oakland Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Bart's in Boulder. I'm so bummed. It's not just about the store though. My old favorite strore, Wax Trax, closed a few years ago. That really just leaves Albums On the Hill, which is a great store but doesn't have any vinyl to speak of. Hopefully they'll step it up, but I doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monk0nuggets Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 That sucks man. Better stock up on close outs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakland Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 Yeah, 50% off of everything. Too bad it's Christmas time and I've been under-employed for six months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monk0nuggets Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I feel like that every Christmas. So many awesome deals that I can't take advantage of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmonaut Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 That sucks. Was bart's the one on pearl st.? I was so bummed to hear that wax trax closed. I bought about a quarter of my collection from that place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddieruckus Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 fuck I dont know what Id do if my local shop closed, I make a day out of going there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 shitty deal! there are only 2 good stores in calgary, and if one of them closed it would suck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventangent Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I'm so lucky Ann Arbor has several decent stores, especially for being such a small city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest afsdan Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 shit! Barts is next door to my work. I've been waiting for a paycheck to finally hit it up again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlovecolouredx Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 worst.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicinveins11 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 yeah to live in city without a record store like i do sucks . we have an nfl team but no record store wtf is that about . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefan Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Logged in just to express grief/share condolences and Boulder record store reminiscing. Though I haven't lived in Boulder for a long time, there was a time when Bart's used to rent available vacant space on Pearl St during the holidays to sell close-out/clearance/promo stuff, it was great to dig around there. Right before Wax Trax Boulder went under, employees hooked me up with LP dividers, so I have a cool souvenir of their used dividers for artists they were no longer stocking. I will say that 10-12 years ago, Albums was the only store that advertised in my zine, so they always get points in my book. Haven't been there in years, but I thought they were going to do new LPs in that (mostly dance music) space upstairs and then they had a crap-ton of stock used LP fodder in that side room in the basement? For a very brief period there was a vinyl store in the food court on the hill, at one time upstairs, at one time in the basement. Mostly dance music, I think there was a brief focus on noiser music? Secondspin.com definitely helped push Wax Trax off the hill. They were the main store buying all the used promo CDs from the various zines (Oakland probably has experience with this). If I remember correctly, ~15 years ago there was a small CD store in the UMC (before all the renovations to Club 156 and the area), Virgil would remember this best. Is there still an anarchist book coop in one of the Pearl St basement units? Are there still massive drum circles in front of city hall on Wednesdays? Do they still show movies in the farmer's market parking lot in the summer? Can they sell beer in Club 156? Can you smoke in Club 156 (it was crazy how long the club was the official smoking lounge of the UMC)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonskanks Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 wait you mean there are actually stores that carry vinyl besides Hot Topic??? just kidding but for me to get to a record store i have to drive 4+ hrs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrc Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 yeah to live in city without a record store like i do sucks . we have an nfl team but no record store wtf is that about . Well for a while we had some pretty good stores. We had 2 record stores in down town riverside within like 4 stores from each other for a while. that was nice. Then the hip hop record store went out of business, then a year later the other shop went under, and then the dead tank distro store that was in riverside and later moved to Main st. went under last year. Now we have just the one place (vinyl frontier) that caters to mostly old classic rock type records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
servo Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 was this the store in the pedestrian mall? cuz that place fucking suuuuuuuuuuucked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmonaut Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Logged in just to express grief/share condolences and Boulder record store reminiscing.Though I haven't lived in Boulder for a long time, there was a time when Bart's used to rent available vacant space on Pearl St during the holidays to sell close-out/clearance/promo stuff, it was great to dig around there. Right before Wax Trax Boulder went under, employees hooked me up with LP dividers, so I have a cool souvenir of their used dividers for artists they were no longer stocking. I will say that 10-12 years ago, Albums was the only store that advertised in my zine, so they always get points in my book. Haven't been there in years, but I thought they were going to do new LPs in that (mostly dance music) space upstairs and then they had a crap-ton of stock used LP fodder in that side room in the basement? For a very brief period there was a vinyl store in the food court on the hill, at one time upstairs, at one time in the basement. Mostly dance music, I think there was a brief focus on noiser music? Secondspin.com definitely helped push Wax Trax off the hill. They were the main store buying all the used promo CDs from the various zines (Oakland probably has experience with this). If I remember correctly, ~15 years ago there was a small CD store in the UMC (before all the renovations to Club 156 and the area), Virgil would remember this best. Is there still an anarchist book coop in one of the Pearl St basement units? Are there still massive drum circles in front of city hall on Wednesdays? Do they still show movies in the farmer's market parking lot in the summer? Can they sell beer in Club 156? Can you smoke in Club 156 (it was crazy how long the club was the official smoking lounge of the UMC)? Holy shit, I didn't know you used to live in Boulder! We were probably at all the same Angel Hair shows. What was your zine called? What years were you there? Let's reminisce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest afsdan Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 was this the store in the pedestrian mall?cuz that place fucking suuuuuuuuuuucked the very same. it generally sucks (like most Denver/Boulder record stores), but I've had some great finds there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakland Posted December 17, 2009 Author Share Posted December 17, 2009 Secondspin.com definitely helped push Wax Trax off the hill. They were the main store buying all the used promo CDs from the various zines (Oakland probably has experience with this). Back in the day I made about $400 / month selling promos at Second Spin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Admin Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 hey guys, it is always a bummer to hear about an indie store closing. Barts was always pretty cool. I actually used to work at Wax Trax Boulder in 1997 and am bummed to see stores dying off one by one. Albums is cool mostly because Andy is a really rad guy, but the store just isn't what is used to be. I heard about this a few days ago and although I dont' really know anyone at Barts, it was a bummer hearing about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devinr Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 I used to stop in there from time to time when I visited my sister. Not the best store but I had some good finds there. I'm still bummed to see it close up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicinveins11 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 yeah to live in city without a record store like i do sucks . we have an nfl team but no record store wtf is that about . Well for a while we had some pretty good stores. We had 2 record stores in down town riverside within like 4 stores from each other for a while. that was nice. Then the hip hop record store went out of business, then a year later the other shop went under, and then the dead tank distro store that was in riverside and later moved to Main st. went under last year. Now we have just the one place (vinyl frontier) that caters to mostly old classic rock type records. all those were before my collecting time sadly . if i want to buy vinyl there is the one rack in hottopic and the one rack at cd connection and if i ever get there the one rack you told me about at vinyl frontier although i doubt i would find much there . i miss living in tally and going to vinyl fever although at the time i only used it for cds . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyw247 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 fuck I dont know what Id do if my local shop closed, I make a day out of going there The last decent record shop near me shut me some 10 years ago. Since then it's been the internet for me. VC is I guess now my local...and I live in the UK! Much love to the VC for existing then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brotherkyle Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 always a drag to see a store go. stock up on the closeout deals. dreading the day my local closes...but it's only a matter of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
000000 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 i had one about 15 minutes from my house, but then it moved downtown, went out of business there, and now Spiral Scratch is the closest one to me at about 45 minutes away. it's a bummer not being that close to one anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunna Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 all those were before my collecting time sadly . if i want to buy vinyl there is the one rack in hottopic and the one rack at cd connection and if i ever get there the one rack you told me about at vinyl frontier although i doubt i would find much there . i miss living in tally and going to vinyl fever although at the time i only used it for cds . the same company that owns Bart's also owns Vinyl Fever in Tallahassee and is closing that store as well. glad I got away from these folks a few years ago as I used to work for them too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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