It was an Excellent Value. Received all my records in great…read morecondition and in a timely manner. Shipping and packaging was very very good. The value for the the purchase was on par with all the other providers.

Before reading this review, please keep in mind that...yes, I know this is a recently-opened…read morebusiness. And with it being new, you gotta start small sometimes. I also understand the smaller the business, the more local feel - I get it. I believe in supporting small businesses. I hope this place stays around for awhile but in all honesty I don't see it being open in a year. I've been wrong before, so I hope I'm proven wrong! I'm just gonna say you will not get the average record store feel with this one - which is sometimes a good thing. There was not very much of a selection. I was all excited to check out this place and when I finally visited, I was disappointed. It was like I stepped into one small near-empty room. I was impressed with how "new" it was with freshly-coated paint and all (this is in a really old downtown Alton building). But again, the room was very small, probably not much bigger than your bathroom at home. The owner's father was sitting there, and he was very friendly and I asked him a few questions. The answers were all the same - everything was limited and local. That's the one thing that I found cool is that the owner, Becca Peterson, is focused on selling vinyl and shirts from local bands. How cool is that? But that's pretty much where it all ends. I was just not that comfortable browsing while having the guy watch every move (like I was gonna do anything, right?). There wasn't even any music playing when I was there. Every record store should have something blasting from their old-school speakers! Just saying. If there is a vinyl record you want, there is a sheet available for you to write down what you want - and they will order it. But most people like me are better off getting them online like Amazon, Discogs and plenty of others.

My favorite record store. Great selection, knowledgable…read morestaff, great price's. #1 Record Store chain ever in St Louis!!!

The latest thing to happen in E'ville is this place located (kind of hidden) in Montclaire Shopping…read moreCenter. It has been open since 11/10/2018, and so far it has shown signs of success. You will find plenty of records, spanning most genres. A lot of them I find to be reasonably priced. They also have cassettes (somebody please tell me how these are making a comeback?!) and CDs. There's even a bargain bin for titles $5 and under. Other pieces of merchandise include T-shirts, Funko Pops (no superheroes, just rock related), turntable/record player gear, and more. If you are a record/music collector, by all means check this place out. You may even find something to fit your collection.

My wife and I have been to Trusty Chords several times over the last couple years. Today we went to…read morecheck out the record store day event. While waiting in line my wife was talking to me and said she always wants to branch out with music, someone behind the counter interceded with something along the lines of "yeah but it's hard when Laufey is putting out the same album and you have to keep buying it". (I had picked up the Laufey album, but the statement was definately aimed at my wife, sorry I'm too basic) it came across weird, judgy, and offputting, and soiled the experience. I understand that niche interests like records can sometimes facilitate pretentiousness, but dang, next time I want to pay an above average price for some girly pop bossa nova music I'll find another record store.

This place is a hidden gem. Prices were really nice, and the selection was excellent. Lots of…read moredifferent genres. I walked out with a Duke Ellington, Fleetwood Mac (Rumours!), and an Arlo Guthrie record for around $20 which felt like an accomplishment. They write the grading on the label for used records, and my VG/VG+ selections were indeed true to their grade. My friend traded in some 45's and she was happy with her result. The owner was working and he was super chill. I'll be back 100%, I'm all for new indie record shops in St. Chuck and revitalizing Frenchtown!

Cool new record store in Frenchtown. Some great used and new vinyl plus a small selection of…read morecassette tapes, VHS tapes and some books. For bonus fun, check out the three pinball machines in the small room to the right.

I was looking for a throwback record and I knew this would be the place to find it. I checked…read moreonline first which they said it was available but I also called to confirm. Not only did they have it available but it was priced well too. The staff was very friendly and this place is huge. Highly likely that whatever you are looking for, they'll have it here. My only issue would be parking. I was lucky to find a spot in front but usually it's busy in the loop so get make sure you are good with walking. Still a great location with all the other shops around. I will definitely return as my kids are into vinyl records now and would like a few of their own.

