but goodies on vinyl.

Barry's Records and Tapes
119 East 23rd Street
(212) 677-9095
neighborhood: Manhattan: Midtown South (Chelsea, Flatiron, Gramercy Park)
Like you¹ve entered a time warp and it¹s about 1983. Lots of sealed vinyl in the back. Nothing unusual or alternative, but maybe some old R&B or rap you may want. CDs & cassettes in front.

Bate Records
140 Delancey Street
(between Norfolk and Suffolk Streets)
(212) 677-3180
neighborhood: Manhattan: Lower East Side
Complete Spanish-language music store with releases from Spain, Mexico, Central & South America, the Caribbean and US Latin communities. Front of the store has been completely usurped by pop and dance, and Latin videos, with the entire Southern Hemisphere stocked in the back. Cuban records via Venezuela, with CDs starting to outweigh vinyl. Friendly salesfolk hover to keep you from stealing, but also to help. Also open on Sundays, so you can plan shopping the Sunday-only Orchard Street markets, or visiting historic Katz's Deli ("Send a salami to your boy in the army").

Black Awareness Records
53 East 125 Street
(212) 427-2826
neighborhood: Manhattan: Harlem
Filled with incense and reggae, with an occasional classic LP in the back for $7. I found a hard-to-get,lucky-to-find Don Drummond on my last visit.

Bleecker Bob's
118 West 3rd Street
between MacDougal and 6th Avenue
(212) 475-9677
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Semi-institutional post-sixties punk/rock/metal store. Not a Top-40 kinda place. Amidst the mostly vinyl selection are assorted singles, boots, and collectibles, and a smattering of CSs and CDs. Hardcore, punk and ska wonderland. Some zines, tees and posters. Expect to pay tip-top dollar for things (recently $200 for 'No New York?'- $8 - $50 elsewhere). Hairy, sometimes surly staff who've been known to bark at you as soon as you walk in the door. John who works there is a good ARCpal and always donates time to help us with our record sales.

Bondy's Record Shop
38 Park Row
(212) 964-5886
Mon-Wed, 9:30-6:30; Thu+Fri, 9:30-7; Sat, 10-6. neighborhood: Manhattan: City Hall Area

Breakbeat Science
335 East 9th Street
(between 1st and 2nd Avenues)
(212) 995-2592
7 days, 1-8
www.breakbeatscience.com
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Small but choice selection of 12" white-label mixes, probably illegal. Owners and dance-culture necessities DJ Dara and DJ DB will play what you like and even show you some in-store exclusives featuring their own contributions. Some hip fashions. Listening stations.

Brigade
47 Houston Street
(212) 431-5138
7 days, 12-8.
neighborhood: Manhattan: Soho
Slightly upstairs from the original Knitting Factory, this is primarily a used-CD store, at prices slightly higher than Sounds used store. Everything in loose alphabetical order, no one there seems to pay much attention to you, and they seem to run a permanent 20% off sale.

Caribbean Cultural Center
408 West 58 Street
(212) 307-7420
neighborhood: Manhattan: Upper West Side
A small store with a small selection of imports and local vinyl, CDs and cassettes. Selection usually tied to current gallery exhibit, which can make it quite an entertaining afternoon.

Casa Latina
151 East 116 Street near Lexington
(212) 427-6062
neighborhood: Manhattan: Harlem
Major source for oldies and recent releases, all formats, all Hispanic.

Center for Cuban Studies
124 West 23rd Street
(212) 242-0559
Mon-Fri, 9 -5
neighborhood: Manhattan: Midtown South (Chelsea, Flatiron, Gramercy Park)
One of the few places that carries imports from Egrem, Cuba¹s national label. Vinyl, at a great price of $10, is getting pretty scarce, so cassettes and a full range of US releases of Cuban music on CD.

Charlie's
1273 Fulton Street
(718) 783-8336
neighborhood: Brooklyn: Bedford-Stuyvesant
Take the A train to Nostrand Ave. for this Soca and Calypso label and store. Conveniently located near B's Enterprises record store and good eatin' at Ali's Roti Hut.

Chin Randy's
1342 St. John's Place
(718) 778-9470
neighborhood: Brooklyn: Crown Heights
Take the 3 or 4 train to the Utica Ave stop. Still one of the best place in the city to get Reggae records. Around the corner from Straker's records.

Chinatown
Stores too numerous to mention. Walk through the ever-expanding Chinatown, in Manhattan, mostly below Canal St, east of Broadway (slowly evolving into Thai-Town), jam-packed with video and CD/cassette stores that carry lots of teen Canto-pop with the occasional political Cui Jian or metallic-lite Tang Dynasty album. Gone are the days of Revolutionary People¹s Opera 10² records.

Colony Record & Tape Center
1619 Broadway at 49th Street
(212) 265-2050
(fax) 956-6009
7 days, 10 am- 2:30 am
neighborhood: Manhattan: Times Square
Could there be a more unappetizing place to buy CDs? Set on-end in glass, jewelry-like counters, this display makes you realize how unlovable the CD really is. We shop vinyl here as last resort. A great selection, but at top dollar, and not top-dollar condition. Lovely old movie posters, older soundtracks, and a wide assortment of sheet music & music instruction books. But if you're up all night and need to buy a record, where else can you go?

Coxson's Music City
3135 Fulton Street
(718) 277-4166
neighborhood: Brooklyn: Bedford-Stuyvesant
For a trip seemingly as long as a flight to Jamaica, take the J Train out to Norwood Ave. to the legendary Coxson's Music City. Run by Clement Coxson Dodd, it was his Studio One Label that introduced Ska and launched Bob Marley and a good many 70's Reggae stars. Horrible pressings, terrific music.

Culture Records
31 Carmine Street
(212) 633-6226
Mon-Sat, 12-9,; Sun, 2-8
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Reggae outlets, they come and they go hereabouts. Specializing in African, calypso and reggae, Culture's been around for at least a year.

