There are some great vinyl stores in the general area and Electric Eye should be on your list as a…read moremust visit. Lots of records and they are well organized. I tend to look for Rock/pop & jazz but there are some other well stocked genres. One big difference here are the holy grails. You know, the "I have been looking for a while and I know it's not going to be cheap, but I gotta have it, records." I'd say you'll see more here than other stores and the pricing is fair. Online you'll often find the grails but the sellers are looking to retire off the sale where as here you'll pay a price that you'll feel good about. Overall you'll find a well curated collection of vintage vinyl. Enjoy.

It was an alright experience. They have a good selection, but the prices on anything well known…read morewere a little steep.

Plenty of vintage vinyl and the store is brighter than most so it's easy to verify the records are…read morein great shape. Even their $2 bin has albums that are VG+ and there are plenty to grab that will likely fill your bag. I found they have lots of rock/pop but also several jazz so it's well worth the trip.

Recently we swung into Platterpus Records to look at their selection of CDs and records and have to…read moresay that we liked the selection they had. The store was packed with a ton of different records and it was nice to take some time to look through a ton of different genres. The quality of the merchandise was great, but a lot of the items were a bit overpriced in comparison to some other record store we have been to. Overall, not a bad shop! This is definitely a place to stop in at if you are looking to pic up some vintage records. They also have a ton of different items to support local bands.

A great selection and reasonable prices. I would go back or recommend to anyone else.read more

The service and knowledge of all things music was outstanding. It's a small shop so you don't feel…read moreoverwhelmed on where to go. They have records, CD's, cassettes, 8-tracks, dvd's and other collectables. Prices start at low as a buck. They have a lot of selections between $5-15. There are some rare items that go for some real cash. If they don't have it, they can get it. Just ask.

Lovely owner and staff. I called ahead and he had what I asked for and more when I arrived. I was…read morevery pleased. Great prices and great experience.

Classic vinyl shop with tons of genres, collectible memorabilia, and a very knowledgeable and…read moredown-to-earth owner, Giovanni. Will make this my regular haunt when I'm in town.

Great service and value. Although not on big store , I was able to find niche products. Also , I…read morewas able to put in an order from overseas. Really great place !

Was in town for an event at UMass and had an hour to kill. I always try to check out local music…read morestores. This place is tiny and it's hidden behind a coffee shop in an older two story house. The records were categorized well so it was easy to browse. Most of it wasn't my cup of tea but I did purchase a couple items to support the cause. There's a decent amount of records off the beaten path if that's your thing. I mostly skew towards punk and metal which there wasn't a lot of. I did take a flyer on one of their recommendations so I'll see when I get back home to my turntable. Worth checking out if you're in the area.

Along a country road in the heart of the Pioneer Valley in rural western Massachusetts there are…read moretwo used bookstores across the street from one another. One is in a house and the other, Heritage Books, resides in a former turn of the century brick library. As many times as I've driven by Heritage on Rt 10 just a few miles south of bohemian Northampton, it never seemed to be open. This past Sunday it was and I stopped in for my first look-see. Nice. Lots of interesting volumes on just about everything are neatly stacked and fairly priced. They have a strong fiction and history section and I couldn't help myself and bought a book about exploring Alaska written about twenty years ago after the first couple of paragraphs grabbed my attention. This is one of those uniquely New England used bookstores - always good for a surprising find at a reasonable price. And if you don't like the price, you can always bargain. Will I be back to Heritage? Absolutely!

Overall, I wasn't impressed with the selection of books but the store does have some unique items…read more If you're looking for vintage paperbacks or vintage pulp novels (VIctorian-1960s) there's an extensive collection here. Downstairs you'll find the vintage paperbacks at $3 each and upstairs the vintage pulp novels are individually wrapped and priced. They also have vintage posters, issues of Harper's from the 1800s, and a good number of vintage sci-fi books. The mass market paperbacks were cheap ($1) but in poor condition. I'd rather pay a few dollars more and get ones in fair to good condition. If you don't mine driving north to Hadley, you'll find the best bookstore in the area. The left half of the store is the Troubadour Books (hands down the best used bookstore I've been to) and the right half of the store is Gray Matter Books, which has a great fiction and paperback selection. http://www.yelp.com/biz/troubadour-books-hadley

This is one of my favorite used bookstores in the world. Visit is a highlight of my trips to NHT, I…read morealways head down (or up) Old South Street. Never know what you'll find. Whatever my changing area of interest over the years -- gender & women's studies, religious studies & history, European history, French history, history of French, linguistics, political science, and now back to gender & women's studies again -- they almost always have a section for it. (Could use more robust subsections for trans/NB/queer studies under gender and for Wicca/pagan studies under religion, tbph. Clearly not the owners' areas of interest. But there's Haymarket Books for that, I guess.) And always a surprise or three. Reviewer who said grab stool & plop down purse next to you and just go row by row said it perfectly. And remember, if you have a used book you haven't read before, it's new.

Many many books on all kinds of topics. They have a 1$ book shelf near the entrance & then a small…read morebox of free books (many of which are in different languages). They have. A section of modern library books near the checkout counter which are priced very reasonably and are 3$ -6$ or so. The rest of the books (depending on topic) range from 4$ to about 25$ or so. They have books on every topic you can imagine! Store just seems to keep going! I recommend planning to spend 1.5-2hrs here!

2nd stop today for my "Used bookstore trail in MASS" journey. Street parking, but it wasn't an…read moreissue. As soon as I walked in, the woman behind the counter directed to me to "the mask basket". Can't recall the last time I was asked to put on a mask, but I complied. Normally I would've walked out, but I figured I was only going to be in there for a few minutes and I had traveled a distance to get to this location, so the least I could do was satisfy her paranoia. Or perhaps authoritarian viewpoint ? Not sure which it was, but I was the only person in the shop at the time. After I was shown the SF/Fantasy section, I found a paperback right away from one of my favorite authors. 2 bucks, made putting up with the mask nonsense worth it. Jumped back in the vehicle and headed to the next Used bookstore !

One of the best bookstores in an area filled with best bookstores. A great mix of new and old…read morestuff, and the place doubles as an excellent event space.