What a great store, very big and well set out. Amazing choice, I was shocked at the price of that Divinyls CD though. One I have been searching for some time and is usually quite pricey in the UK. They must be going the same way as Book Off with rarer titles! As you say nothing better than finding a rare gem at a good price.
Earthquake is one of my favorite bay area bands(Berkeley,California). I have all of their CDs which are now out of print. They were on beserkly records
Yes Richard Marx one of my all time faves this guy is a great writer and great funny person too, does not take himself seriously at all but understands every type of music he is a rocker, when he does shows with his full band they are killer, he did dates here and there with Rick Springfield prior to covid shutdowns then some after they are great together great show and friends. But I love all of Richard's albums, newer stuff too I have no complaints some hidden gems on all those cds, one of his hardest rocking songs is "From the Inside" from his own label release "Emotional Remains" great song and others on that. His latest is 20 songs five of each type of song/genre he has written for, Rock, Country, Pop and ballads great cd, 20 songs sounds long but very well crafted stuff with Rick Springflied having a new 20 song cd a few weeks away (not along genres like this) but just fast quick songs on the order of "Working Class Dog" and "Tao" amazing mix there. As for the pricing it is every where now, a lot of these stores are looking up the rarity of a cd on say amazon or even EBAY (I know book off does this for sure) and then prices accordingly, however I would suggest to anyone trading in stuff, do your own looking prior to selling to used stores because they will still give you a very low price and then jack it up for sure they are in a business.
Hi Brendon, Glad to see that you picked up Richard Marx. I was a big fan of him in the late '80s and early '90s when I was a teenager. Back then I bought "Rush Street" on cassette and was surprised by how rock it sounded compared to his ballads. My favorite song from that album was "Hazard," which was played on country radio in Los Angeles although it wouldn't be considered a country song. If you haven't checked out Dan Hill, you might like his music, too. He was known for love ballads like "Sometimes When We Touch," but also has a number of rock tunes as well like "Blood in My Veins" and "Pleasure Centre." He's also a singer/songwriter with a similar style as Richard Marx. Enjoy your new music!
Hazard was the first song I liked by Marx as well. My sister had the CD and I remember being surprised I liked it. That’s the first album of his that I bought. It just took a while to find used copies of his first two. But I’m really really enjoying them both. So glad I finally broke down and tried them. Oh what I’ve been missing.
SCW is great 90s southern rock. They rocked back in the day. I own the band's 1993 S/T debut on CD, although I bought it (as part of a 7 CDs for $5 deal at a nearby flea market show) used and scratched. But it still plays well in my car and in my computer CD drive without a single skip. The only SCW CD still in print is their 2nd one Magnolia from 1996, at least last time I checked it was. BTE's Deluxe has a lot of good tracks. Also like the band's 1996 follow-up Friction Baby. I often wonder what Fleetwood Mac would have sounded like had they hired BTE singer/guitarist Kevin Griffin instead of Neil Finn of Crowded House to replace Lindsey B.. Didn't know you were into Third Eye Blind, either. They had some great stuff back in the day, also. Another great 90s band is Spacehog, whose Ziggy/Aladdin-era Bowie influence shows on their 1995 debut Resident Alien. Spacehog frontman Royston Langdon was or is still married to Liv Tyler.
I have 3 copies of this LP...2 are framed. The real pisser, though, my copy (Xmas 1972)...loaned to a friend in the late '70s. I was in my Jazz Nazi daze, so what the Hell. Said-friend takes a gig in Italy, returns 3 years later & has no recollection of ever borrowing it.
Let'see...I want The Butts Band. I'm on a kick with The Fixx. I bought CALM ANIMALS back in the day. I recommend picking up what you can by these guys. Prices can be steep. For BEAUTIFUL FRICTION, I had to go down the digital download path.
I just picked up ELEMENTAL this week...thd 4 original guys but no Dan K. Brown on bass. Definitely weaker than the rest. The two most recent albums are very good.
Brandon, if you weren't a NERD before you are now! Hanging at the record store on a Saturday night? Lol i do the exact same thing! My store closes at 10 and i take full advantage of it. Saw the GoGos talk show album peeping through, love those ladies!!! Take care!