Dance Tracks Records
91 East 3rd Street
(212) 260-TRAX
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
While most New York record stores feel like closets that need cleaning, this is Gotham's most deluxe 12" specialty shop. And the good news: the prices are what you'd expect to spend elsewhere. Submerge yourself in the large leather sofas, enjoy the AC, imagine yourself the resident DJ and play house on one of the 4 DJ stations. Techno-shy, they like loft and deep house and cater to professionals. A Friday nite hangout.

Danny's Records
240 East 4th Street
(between Avenues B & C)
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Never, ever, ever been open.

Decadance Inc.
119 Christopher Street
(212) 691-1013
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
After Vinyl Mania, this place gets a lot of votes from DJs as a top provider of dance tracks. Small store, so the stock is forever moving ahead of the times.
Disc-o-Rama
40 Union Square East
(212) 260-8616
neighborhood: Manhattan: Midtown South (Chelsea, Flatiron, Gramercy Park)
The top-30 hits and most other titles at an affordable rate. Also OK for its rap/dance 12"s.

Discmart
610 New York Avenue
Corner of Rutland Road, just before the African Record Center.
(718) 774-5800
Mon-Sat, 11-7.
neighborhood: Brooklyn: near Nostrand Avenue
Mostly books with choice records from the French-speaking Caribbean. Dig for treasures. CC. p> Disco Hit Record Shop
87 Clinton Street at Rivington Street
(212) 673-9880
7 days, 11-7
neighborhood: Manhattan: Lower East Side
Surrounded by cake decorating specialty stores, they¹ve been around for 23 years. Salsa and great related mounds of LPs, about $7 ea. Planning a car trip? Mambo-out with 3 cassettes for $10. Cash only.

Discorama
186 West 4th Street
(212) 206-8417
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Mainstream compact discs in the West Village at reasonable prices. Cluttered, crowded and OK.

Discos y Más
80-12 Roosevelt Avenue
neighborhood: Queens: Jackson Heights
Colombian releases, as in cumbia, vallenato, and salsa. Free catalog called, Zona Latina. Take the E, F, R or 7 Train.

Downtown Music Gallery
211 East 5th Street
(between Second & Third Avenues)
(212) 473-0043
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
A couple of years after opening with the promise of being an eclectic's dream, DMG, although dotted with great world, avant-jazz, and underground obscurities, seems to be turning into a run-o-the-mill used shop. Still, you can find vinyl here on some new releases, and the staff is always helpful.

Downtown Records
164 W 25th Street
(between 7th & 8th Avenues)
(212) 924-5791
(800) 945-6874
Mon-Sat, 10:30-7:30; Sun, 12-6
neighborhood: Manhattan: Midtown South (Chelsea, Flatiron, Gramercy Park)
A DJ store: rap, house, techno. The latest, and plenty of one-hit wonders from as long ago as last month! This vinyl playground also has a good selection of UK & US white-label releases and Dancehall mixes. For the wannabees a great wall of decorator turntable mats. Average prices, a few CD¹s and CSs. AmEx.

Earwax
Bedford Avenue
(between North 5th and 6th Streets)
(718) 555-5555
neighborhood: Brooklyn: Williamsburg

East Village Books & Records
101 St. Marks Place
(between First Avenue & Avenue A)
(212) 477-8647
Mon-Thu, 3-11:30; Fri, 2:30-12; Sat, 12-12; Sun, 1-9.
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Listed here primarily for their large selection of books on music and rock in particular. Not as cheap as the Strand, but, as they say, "50% of profits from donated books supports local causes." Whatever that means. Just a few used CDs ($7.99 per) and cassettes ($4.99 per), not a great selection. They take plastic.

Eightball Records: The Shop
105 East 9th Street
(212) 674-8963
Mon-Sat, 1-9.
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Clothing store/music store/cafe catering primarily to the DJ set. Mostly current vinyl cuts, not for the uninitiated. Adjunct to Eightball: the Label.

Etherea Records
441 East 9th Street
(between First Avenue & Avenue A)
(212) 358-1126
Mon-Sat, 1-10; Sun, 1-9
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
A tiny, bursting, bustling store that sports a variety of genres and price ranges. Used CDs on the wall range from $5 to $10. Vinyl, from 7" records for $10 (thrift-style sounds) to current jungle, trip-hop and electronica at around $12 a disc. I suspect that the purist will say that only the more well-known artists are represented, but they are certainly easier to buy here than at Throb or Strange. A respectable assortment of well priced 7", reggae, jazz and classic & 80s rock. A few well-picked cassettes and some choice fanzines and videos eat up more of the little wall space left. A store for everyone, but please, only three at a time. Plastic.

Fama Record Shop
61 Clinton Street
(212) 677-2285
neighborhood: Manhattan: Lower East Side
More modern, more CDs than Disco Hit down the street, but still bins of odds and ends vinyl at $5 - $7. Best for new stuff and Latino Romantico.

Fat Beats
406 6th Avenue
(212) 673-3883
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Descend the stairs to enter this teeny but mighty den of hip-hop vinyl in Lower Manhattan. Fat Beats also carries instrumental and breakbeat vinyl, a smattering of reggae at reasonable prices., DJ equipment (mixers, bags, etc.) as well as videos.

Fifth Avenue Record & Tape Center
439 5th Avenue
(718) 499-8483
neighborhood: Brooklyn: Park Slope
Surprising variety of oddball delights along with a mess of outright junk. Mostly vinyl LPs and singles. Hunters and collectors will enjoy digging. Owner's specialty is music of the fifties.

Finyl Vinyl
204 East 6th Street
(between Second Avenue & Bowery)
(212) 533-8007
Mon-Sat, 12-7; Sun, 12-6.
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Three cheers for vinyl!!! Home to an assortment of rare records, champion of obscure rock/R&B labels, helpful and there's always something cool playing on the stereo. If you still own a turntable you must shop here. Consider cassettes the Devil¹s playground, to whit, nada. Take plastic.

