What a great photo of Matt and his perfect t-shirt.

Good reminder that I need to spend more money at Wall of Sound than Easy Street.

A lot of the people who work at Easy St have actually been really cool to me, but at the end of the day I'm happier if Jeffery T has $$ in his pocket than ol' Mr. Vaughan, who seems to think you just gave him a big block of free advertising.

Nice article. I'm a vinyl collector--never stopped, and I'm so glad to see it "coming back." The 90s were fucking bleak, but it's been getting better and better every year since about 2000.

Jive Time and Wall of Sound are lovely places run by lovely people and have served me well, but Sonic Boom is where I tend to spend most of my money because it has the best selection of new sealed vinyl, even though everything is about two bucks overpriced. I'm surprised to hear they're hurting. We love reissues! Especially of critically acclaimed semi-underground/college stuff that came out in the '80s and '90s when new vinyl simply wasn't cut. (I'm thinking of that Mazzy Star record I found at Sonic Boom Cap Hill the other day--nice find. I don't even love that album, but bought it for nostalgia's sake because it was on LP.) Keep stocking that stuff and you'll have suckers like me buying it as long as we're employed. Like, isn't Dream Syndicate due for a vinyl reissue soon? Um? Should be.

Easy Street? I haven't been in years because it was so CD-centric and the used vinyl seemed like an afterthought.

Everyday? Isn't that some place where junkies sell their used Chumbawamba CDs? Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but I don't recall them having much vinyl at all.

As far as Bop Street goes, they always seem to have tons of copies of stuff that my friends' older brothers sold when they replaced their LPs with CDs--mmm, 50 copies of every Moody Blues and Alan Parsons and Blue Oyster Cult record--but the good stuff that does show up is inevitably overpriced. Zappa? Waits? It's like the guy doesn't *really* want to sell the good stuff. A weird shop. But it makes sense that they're getting all the 20-somethings who didn't have older brothers with '70s vinyl. Proof that if you wait long enough, everything comes back again. Good for him.

Also: a shout out to Dissonant Plane in Ballard, new and very small but experimentally focused and I sure hope they make it.

Bassdropper: I've found many great used vinyls at the Queen Anne Easy Street. Check it out; it may have improved since you were there last.

I should've added that Everyday Music has seriously beefed up its new vinyl section. Of course, it's always carried tons of used wax.

Co-sign on Everyday Music. It's a place I wish I would've gone to much more in its last physical location, but I'll be hitting it up when they reopen.

There are a ton of gems if you aren't looking for the most obvious stuff.

Cool article DS! Although it seems to be putting more people up on spots they forgot about about which is good for their business, but decreases my chances in finding the good stuff ;)...Thanks for not blowing up every spot in town there were a bunch you didn't mention! Used vinyl fans be sure to check out the Big Dig III, next Saturday March 20th at Vermillion Gallery (1508 11th Ave, between Pike and Pine) 3-8pm. For one day it will be the best record spot in town hands down!

"Voorhees: The main reason I'm so good at selling records is I love talking with people, I love finding things for people. I have a lot of knowledge over the years. A person can't just open a record store; you have to know what to buy, what to sell, what to pay for it, what not to buy. If a person's going to open a record store, he has to have something that makes it better than other record stores."

That "better" being the days that Dave doesn't work and the only time one has a real chance of coming away with decent records at a decent price.

"That "better" being the days that Dave doesn't work and the only time one has a real chance of coming away with decent records at a decent price."

Truer words have never been spoken.
I could go on and on and on about that dude, as could most anybody who's spent more than 5 minutes in Bop St.
If I didn't find many a treasure in that mess over the years, I'd never go back just because of him.

Couldn't agree more with Mr Science, the Big Dig is the best and most fun record show, you will ever go to. Psst, who was that (Mr Screenname) talkin static.....
["A lot of the people who work at Easy St have actually been really cool to me, but at the end of the day I'm happier if Jeffery T has $$ in his pocket than ol' Mr. Vaughan, who seems to think you just gave him a big block of free advertising"].
Um, hey fella, I started with just one employee, myself. We have given over 500 jobs over the 22 years and currently have 35 folks on the payroll. I'm the last one gettin a raise, think about those people who have been really cool to you...you just might save a job or get someone a promotion, it's called job creation and supporting your community. Go Seattle! Have a happy fun vinyl weekend, it'll make you happy.

Tell'em MV! There is enough to go around...both Easy St. and Wall of Sound have stood the test of time and hopefully will continue to do what they do for a long time to come.
Thanks for the kind words regarding the Big Dig...
I better see you there! I'll buy you a round or two and we can rap out
about some of those plans you had for upcoming events.

I will say that I've only bought a couple dozen used LPs in the past couple of years, but Wall of Sound has been the one place to supply things on my want list I haven't seen in many, many years. If there's an older, more obscure record you thought you'd never see again, chances are it's in WoS's bins. And with Baguette Box right down the street for lunch ... and even Sonic Boom nearby to see what's new and their totally awesome books and magazines.