Twenty bucks for oop cd in near perfect condition isn't that bad a price, Brendon. You said some of the Jim Carroll Band cd you got were going for fifty plus on-line so imo got a pretty fair price. Thanks for another cool post.
You’re right and I agree, but still that’s a collector’s price and not the OMG deal that you found a gem among the rocks so you go home with a major score price. 😂
Allman Brothers album Hitting the Note is my favorite album with The Allman Brothers Band, Rick Derringer's album All American Boy is a good album, Led Zeppelin 2 is my favorite album with Led Zeppelin
Yeah it seems on Saturday nights at least, which is when I’m often there, I do hear a lot of soul, R&B, Funk, and Disco. Someone from the 70’s must be manning the sound system 😂
One of my in-laws, Chris, played with The Front in the early years in Kansas City (where I’m originally from) and is credited as their lead guitarist on their website. But he left before the record deal.
Earth Quake awesome band. Just recently got a copy of the "Why Don't You Try Me" album very hard to find in my area (Alberta, Canada). Not as lucky as you for $5.99 I had to pay $25.00 (Canadian). Still need a copy of their self titled 1st LP to complete the collection.
A couple months ago, I bought RM's Repeat Offender CD at a Goodwill a half-hour from where I live for 99 cents. It was originally priced at $1.99, but the same colour code on the price sticker was half price throughout the entire store on all items with that colour code. That was a bargain, and I too like the hits on the album. "Nothin' You Can Do About It" the album's opening track is a real rocker. That was the last disc I recently bought. Who knows? Maybe Rock Candy will reissue his OOP CDs. Joe Walsh plays lead on "Don't Mean Nothin'" from RM's S/T debut.
There really aren’t any “Metal” stores in Manhattan. They’ve all closed. The best one would be Generation Records, but the last time I was there which was a couple years ago, they had gotten rid of almost all of their CDs and were going straight vinyl. So I don’t know if it’s that today.
Lucky you on Earth Quake's 8.5 album for 6 bucks. I wish I could find it at that price. I have seen it no lower than $10, and I don't really want to pay that much for a vinyl record. I honestly don't think it has ever been reissued on CD, though I could be wrong. I too have been looking for that album. I have EQ's 1979 album "Two Years In A Padded Cell" on vinyl which I bought for a buck at a used CD and record store an hour away from where I live, and the vinyl was actually fairly clean. This obscure SF Bay area power pop band's albums are super hard to find, imo.
I am so happy you have 'found' Richard Marx. He is great. A few more for you to check out would be Days in Avalon (2000), My Own Best Enemy (2004), Emotional Remains (2008) and his latest Songwriter (2022). He has released 8 albums since 2000.
Great video as always! A new release I think you might like is the album 'guns for hire' by 'tailgunner'. They are a British band and are very much like enforcer, an new band with a classic metal sound
Yeah I always secretly liked some of the songs but never really gave it a chance until Anthony and I had that rant about Richard Marx and from that I thought I really need to check him out properly. It only took me 35 years! Haha
Some 8 Track tapes have value. Look for anything by The Doors, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath.....Sex Pistols album sold for $ 800 & Saturday Night Fever soundtrack sold for $ 600 (excellent playable condition of course)
Yeah I guess there is Value in anything. Pink Floyd Animals is also quite valuable due to the different version of the 1st track that has never been made available on Vinyl, Cassette, or CD.
This looks like a fun store Brandon. But the prices seem to keep going up. Princeton record exchange still has good prices. But now all these other places are charging 6 to 8 dollars for a used CD. Is it because they think the CD is coming back and records are getting too expensive new ones?
Those are the first two Richard Marx CDs I ever had and I really enjoy them a lot. Hate to see those prices going up on Music but unfortunately, this will probably continue. I wouldn’t be surprised that it hits Sound Exchange in the not too distant future.
It already has in some small ways. But then everything costs more too and they have to make it up somewhere so I get it. But it makes it not as fun as it once was.