Footlight
113 East 12th Street
(212) 533-1572
Mon-Fri, 11-7; Sat, 10-6; Sun, 12-5.
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
The best, first stop for personality, film and Broadway recordings. Hyper-organized, well-lit collector¹s store staffed by knowledgeable help. Footlight features mostly vinyl soundtracks, showtunes and a lot of singers who sing the standards, i.e., Streisand, Clooney, Crosby, Steve & Edie. Also on hand is an interesting assortment of jazz, folk, world and early rock/pop, and all the above in small quantity on CD. All credit cards.

Force Records
803 Nostrand Avenue
neighborhood: Brooklyn: along Nostrand Avenue
Used to be a reggae/dancehall specialist, now a more sedate store catering to a full mix of neighborhood tastes. Pure gold in the hidden boxes of 7" singles, like long-forgotten R&B, rock and disco.

Forzano Italian Imports
128 Mulberry Street
(212) 925-2525
neighborhood: Manhattan: Little Italy
The largest, best-organized and most up-to-date selections in all formats. The occasional rare Italian soundtrack LP at a modest $9.

G&A Rare Records Ltd.
139 West 72nd Street
(between Broadway and Columbus Avenue)
(212) 877-5020
neighborhood: Manhattan: Upper West Side
G&A offers a meticulously organized and displayed, extensively-stocked selection in its cozy digs. Mostly classical, they also have strong jazz, International Folk and spoken-word sections. Pricey. Used CDs, with half-price and dollar bins located right as you walk in. Notice the friendly "No Casual Browsing" signs! Credit cards.

Generation Records
210 Thompson Street (between 3rd & Bleecker)
(212) 979-1872
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
A large basement and first-floor set-up, this place has lots of vinyl and compact discs. Most LPs are priced at $7.99. Not much here that's too hard to find anywhere else; just a good place to find any used record from the past 15 years you might have missed. Again, you probably won't find that super-rare record you've been looking for, but maybe you'll get a good deal on some used "alternative" rock. The employees are easy to spot: just look for the 'interesting"colored hair.

Golden Disc
239 Bleecker Street
(212) 255-7899
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
A varied stock of R&B, jazz, rock and soul from the fifties to the present, including a large selection of 45s, CDs and books.

Goodwill
186 Second Avenue
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
A small amount of vinyl in the back. A few CDs for those interested in finding them. Cheap. Scratched.

Gryphon Records
251 West 72nd Street
(212) 874-1588
2246 Broadway
(212) 362-0706
Annex
246 West 80th Street
(212) 724-1541
neighborhood: Manhattan: Upper West Side
A slightly less expensive ($6 and up) and much friendlier version of G&A. The 72nd Street store specializes in classical and jazz (and a used Cantorial selection!), while the uptown stores have more popular stuff. At 80th Stret (across from Zabar's) you¹ll find a mish-mash of folk/blues/gospel and R&B ($4-$15). At the Annex, you can pick up a copy of, More German Beer Drinking Music, ($9) and other international, comedy, and cast albums.

HMV
1280 Lexington Avenue at 86th Street
(212) 348-0800
neighborhood: Manhattan: Upper East Side
The uptown megastore and challenger to Tower. Worth a look if you¹re in the neighborhood or are willing to make the trip. Good jazz and classical sections. Helpful notes on the bins to guide you in your selections.

HMV
2081 Broadway at 72nd Street
neighborhood: Manhattan: Upper West Side
Cavernous rock/top 40 version of the East Side store (at 86th Street & Lexington Avenue). Check out the good jazz and world-music selections. HMV also stocks sing-along tapes, for that home-karaoke experience.

Harlem Mine
Near 21 East 125 Street
neighborhood: Manhattan: Harlem
Literally a hole in the wall with a small but choice Caribbean selection. Nice painting on the outside wall.

Holy Cow
442 Ninth Street
Corner of 7th Avenue
(718) 788-3631
7 days, 11-8.
neighborhood: Brooklyn: Park Slope
Pleasingly eclectic number-one Park Slope record store, built atop mountains of records, but surprisingly lacking heaps of trash. Sorted by genre (EZ Listening recordings indicated by Martini icon), there's a turntable for listening, and endless boxes of 12" dance singles. For the analog-impaired: Holy Cow also offers a large selection of reasonably-priced new and used CD's.

House of Oldies
35 Carmine Street
(212) 989-1697
Mon-Sat, 11-7
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Bob Abramson¹s vinyl-only store is the place to go if you just gotta get a record and you gotta have it on vinyl. If they don¹t have it, chances are, they can unearth a copy somewhere. Over the top New York Œcollectors¹ prices. They're nice to us.

Housing Works Used Book Cafe
126 Crosby Street (just below Houston)
(212) 334-3324
Mon-Wed, 10-8; Thu+Fri, 10-9; Sat, 12-9; Sun, 12-7.
neighborhood: Manhattan: Soho
This is primarily a bookstore, with the profits going to AIDS housing. We check here at least once a week for the ever-changing flow through‹a consistently good grouping of vinyl in good condition at good prices. Most LPs $1-4. More and more they are learning what things are really worth, placing the truly choice finds near the register. Top location for used music books very cheap. As to their name-proclaiming function, this is one of the few places left in the city to have a relaxing coffee-soaked read in the afternoon, armchairs and table-tops spread all around the floor.

J.D. Records / Ma Maison
1698 Nostrand Avenue
(718) 282-7865
neighborhood: Brooklyn: along Nostrand Avenue
Mostly Haitian and Antillian music from the French Caribbean. Neat and airy, with videos on one side, vinyl records on the other. JD is next to the most beautiful restaurant in the world, Dieu si Bon, with gigantic yellow roses painted on the windows and booths that look like cubist stagecoaches. Haitian food.

