Rabshakeh Posted October 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2023 40 minutes ago, Niko said: Sorry, I cannot help with any of those... but I have a question myself: Paris? I won't have a lot of time, just two hours or so some Wednesday afternoon around the city center... where would I go for used LPs? (not necessarily the high-end stuff, always happy to find, say, a Ruby Braff, Don Ewell or Bud Freeman album I don't own yet) or for CDs? For older jazz vinyl stock, Paris Jazz Corner in the Latin Quarter. In the tenth arr., Superfly, which has perhaps less traditional stock. Both very good. I was there in April and they were by far the best. I think from what you say, the former is the one you should go for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted October 28, 2023 Report Share Posted October 28, 2023 (edited) Adding to Rabshakeh's recommendations (I'd fully second PJC but they tend to be pricy), here is one more: "La Dame Blanche", 47 Rue de la Montagne Ste. Geneviève. Not just jazz but other styles too, and you never know what you might find ther in jazz. But worth a stopover and IIRC it is within easy walking distance from PJC. There was another one (specializing in jazz but the focus seemed to be more on post-Swing/Mainstream jazz) in the same street (a bit uphill from the Dame Blanche): CROCOJAZZ. But according to the internet it seems like it has closed down. A pity ... Edited October 28, 2023 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted October 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2023 41 minutes ago, Big Beat Steve said: Adding to Rabshakeh's recommendations (I'd fully second PJC but they tend to be pricy), here is one more: "La Dame Blanche", 47 Rue de la Montagne Ste. Geneviève. Not just jazz but other styles too, and you never know what you might find ther in jazz. But worth a stopover and IIRC it is within easy walking distance from PJC. There was another one (specializing in jazz but the focus seemed to be more on post-Swing/Mainstream jazz) in the same street (a bit uphill from the Dame Blanche): CROCOJAZZ. But according to the internet it seems like it has closed down. A pity ... Confirmed that Crocojazz is no more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted October 28, 2023 Report Share Posted October 28, 2023 Thanks! La Dame Blanche i'd indeed forgotten about ... Crocojazz was great while it lasted... I've been wondering/hoping that the regular Crocodisc store in the same area might have taken over some of the stock/role... PJC I've never visited so that's definitely on the list of possibilities as well even though prices must be high (judging from their online prices) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted November 16, 2023 Report Share Posted November 16, 2023 Back from Paris... Superfly Records near Centre Pompidou was by far the most productive visit (20€ for everything in the picture except the 10in which is from Dame Blanche), Dame Blanche is a nice shop and I could have found more under different circumstances... Paris Jazz Corner is a beautiful place but with a pricing rule that seems to be "Discogs + 15" or so I may not be the ideal client Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted November 17, 2023 Report Share Posted November 17, 2023 Very nice finds! Will make a mental note of that Superfly Records store if i should ever hapent to make a trip to Paris again. Good to know PJC has gone up even further in its pricing. Pity but if they survive anyway (maybe with the buying power of US and Asian customers during their stays in Paree?) then all the better for them. About that Jazztone (Guilde du Jazz) LP (J-1001), I wonder if anyone has ever tackled documenting in detail the cover artwork of all these ... I have two copies of this one - one on (German) Jazztone, one on Concert Hall Society - same contents, same catalog no., but with two totally different covers, and different from yours again. But your cover looks familar too - I must have a differnt Jazztone LP or EP somewhere that uses the same cover design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted November 17, 2023 Report Share Posted November 17, 2023 Yeah, that Jazztone album seems to have quite a few different colors (as seen already e.g. on Discogs). I guess PJC is more interesting for stuff that always costs at least 30€ or so... But with things that would normally cost like 5-8, it's weird to see them for 20-30... (Their webpage is great if you want to feel good about the value of your collection though...) That said, I guess these days I am spoiled from having good and frequent access to all the Amsterdam stores ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted March 15 Author Report Share Posted March 15 Any recommendations for record shopping in Brighton? I'll be there tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 23 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said: Any recommendations for record shopping in Brighton? I'll be there tomorrow. I assume you do not mean Brighton, MA, USA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted March 15 Author Report Share Posted March 15 3 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said: I assume you do not mean Brighton, MA, USA. No, you're right there. Brighton in Sussex, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said: No, you're right there. Brighton in Sussex, please. Ah, Sussex County, New York. Plenty of New Yorkers here! 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 12 hours ago, Rabshakeh said: Any recommendations for record shopping in Brighton? I'll be there tomorrow. Haven't been for too long but Mr Bongo comes to mind. https://www.mrbongo.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted March 16 Author Report Share Posted March 16 59 minutes ago, mjazzg said: Haven't been for too long but Mr Bongo comes to mind. https://www.mrbongo.com/ Fantastic. Thanks. Mr Bongo in Sussex county Delaware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted March 16 Author Report Share Posted March 16 13 hours ago, mjazzg said: Haven't been for too long but Mr Bongo comes to mind. https://www.mrbongo.com/ Weirdly closed mid afternoon on a Saturday. Good experience in The Wax Factor. Small but well chosen jazz selection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 (edited) 11 hours ago, Rabshakeh said: Weirdly closed mid afternoon on a Saturday. Good experience in The Wax Factor. Small but well chosen jazz selection. Weird indeed, I'll make a note of Wax Factor 15-20 years ago there must have been getting on for 10 decent shops in Brighton, the majority in North Laines where most of the 2nd hand could be found. Did you see many others? Edited March 17 by mjazzg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted March 17 Author Report Share Posted March 17 2 hours ago, mjazzg said: Weird indeed, I'll make a note of Wax Factor 15-20 years ago there must have been getting on