What a hidden gem! Music DNA is an old school record store and a blast from the past. The owner is…read morevery nice and helpful. The place is super tight and not that organized, but the owner can help find what you are looking for. I scored some vintage Madonna cassettes today as well as some promo Madonna poster cards.

Such a cool throwback music store…read more This small shop is located next to the County Kitchen that I'm a regular at and consistently going to just to get Matthew A off his Duke Ship here. The owner is named Jeff he's super laid back and a reminders me of a OH (original hipster- just made that up but as a gift to you I will let you use it-Your Welcome) not that new age hipsters that are taking over Brooklyn faster then that mice on a NYC subway station. This shop has all your favorite music that has inspired the vast majority if not all of the current music your hearing today. Jeff opened this store over 30 years ago and is a music genius himself. This shop is packed floor to ceiling with very cool Atracks, Vinyls, Tape Cassettes, CDs of all oldie but goodies. Music is a passion for some people and you can feel that this store is filled with not just music items but packed with Love. You can see that like this name of this shop music is in Jeff's DNA I'm not a music person. I love music but hated my grade school musical teacher so that were I being to dislike music. I respect people who do have musical talents as I don't have any. It's a cool great place to come and get inspired. I'm sure if your a music person Jeff will gladly talk about all that.

One of the most varied selections I have seen at a music store thus far. Staff were kind, friendly,…read moreand knowledgeable. Way more than just records here, a multitude of cool audio equipment is also here. Beautiful location. Couldn't recommend this place highly enough!

This store is a lot bigger than it looks from the outside. So many records, all separated by genre…read more Found so many to bring home. Store only takes cash or PayPal via QR code. Easy transaction, and very helpful staff. We will be back!

Huge store with all types of used and new books. I only had time to look in the children's section…read morewhich was huge and decently organized by categories such as (sensory/cause and effect, holidays, popular authors, language, potty training, family). You could spend a good chunk of time browsing through the bins and shelves. It is great that they have a train table in the kids area so they kids can play while you browse the books. I was searching for Lunar New Year books, but couldn't find any. They had a bin for the big holidays like Christmas, Halloween, Easter and a general holiday bin for smaller holidays. The employees were nice and can system search by author/title, but they couldn't do a search by general topic/genre.

Visited for the first time and was blown away! Incredible selection with multiple price points…read morebased on format/condition, and then some! Went on a Saturday afternoon and it was far busier than I had anticipated which was great, love that for them and the bookish community, and the staff were very friendly. Will be back!

Went in tonight 5/16 @5pm and the pos working was the rudest man I have ever encountered really…read morehoping this wasn't the owner because if so I am beyond baffled. Deliberately turning away sales lying and saying the register was down acting bothered every time we asked to see an item we that we fully intended on buying but his personality and rudeness was so offputting. Yelled at us for having conversations at a totally normal volume. Not for nothing there was no one else in there the entire 40 minutes we were there. Should've gotten his face punched in. We come to the store every time that we are down that way, but will absolutely not be returning. Which is unfortunate because the store is cool, but the customer service was beyond unprofessional.

My husband was ready to drop some significant money and I asked the person behind the counter a…read morequestion and was spoken to extremely rude. So we walked out.

They have a good selection of older rock albums, but they massively overprice everything. They also…read morehave a tendency to claim an album is a more rare edition than it actually is so they can upcharge. Be sure to check everything on Discogs before buying. They will lower the price if you call them out on their shenanigans, though, so be diligent. Their recent arrivals section is usually pretty good, but the normal, already alphabetized stuff are pretty common records but marked up due to location. Honestly, I only ever look through the recent arrival stuff when I stop in nowadays. But again, check the editions before buying because they will absolutely claim it's a rarer edition when it's certainly not.

Small space near Littleton Common w passionate & knowledgeable staff…read more They have it all! Even some cassettes!! They also buy vinyl.

Was in Salem for the day and found the store was closed. Who closes on Tuesday?…read moreMy teenage son is collecting old vinyls. This would have been a great find!

Great shop. Lots of vinyl. Knowledgeable staff that answers questions. Can sometimes be challenging…read moreto find things on the lower shelves but most everything is easy to find and fairly priced. Highly recommended.

Called in advance to try to see if they had what I was looking for, the person hung up on me…read morehalfway. Once I called back I asked for what I was looking for, upon arrival it was nothing of what I described to him. To even get him to open the doors I had to go upstairs as he wouldn't pick up the phone. Didn't say "hello" back when I walked in. Terrible experience, do not recommend.

One of my favorite music stores in the area given it massive selection and affordable pricing. I'm…read morea CD guy, so this place still gives a lot of space to that medium but also gives plenty of room to vinyl records. They did the same thing when vinyl was not in vogue, so I appreciate that Mystery Train doesn't feel the need to drastically alter their landscape based on trends like some other music stores. For CDs, I have found that the prices have remained consistently affordable. It's usually $5-7 for used CDs and the genre sections are very deep, so one is bound to find something recognizable as well as obscure. There are also plenty of $1 bin options (especially more so these days) for those who don't want to spend a whole lot for music. They've also got some very solid box sets for $20+ which I have a weakness for as the quirky packaging always gets me. I have always found the staff at Mystery Train to be very laid back and knowledgeable, and I often see them answering any question without a trace of disdain or snootiness. They have also been known to get out from behind the desk and go find things for people. Whether you're looking for something mainstream or way offstream, definitely stop by Mystery Train if you're in the Gloucester area.