I often come away from these videos with at least one band that I’ve never heard of, I write it down, do some research and then end up buying their albums. My ears thank you, my wallet doesn’t.
That’s so good to hear! I love finding new music the same way. For me it’s often hearing something in a movie or tv show and using the Shazam app to figure it out. I discovered April Wine that way. Great Canadian band that’s worth exploring if you don’t already know them.
Yeah Discogs is killing it for us music store fans. It’s causing these huge increases in pricing and I don’t get how they determine the value in the first place except based on supply and demand and what someone is willing to pay.
how you felt about Richard Marx is how I felt about Bryan Adams back in the day. Now that I listened to Bryan Adams, he sounds like Def Leppard to me lol.
Yeah it’s always strange how we get stuck with an image in our heads about something and can’t get past it until years later and then find out we really love it.
The LP version of "heartbeat city" is much better than the CD! Thats why the CD is $2 and the LP is more! Got nothing against CDs, I buy em sometimes to! But they don't hold a candle to the original LP or reel to reel!
I like Factory Records but they are over priced for vinyl at least. My thoughts on some other NJ stores. Scotti’s- Summit - way wayyyyy. over priced. Sound exchange - perfect pricing and fantastic selection. Vinyl addiction - North Arlington -perfect pricing and there is always something new to pick up. Tunes - Hoboken- good pricing and great selection. -parking is the only downside to this store.
I’ve hit all of those except Scotti’s which I will have to look into. But yes lots of these stores are starting to jack up and overprice their albums. It’s starting to take the fun out of going to the record store.
@@BrendonSnyder I have to say that Vinyl exchange and Tunes in particular are always fun in my opinion. They always have a great selection and the people that work there are great. I always look forward to stopping by there.
Is it worth it to pay that much for music??? I don't think so. Because some people with more resorces than the rest of music lovers are willing to pay whatever record stores are asking for, the rest of us have to just pass and look for other stuff. Record stores are shooting themselves on the foot.
Price is all relative. $20 for a CD is not too expensive for me. $50 would be too much. I would prefer them to be less but I can afford it too so I don’t pass them by if I find ones I really want. However this is a new thing with all the prices going up so in the long run it will suck. The stores will eventually price themselves out of the market and will close.
I think I will wait until either Rock Candy or Wounded Bird reissues JCB's Atlantic back catalog. It seems as if $19 is way too high for a CD, and I honestly don't like his music that much. And I liked Van Zant better when they were an AOR/melodic rock band. You just cannot beat that 1985 S/T album. The two hits from the album ("You've Got To Believe In Love" and "I'm A Fighter") are excellent. They went south (no pun intended) when Donnie and Ronnie teamed up together in the late 90s, although the song "Rage" is a decent track. I could never get into the duo's two Y2K-era country albums, either. I just don't like country music, unless it's country-rock.
I seriously doubt Rock Candy could get the right to the Jim Carrol Band. It’s been out of print for years and there is a huge demand for it. Someone must be prevent the reissue on CD.
@@BrendonSnyder That JCB reissue situation sounds just like the two Badlands Atlantic releases. What a darn shame! Keep in mind, I was a latecomer to collecting CDs in 1992-93 at age 18. So I missed out on both artists when their CDs were still in-print back in the day.
What a great store, very big and well set out. Amazing choice, I was shocked at the price of that Divinyls CD though. One I have been searching for some time and is usually quite pricey in the UK. They must be going the same way as Book Off with rarer titles! As you say nothing better than finding a rare gem at a good price.
Wow, saw the Wheelies at Wetlands NYC in ‘94. Great record. 4:14 Dover, home of the great WDHA.
Cool!
Earthquake is one of my favorite bay area bands(Berkeley,California). I have all of their CDs which are now out of print. They were on beserkly records
The R&B background music is strong in this one...Archie Bell & The Drells, Anita Ward, A Taste Of Honey, The Dazz Band, The 4 Tops, Sam & Dave, etc.
Yeah funny for background music when we’re looking at Rock and Metal stuff.
