the last remaining ny record stores

[alocispepraluger102]

http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/200...ast-remain.html

[7/4]

• Record Stores Fight to Be Long-Playing
  
• In Princeton, an Offline Haven for Music Shoppers Thrives
  
• Record Store Day
  

[BillF]

Sad news. A worldwide phenomenon. Among the names of the fallen personally mourned by me are Mole Jazz, Dobell's, Reckless Records, The Polar Bear, Decoy, Tower Records, Virgin ....

[Hardbopjazz]

Real sad news, today I decided to go to J&R Music. Their jazz CD inventory has been reduced to half an isle. There was hardly anything worth buying. J&R was the last really good CD store in NY.

[Blue Train]

J&R was the last really good CD store in NY.

Huh? What are you looking for/buying to say they're the last good CD store?

Edited June 19, 2013 by Blue Train

[Hardbopjazz]

J&R use to have a whole floor of a building devoted to jazz. Now hardly anything.

[sidewinder]

J&R use to have a whole floor of a building devoted to jazz. Now hardly anything.

I remember that place less than 10 years ago being 'stacked to the gunnells' with jazz. Including several copies of that behemoth 'Jazz In Paris' box. I bought much of the 'Free America' series from there. Sad to hear..

Edited June 20, 2013 by sidewinder

[Hardbopjazz]

J&R use to have a whole floor of a building devoted to jazz. Now hardly anything.

I remember that place less than 10 years ago being 'stacked to the gunnells' with jazz. Including several copies of that behemoth 'Jazz In Paris' box. I bought much of the 'Free America' series from there. Sad to hear..

Down to one isle.

[7/4]

Really!?!? I haven't been there since Winter.

[sgcim]

That's sad about J&R, but we know what NYC is all about... I scored many great CDs and LPs there. I still remember when one of their employees defiantly put Steely Dan in the Jazz section, with something like, "Yes, they deserve to be here!!!".

Another time, I heard them talking about a chick they knew who was a Frank Strozier groupie.

I used to go into Manhattan every week, and spend twelve hours just looking at records at Tower, J&R, Rockit Scientist, etc...Now they're all gone. I haven't gone into Manhattan in years- it's just a big tourist attraction- Bloomberg's destroyed it...

[Steve Reynolds]

DMG is still there

Hard to get to but they have a huge selection of great music

[Blue Train]

I think I understand him. Last place to get pre-60's style Jazz CD's in NYC.

Edited June 21, 2013 by Blue Train

[kh1958]

Not true; there's the Jazz Record Center.

[brownie]

How about Academy records?

http://www.academy-records.com/

Plenty of interesting jazz items there!

They were doing good business (in their two stores) when I last travelled to NY...

[Blue Train]

There are a lot of great record stores still left....which is why I think he's limiting it to CD's and a certain time period.

[Hardbopjazz]

J&R not only had a very large selection, but the prices were great.

[uli]

kinda loosley related

Oliver Lake posted this on twitter

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120730infamous

Edited June 21, 2013 by uli

[Hoppy T. Frog]

That's sad about J&R, but we know what NYC is all about... I scored many great CDs and LPs there. I still remember when one of their employees defiantly put Steely Dan in the Jazz section, with something like, "Yes, they deserve to be here!!!".

Another time, I heard them talking about a chick they knew who was a Frank Strozier groupie.

I used to go into Manhattan every week, and spend twelve hours just looking at records at Tower, J&R, Rockit Scientist, etc...Now they're all gone. I haven't gone into Manhattan in years- it's just a big tourist attraction- Bloomberg's destroyed it...

Bloomberg ruined all the museums too? He's responsible for the bookings at Carnegie Hall?