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I was on vacation last week in the DC area (hot and humid, by the way), and while it was mostly a history and political week with a couple of river excursions, I had time to stop by a couple of record stores in Fairfax, VA, where I was staying with relatives. There are two - the Record and Tape Exchange (aka RTX), and Mobius, both on Main Street. RTX had a little classical, Mobius none, but both had a selection of interesting rock, jazz and soundtracks, both new and used. Of the two, RTX was prouder of its sealed and rare releases - some pretty high prices for some of it -$400 for a Mosaic set of Bill Evans, for example, and $50 records were common - but many Japanese pressings of jazz, for example, and actually lots of reasonably priced stuff as well - I found a very nice LP of John Prine priced at $1. Mobius was more "normal" from a pricing standpoint, and lots of interesting stuff there too - found a pristine set of "Will the Circle be Unbroken" for $9, which I thought was more than reasonable.
I asked both proprietors about the business - both said it was great, and at RTX, he said that the media didn't call the increase in vinyl that he saw nearly soon enough.
Lots of shoppers at RTX, fewer at Mobius, although I was there at the start of dinner time.
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I've only been in RTX twice but that's more a reflection of my own lack of free time than anything else. Nice store with a good variety to pick through and not all of it is expensive.
Next time you're in the area with some time to kill, check out CD Cellar over in Falls Church. Like any other store trying to turn a profit, they price up all rock that is even remotely desirable, but the selection is good and I've hauled plenty of $1 and $3 LPs from their jazz and funk bins. In the back left corner they also have a small selection of used hi-fi gear.
IT is nice to have time to follow one's own interests when traveling. An understanding it took me a while to get to.
Not to discount the once in a lifetime stuff, but the activities you enjoy normally can have great resonance back home. My old copy of Rust never sleeps is a dutch pressing, from he same dutch shop that went to the back and got me a nice Chuck Berry 16 hits album.
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