Yes Richard Marx one of my all time faves this guy is a great writer and great funny person too, does not take himself seriously at all but understands every type of music he is a rocker, when he does shows with his full band they are killer, he did dates here and there with Rick Springfield prior to covid shutdowns then some after they are great together great show and friends. But I love all of Richard's albums, newer stuff too I have no complaints some hidden gems on all those cds, one of his hardest rocking songs is "From the Inside" from his own label release "Emotional Remains" great song and others on that. His latest is 20 songs five of each type of song/genre he has written for, Rock, Country, Pop and ballads great cd, 20 songs sounds long but very well crafted stuff with Rick Springflied having a new 20 song cd a few weeks away (not along genres like this) but just fast quick songs on the order of "Working Class Dog" and "Tao" amazing mix there. As for the pricing it is every where now, a lot of these stores are looking up the rarity of a cd on say amazon or even EBAY (I know book off does this for sure) and then prices accordingly, however I would suggest to anyone trading in stuff, do your own looking prior to selling to used stores because they will still give you a very low price and then jack it up for sure they are in a business.
Hi Brendon, Glad to see that you picked up Richard Marx. I was a big fan of him in the late '80s and early '90s when I was a teenager. Back then I bought "Rush Street" on cassette and was surprised by how rock it sounded compared to his ballads. My favorite song from that album was "Hazard," which was played on country radio in Los Angeles although it wouldn't be considered a country song. If you haven't checked out Dan Hill, you might like his music, too. He was known for love ballads like "Sometimes When We Touch," but also has a number of rock tunes as well like "Blood in My Veins" and "Pleasure Centre." He's also a singer/songwriter with a similar style as Richard Marx. Enjoy your new music!
Hazard was the first song I liked by Marx as well. My sister had the CD and I remember being surprised I liked it. That’s the first album of his that I bought. It just took a while to find used copies of his first two. But I’m really really enjoying them both. So glad I finally broke down and tried them. Oh what I’ve been missing.
I love the first 4th Richard Marx albums. Great👍Pick enjoy.
The Two Best Richard Mark albums. Good score!!!!
These were the 2 I was talking about that I knew you would like! 👍
SCW is great 90s southern rock. They rocked back in the day. I own the band's 1993 S/T debut on CD, although I bought it (as part of a 7 CDs for $5 deal at a nearby flea market show) used and scratched. But it still plays well in my car and in my computer CD drive without a single skip. The only SCW CD still in print is their 2nd one Magnolia from 1996, at least last time I checked it was. BTE's Deluxe has a lot of good tracks. Also like the band's 1996 follow-up Friction Baby. I often wonder what Fleetwood Mac would have sounded like had they hired BTE singer/guitarist Kevin Griffin instead of Neil Finn of Crowded House to replace Lindsey B.. Didn't know you were into Third Eye Blind, either. They had some great stuff back in the day, also. Another great 90s band is Spacehog, whose Ziggy/Aladdin-era Bowie influence shows on their 1995 debut Resident Alien. Spacehog frontman Royston Langdon was or is still married to Liv Tyler.
You should pick up the other two albums from SCW plus the solo stuff from the vocalist. All good.
The entry was Taylor swifts speak Now version ... Love that too ... the new 2023 one ❤❤❤
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That Tony Carey album is fantastic! Underrated artist and album. Also, Calm Animals was great. Driven Out still my favorite from the band.
I have one of his solo albums and it is very good. I’ll have to check this one out now.
@@BrendonSnyder This one is better than Some Tough City. It’s great, but I love both.
Captain Beyond was the masterpiece of them all.
I have 3 copies of this LP...2 are framed. The real pisser, though, my copy (Xmas 1972)...loaned to a friend in the late '70s. I was in my Jazz Nazi daze, so what the Hell. Said-friend takes a gig in Italy, returns 3 years later & has no recollection of ever borrowing it.
Great album for sure!
That Blackfoot, "Flyin' High" is a great album..
Let'see...I want The Butts Band. I'm on a kick with The Fixx. I bought CALM ANIMALS back in the day. I recommend picking up what you can by these guys. Prices can be steep. For BEAUTIFUL FRICTION, I had to go down the digital download path.
