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#1 wolfgang

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 02:06 PM

There seem to be alot of places to buy new and used vinyl in Victoria right now...just wondering what other people's favorite places to shop were...especially out of the way or little known place that have a cache of records...

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 02:31 PM

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#3 Mike K.

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 02:32 PM

Ditch Records on Fort at Blanshard. Excellent selection, great staff.

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 02:33 PM

Talk's Cheap seems popular.
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Posted 06 March 2013 - 03:11 PM

Another vote for the Ditch.

#6 jaylow

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 03:22 PM

Not much of a record collector myself but i know Gordies music at Stadacona Centre has used vinyl for sale

#7 wolfgang

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 03:34 PM

OK...as far as actual record stores go, Victoria has quite a few shops for a city of it's size...
- DITCH RECORDS
- THE TURNTABLE
- TALK'S CHEAP
- GORDIE'S MUSIC
- BLACK RAVEN
- LYLE'S PLACE

I've noticed a TON of other places selling records in the past couple years. Other than thrift stores, anyone have any "secret" spots they pick up records?

#8 Mike K.

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 03:36 PM

Whitebird used to be a great spot. Not sure if the current operator of the space (Cenote) sells records.

Does Lyle's Place sell records?

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#9 wolfgang

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 03:43 PM

Lyle's does indeed sell records. Though they did downsize their record selection for a few years, the numbers have been climbing again. Cenote doesn't sell records, they are just a restaurant/bar. There was a Shop called CAVITY CURIOSITY SHOP briefly located inside Cenote that sold records, but Lyle's place had a beef with them being there and cavity relocated into the upstairs space in Talk's Cheap.

#10 Mike K.

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 03:48 PM

Ah, that's right.

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#11 Baro

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 05:20 PM

Hit Ditch
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#12 RoadBikie

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 09:33 PM

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I've noticed a TON of other places selling records in the past couple years. Other than thrift stores, anyone have any "secret" spots they pick up records?


Check out the auctions. I see boxes of vinyl in Lunds and Kilshaws pretty much every week.
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Posted 06 March 2013 - 09:37 PM

I wonder what demographic the "vinyl comeback" is biggest with, and what genres of music are most popular.

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#14 AllseeingEye

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 10:19 PM

That is a great question Seb, I would like to know myself.

My dad was in radio in TV from the mid 50's to the late 70's; after he passed last year we started going through his record collection. It numbers somewhere between 800-1000 records and it runs the gamut from Elvis Presley .45's - unopened, still sealed, from the Sun Records label in the case of two copies - to several complete Bing Crosby Christmas album sets dating from the late 1940's, early Sinatra, to very early Beatle's .45's and LP's, including some rare studio demo records before they became "known". Pretty amazing stuff. I'm not surprised records remain popular today if only for their collector value.

#15 Bingo

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 11:10 PM

Try Q-Electronic Services at the Fort St. Junction.

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Posted 06 March 2013 - 11:18 PM

I wonder what demographic the "vinyl comeback" is biggest with, and what genres of music are most popular.

IME it's the hipster demographic. Lots of new indie rock, underground electronic, and hip hop is pressed on vinyl these days.

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Posted 07 March 2013 - 09:54 PM

It's interesting that vinyl may outlive CDs.

 



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