Half Price Books, RECORDS, Magazines. Duh I didn't know they sell albums

candyliquor35m

I found out by accident. I went there today and couldn't be more impressed. 19 albums for $52 and the condition is phenominal. Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac, Elton, Joe Sample, David Benoit, Chuck Mangione, Stanley Clarke, Van Halen, etc.

madmax

We have "Record and Tape Traders" and "Wonder Book and Video" here that sells records both used and new.
madmax

candyliquor35m

madmax wrote: »

We have "Record and Tape Traders" and "Wonder Book and Video" here that sells records both used and new.
madmax

I live in the burbs so I don't have anything like that except the thrift store which has mostly scratchy and scratchier ones. I know time for a record cleaner. What kind of prices do the record stores have? Half Price has all theirs at $1.98 and $2.98.

madmax

Record and tape traders has them for about the same price new as www.acousticsounds.com (which is my all time favorite). Thing is, they only have a few, the latest releases, and often times for a few dollars more you can get the next step up audiophile version at acoustic sounds.
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izafar

candyliquor35m wrote: »

I found out by accident. I went there today and couldn't be more impressed. 19 albums for $52 and the condition is phenominal. Dire Straits, Fleetwood Mac, Elton, Joe Sample, David Benoit, Chuck Mangione, Stanley Clarke, Van Halen, etc.

I miss the half price books store from my Houston days. I bought alot of good records from the University Ave location.

candyliquor35m

izafar wrote: »

I miss the half price books store from my Houston days. I bought alot of good records from the University Ave location.

Oops I thought they were national but they're only in 13 states so far.

http://www.halfpricebooks.com/index.html

I went to the one closest to me at westheimer and kirkwood. I better not go the other ones. I must have had about twice as many picked out and then thought damn I don't need this many so I put a bunch back.

How long were you in houston?

cmy330go

For being a relatively small city, we here in Des Moines have it pretty good. We have two dedicated vinyl shops, plus a Half Price Books, and a number of Goodwill stores. The larger of the two vinyl shops has a good selection of both new and used at excellent prices. Whereas the other carries a lot of older, more obscure albums.

Considering that Kansas City (which is approximately 4 times the size of Des Moines) doesn't have any dedicated record shops to speak of, I've become much more appreciative of what we have here.