My favorite:
Amoeba Music!
I go to the Berkeley location regularly:







It's the largest music store in California, along with the San Francisco and Hollywood locations

bboy87 said:

Totally.

Raze said:

It's still there. But Sue isn't. She got bought out and they retained the name. It's a shell of what it once was.

GangstaFam said:

Sue was a real sweetheart. I haven't been in there since the turnover.

Yes, it's in Uptown. And, yes, it's just across the street from Calhoun Square. But that's not why it's great.

It's great because it has a huge selection, will probably exist long after every other music store is bankrupt, and if you've been clicking/flipping for a couple of hours, your hands will start to resemble that of a ditch digger.

MoonSongs said:

Those are all good ones.

I like Encore quite a bit too.

RIP Hot Hits.

And good riddance to Music Station.

sammij said:

Man, I've been there a dozen times! When'd they close?

Sue was a real sweetheart. I haven't been in there since the turnover.

Encore is my favorite in Ann Arbor and probably overall. Great selection and often great prices on the vinyl!

What is Hot Hits? It sounds familar and I've probably been there...by any chance is it that one that sells a little bit of everything and is on Gratiot. All those mentioned are really good but have you ever been to Memories and Melodies? It's a gem! It's pretty amazing with a huge selection of new CDs and used vinyls. There is a whole room of $1 records and about two rooms called "The Dance Room" or something with 12" records. When I go back home, I gotta go back there. I like Recordtime (in Roseville....not sure if I've been to the other) but often get sort of bored there.

I just got a digital camera and I'll bring it with me next time I go to any of these places. Gratiot actually has Recordtime and M&M within a few miles and I tend to go there. Also, when I was around there last time I looked for Car City (which is close, on Little Mack but I didn't find it). I remember going there like about ten years ago and I think it was Ok then.

recently i think, i don't quite remember but i'd love to bus down there one day and take some awesome pictures of the records

sammij said:

I'll have to do that when I'm there later this month.

it's a piece of history now

sammij said:

Do they still light it up?

I've been in Toronto 3 times in the past year and hadn't noticed they were out of business.

Neal ~
You completely, totally need to write a book. It would be an amazing read ~ pictures included please

bboy87 said:

I've always wanted to go to this store!! I'm gonna have to make a trip to Berkeley soon.I wanna do a vinyl dig at that place.How is their selection of vinyl?

We gotta get Finess to come to the Bay Area.I know a few places that he would LOVE.

Later in life, I found a place near my High School in "The Village" called...

Wazoo Records in Ann Arbor ~ crazy insane and I spend ridiculous amounts of money on my rare jaunts there

Record Time in Roseville and Ferndale ~ The Roseville store once had a contest to see who could be rudest to the customers

And, Neptune's in Royal Oak ~ tiny tiny and the staff have just the right amount of musical arrogance ~ OMG the cool things they've found for me.

(all Michigan) although I don't get to any of them nearly enough.

Been 2 the Record Time in Ferndale,it's o.k. Just wondering have you been 2 Car City on Mack,in St Clair Shores that store has everything.
But nothing will ever take the place of Sam's Jam's of Ferndale now that was a wrecka stow