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NYC area thrift shop vinyl

I just moved to West Point, which is about 35 miles up the Hudson from NYC. Does anyone know where there's any thrift shop vinyl to be had? I've checked a few of the local Goodwills and Salvation Army stores, but none of them had anything. Certainly not like Oregon, where some thrift stores had 1000s of LPs. I've found some good used vinyl stores, but their prices are all in the $5-10 range. Nothing beats the satisfaction of discovering those mint LPs at $.99! :-)

I'm willing to drive a ways if I know I'll find something when I get there, so probably anything within a 50 mile radius of NYC is in bounds, or maybe 100 miles up the Hudson. Thanks in advance to all you east coast Audiogoners!

David
armstrod
armstrod OP
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Am_dial,

Those are all great suggestions. Gives us plenty of places to seek as we explore this beautiful area where we live now. I'd heard about Rhino (any connection to the record label?) in New Paltz but hadn't made it up there. Too bad they've already downsized, but probably still worth a look - we occasionally get up to the Rosendale Theater for art films, and frequently get sushi in New Paltz.

I'm still amazed that the thrift stores here in NY are so bereft of vinyl...did I just miss the market here by 15-20 years, and the northwest was that far behind the times?

armstrod OP
618 posts
 
Just got back from the WFMU Record Fair, and now I know where all the thrift shop vinyl goes! There are so many record dealers in the NYC area that it all gets snapped up before any end user ever sees them.

Luckily, there was tons of $1 (even some 2/$1!) vinyl at the fair, along with $10-50 (and more!) pieces of every imaginable genre and sub-genre. I'm sure that the Internet marketplace has serious affected sales of the higher priced stuff, but if you're the type who likes to grade the LPs yourself, or you just don't like paying shipping, this show is a must.

They used to do it twice a year, but it looks like they're going to a once a year schedule. It runs Fri/Sat/Sun, and lots of dealers go to half price/make an offer at about 5pm Sunday. If you wanted to do a thorough scouring, you could easily spend all three days there.

Oh, there were CDs there too. I didn't look at a single one.

:-)

David
am_dial
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I missed the WFMU show this weekend, unfortunately, but I'm glad you made out well. Perhaps you met the guy who runs the little shop in Red Hook; he had a table at the WFMU show. As far as I know, Rhino in New Paltz has no connection to the label.

I don't know why there's so little good thrift-store vinyl in these parts, since I just moved here about a year and a half ago myself. I think thrifting in the northeast, in general, has been pretty poor sport for about a decade. Too many people all looking for good finds?

If you're up in Rosendale on occasion, the shop there called Cakewalk has a tiny vinyl section inside--mostly rock, from oddball to mainstream, but other genres as well. I just picked up an LP there last weekend.

Josh
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