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Ronflugelguy
01-27-2002, 07:32 AM
I have my favorites, but I'm sure there more I don't know about. By the way, how's the the new Amoeba Store in LA?The following are some of my favorites. 1.)Amoeba- San Francisco 2.)Boo Boo Records-San Luis Obispo 3.) Aron's -Hollywood. Looking for info on stores at the northern and sourthern ends of the state.
Holy Zoo
01-27-2002, 07:37 AM
Originally posted by Ronflugelguy
I have my favorites, but I'm sure there more I don't know about. By the way, how's the the new Amoeba Store in LA?The following are some of my favorites. 1.)Amoeba- San Francisco 2.)Boo Boo Records-San Luis Obispo 3.) Aron's -Hollywood. Looking for info on stores at the northern and sourthern ends of the state.

BooBoo's! I almost forgot about them. (I went to college at Cal Poly, haven't been back in a looooong time).

A place to check out in the SF bay area (actually, San Jose) is Big Al's Record Barn. Run by this snarly old guy, who I swear has been an old man for 30 years now, but looks just like he did the first day I met him. Anyways, wall to wall vinyl, 45s, the works. Even a back room with lots of unsorted stuff.

It's on Bascom, near Streetlight Records (actually, almost across the street from it).
Ronflugelguy
01-27-2002, 07:46 AM
I had forgotten about Big al's, haven't been there since I lived in SLO. You're right WALL TO WALL RECORDS!
Holy Zoo
01-27-2002, 08:29 AM
Come to think of it, there was another place in SLO... Cheap Thrills? I have only vague memories of hunting there.
Holy Zoo
01-27-2002, 08:35 AM
Originally posted by Ronflugelguy
I had forgotten about Big al's, haven't been there since I lived in SLO. You're right WALL TO WALL RECORDS!

Big Al actually moved to the San Jose location only recently. He was originally in Santa Clara on El Camino (a little down the street from Starving Musician (where I bought my first acoustic guitar!)).
Larry Naramore
01-27-2002, 09:28 AM
My favorite, I think, is Atomic Records if it's the one I'm thinking of. Right street I'm sure, oldtimers disease setting in.
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