J&M
364 West 110th Street
neighborhood: Manhattan: Harlem
Rap spot we haven't visited yet.

J&R Music World
All along Park Row
(212) 732-8600
(fax) 732-2205
Mon-Sat, 9-6:30; Sun, 11-6.
neighborhood: Manhattan: City Hall Area
Downtown / Wall Street area mega-complex strung out along City Hall park: Classical at 33, Jazz at 25, and the main pop palace at 23 Park Row. Average low-end chain store prices at this indie, with a wide selection of material in all interest areas and locations. Back room in the main store used to be a prime 12" dance / reggae paradise, but these days houses a good selection of discounted vinyl. Jazz store is tops, street level now housing the World & reggae. Good discount classical section in the basement of that outlet. No elevators and plenty of stairs, all stores. All CCs. TicketMaster outlet.

Jammyland
60 East Third Street
(212) 614-0185
(fax) 614-0037
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Reggae and world-music store featuring vinyl and CDs. Prices average around $15 for CDs, $5-8 for used LPs, and $7-12 for new LPs. Lots o' imports. A wide enough selection to make this a worthwhile stop. Tiny, but very reliable for new stuff.

Jazz Record Center
236 West 26th Street 8th floor
(between 7th & 8th Avenues)
(212) 675-4480
Tue-Sat, 10-6
neighborhood: Manhattan: Midtown South (Chelsea, Flatiron, Gramercy Park)
With its slightly academic feel, the JRC can't be beat for its selection of jazz on vinyl. Be sure to take some time browsing through the shelves of related books and discographies.

Jewish Record Shop
147 Essex Street
neighborhood: Manhattan: Lower East Side
We've gone by, but never when they're open.

Joe's Compact Disc
11 St. Marks Place
(212) 673-4606
Mon-Thu, 11-11; Fri & Sat, 11 am-midnight; Sun,11-9
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
This store is bifurcated; a separate used-CD room faces the one with new CDs across the vestibule. They are therefore jumpy about security. The fact that namesake Joe used to be the buyback guy at Sounds doesn't help. Not a comfortable environment. Most new CDs are around $9.99, but selection is spotty. Some good used techno CDs.

Kim's Underground
144 Bleecker Street
(212) 260-1010
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Not quite the record store it was before some employees jumped ship to form Other Music, Kim's still stocks a good selection of recent "alternative" and indie (plus a small selection of electronica/dance) vinyl and cds at competitive prices. No used vinyl, but you might find something interesting that the NYU crowd passed over.

Kim's Video & Audio
350 Bleecker Street at West 10th Street
(212) 675-8996
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Very similar to the underground one. Hey, it's a chain!

Kim's Video & Music (a.k.a. Mondo Kim's)
6 St. Marks Place
7 days, 9-midnight
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Constant reorganization of this store makes it difficult to predict what you'll find here. There is always something interesting (or unheard-of) on sale each week, up near the front of the racks. Strong on avant garde, electronica and art rock along with an excellent editorial selection of everything from bluegrass to spoken word. Many reasonably-priced used CDs. Vinyl is presently on the second floor, in the back. Lots of used 7" art-rock & new-wave singles. Like all used record purchases, open 'em up, give 'em a look-see, and hope for the best. They take credit cards.

Kinokuniya Bookstore
10 West 49th Street
Off 5th Avenue at Rockefeller Plaza
(212) 765-1462
7 days, 10-7
neighborhood: Manhattan: Midtown
Here you can find flavor of-the-month teen-star CDs at prices comparable to those in Japan ($22-$30). Collectors pounce on the occasional goodie like a Thunderbirds CD (remember those space-age puppets?) packaged in a box containing a snap-together model. There may be others record stores in this area, but why would anyone be in this neighborhood?

MS Store
864 Nostrand Avenue
(718) 773-9545
neighborhood: Brooklyn: along Nostrand Avenue
Once Charlie's Variety Store, then Microsillon Variety, this store's new Haitian management is shifting the stock from Calypso to Compas. The interior is dominated by giant brown record sporting a rope G clef.

Main Squeeze
19 Essex Street
(212) 614-3109
neighborhood: Manhattan: Lower East Side
Store for all things accordion, including current CDs and vintage LPs. Walter runs one of the last great personal stores left in New York. Repair shop features the "Beast of the Week":the latest and greatest accordion in the locked cage!

Manhattan Music Center
42nd Street at 10th Avenue
(212) 563-4508
(fax) 563-4847
neighborhood: Manhattan: Times Square
Latin-music store in the heart of the Latin-wholesale-only area.

Mercer Street Books
206 Mercer Street
(212) 505-8615
neighborhood: Manhattan: Soho
Primarily a haven for used, out-of-print and rare books, they carry an equally eclectic collection of jazz, R&B, soul, folk and classical LPs.

Mindwave
212 East 6th Street
(between Bowery & 2nd Avenue)
(212) 475-8742
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Kinky. The selection here is almost exclusively goth and hardcore industrial, all CDs. The staff is friendly if intimidating, yet eager to please. CDs displayed in those plastic clamshell longboxes make for difficult browsing. Check out Crib Fashions next door or slink over to Finyl Vinyl if you need more familiar territory. Plastic.

Multi Kulti
218 Thompson Street
(between 3rd and Bleecker Street)
(212) 979-1872
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Part of the Thompson Street triumvirate with Generation and Nostalgia, Multi Kulti is unlike the other two in that it primarilly stocks CDs, with only a small amount of vinyl. As the name implies, music from around the globe, and at reasonable (less than $15 usually) prices. More diverse than most record stores, not to mention most World Music stores. Also a burgeoning Ethno-Electronica hybrid section. Very friendly owner usually behind the counter.

