Stateside vinyl stores

kani · Post by **kani** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:39 pm

So... considering the dollar is dropping like a rock, (but not enough for me to stop buying expendables such as dubstep rekkids) anyone recommend a good stateside record store so i dont have to keep paying royally expensive mail?

and for anyone who might feel the need to inform me of the 'google'.. just try googling 'dubstep, vinyl, $, united states, LA, Toronto, NYC, Chicago, SF.. etc." or dance record store even. nilz

quietmouse · Post by **quietmouse** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:20 am

forced exposure

kani · Post by **kani** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:25 am

Quietmouse wrote:forced exposure

i get their weekly mailer and i guess they do have a few titles, but i havent seen any dubstep in the last few weeks on there.
thanks for the suggestion regardless..

sines · Post by **sines** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:30 am

expensive but 'ere

http://www.breakbeatscience.com/

kani · Post by **kani** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:00 am

damn, i just gave the Forced Exposure back catalog a rifling... nice finds!

bbs as well.
thanks...

prisoner · Post by **prisoner** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:05 am

kani wrote:damn, i just gave the Forced Exposure back catalog a rifling... nice finds!

bbs as well.
thanks...

i've heard they don't update their site as much as they should, so a lot of the back cat stuff they might not actually have....

if you stick with redeye you usually don't pay much more then $11/12" if buy a couple at a time. but their shipping takes awhile sometimes.

little boh peep · Post by **little boh peep** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:04 am

prisoner wrote:i've heard they don't update their site as much as they should, so a lot of the back cat stuff they might not actually have....

You can say that again. I've placed sizable orders with them twice now only to be told they only had one or two out of eight plates I wanted.

I'd love to support a US business, but I'd rather pay a little more from a UK shop and actually get the record I'm after...

dusk governor · Post by **dusk governor** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:25 am

aye FE are incredibly bad about updating their in stock records..
made me give up as welll...just use chemical & redeye..it'll run you about the same as getting in the US especially aftter FE raised the price of a single 12" to 11.50..

mushieslushie · Post by **mushieslushie** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:40 am

I've gone through what your going through, and I've found that Redeye is the best. They might not get new stuff in right away, but shipping is half what it is from Chemical, and billions less than dubplate. I've bought from Forced Exposure, Dance Records, and Redeye.

Also from Amoeba, in SF. You save on shipping going to a store, but its probably more expensive. I got Diary of an Afro Warrior from there for $27, goes for about $23 at Redeye.

dusk governor · Post by **dusk governor** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:29 pm

just ordered a single 12" from redeye...
12.06 USD including shipping...

steppo · Post by **steppo** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:39 pm

some stuff at trainspottersmusic.com on tech shelves but i'm not 100% if its online

south3rn · Post by **south3rn** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:48 pm

www.dancerecords.com

search for "dub step"

spencertron · Post by **spencertron** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:54 pm

i visited san francisco and found a place called amoeba records...it was a huge record store...however i was buying psychedelic westcoast folk and country music at the time, true story....i'm sure they have a dance music section

Lurka · Post by **Lurka** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:25 pm

massive props to stateside gang still buying vinyl! must be a right slag getting all the latest stuff!

kani · Post by **kani** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:35 pm

dusk governor wrote:aye FE are incredibly bad about updating their in stock records..
made me give up as welll...

i knew it was too good to be true..
from FE:

Thanks for your order. The following items have shipped via UPS on 4/18/2008:
1 REVOLVER 011EP Martyn: Broken 12"
1 TEC 011EP Cyrus: From the Shadows 1 12"
Sorry, the following items are currently unavailable and have been cancelled from your order:
1 2KR 001EP Henry & Louis: Answer RMX 10"
1 ABC 099EP Richie Spice: Burning RMX 12"
1 EAR 003EP Joker: Kapsize 12"
1 MEDI 003EP Loefah/Coki: Disko/All 12"
1 TEC 018LP Pinch: Underwater Dancehall2LP
1 TEXTURE 009EP Darqwan: Rob One 7 12"
not the latest joints, but thought i had some classics in the bag for a sec.

..
this might require a small coup to occur at my local record store to get him in the program..

struggle · Post by **struggle** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:54 pm

even w/shipping included buying from redeye or chemical is still about the same (if not slightly cheaper) as buying from most of my local stores. at $12.99 usd + tax here plus having to wait weeks longer before they arrive stateside i'm still going uk.

prisoner · Post by **prisoner** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:55 pm

at least you got that Martyn 12" ; )

i've been after that Joker release as well....check redeye, they should have a few of those other ones on your list.

so who orders the dubstep @ vital anyways? mike/dave?

(this is joe/dfx btw)

ransom · Post by **ransom** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:23 pm

In the Washington, DC area one shop that carried dubstep closed down in March, and then another (Dj Hut) reopened in the middle of NW DC and is stocking dubstep. I don't know who they have distro accounts with, but I swung by on Thursday night this week and picked up a few releases.

I think they only have one or two bins of dubstep, then two bins of drum'n'bass, and then tons of hip-hop and house. Also, the dubstep and drum'n'bass selection seemed to be about a week behind what you'd see listed on Chemical and Red Eye.

The singles tended to be $12.49 ~ $12.99, and I have a feeling they mark up the price on multi-vinyl EPs a lot.

dusk governor · Post by **dusk governor** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:39 pm

ransom wrote:In the Washington, DC area one shop that carried dubstep closed down in March, and then another (Dj Hut) reopened in the middle of NW DC and is stocking dubstep. I don't know who they have distro accounts with, but I swung by on Thursday night this week and picked up a few releases.

I think they only have one or two bins of dubstep, then two bins of drum'n'bass, and then tons of hip-hop and house. Also, the dubstep and drum'n'bass selection seemed to be about a week behind what you'd see listed on Chemical and Red Eye.

The singles tended to be $12.49 ~ $12.99, and I have a feeling they mark up the price on multi-vinyl EPs a lot.

you're so lucky yo !! the best record shop here specializes in bluegrass...1 bin of hip hop, 1 bin of metal, half a bin of warp records/chemical bros/NIN/shit

struggle · Post by **struggle** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:57 pm

guess we're lucky here to have at least three decent shops in seattle that stock most releases. if i sleep on something it's usually sitting around collecting dust in one of em.

if you're up on your releases then you can't go wrong w/ FE. $4 fixed shipping via ups no matter how big your order. obvious that you can't depend on them to keep their shit updated and current if you're trying to pick up older stuff.

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