Record stores?

[*Kane]

I was wondering if anybody new some good record shops in the lower mainland area that sell old rock records and 80's pop and metal and shit like that? The only one i know of is crazy bobs in langley and he doesnt have the greatest selection and he's a kooky bastard. Anyways any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

[dj_soo]

Four places to check:

Scrape Records on broadway - http://www.scraperecords.com/ - all-rock and metal vinyl shop.

Otis on Davie st - used record store extroidinaire - kinda small but todd the owner keeps changing up his selection a lot so lots of hidden gems can be found http://vancouver-webpages.com/biz/004/10.html or http://www.myspace.com/otismusic

Vinyl Records on Hastings - One of the best organized used shops in town with a great selection - a little pricey - better for finding that one track you need *now* rather than spending hours digging http://www.vinylrecords.ca/

Scratch Records on Richards - Good prices and good selection - especially if you're more into the indy-rock type of styles not too well organized so you'll be in there flipping through crates a lot. http://cdn.scratchrecords.com/

All great places to dig.

Boomtown is starting to order more rock records and 80s in too but a lot of them are on 45.

[angst]

add to that list

Zulu records on 4th
Audiopile on Commercial
Neptoon Records on Main
I also think Beatstreet on Hastings may have used rock records

[Bevvy Swift]

theres a place on austin right across from the safeway, but i forget what its called. good shit though.

[*Kane]

Thanks alot to everyone who replied, i will definately check some of these places out, Cheers!

[nabs]

place across safeway is called Scrape.

[tiedye]

Definately Audiopile on Commercial. I've lucked out on a few wicked finds down there, and some really good deals too.

[Wood]

^yeah audiopile is nice, scored some great shit there. But for my money & digging time, OTIS is #1. It's undoubtedly the smallest (as in physical dimensions) record shop in Van, but you'll score some amazing pieces. Lucky for me it's on my walk to/from work & i've been going there for years so i get to see a lot of stuff before it hits the shelves... but it's a great place to dig for anyone, none the less.

[tiedye]

^^
where's OTIS located? I need to expand on my Peter Tosh collection

oh, and if ANYONE has/finds any Primus or Sublime on vinyl, I'll pay top dollar for em!

[dj_soo]

click the link above for an address - it's on davie right by the Macs