I have them all spread out across vinyl, cassette, and CD. My goal is to get it all on CD of course.
I just picked up ELEMENTAL this week...thd 4 original guys but no Dan K. Brown on bass. Definitely weaker than the rest. The two most recent albums are very good.
Brandon, if you weren't a NERD before you are now! Hanging at the record store on a Saturday night? Lol i do the exact same thing! My store closes at 10 and i take full advantage of it. Saw the GoGos talk show album peeping through, love those ladies!!! Take care!
Who says Saturday night is the only night for going out on? 😉
Twenty bucks for oop cd in near perfect condition isn't that bad a price, Brendon. You said some of the Jim Carroll Band cd you got were going for fifty plus on-line so imo got a pretty fair price.
Thanks for another cool post.
You’re right and I agree, but still that’s a collector’s price and not the OMG deal that you found a gem among the rocks so you go home with a major score price. 😂
I would have some fun in there.. .looks like a lot of $4.95 deals there. I'm Missing my April Wine Nature of the Beast CD. I really like that Cd
3:57 Brendon, I’ve been looking for that album everywhere wow!!
What album is at 3:57?
@@BrendonSnyder Bob Seger Like a Rock
I seen Mott the Hoople....I used work with a guy named Craig Hopple ...so we called him Mott the Hopple! 😂
DFK is a fine release - highly melodic 😎 You can pick it up on cd release reasonably cheaply now due to consecutive reissues. Enjoy 😊
Did you know that "Number of the Beast" was actually on 8-track back in the day? Yep. I used to have it.
No I didn’t know that…guess I’ll have to keep any eye out for that one!
Allman Brothers album Hitting the Note is my favorite album with The Allman Brothers Band, Rick Derringer's album All American Boy is a good album, Led Zeppelin 2 is my favorite album with Led Zeppelin
Great video Brendon! The Deftones are my favorite heavy band going on these days!
Cool! 👍
I’ve recently discovered Glen Hughes solo work. It’s epic. 😊
I personally like his solo work better than his band work. But Hughes/Thrall and Hughes Turner Project are out of this world.
Check out the Voodoo Hill albums he sings on…brilliant, find & enjoy 😀
I got them all. So should you. Killer.
Welcome to world of Glen Hughes. There is room for everyone in this club!
8:36 great solo album from my boys in Genesis.
Nice video!
Thanks Jared!
Sounds like they like alot of soul music there.
Noticed, as well!
Yeah it seems on Saturday nights at least, which is when I’m often there, I do hear a lot of soul, R&B, Funk, and Disco. Someone from the 70’s must be manning the sound system 😂
One of my in-laws, Chris, played with The Front in the early years in Kansas City (where I’m originally from) and is credited as their lead guitarist on their website. But he left before the record deal.
Earth Quake awesome band. Just recently got a copy of the "Why Don't You Try Me" album very hard to find in my area (Alberta, Canada). Not as lucky as you for $5.99 I had to pay $25.00 (Canadian). Still need a copy of their self titled 1st LP to complete the collection.
A couple months ago, I bought RM's Repeat Offender CD at a Goodwill a half-hour from where I live for 99 cents. It was originally priced at $1.99, but the same colour code on the price sticker was half price throughout the entire store on all items with that colour code. That was a bargain, and I too like the hits on the album. "Nothin' You Can Do About It" the album's opening track is a real rocker. That was the last disc I recently bought. Who knows? Maybe Rock Candy will reissue his OOP CDs. Joe Walsh plays lead on "Don't Mean Nothin'" from RM's S/T debut.
i miss record stores 😢 nearest one is probably 200 miles away
Sorry to hear the closest one is so far away. That sounds like a 3 to 4 hr drive which would not be fun.
Thanks for taking us shopping😉 Do you (or anyone) know the best record shop for metal in Manhattan, NYC? We are going there next month.
There really aren’t any “Metal” stores in Manhattan. They’ve all closed. The best one would be Generation Records, but the last time I was there which was a couple years ago, they had gotten rid of almost all of their CDs and were going straight vinyl. So I don’t know if it’s that today.