for 10 decent shops in Brighton, the majority in North Laines where most of the 2nd hand could be found. Did you see many others? Yes. Not sure about 10 but there was no shortage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 Copenhagen or Odense? I'll be flying to Copenhagen and change trains in the center of Copenhagen on my way to Odense... so I don't have a whole of time - but if there's a nice shop with used LPs (or two) in walking distance I wouldn't want to miss it... thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 to answer my own question, I had twice about 2h in Copenhagen and spent them well (except that I didn't see much of the city). There are loads of smaller record stores so a tool like recordstores.love is useful... The two that I would strongly recommend are Sound Station (huge selection, a bit pricey though) and Jazzcup (only jazz, loads of it though - not a problem for me but maybe for others), both about 20 minutes walking distance from the main train station, though in different directions, and in both cases there are more nice stores in the surrounding area... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted April 16 Author Report Share Posted April 16 Off the Phoenix / Scottsdale tomorrow. Likely to be time poor sadly but will try to get ot The In Groove and the Bethany Zia, which seemed to be the consensus favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted April 18 Author Report Share Posted April 18 On 10/20/2023 at 7:57 PM, Aggie87 said: I can't answer how long it will take to get from one place to another without knowing the locations you're asking about, lol. Things are very spread out in the whole Phoenix/Scottsdale area, so it will take some time to get from place to place. Google maps can help you determine how long it will take from one address to another, if that helps you. Phoenix (and all of it's adjacent cities like Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Glendale, etc) isn't like a European city with a proper city center and good public transport to all of the suburbs. Gosh. You weren't joking. Scottsdale hotel to The In Groove and back was a 32 mile round trip, taking two hours. Bought Colors by Raul de Souza, which was nice. Panicked a bit about time (plus in a jet lagged fug) so didn't go to Zia in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 A lot of America has been built horizontally, not vertically. Wide open spaces and all that. This is especially true in the American Southwest. Why monetize one acre when you can monetize 10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted April 18 Report Share Posted April 18 18 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said: Gosh. You weren't joking. Scottsdale hotel to The In Groove and back was a 32 mile round trip, taking two hours. Bought Colors by Raul de Souza, which was nice. Panicked a bit about time (plus in a jet lagged fug) so didn't go to Zia in the end. Sorry to hear, but glad you got to The In Groove regardless. Hope you enjoy the rest of your time here in the "Valley". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted April 18 Author Report Share Posted April 18 (edited) I wish I'd pushed on to Zia, as it was right there (a mere twenty minutes drive from The Inner Groove) and the dinner thing I had to get to was more relaxed than I had assumed. But then jet lag maketh fools of us all. Anyway, cool place. Easily the best descent from the air I have ever seen: red desert, the Grand canyon, massive aqueducts, geometric square developments. Edited April 22 by Rabshakeh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted April 22 Author Report Share Posted April 22 (edited) I ended up getting a free Sunday morning so I did go to Zia, with a Scottish colleague whose interest was piqued. Two locations: the Bethany shop and the one on Thunderbird. A funny trip, and a slice of life. I had to travel from North Scottsdale, which is a long trip, despite the deceptive maps, which I've now realised show not blocks but geometric square areas of development, each containing hundreds of blocks. The Uber driver on the way to the Bethany Zia, which I'm told was in "Maryvale" (one of the only areas of Phoenix that seemed to have a name that was in use) made sure to warn me that it was in a "terrible neighbourhood", that I needed to keep my eyes open for trouble, and then asked whether I was "packing a piece", I assume as a joke. The shop was next to a Walmart, so we went in (good for gifts, and Walmarts are exotic and exciting Americana to Brits). The check out staff, when they heard our accents and had all come and shaken our hands(!), advised us very kindly that "this is a really bad area, and you should make sure you leave as soon as possible". The Bethany Zia had a shabby and rather fraught feel to it, but the staff were lovely and it had some cool stuff in it, including lots of underpriced jazz funk / Gilles Peterson-friendly stuff that would have been six times the price in London. Weirdly, it also has a large selection of Ogun records, by the likes of Elton Dean and Mike Osborne, as well as some Soft Machine-adjacent rock records. No idea how those had got there - I've never seen that sort of thing even in the UK. Security was tight and you had to be walked in and out of the shop to ensure nothing was stolen. The Thunderbird Zia was night and day in contrast. Clean, and thronged with happy customers, some with their children, and with a great selection of other (non-musical) stuff like books, old mags, and the like. Anyway, I found some great stuff in both, including a few things that I had been looking for over a few years but had never found at the right price point to justify Discogs. Neither of the shops was a jazz specialist, but they had generous shelf space set aside for it, equal to the entire stock of many London record shops. As always, record-shopping in a foreign city is a great way to explore it. And I didn't even have to wear that gun. Edited April 22 by Rabshakeh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted April 22 Report Share Posted April 22 I was in the Thunderbird Zia on Saturday a.m. for Record Store Day. I got there at 5:00 a.m., but there were already about 200 people in line, a number of whom had been camping overnight. Got the things I wanted, though, so it was a success. That's the location that is closest to me (I'm also in the north Scottsdale/Carefree Highway area), but it's still a 30 minute drive from my house. I also shop in the Bethany Zia location (which seems to be their "flagship" store, but only recently moved to that location from the one they'd previously been in for many years), but it is a little sketchier area of Phoenix. I've never felt threatened there though. I didn't realize you'd be here in town as long as you have been, or I'd have offered to meet up for a coffee or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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