This is a really nifty little CD shop in St. Charles not too far from I-70. Sean and I came here the other night after trying to go to Game Trader. (BTW Game Trader now closes on Monday's....don't make the same mistake we made!) He had mentioned going there once or twice before (to CD reunion) but I'd never been before so decided to check it out. Wow. It's got a pretty decent selection of CDs (both new and used), vinyl, vinyl players and accessories, DVDs, VHS, and other misc stuff. I found a CD I wanted for about $6.99 which I figured would still be more expensive than Amazon but I looked it up and it was only a dollar off so I figured heck, why not, I'd just have to pay shipping online anyway and it would cost about the same if not more online. That's always a rare happening since Amazon is pretty competitive price-wise. I try to support the small guys when I can but if it's a $10 difference, or something, it's hard to say no to Amazon, lol. But on average I saw the CDs ranging from $2.99 for older stuff to $6.99 for newer-ish stuff, to $12.99 for brand new stuff. Not too bad. The new-est of new stuff is right in the front of the store where you first walk in. All of the CD and DVD cases are empty so if you want to buy something you have to take it to the front desk and the woman will go through the racks to get you your discs and put them in the cases...be patient because it might take a while to do this since they don't really have much of an organization going on but that's OK. My BF got 3 trilogies and it only took her about 5 minutes or so to find all 9 discs for him, lol! She's really helpful, btw. I forget her name but she was really pleasant--made conversation and even went in the back to sort through stuff to help us find movies we were looking for. Oh and they've also got a little listening station thing so you can test-drive an album before purchasing.
He walked out with the LOTR Trilogy, Die Hard Trilogy, and Back to the Future trilogy for only $35something after tax. She had a deal going on where if you bought two movies you got one free, and those boxsets totally counted! That was pretty cool, I must say.
Oh and--they have a soda machine that looks like it's from the '70s in the front of the store too! But sadly it's broken.
I really like this place...I wish it wasn't so far away from us but I guess we can visit there again next time we go to Game Trader (or try to anyway, lol.) I like it because it's Vintage Vinyl without all of the hipstery pretentiousness and it doesn't reek like incense there either. Although it does smell kind of musty. But in a good, nostalgic, way. I mean, like I wasn't sneezing every two seconds or anything. If you're in the area, I suggest you stop here! read more