Lucky you on Earth Quake's 8.5 album for 6 bucks. I wish I could find it at that price. I have seen it no lower than $10, and I don't really want to pay that much for a vinyl record. I honestly don't think it has ever been reissued on CD, though I could be wrong. I too have been looking for that album. I have EQ's 1979 album "Two Years In A Padded Cell" on vinyl which I bought for a buck at a used CD and record store an hour away from where I live, and the vinyl was actually fairly clean. This obscure SF Bay area power pop band's albums are super hard to find, imo.
I am so happy you have 'found' Richard Marx. He is great. A few more for you to check out would be Days in Avalon (2000), My Own Best Enemy (2004), Emotional Remains (2008) and his latest Songwriter (2022). He has released 8 albums since 2000.
Marx had some very good studio musicians on those early albums (I have, IIRC, the 1st 4 albums).
I don't think the $5 prices on used CDs are that bad, especially if they're OOP or hard to find. So I could go for that.
It wasn’t the $5 ones I was talking about. Didn’t you see the ones that were $19 and $20 a piece?
@@BrendonSnyder Sure did. You did see the comment I made about the two JCB CDs. Whew!! Not for me. Don't have that kind of money to burn.
Great video as always! A new release I think you might like is the album 'guns for hire' by 'tailgunner'. They are a British band and are very much like enforcer, an new band with a classic metal sound
I spoke about this band in the last episode of What Just Dropped.
Richard Marx wrote Edge of a Broken Heart for Vixen if that is something you didn’t know!
That’s one of the reasons he’s always been in the back of my mind is for all the outside hits I saw him write.
glad you got into Richard Marx Bren I abs love Angelina I used to have repeat offender on tape if I rem right
Yeah I always secretly liked some of the songs but never really gave it a chance until Anthony and I had that rant about Richard Marx and from that I thought I really need to check him out properly. It only took me 35 years! Haha
Some 8 Track tapes have value. Look for anything by The Doors, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath.....Sex Pistols album sold for $ 800 & Saturday Night Fever soundtrack sold for $ 600 (excellent playable condition of course)
Yeah I guess there is Value in anything. Pink Floyd Animals is also quite valuable due to the different version of the 1st track that has never been made available on Vinyl, Cassette, or CD.
This looks like a fun store Brandon. But the prices seem to keep going up. Princeton record exchange still has good prices. But now all these other places are charging 6 to 8 dollars for a used CD. Is it because they think the CD is coming back and records are getting too expensive new ones?
Which north NJ store do you think will offer the best prices for used records? Tunes is pretty good but a pain to travel to for me.
Those are the first two Richard Marx CDs I ever had and I really enjoy them a lot. Hate to see those prices going up on Music but unfortunately, this will probably continue. I wouldn’t be surprised that it hits Sound Exchange in the not too distant future.
It already has in some small ways. But then everything costs more too and they have to make it up somewhere so I get it. But it makes it not as fun as it once was.
@@BrendonSnyder your last statement speaks volumes
Which record stores have you come across that also sell vintage rock magazines? Thanks
Nearly all of them like Factory, Sound Exchange, Station 1, High Fidelity, etc.
@@BrendonSnyder I have been to Factory many times, and pretty much bought all of their food magazines. I'll have to check out the others. Thanks
Also I've been to Sound Exchange too. Wasn't a fan
I often come away from these videos with at least one band that I’ve never heard of, I write it down, do some research and then end up buying their albums. My ears thank you, my wallet doesn’t.
That’s so good to hear! I love finding new music the same way. For me it’s often hearing something in a movie or tv show and using the Shazam app to figure it out. I discovered April Wine that way. Great Canadian band that’s worth exploring if you don’t already know them.
@@BrendonSnyder I didn't, and that's one on my list. Cheers.
Jeff Healey for me see the light sad sad loss when he died 😢
Great player
5:28 You missed Stained Glass by Judas Priest!!!
How do you mean? I picked it up and showed it to you. 🤷♂️
Not impressed by the collector prices, but I get it. The store owners are all on Discogs checking the going rates.