Music Factory
1476 Broadway at 45th Street
neighborhood: Manhattan: Times Square
No longer with us, but pause for a moment in reverence at the Times Square hole-in-the-wall where Stanley, the King of the Beats, held court on his stool and schooled a generation of DJs on the history of what it is.

Music Inn
169 West 4th Street
(212) 243-5715
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
An interesting, but oh-so-tiny shop that sells and repairs acoustical and folk instruments from around the world with a few bins of recordings to match. A good homey place for a folk fix, but you gotta spend a dollar just to enter! Disgraceful.

Music Palace / El Palacio de la Musica
147-30 Jamaica Avenue
(718) 206-0337
(fax) 206-0834
7 days, 10-7.
neighborhood: Queens: Jackson Heights
Musica Colombiana: cumbia, vallenato, malape, etc... Take the E, F, R or 7 Train.

NYC Liquidators
158 West 27th Street
(212) 675-7400
neighborhood: Manhattan: Midtown South (Chelsea, Flatiron, Gramercy Park)
Grab bag store where treasures can be found if you're willing to wade into the morass. Some vinyl, tons of CDs, cassettes and video. We know him, we love him: your host, Norm.

NYCD
426 Amsterdam Avenue
(between 80th and 81st Streets)
neighborhood: Manhattan: Upper West Side
Classic rock store, with really good prices on used CDs and just about the only place to shop in this neighborhood.

Naghma House
131 Lexington Avenue at 28th Street
(212) 532-0770
neighborhood: Manhattan: Midtown South (Chelsea, Flatiron, Gramercy Park)
What¹s left of Manhattan¹s Little India (now in Queens and NJ) lies between Lexington & Park Avenues, from 26th to 29th. One of the largest selections is in the back of this electronic/housewares store, with over 500 film soundtrack LPs, decrepit boxes of 45s, CDs and a zillion cassetts. Lots of ragga-muffin stuff to be found here, combining bhangra (Punjabi electro-harvest music) with Jamaican techno Ragga‹and all because the word "raga" is common to both ³Indian² cultures! Classical and folk also. Many stores and quick food shops in the area catering to taxi drivers also sell Indian/Pakistani cassettes at $2 - $3.

Norman's Sound and Vision
67 Cooper Square
(St. Marks & Bowery)
(212) 473-6599
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Where does he get his stuff? All the CDs, used or new, are (re)shrinkwrapped. This place has a slightly sleazy feel, albeit homey and harmless. Recent reorganization makes for more user-friendly shopping. The standard new release is $11.99. No vinyl. I noticed that he has strong suits in world and experimental music. CDs on the Subharmonic and Tzadik labels go for $12.99. Many well organized jazz and blues discs. Plastic.

Norman's Sound & Vision Too
288 7th Avenue
(212) 255-0076
neighborhood: Manhattan: Midtown South (Chelsea, Flatiron, Gramercy Park)
Uptown relative of the Norman's on Cooper Square (see East Village).

NostalgiaŠand all that jazz
217 Thompson Street
(between 3rd and Bleecker Streets)
(212) 420-1940
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Quite west village den of jazz vinyl‹but with what seems like an ever-dwindling selection. There's also some blues and soundtracks/show music worth browsing through. The nostalgia part‹stills, old magazines and books‹is worth checking out.

Other Music
15 East 4th Street
(212) 477-8150
Mon-Thu, 11-9; Fri, 11-10; Sat 11-9; Sun, 11-7
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Specializing in avant-garde, electronica, Kraut-rock and new Japanese noise, these guys have what the others have got plus a little something extra (60s French kitsch, perhaps?). New vinyl albums and 7-inchers, with some pricey used singles. Lots of fanzines and some comix. Used CDs are a bit more expensive than average, but they make up for it in selection. Ticket vendors for some clubs, as well. Plastic.

Panellionion Gift Center
32-20 Broadway
Near the R train stop
(718) 274-5525
neighborhood: Queens: Jackson Heights
Good for rembetika (rebétika), having, like most good blue's numbers, brothel and reefer themes. Take the E, F, R or 7 Train.

Prince Street Flea Market
(outdoors, at Broadway)
neighborhood: Manhattan: Soho
A variety of vinyl and CD dealers every weekend, even in the winter if it's warm. Every once in a while the itinerant loft-dweller sells out their collection. Most used CDs hover at $5, and at least two prfessional vinyl dealers at well below any store prices. Sunday is twice as large as Saturday's market, opening around 9 am til 5ish/dusk.

Proud A. Ras Novelty & Records
117 East 7th Street
(718) 940-9411
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Small store specializing in reggae/Rasta culture. Next to Strange Cargo store. Not a good first stop‹small selection and erratic hours. Call first‹as of September 1 they have a new number.

Pyramid Records
201 7th Avenue
(between 21st and 22nd Streets)
(212) 243-5588
Mon-Sat, 12-7
neighborhood: Manhattan: Midtown South (Chelsea, Flatiron, Gramercy Park)
With that "someone¹s basement" look, this is a real contender for my favorite used-vinyl store in the city. Absolutely the best prices for old soul in good condition, hovering between $10 -$30. An odds-bodkin World section that can easily sprout something great for under $7. Cash only.

Rainbow Music
102 West 125th Street
(212) 864-5262
Mon-Thu, 10-7; Fri-Sat, 10-9
neighborhood: Manhattan: Harlem
On the corner near the subway exit. Source for Gospel recordings and info on upcoming concerts. Still mostly Gospel, but more and more R&B / rap sneaking in everyday. Older LPs $3--good if you know your stuff. Cash only.

Rashid Sales Co.
191 Atlantic Avenue
(718) 852-3298
neighborhood: Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights
Great for Belly Dance instructional tapes, sheet music and releases from Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey and North Africa--or anything with an oud. Incredible selection of Umm Kulthum (Oum Koulsoum) CDs from France. Along Atlantic Avenue, in the Middle Eastern section, is an entire street of fine restaurants and little food shops.

