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New York: Manhattan: Lower East Side
Last updated September 1, 1997
Bate Records
140 Delancey Street
(between Norfolk and Suffolk Streets)
(212) 677-3180
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").
Disco Hit Record Shop
87 Clinton Street at Rivington Street
(212) 673-9880
7 days, 11-7
Surrounded by cake decorating specialty stores, theyıve 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.
Fama Record Shop
61 Clinton Street
(212) 677-2285
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.
Jewish Record Shop
147 Essex Street
We've gone by, but never when they're open.
Main Squeeze
19 Essex Street
(212) 614-3109
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!
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