Boca Raton / Fort Lauderdale Music / Record Shops?

[spinlps]

This worked so well for my Atlanta trip I thought I'd ask about Boca / Fort Lauderdale music and record shops. Any combination of shops with a decent selection of vinyl and / or jazz... I'll be there for a week so should have some time to hit the stores.

May be able to head to Miami for a couple of days as well if there are shops of note there.

Thanks!

[Dan Gould]

Offbeat Records is the best, and virtually only, place for jazz vinyl. Very nice owner, name of Allen. Go to http://www.offbeatrecords.com

There are two CD Collectors (different owners, though) one is in Pompano Beach (just north of Fort Lauderdale) on Atlantic Ave, go east toward the ocean and its on the north side of the street just before the bridge over the intracoastal. Their selection of used jazz CDs is OK; the other store is on Sunrise in Fort Lauderdale, used CDs section is larger, and they now have used vinyl as well, quite cheap, not a huge selection but not bad, either.

Last, and certainly least, is All Books and Music, also on Sunrise in Fort Lauderdale (about two miles west of the CD Collector). They've got an OK selection of used CDs, vinyl is typically overpriced especially for the condition. Offbeat Records is the place to go jazz vinyl.

Miami has Blue Note Records but they closed their jazz and vinyl annex, put most of the stock in storage and the rest in their main location. I haven't been back since, but I can't imagine that they are stocking much at all anymore. I think Bob is using ebay and record shows to move his merchandise.