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    • The Muses, Adelaide
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      • Collectors Corner, Melbourne CBD
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      • Licorice Pie Records, Prahran
      • Northside Records, Fitzroy
      • Off the Hip, Melbourne CBD
      • Polyester Records, Melbourne CBD, Fitzroy
      • Pure Pop Records, St Kilda
      • Thornbury Records, Thornbury
      • Vinyl Solution, Cheltenham
      • Wax Museum, Melbourne CBD
      • White Rabbit Record Bar, Kensington
      • Wooly Bully, North Melbourne
    • SYDNEY
      • Red Eye Records, Sydney CBD
      • The Recordstore, Darlinghurst
      • The Vintage Record, Annandale
      • Utopia Records, Sydney CBD
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    • AUCKLAND
      • Conch, Auckland
      • Real Groovy, Auckland
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    • HONG KONG
      • Records Rendezvous, Hong Kong
      • White Noise Records, Hong Kong
    • JAPAN
      • Coconutsdisk, Tokyo
      • Disk Union, Tokyo
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    • AUSTRIA
      • In and Out Records, Graz
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      • Back Track Records, Antwerp
    • FRANCE
      • La Dame Blanche, Paris
      • Lucky Records, Paris
      • Groove Store, Paris
      • Toolbox Records, Paris
    • GERMANY
      • Comeback Records, Berlin
      • Logo Records, Berlin
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      • Space Hall, Berlin
    • ITALY
      • Goody Music, Rome
      • Hocus Pocus, Rome
      • Indie Records, Venice
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    • LONDON
      • Flash Back, London
      • Phonica Records, Westminster
      • Reckless Records, Soho
      • Rough Trade, London
      • Sounds of The Universe, Soho
  • RECORD STORES UNITED STATES
    • AUSTIN
      • Antone’s Record Store, Austin
      • Backspin Records, Austin
      • Breakaway Records, Austin
      • Cheapo Discs, Austin
      • End of An Ear Records, Austin
      • Waterloo Records, Austin
    • CHICAGO
      • Dusty Groove America, Chicago
      • Gramaphone Records, Chicago
      • Lily’s Record Shop, Chicago
      • Permanent Records, Chicago
      • Reckless Records, Chicago
      • Sister Ray, London
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    • Ear X-tacy, Louisville
    • MINNEAPOLIS
      • Treehouse Records, Minneapolis
    • NEW YORK
      • Deadly Dragon Sound, New York
      • Halcyon, Brooklyn
      • High Fidelity Records, Amityville
      • Looney Tunes, West Babylon
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    • PHOENIX
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    • SAN FRANCISCO
      • Amoeba, San Francisco
      • Aquarius Records, San Francisco
    • SEATTLE
  • RECORD STORES CANADA
    • MONTREAL
      • Cheap Thrills, Montreal
      • Encore Records, Montreal
      • Phonopolis, Montreal
      • Soundcentral, Montreal
    • VANCOUVER
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    • Mabu Vinyl, Cape Town
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Owen

February Editorial

By Owen On February 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Editorial
I have taken a month off from writing but now i am back to bring you more informative articles about the things you may not no about music and record collecting. My aim is to bring you subjective topics, information and other things that stimulate a passion for music and a love for vinyl, you [...]
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Record Digging at The Mill Markets

By Owen On December 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Places to Dig
If you ask most record collectors “where is your secret spot to dig for vinyl?” they would turn around and say “are you joking? i’m not telling you” well i am. Melbourne is full of many places to go crate digging with loads of record stores and secondhand shops. Just over an hours drive from the [...]
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Is Pop Music Killing the Innocence of Youth?

On December 15, 2011 By Owen
Has pop music gone to far, marketing adult content to the tween generation or was it already there?  In a time where Kim Kardashion and Paris Hilton are famous for doing nothing but being born into wealth why are more and more young girls looking up to them as role models? Is it a sign [...]
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Books For Record Collectors

On December 7, 2011 By Owen
There are hundreds of books out there about music so how do you know whats a good read?  Whether your looking for information about a musician’s discography, or a definitive price guide to the value of records, maybe just a good read something you pick up when your listing to your Miles Davis records. This list [...]
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The Creator of Hip Hop

On December 6, 2011 By Owen
The foundations of Hip Hop lie in one place and yes that place is in New York City but if you think it’s Brooklyn you are mistakenly wrong. The sound that captured the world and started a new way of life which today is still one of the biggest sub cultures of all time has its [...]
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The Truth About Elvis Presley

On November 30, 2011 By Owen
Some people may find it hard to believe but the truth about Elvis Presley is his career was created for the purpose of marketing African American music to white people in a time of racial segregation by putting a White face to the sound of Black music, although Elvis did partake in this, to him it was more [...]
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The Pioneer of Alternative Music

On November 4, 2011 By Owen
The roots of alternative music and culture lie in one mans obsession to be different from the establishment  that man is the late Malcolm McLaren manager of  The Strand, the band that later became one of the worlds most popular music icons of today, The Sex Pistols. Comments
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The White King of Soul

On October 26, 2011 By Owen
In the past when i was younger i would always see Tom Jones Records everywhere when Crate Digging, i don’t know why but i used to pass them up even when they were only a $1. Maybe it was because he was White and back then i thought only Black people could sing soul. Comments
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How Can You Tell the Difference Between a First Addition Record and a Reissue?

On October 26, 2011 By Owen
As the popularity of Vinyl Records increases, so does the rarity of classic LP’s and 7″ 45′s generating a demand for reissued records. This creates a huge challenge for Record Collectors seeking to find only 1′st pressed records. So what tools does one have to find out if your record is a first press or a [...]
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Will Vinyl Records Be Around Longer Then CD’s?

On October 26, 2011 By Owen
In the 134 year’s of recorded audio one thing stands out, that is Vinyl Records have been around for 63 of them and if you were to include Gramophone recordings as well it would be an amazing total of 116 year’s. Comments
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