jazz stores in Dallas area

[samnat]

upcoming trip to Addison TX, and I know about Half-Price books, but any other jazz vinyl stores in the Dallas/Addison/Plano area?

[kh1958]

There is Forever Young Records, which is west of Dallas in the Arlington/Grand Prairie area (it has alot of jazz vinyl but charges collectors' prices):

Forever Young Records 972-352-6299 2955 S State Highway 360, Grand Prairie, TX 75052

There is also Recycled Records in Denton, which has some vinyl, plus used CDs.

I hesitate to mention the odious Bill's Records, and I'm in fact not sure it is still open.

For CDs, there is CD Source on Greenville Avenue and Lovers Lane, which is much better than the typical used CD store.

Edited January 7, 2008 by kh1958

[JSngry]

That's about it these days. There's a CD Somethingoranotehr in Plano that varies like crazy, but really, the used CD thing here is skelatal verging on dead, and HP is it for vinyl (I don't know either if Bill's os still open, but even if it is, don't bother). Thing is, there's a buttload of 'em all over the area, and ther's not way to predict what'll be in any given one. But start at the main store on NW Hwy, get a map/list, and take it from there.

You can always do like the locals do - surf the net and shop like that.

[Big Al]

Yeah, what kh1958 & JSngry said, word for word. Gas prices keep me from going to CD Source & the big HPB as much as I used to. Forever Young has a more-than-decent used CD selection, considering their focus is more on vinyl than anything else.

Edited January 8, 2008 by Big Al

[samnat]

Thanks to all for the tips and the clear picture of the landscape of music buying down there. The internet is certainly a vast source of goods of all kinds, but the search is so much more fulfilling in person and in 3-D.

I'll probably have to get my kicks at the Library of Congress from now on. They still have music!

[kh1958]

HP Books is of course more often a source of frustration--yesterday I stopped by the big one and they had an original copy of Monk Plays Duke Ellington on Riverside--unfortunately, as is usually the case, the record had been abused (yet they still thought they could sell it for $15, good luck). Vinyl in decent shape is the exception rather than the rule there.

[clifford_thornton]

Yes, I used to work at a shop where the owner just looked at the Goldmine near mint price. Therefore, we had completely destroyed BNs for $75-$100. One day when he was out of town, I repriced them all to around $10 and they sold like hotcakes!

[Big Al]

HP Books is of course more often a source of frustration--yesterday I stopped by the big one and they had an original copy of Monk Plays Duke Ellington on Riverside--unfortunately, as is usually the case, the record had been abused (yet they still thought they could sell it for $15, good luck). Vinyl in decent shape is the exception rather than the rule there.

Oh, I don't know: I was in there New Year's Day and picked up Tony Bennett's CLOUD 7 on the original red-label Columbia for $6. It sounds beautiful. Like Jim said, it's very hit-or-miss with HPB. Sometimes it's a goldmine, other times it's a chore raking thru all the Herb Alpert/Chuck Magione/David Sanborn/Spyro Gyra/Boots Randolph/Al Hirt records to find out there's nothing there. Just depends on what day you go, I guess.

[kh1958]

HP Books is of course more often a source of frustration--yesterday I stopped by the big one and they had an original copy of Monk Plays Duke Ellington on Riverside--unfortunately, as is usually the case, the record had been abused (yet they still thought they could sell it for $15, good luck). Vinyl in decent shape is the exception rather than the rule there.

Oh, I don't know: I was in there New Year's Day and picked up Tony Bennett's CLOUD 7 on the original red-label Columbia for $6. It sounds beautiful. Like Jim said, it's very hit-or-miss with HPB. Sometimes it's a goldmine, other times it's a chore raking thru all the Herb Alpert/Chuck Magione/David Sanborn/Spyro Gyra/Boots Randolph/Al Hirt records to find out there's nothing there. Just depends on what day you go, I guess.

Yes, I like those old Columbias too.

[blake]

Bill's is still open. He relocated south of downtown (maybe Lamar, I can't recall). Regardless, it's not worth visiting.