What's the best place in the worls for diggin?

I gotta start planning my next holiday.

Ima say New York City just because of how many thrift stores there are let alone record spots.A friend of mine just got back from a week long stay and he took $1000 just for buying records.He came home with enough quality stuff to keep us busy for the next year without having to buy another record.He bought one of those transit passes and he just caught the trains and busses to all these diffrent places and filled up his record bag with stuff everytime he filled up his bag he went back to the hotel dropped stuff off and went and found another place.He was just diggin for samples but he said that on the DJ end of things pretty much anything you want to find on 12" can be had out there for a little of nothing.We gonna start making monthly trips out there.He also came across some pretty well known producers while he was digging.

ive heard that diggin in NY is way overpriced and due to the popularity of it out there its very picked over..
i have yet to visit so i dont know tho, only heard

also depends on what your looking for tho i guess, vancouver has tons of world music that would be hard to find anywhere else - but in terms of jazz and soul u pay a buttload more than in the US..

yeah i would say NY or chitown ,those place are mecca spots for me ,never been but i want to , as a kid i imagine going record shoppin out there, because thats where all the music i listen to came from.

but Sunset and Melrose in L.A. have some good spots,
kinda expensive tho.

luck bastrud

LA is awsome..
aarons in hollywood yo
i picked up fat stacks from there...

The only time I really go into a acutal business that does nothing but sell vinyl is when I am either looking for the newest hip-hop or I am looking for something particular be it old or new.Any other time I keep it strictly thrift store unless I know a record store has dollar bins.On the real though Chicago has got some serious record spots I go up there on my days off sometime since it's only a 2 hour drive from home.They have some really knowledgable people up there that own some record spots and if they don't have something you need they can get it for you or tell where to find it.Thats customer service for real.Pretty much any of the bigger cities in the US are good for digging you tend to find diffrent kinds of records every where especially since the world was alot bigger 20-30 years ago and music tended to stay more regional.

I've been to New York already, but i mostly spend my money on new records.
How about a city like Boston or New orleans? Anybody ever been there?

Never been to Boston but New Orleans has some cool spots.You will find alot of Jazz stuff down that way along with some cool rag-time type stuff.Music is very much apart of New Orleans culture so i'm sure that you will come across some gems down that way.If you go though wait and go for Mardi Gras...thats what I call a PARTY!!!

New Orleans is off the chain, but expensive. They got lots of vinyl down there, but they want like 5-12 bucks each.

Interesting. I'm kinda into jazz anyway, so i figured it might be worth a visit. Thanks for the info

my grandma's basement...
i sh!t you not man hundreds maybe even thousands of old jazz, swing, big band, classical, opera, gregorian chants, show tunes...
nothin but the best...

Bostons real cool, you just have to know where to look

Basically all the major cities are good bets.
Especially L.A., New York, Chicago, and Seattle.
The more populated the town the better your odds are of finding stuff.
I mention those cities because they are cultural melting pots as well as major hubs for the music, film, and entertainment industries. A large % of the music we hear was either recorded, mastered, or written in Hollywood regardless of where the actual band was from. Therefor a high % of records and the people who bought them etc...

I gotta agree with someone up there when I say that I rarely visit record stores anymore. Most of my finds are estate sales, swap meets, record shows, private collections and then of course a few select private dealers I visit on the regular.

I find that if you dig long enough and hard enough the records will eventually come to you. Dedication and consistancy is the key.

-H

I find that if you dig long enough and hard enough the records will eventually come to you. Dedication and consistancy is the key.

word to you motha

chicago thrift shops rule.. It seems like there are 2 thrift shops on every corner. And it being chicago you never know what you will find.