Rebel Rebel
319 Bleecker Street
(between 7th Avenue and Christopher)
(212) 989-0770
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Used vinyl, focusing on music from 80-85, this place is heaven for anglophiles. While they do stock some new stuff, the emphasis on dance and alt.Brit (we once described the shop as a Cure/Morrisey fan's wet dream), including an assortment of current UK music magazines. Found "This Nation's Saving Grace" by the Fall here for $5 in mint condition. Never seen it anywhere else, so consider that a recommendation.

Reborn 14
238 East 14th Street
(between Second & Third Avenues, near Irving Plaza)
(212) 529-7370
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Now this is a real junk shop. Books and vinyl smelling of fresh cat pee. Albums as marked inside the covers and singles at $2 reflect pricing while intoxicated. They actually have a toilet in the back which is available to all who can find it. Unique. Recover at the Beauty Bar across the street.

Record Explosion
34th Street across from Macy's
neighborhood: Manhattan: Herald Square
Chain of at least three stores (another one we know of is at Broadway between John Street and Maiden Lane) that has a good selection of Latin CDs, as well as the pop/rock/dance hits.

Record Mart
In the 42nd Street subway stop, on the BMT (N&R) mezzanine
(212) 840-0580
Mon-Thu, 9am-8:30pm; Fri, 'til10:30; Sun, 12-7:30. neighborhood: Manhattan: Times Square
The quintessential New York store, only accessible once you've paid your subway fare! Jam-packed and hard to navigate, they specialize in Latin and Caribbean music, with some Latin Jazz, Pop and Rock. CDs are starting to take over. Lots of Mexican music to please NYC's fastest-growing minority. Pick up a copy of the book Salsaology here. Cash only.

Record Runner
5 Jones Street
(between Bleecker and West 4th Street)
(212) 255-4280
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
A cozy cubbyhole with mostly-mainstream vinyl at a price. Some new-wave and Brit-pop collectibles. Nothing off-beat or crazy.

Records Revisited
34 West 33rd Street
(212) 695-7155
neighborhood: Manhattan: Herald Square
Owner Morty Sevata, a real sweetheart, has a cut-off date of 1958 for the 78-RPM recordings he stocks. A vital and knowledgeable source for early classical, show tunes and nascent rock. Go upstairs for a real nostalgia trip.

Revolver Records
45 West 8th Street
(212) 982-6760
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
As the name may indicate, there¹s a lot of Beatle worship going on here, but that¹s not all. Heavy on memorabilia and a good selection of fanzines and mags. Strictly rock, with an assortment of used vinyl. Lots of books‹even sheet music to many rock albums.

Rockit Scientist
43 Carmine Street
(southwest of Bleecker)
(212) 242-0066
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
It doesn't take a, er, Rocket Scientist to realize that this store is somewhat lame. Compact discs and some overpriced vinyl, the only competitive price found was $30 for "Psychedelic Underground" by Amon Duul I. Some interesting psychedelia here, but better prices at Kim's Underground and what about those Neu! vinyl re-issues all priced at $31 each!

Rocks In Your Head
157 Prince Street
(212) 228-4557
neighborhood: Manhattan: Soho
The original Soho record store. With a punk-rock hangover, they also stock the new, the unusual, the latest indie/underground releases on vinyl when available. Amidst well-organized bins with classifications like White Trash and Sleazy Listening, there's a fine assortment used vinyl. CDs are hard to go through cause their clumsily trapped in glass cases. Tees, related books, videos, mags and assorted promo-only packages, all courtesy of your host, Ira.

Rose's Variety (a.k.a. Rose's Vintage Men's Store)
145 Second Avenue at 9th Street
(212) 979-7660
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Mostly used clothing with a couple of crates of beat-up records, about $2 each, that are refreshed occasionally. We've found great mood music & Nuevo Trova records here in the past, quite accidentally. Sister store to Rose's around the corner on 9th Street.

E. Rossi & Co.
191 Grand Street at Mulberry
(212) 226-9254
neighborhood: Manhattan: Little Italy
Not a lot of stock, but clearly the largest collection of Italian 8-tracks left on earth. Pounce on them, at $3.

Route 66 Records
258 Bleecker Street
(at Cornelia)
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Rather spare alternative rock collection, combined with a lousy used selection, equals a shrug.

Salvation Army
112 Fourth Avenue
(212) 673-2741
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Vinyl downstairs. CDs behind the register; cassettes, as well. User-friendly, i.e. picked over.

Satellite
342 Bowery
(between Great Jones & Bond Streets, near CBGBs)
(212)780-9305
Mon-Thu, 12-8; Fri & Sat,12-9; Sun, 1-7
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Cleverly hidden among replacement car-parts shops and Bowery missions. The spacious front of the shop features fashions and the vinyl is all jammed in the back half. Genres and sub-genres well-marked, aiding the neophyte. Many listening stations. Because of the wide variety of DJ-based records (ie. house, techno, trance, jungle, trip-hop, hardcore, ambient, electro, ad infinitum) this beehive buzzes with many tongues, all spoken fluently by the nimble staff. Mysterious vinyl is well marked with bar coded labels. Plastic.

St. Marks Sounds
20 St. Marks Place
(212) 677-3444
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
The main store, which once stood tall with its selection of new and used rock and alternative vinyl, is a real yawn. Pretty much new & used CDs these days, the good news is that new CDs hover at about $10. A good place to sell back what you're tired of.

St. Marks Sounds CD Store
16 St. Marks Place
(212) 677-2727
Mon-Thu, 12-10; Fri & Sat, 12-11; Sun, 12-9
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
The CD store, small as it is, offers a broad selection of the latest digital offerings (at very good prices) and cassettes (that seem to be on their way out). The bulk of the store is used CDs. Mike rules the roost: watch him dance if you ask to hear something he likes. Most new releases here go for $9.99. One of our favorite places.