Yeah Discogs is killing it for us music store fans. It’s causing these huge increases in pricing and I don’t get how they determine the value in the first place except based on supply and demand and what someone is willing to pay.
That’s an excellent point. Seattle prices for used CDs are going up fast. Especially if u want an earlier pressing unremastered
Didn't seem like very many people in the store. Did you go early on a Tuesday?
No, Saturday night from 7pm to 9pm…it’s usually slow and the best time.
@@BrendonSnyder Interesting. Thanks for the info.
how you felt about Richard Marx is how I felt about Bryan Adams back in the day. Now that I listened to Bryan Adams, he sounds like Def Leppard to me lol.
Yeah it’s always strange how we get stuck with an image in our heads about something and can’t get past it until years later and then find out we really love it.
Marx may sound a bit like '80s+ Chicago...does not sound anything close to the early Chicago albums...especially those with Kath.
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Brendon do you ever work or is record shopping strictly on weekends?
I work a professional job as an architect 5 days a week.
1:44 hurt me
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The LP version of "heartbeat city" is much better than the CD! Thats why the CD is $2 and the LP is more! Got nothing against CDs, I buy em sometimes to! But they don't hold a candle to the original LP or reel to reel!
I complete disagree with that statement. But you’re allowed your opinion.
funny how Gowan was trying to look hard
Maybe it wasn’t just a look.
I like Factory Records but they are over priced for vinyl at least.
My thoughts on some other NJ stores.
Scotti’s- Summit - way wayyyyy. over priced.
Sound exchange - perfect pricing and fantastic selection.
Vinyl addiction - North Arlington -perfect pricing and there is always something new to pick up.
Tunes - Hoboken- good pricing and great selection. -parking is the only downside to this store.
I’ve hit all of those except Scotti’s which I will have to look into. But yes lots of these stores are starting to jack up and overprice their albums. It’s starting to take the fun out of going to the record store.
@@BrendonSnyder I have to say that Vinyl exchange and Tunes in particular are always fun in my opinion. They always have a great selection and the people that work there are great. I always look forward to stopping by there.
What about Station One in Pompton Lakes. Pretty fair prices as well imo
@@mliu472 never been there. Must check it out. Thanks
Yes Richard Marx is an acquired taste. Hit or Miss. I cannot listen to “Right here waiting” too painful for me. Let’s just relationship issues.
what no 78s lol
Oh I’m sure they’ve got those too
Is it worth it to pay that much for music??? I don't think so. Because some people with more resorces than the rest of music lovers are willing to pay whatever record stores are asking for, the rest of us have to just pass and look for other stuff. Record stores are shooting themselves on the foot.
Price is all relative. $20 for a CD is not too expensive for me. $50 would be too much. I would prefer them to be less but I can afford it too so I don’t pass them by if I find ones I really want. However this is a new thing with all the prices going up so in the long run it will suck. The stores will eventually price themselves out of the market and will close.
I think I will wait until either Rock Candy or Wounded Bird reissues JCB's Atlantic back catalog. It seems as if $19 is way too high for a CD, and I honestly don't like his music that much. And I liked Van Zant better when they were an AOR/melodic rock band. You just cannot beat that 1985 S/T album. The two hits from the album ("You've Got To Believe In Love" and "I'm A Fighter") are excellent. They went south (no pun intended) when Donnie and Ronnie teamed up together in the late 90s, although the song "Rage" is a decent track. I could never get into the duo's two Y2K-era country albums, either. I just don't like country music, unless it's country-rock.
I seriously doubt Rock Candy could get the right to the Jim Carrol Band. It’s been out of print for years and there is a huge demand for it. Someone must be prevent the reissue on CD.
@@BrendonSnyder That JCB reissue situation sounds just like the two Badlands Atlantic releases. What a darn shame! Keep in mind, I was a latecomer to collecting CDs in 1992-93 at age 18. So I missed out on both artists when their CDs were still in-print back in the day.
you buy too much,
in 10 years your house is bigger
than Central Park 😎👍
Too much is a relative term. I’m terms of my collection size it’s just right. 👍