Do you like vinyl?
I like the sound of vinyl better. I like that it isn't so sterile and stripped.
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

I was thinking about getting a record player but then it's just more junk to store.

You asked a pretty question; I've given you the ugly answer.
Fasten Your Seatbelts….
It's Going To Be A Bumpy Night!

“Call a SPADE, a SPADE; and a TRANNY, a TRANNY, or an IT!!!”.
"THAT'S SOME BAD
SHIT
,
HARRY
!".

Same.

I LOVED going to record stores AND video stores.
“Call a SPADE, a SPADE; and a TRANNY, a TRANNY, or an IT!!!”.
"THAT'S SOME BAD
SHIT
,
HARRY
!".

Oh yeah, I've seen that one before. More memories. Unfortunately, the metalheads I knew were always such music snobs and had no tolerance for punk or hardcore or anything that didn't sound like Metallica or Guns N' Roses.

Shopping for records in 1989
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NZ music is not as interesting these days, but you could say that for music in general. I have so much NZ music from the two decades you mentioned and it's brilliant. Good times!

I'm not surprised you still have cool record shops in New Zealand. NZ had a thriving music scene in the 80s/90s via Flying Nun Records and bands like The Chills, The Clean, The Bats, Tall Dwarfs, Chris Knox, etc. I don't know what's coming out of NZ these days but I'm sure it's interesting.

We still have a store like that! It's called Real Groovy and it's brilliant.
https://www.google.com/search?q=real+groovy&gs_ivs=1#lpg=cid:CgIgARICCAI%3D

I used to love Newbury Comics back in the day (both the Newbury St and Harvard locations), it was easily my favorite record store, but not so much now. Their music selection just isn't what it used to be, and their prices are outrageous. Also, Tower Records on Newbury Street was great too but that's now a distant memory.

How about Newbury Street?
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

Yeah, most of the record stores I frequented in the Boston area in the 80s and 90s are long gone. I miss those places. Nice that you still have a good record shop in your area.

Rad. This was five years before I was born, so I never experienced record stores at their peak. The record store in my hometown was open until around 2004 or so, and still had a lot or their old inventory, but it was mostly CDs and cassettes by the time I was going there. Thankfully, the used record store I've frequented since college has, in the past few years, taken to selling new records as well, including Record Store Day releases. But it's nothing like this.
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