Second Coming Records
235 Sullivan Street
(between 3rd and Bleecker Streets)
(212) 288-1313
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
One side compact discs and tapes, the other vinyl. The LP section is well-organized and full of interesting rock from the past thirty years. Some items are priced at the collector's level, (pre-1987 Fall records at $30-ish, the Recommended re-issue of "Faust So Far", $40. ) but some deals here also, (1979s "Soldier-Talk" by the Red Crayola for $8) . Our reviewer bought the Faust. Ouch.

Second Hand Rose's
525 6th Avenue at 14th Street
(212) 675-3735
Mon-Sat, 11-7; Sun, 12-5
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
If there¹s a sweet Œol Rose associated with this place, the present owners have her tied up somewhere in the back! Mostly vinyl, priced by the book‹that¹s a minimum of $10 for anything worthwhile, upwards to $40. Soundtracks, of which there are plenty, run $20 - $50. Selection of LPs on the street for a buck; some a pretty good buy. Big 3 CCs accepted.

See Hear
33 St. Marks Place
(212) 505-9781
(fax) 387-8017
7 days, 11 -11.
seehearfan@aol.com
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Best place in the city for those hard-to-find teenage tattoo/music mags and biker-punk bios‹literally all indie music publications under one roof. Ted, your hidden host, maintains a fine selection of new and used music books, counterculture comics and magazines, fanzines, and every current popular pop music mag.

Sikhulu Record Shack
274 West 125 Street
(212) 866-1600
neighborhood: Manhattan: Harlem
Near and sort-of opposite the Apollo Theater, this is the one-stop-shopping HQ for reggae, soca, and dancehall releases, heavy on the latest singles ($5). African section in the back and getting smaller each year. Tons of vinyl at $10 -$12. Bargain bins and Caribbean concert videos. Cash only.

Skyline Books & Records Inc.
13 West 18th Street
(212) 675-4773
neighborhood: Manhattan: Midtown South (Chelsea, Flatiron, Gramercy Park)
Across the street from Academy, Skyline used to have a whole back room of used rock/pop LP's and 12", now just a small area. Good used music book selection. Cozy. CC & local checks.

Smash Compact Discs
17 St. Marks Place
(between Second and Third Avenues)
(212) 473-2200
7 days, 11-10
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Recommended more for its selection of used CDs than anything else. It does carry an interesting assortment of rarities, promos, bootlegs, etc. as well as a lot of imports, but its prices are a bit on the high end. I do recommend checking out the used record guy who's outside on the weekends for his collection of funk, rock, R&B and soul. Negotiate on the overpriced collectors' pieces above the register. Plastic.

Sonic Groove
41 Carmine Street (southwest of Bleecker)
(212) 675-5284
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Spacious, stylish wood paneling, and four really nice turntable listening stations. Sonic Groove specializes in electronica/ dance (as in, you won't find anything else here). All the latest 12"s.

Sound Track
119 7th Avenue
(718) 622-1888
neighborhood: Brooklyn: Park Slope
Considered Park Slope's number-two record store, located in the heart of the rollerblade/minidog/oversized-perambulator district of Brooklyn. A strange juxtaposition of reasonably priced, newly released CD's (very limited selection), antique turntable parts (a pleasant surprise) and 12" vinyl dance singles (very limited selection). No rare finds here, but hidden underneath CD shelves are sealed LP's, there were multiple copies of decade-old unspectacular A-Ha and Mike and the Mechanics records at blowout prices, (but, alas alas noDuran Duran).

Space Age Bachelor Pad
77 East 10th Street
(between Third & Fourth Avenues)
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
One of the few remaining East Village knee-deep-in-junk stores, this place features well-worn vinyl in milk crates alongside waterlogged Playboys and old beer coasters. Recent attempts at orderliness have successfully failed. Worth a visit just to pass a few moments with Larry, the kindly curmudgeon-in-training. Dig for treasure.

Spivey Records
328 West 125 Street
(212) 663-5706
neighborhood: Manhattan: Harlem
Typical setup with Jamaican vinyl to the left, soca to the right. Nice guy DJ Newton 'Spivey' Lewis also records soca for his own label when he's not running the Tropix Restaurant.

Stooz Records
122 East 7th Street
(between First Avenue & Avenue A)
(212) 979-6294
Mon-Thu, noon-2 am; Fri-Sat noon-1 am; Sun, 12-9
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Used vinyl and CDs and the latest new hit & hip. A difficult store to contend with: the spacious back area offers a wide assortment of rock, punk, jazz, funk and soul vinyl, but definitely no bargains. The CDs are either on the front counter and difficult to extract, or in locked glass cases. Cassettes are cheap. Word has it that much of the collectible stuff once belonged to Manny of Manny's at the old Knitting Factory (ie. Luscious Jackson's "In Search of Manny"). Plastic.

Straker Records
242 Utica Avenue at St. John's Place
(718) 756-0040
neighborhood: Brooklyn: Crown Heights
Take the 3 or 4 train to the Utica Ave stop. A great place for Soca and old time Calypso, even Socalypso, if you must. There own label releases many a fine jump-up, including many by comeback King of carnival '93, the Mighty Chalkdust.

Strange?
445 East 9th Street
(between First Avenue & Avenue A)
(212) 505-3025
strange@pipeline.com
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Strange indeed. Rave threads in the back and one rack of CDs in the front. Not for the uninitiated. A good place to pick up invites to East Coast raves. Techno. Ambient. They seem to specialize in the work put out by the indie label Fax.

Strange Cargo
117 East 7th Street
(between First Avenue & Avenue A)
(212) 260-6495
Mon-Thu, 12-8; Fri & Sat, 12-10; Sun, 12-6
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Brand-new nostalgia shop, probably better for for the related music promo items than the small selection of choice LPs, singles and a few CDs. Hey, they got 8-tracks, old music mags and a Masters of the Universe singles tote at $13.

