Best Place to Buy Trance in Vancouver

[C_Harrington]

hey guys

I have noticed that at some of the stores i have been to downtown that there isnt a huge amount of Trance records and the stuff they do have seems to be pretty commercial stuff. Can someone point me in the right direction (if there is one) towards some places that have a good selection of stuff.

Thanks

[Digital Over]

for trance records, Vinyl records, definately one of my fav spots for all sorts of trance. :y:

[C_Harrington]

Originally Posted by Digital Over

for trance records, Vinyl records, definately one of my fav spots for all sorts of trance. :y:

ok cool i will check that out. i seen it before but i have never had time to go in and check it out. Its on Hastings right?

[b0ld]

vinyl records has a bunch of used and some new trance vinyl.... beatstreet has a tiny selection.... Can't recall boomtown having some trance.... but there house...tribal....progressive.... section is impressive..... and so is the DNB....
Remix has a small section to.... Keep in mind you can specially order any vinyl..... I think the only reason why the shops really don't carry that much trance is because it simply does not sell.... It may sell at a rave but it doesn't appear to sell when it comes down to vinyl....

[nabs]

trance sells. just need better trance. ^^^

[C_Harrington]

Originally Posted by b0ld

Keep in mind you can specially order any vinyl.

which store can i order from or is it just any store? how much extra is it gonna cost me to order stuff in?

[nabs]

^^^
REMIX Records, Corner of Davie and Granville beside the two parrots.

[b0ld]

Originally Posted by C_Harrington

which store can i order from or is it just any store? how much extra is it gonna cost me to order stuff in?

I know for sure remix will specially order it and I believe boomtown will do it as well....

I don't believe it costs you anything extra.... I think you just need to put like a "down payment" type thingy for them to order it....

With Remix however if your a regular customer they'll just order it on it and notify you without you having to put money down....

But again you'll have to check with the guys at Boomtown on what there policy is

[C_Harrington]

Originally Posted by b0ld

I know for sure remix will specially order it and I believe boomtown will do it as well....

I don't believe it costs you anything extra.... I think you just need to put like a "down payment" type thingy for them to order it....

With Remix however if your a regular customer they'll just order it on it and notify you without you having to put money down....

But again you'll have to check with the guys at Boomtown on what there policy is

ok cool i will go and check those out.

Thanks for all the suggestions guys (and the fast response only 25 mins since my original post) i will check out Vinyl and remix and c if i can get some stuff ordered in. anything else i should check or is that it?

[b0ld]

well I'll just let you know that if you go over at vinyl records that they will most likely assist you with anything that your looking for. David (the owner) and Ben (who works there) are really awesome and know there music. They will help you for anything rare that your looking for.... The customer service there is overwhelming..... And they virtually have EVERYTHING on vinyl..... Anything from electronica music to karate lesson's on vinyl.... An amazing assortment.... I personally find that vinyl records provides what I would call "secret weapons" to use in any set.... Its a goldmine.

[C_Harrington]

Originally Posted by b0ld

well I'll just let you know that if you go over at vinyl records that they will most likely assist you with anything that your looking for. David (the owner) and Ben (who works there) are really awesome and know there music. They will help you for anything rare that your looking for.... The customer service there is overwhelming..... And they virtually have EVERYTHING on vinyl..... Anything from electronica music to karate lesson's on vinyl.... An amazing assortment.... I personally find that vinyl records provides what I would call "secret weapons" to use in any set.... Its a goldmine.

oh damn, that sounds good. im gonna go check it out tommorow if its good then. Can i get an address?

[b0ld]

Originally Posted by C_Harrington

oh damn, that sounds good. im gonna go check it out tommorow if its good then. Can i get an address?

its just about 100 yards east of beatstreet.... Essentially its between the church of scientology and mark emery's amsteram cafe...


check out http://www.vinylrecords.ca/

[C_Harrington]

Originally Posted by b0ld

its just about 100 yards east of beatstreet.... Essentially its between the church of scientology and mark emery's amsteram cafe...


check out http://www.vinylrecords.ca/

ok sweet thnx mate

[ppcock]

Originally Posted by Digital Over

for trance records, Vinyl records, definately one of my fav spots for all sorts of trance. :y:

the only problem with vinyl records is the fact that guy is a huge coke head. he used to charge 5-10 a record. Now $16.00.
then again, i have all the classics i ever wanted. So i go to remix records, beatstreet has a great selection of trance.
I'd recommend boomtown, but most of boomtown's stuff can be found at remix for cheaper.

