SF Chronicle Article: Last Of The Independents

For those that missed it in Off-Topic:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f ... OMBI51.DTL

cool thanks man...they should of got us in there too ...i concider those big ones corprate company's cause there's more then one ,

independent shops are more like mom and pop shops like GM,tweakin,grooves,Saturn Records,Reverb Records,The Record Man.there more exclusive for collectors and have better dollar bins not so much garbage in those 1bins

Yup...the article was way more in depth than I was expecting though. Aidan Vaziri wrote something informing for once.

man u didnt realize that there was this many record shops in SF anymore, the last i was axtually buyin records from stores in SF was whne bmp moved over to hayes street are they still there ? but they deal with house and techno, i got to get out to the city more to dig at there stores ...it just seems to me that they are raped...i could be wrong tho

What do you mean by raped?

I knew they were out there, but didn't know where to look. I had about 5 spots already (thrift stores, a couple indies, big chains), but wanted more. So about a week ago I just pulled open a phone book and took down names. But this article was nice.

thanks for the read. as for bpm'z, it's still there ede.
has any body been down to big al's lately. havn't been there in a minute.

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havent been there since the 80's but i have customers that go over there and they tell me they moved from santa clara to san jose and there sellin everything half off.....not sure but i have been wanting to head over there.

i have been hittin up village music in mill valley since january...been picken up the good shi+ too.

I went to Big Al's a few months ago. They do have hella shit but it's way expensive. I wouldn't go there unless I was looking for something specific.

spectre wrote:I went to Big Al's a few months ago. They do have hella **** but it's way expensive. I wouldn't go there unless I was looking for something specific.

that would be the only reason I would go out there. not looking for dollar joints that day.


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damn, I need to get out to the bay on a str8 diggin' mission.... everytime I go it's cuz I got some tickets to the A's game and I only got time to hit up the telegraph spots in berkley....

anybody got a good list of diggin' spots in the east bay? and what time do they close on saturday?

finah be out there on April 14th (A's vs Yanks)

Needle to the Groove record shop
150 H street
fremont ca,94536
510. 792.8900
open wed-sun 12- 5
closed mon/tues
open wednesdays there opening game is on a wednesday aint it?, we use to spin out a lot B free tailgate parte
now we run a store!----V

great prices good records dollar bins are hIT.
we close at 5 and stay late

dj e.d.e wrote:Needle to the Groove record shop
150 H street
fremont ca,94536
510. 792.8900
open wed-sun 12- 5
closed mon/tues
open wednesdays there opening game is on a wednesday aint it?, we use to spin out a lot B free tailgate parte
now we run a store!----V

great prices good records dollar bins are hIT.
we close at 5 and stay late

oh ok cool... not sure what day is opening day, but I'm def going on sat. the 14th (talk some mess to the overpaid yankees)... in freemont... hey I think thats where they're building the new stadium.

Cazillac wrote:

dj e.d.e wrote:Needle to the Groove record shop
150 H street
fremont ca,94536
510. 792.8900
open wed-sun 12- 5
closed mon/tues
open wednesdays there opening game is on a wednesday aint it?, we use to spin out a lot B free tailgate parte
now we run a store!----V

great prices good records dollar bins are hIT.
we close at 5 and stay late

oh ok cool... not sure what day is opening day, but I'm def going on sat. the 14th (talk some mess to the overpaid yankees)... in freemont... hey I think thats where they're building the new stadium.

yeah it' close by, my partner Dan will be workin that day if not me