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New York: Manhattan: Times Square
Last updated September 1, 1997
Colony Record & Tape Center
1619 Broadway at 49th Street
(212) 265-2050
(fax) 956-6009
7 days, 10 am- 2:30 am
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?
Manhattan Music Center
42nd Street at 10th Avenue
(212) 563-4508
(fax) 563-4847
Latin-music store in the heart of the Latin-wholesale-only area.
Music Factory
1476 Broadway at 45th Street
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.
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.
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.
Virgin Megastore
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