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The thread below reminds me that I'll be in the DC area for five days soon, Arlington specifically. Any easy-to-get-to recommendations would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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I own Som Records in DC and have to chime in. I've been record shopping in DC since 1988 and can give you a pretty good rundown (non-biased IMHO) of all the DC shops:Orpheus - best overall used selection in town although a bit pricey and a bit random pricewise (colored stickers that only indicate a "range" of prices) at times. no listening stations.
Joe's - Also a great selection which sometimes means you have to weed through a lot to find gold. Good prices and steady new arrivals. Only negative is distance from central DC and lack of Metro access.
Crooked Beat - (my old store). Best selection of new/sealed vinyl in the area. Great for rock, punk and reggae. Not as good for soul, jazz and hip-hop. Great for rare DVD's as well.
Memory Lane - Best store for rare jazz, soul and funk. Expensive but generally worth it. Strong 7" selection as well.
Road House Oldies - Best store for 7"s in the area. Very strong in soul and funk but have found the occassional garage gem in here for cheap.
Som Records (my new shop) - Best shop for international LP's (Brazilian, Latin, African and reggae), disco, house and hip-hop 12"s. Also strong in blues, folk, country, rock, soul and jazz. compact store but not much filler. New arrivals daily.
Cheeers,
Neal (aka DJ Neville C)
good to know. I gotta get down to your shop, man. I've heard about you down there and been wanting to check you out.
A search in VA's archives should yield the addresses for two more must-dos in the DC area: the Record and Tape Exchange in Fairfax VA and Joe's something or other out in Rockville. Sorry I can't be more helpful, but a search on vinyl in DC should get you what you need. Good luck!
Yup, Joe's Record Paradise. Was there this afternoon, and picked up a stereo original Ike
Quebec BN84114, a Ben Webster/Barney Bigard/Benny Carter on Swingville, an original stereo "Blues and the Abstract Truth" from Oliver Nelson, plus Sonny Rollins, Don Patterson and Catalyst. All great stuff. They have a couple of turntables set up, so that buyers can check condition of LPs, or content, for that matter.
Great record store. So is Orpheus.
Have fun...
Where is this Joe's anyway? and how have I missed it? Ike Quebec? I'm there!
They have a website which includes directions to their store, at 1300 E Gude Drive in Rockville. http://www.joesrecordparadise.com/Page3.html
There's also Crooked Beat on 18th Street (202.483.BEAT) and Som Records on 14th a couple of blocks down from the Black Cat nightclub. The dude who owns Crooked Beat is into, as I am, the old New Zealand/Aussie bands of the late 80's, so he's a pretty cool dude in my book. Crooked Beat is in Adam's Morgan and is quite a hike from a metro station. Som is a couple of blocks from the one at U Street. But Orpheus is the place not to be missed. They clean and grade each of their albums. Just know that the 'reds' and 'blues' tend to be a little beat. They also have quite a large selection of new vinyl. Come armed, cuz the more you buy, the less you pay. Plus its right by a metro station (Clarendon).
Agree with blackdog. Orpheus is located in the Clarendon section of Arlington. You can either drive there or take the Metro from D.C.
Happy hunting.
Orpheus Records
3173 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, Va 22201
703-294-6774
I remember when it was on M St. in Georgetown, back in the 70s. If I recall correctly, it was still there in the early 90s (though I could be wrong - my last trip there may have been in the mid 80s - anyway, it's no longer there). Guess the G'town rents climbed too high for a humble used vinyl store.
yep. Rick still owns it though. All the old record stores are gone now. I sure would like to know what happened to my old pal Art 'Lobo' Wray who used to run Luna Disc here in Old Town. If anybody's seen or heard about his whereabouts let me know.
I got into John Coltrane in high school in NJ, about six-seven years after he died. "Sunship" was the starting point. I pulled together much of my rather extensive Trane set during my Georgetown University years in the 70s. Orpheus was my main source - I bought just about anything by him that they got in. Since it was just a few years after his untimely death, the prices were still reasonable, and I created/maintained a mental image of a young master in his prime, which I carry with me to this day. Anyway, big article in the NYTimes today about Jazz at Lincoln Center's plans to celebrate his 80th birthday. 80th birthday! Made me feel ooooooooolllllllllldddddd...
Yeah...Trane...I hate it that his date of death is my date of birth. I can still remember playing "Love Supreme" on my old B&O tt, through my old Mission Cyrus and throwing out my cd copy because that record played better, cleaner, and more, shall I say it?, supremely than that chunk of plastic ever did. Lord, that was over 20 years ago. I bought a new pressing of the album a few months ago and it was a totally dirty pressing. Ah well... But I did pick up mint copies of Horace Silver's "Song for my Father" and Lee Morgan's "Sidewinder" a couple of weeks ago at Orpheus, and that made me real happy. 2 of my all time favs.
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