Strider Records
23 Jones Street
(between 4th and Bleecker Streets)
(212) 675-3040
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Catering to the purist who believes rock music stopped in the late seventies, vinyl only, and quite a lot of it. If you're looking for anything American or British from the years 1950 to 1975, they have it. Cramped conditions, but the personable and knowledgable employees will move stuff for you, just ask! Tons (we mean it) of 45's decorate the walls here. Worth checking out.

Subterranean Records
5 Cornelia Street
(between West 4th and Bleecker Streets)
(212) 463-8900
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Take a few steps down and you're in indie-rock heaven, the small and cramped ex-Hideout Records. Well-stocked new vinyl and competitively-priced used vinyl, mostly pre-post punk.

Temple Records, inside Liquid Sky
241 Lafayette Street at Spring Street
(212) 431-6718
neighborhood: Manhattan: Soho
Perhaps the extreme in lack of markings by which the uninitiated may find guidance. Vinyl by sub-genre and label only. DJ will play selections. Perhaps it's the benches outside, but this place is a bit of a scene.

Throb
211 East 14th Street
(between Second and Third Avenues)
(212) 533-BEAT
Mon-Sat, 12-9; Sun, 1-9
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Mecca for DJs and followers of rave sounds. Very helpful staff will guide you with suggestions and definitions. Listening stations. Some CDs, but mostly vinyl, all well organized by genres. Don't look for any bargains, but rather the most up-to-date beats. A friend says, "Unlike other stores, these guys don't withhold limited new releases for themselves." Plastic.

Tiger's Reggae Hut
1092 Nostrand Avenue near Lincoln
(718) 469-1325
neighborhood: Brooklyn: along Nostrand Avenue
Looks too new to be good, but go in back for old R&B & disco 7" singles and very old reggae leftovers. I got an old Burning Spear ina crewcut record!

Tompkins Park Books and Records
111 East 7th Street
(212) 979-8958
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
A used-book store with used LPs, 7" and 12" singles that is guaranteed to contain a few gems for those with the patience to wade through the jumble. Really nice people, who more and more have realized the value of what they have. We always find a few good used LPs and music books every trip. They take personal checks and they like what they do.

Tower Annex
Lafayette & East 4th Street
(212) 505-1500
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
What's left of Tower's vinyl (not much, although they always seem on the verge of becoming a collectors' store) is still at the Annex, where, amidst the mostly-classical mid-line and budget selection you may be surprised at what you can find. Check it out often for its rotating crop of surprises, and its low prices on leftover CD's, a lot of them imports you may not have otherwise seen.

Tower Records
692 Broadway at 4th Street
(212) 505-1500
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Tower succeeds more for its sheer volume of merchandise than for anything else. The jazz and classical rooms are well stocked. We use Tower as our default store when we need new things, and need them in a hurry for a project.

Tower Records Uptown
1961 Broadway
(212) 799-2500
neighborhood: Manhattan: Upper West Side
Claims the best classical selection in the city: on any given day, a half-million CDs. Probably the most comfortable of the megas; unlike Virgin, you notice the music, not the place.

Triton
247 Bleecker Street
(between Cornelia and Carmine)
(212) 243-3610
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Small electronics store with a routine selection of current CD releases at a discount, as well as a smattering of bootlegs, imports and oddities.

Tropical Records
1417 Nostrand Avenue
(718) 856-1475
neighborhood: Brooklyn: along Nostrand Avenue
Half greeting-card store, looks tiny, acts mighty with just-off-the-boat dancehall singles and a "riddim"-matcher (Mitch) who knows his stuff.

26th Street Flea Market
At Sixth Avenue
neighborhood: Manhattan: Midtown South (Chelsea, Flatiron, Gramercy Park)
Every weekend as long as it's warm. Many dealers. Get there early.

Venus Records
13 St. Marks Place
(212) 598-4459
(fax) 941-6536
neighborhood: Manhattan: East Village
Seven years ago, we set the trend for the music industry by characterizing the music in this store as "grungy". Nothing has changed much since then, except that the record biz has picked up on our lead and Venus is carrying more "product" than ever. Upstairs are new and used CDs and cassettes at OK prices and lots of used or open CDs at $5 or less. Older and collectible LPs at reasonable prices are in the basement, including an excellent selection of 70s hardcore punk 7" singles. Like almost all stores in New York, they no longer sell bootlegs. Venus will take your plastic/checks.

Vinyl Mania Dance Music HQ
60 Carmine Street
(at Bleecker, Bedford, and 7th Avenue South)
(212) 924-3309
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Tremendous selection of 12" dance discs. Lots of professional DJs and wanna-bees jousting for the hottest releases - go by late on Friday afternoon for a real madhouse. Whittled down from a three-store empire, the remaining Dance Music HQ still rules with its selection of 12" singles, as well as old disco, reggae, imports, homemade dance tapes and hard-to-find compilations.

Vinyl Mania Jazz Annex
43 Carmine Street
(212) 463-7120

neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village

Virgin Megastore
neighborhood: Manhattan: Times Square

Worldtone Music / Folk Dance Music International / Record Loft / Dance Records & Shoes
230 7th Avenue
(between 23rd and 24th Streets)
(212) 691-1934
Mon-Fri,10:30-7; Sat, 10-6; Sun 12-7
neighborhood: Manhattan: Midtown South (Chelsea, Flatiron, Gramercy Park)
Only New York could spawn such an eclectic specialty store that buzzes you upstairs to a world of ballet shoes, costume patterns, folk songbooks, recordings and an extensive collection of dance 45s - from square to round, cha-cha to hustle.

Zapp Records
258 Bleecker Street
(212) 366-4958
neighborhood: Manhattan: West Village
Picture discs and other memorabilia on one wall. Mostly rock and pop CDs. Well, at least it's clean.

 
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