[b0ld]

Originally Posted by ppcock

the only problem with vinyl records is the fact that guy is a huge coke head. he used to charge 5-10 a record. Now $16.00.
then again, i have all the classics i ever wanted. So i go to remix records, beatstreet has a great selection of trance.
I'd recommend boomtown, but most of boomtown's stuff can be found at remix for cheaper.

lol actually they are selling all there trance for about 8 dollars a piece now at vinyl records..

[ppcock]

Originally Posted by b0ld

lol actually they are selling all there trance for about 8 dollars a piece now at vinyl records..

i picked up sparkles there, original pressing for $5.00 back in the day. Now, i go there, AVB shit stuff is $18.00.
He finds what people likes, then rips them off.

he used to be a stellar guy.

[mattymids]

you should be able to get the guys to show you a list of the new releases they can buy, from my experience watts and nemesis (2 distributors in new york) both have a wickid selection of trance we used to order from nemesis weekly and we would email the releases to customers, im pretty sure boomtown buys from one of those distributors you should ask wood. maybe things have chenged 3 years from hipnotik but im pretty sure theyre still in business, and as far as compared to ordering online you can look at new releases on friday and they arrive in shop by tuesday.

[Wood]

^yeah watts & nemesis have both gone belly up since then. so has majestic which was NA's best trance distributor, that's where we used to get all our hard trance, acid techno, etc. since those spots went under it's been impossible to get anything other than super commercial trance records. we still get new trance weekly, but nowhere near the volume we used to. as for special orders, we'll usually do it for you without a taking a deposit.

[C_Harrington]

Originally Posted by Wood

^yeah watts & nemesis have both gone belly up since then. so has majestic which was NA's best trance distributor, that's where we used to get all our hard trance, acid techno, etc. since those spots went under it's been impossible to get anything other than super commercial trance records. we still get new trance weekly, but nowhere near the volume we used to. as for special orders, we'll usually do it for you without a taking a deposit.

sweet thats at boomtown?

[Wood]

^yeah

[C_Harrington]

Originally Posted by Wood

^yeah

sweet. thanks mate

[HADES]

I get all my vinyl at a place off of granville called "Remix Records". The owner there is a nice bloke named Jim, he's always reluctant on searching for the extremely hard to find vinyls for me. It's probably due to me only wanting to buy shiz that you can't get over here. There's a downfall to it as well, remix can only order in what he can get from his supplier so the second best thing to do that i've personally found is go to any MONEYMART and get one of those mastercards you use as a debit card, ends up costing you like 25 $ to just pay for the card but, anytime you go and put money on the card you can use it on the Internet as a normal mastercard , i've recently purchased some vinyl's canada will never carry so try out the Moneymart mastercard thing, it's fuckin mint mates.

[C_Harrington]

Originally Posted by HADES

I get all my vinyl at a place off of granville called "Remix Records". The owner there is a nice bloke named Jim, he's always reluctant on searching for the extremely hard to find vinyls for me. It's probably due to me only wanting to buy shiz that you can't get over here. There's a downfall to it as well, remix can only order in what he can get from his supplier so the second best thing to do that i've personally found is go to any MONEYMART and get one of those mastercards you use as a debit card, ends up costing you like 25 $ to just pay for the card but, anytime you go and put money on the card you can use it on the Internet as a normal mastercard , i've recently purchased some vinyl's canada will never carry so try out the Moneymart mastercard thing, it's fuckin mint mates.

Yeh i got one of those. i use it mostly on beatport though. i just love going to record stores and digging up new tracks :D

[HADES]

the one major things you have to be whilling to do as well Chris, is being ready to special bundle order records from the UK via Credit card, I had to do that for a while for some of the rarer Progressive tracks back in the day..Oh one purchase recently I found was really funny was, Having to specially order Armin Van Buuren's Control freak incl. Sander Van Doorn Remix.

[C_Harrington]

Originally Posted by HADES

the one major things you have to be whilling to do as well Chris, is being ready to special bundle order records from the UK via Credit card, I had to do that for a while for some of the rarer Progressive tracks back in the day..Oh one purchase recently I found was really funny was, Having to specially order Armin Van Buuren's Control freak incl. Sander Van Doorn Remix.

yeh i have done that a few times as well but i hate to waste all that extra money on shipping plus you have to wait for the tracks to get here as well.