This is an amazing record store. Easily in my top 5 in the country now based on my recent visit…read more It's sprawling, stuffed to the rafters with vinyl and CDs, etc. It's organized my genre and subgenre, perfectly ordered making finding what you're looking for easy but if you struggle, their staff can quickly help you track down what you're looking for if they have it in stock. I like that they have a discount section of new/sealed titles at very affordable prices as well as used/trade in at similarly fair prices. Even their brand new sealed vinyl is fairly priced compared to a lot of stores in particular. Really had a blast picking up a stack of records and chatting with the staff, will come back any time I'm in St.L.

We had carpeti installed on our second floor, and what they referred to as upholstered stairs. Ben…read moreabd his crew were professional, and kind.

I think communication could have been better. Craftsmanship was a fine. But lots of trim had nicks…read moreand moving furniture left nicks around the space.

Yayyyyyyy this place is so cool!!! New to STL & stumbled upon it thanks to following Candylion to…read moretheir show here. It was such a cool spot for live music - plenty of space to distance, peruse records while enjoying good people crankin' good tunes! Great atmosphere & the staff was all really happy and great vibes. The best contemporary record selection I've found in STL, also boasting a fabulous lil beer selection on site. I love that they had a board that you could write your record requests on. Such a gem!! Need to come back & explore more - tonssss of records!

A surprisingly fine used record store with a very good assortment of some new, and tons of used,…read morevinyl! Near the Arts District (Fabulous Fox, Powell Hall, etc), this unassuming storefront has a friendly, comfortable space to browse thru records nicely index by genre, and in many cases, then alphabetized or sorted by artist names. Prices are fair, and they also have bargain bins galore. By the way, they also have a smaller section of used cds, and I found an early Neil Diamond I'd be wanting for awhile, at only $4.95! In short, great store!!

Half Price Books is the best place I take the books and media as you thin out your collection…read more (Dunaway Books and Hammond's Books have failed to return communication and Left Bank Books' hours don't work for me.) That being said... you get very little money for what you bring in. Much less than other used bookstores offer. I know the stores need to make a profit. I don't expect that the inventory will get 30% of the asking price. But 20% or even 15% would be nice. Am I getting that? I think not. At Half Price Books, you don't know what you're getting for each item. How it worked in the past: Bring books to the counter. Wait to be paged. Return to see 2 (or 3?) groups of stacked books. Staff make a point of saying "These are the books we want. Those are the books we don't want." The "don't want" group is larger most of my visits. Staff offer to donate/recycle (read: trash) the books for you. Formerly (early 2020s) you could take accept the offer on the wanted group and take the donate group to your preferred nonprofit. How it worked about year ago: Though staff have your books separated into different groups, the offer is on all of the books, including the books they will donate/trash. Once the books are on the counter, you can't take a single book back without refusing the offer. You must take all the books back. A staff member told me that if there are some books I want to take elsewhere, I should put them in 2 different groups so I can have different offers. Hmmm. How it works now: You can't take any of the books back, even if you tell them in advance. Staff say they won't tell you which ones are the wanted/unwanted though after their review, the books sure seem to be in different groups. When you ask about this, they say this has *always* been the policy, and that they only deviated from it during the covid pandemic. (Then that was not *always* the policy, was it?) I imagine the books groups are something like of: sell here, sell at a different HPB location, donate, trash. If some of these books are going to be thrown away or donated, why not give them to the owner? It should be less work for the staff. So it's imperfect. This is as good as it gets for people hoping to unload of a few hundred dollars brick-and-mortar resell value in books for a little cash. Shopping here: I rarely buy books, journals, games, media and the other items sold here. When I want to buy something particular that I think will be here, Half Price Books is one of the places I shop. Buying a used book locally by a company that is based out of state is still better than buying from Amazon. I can usually find some books to bring for them to review while I shop.

Always have the best experiences here. Half Price Books has books, boardgames, DVDs, Video games…read moreand so much more for sale. They have a great selection of books and everything is so well priced. The staff is incredibly sweet and helpful. I have purchased many books here and will be back for more.

This place has it all! They have vinyl, DVD's, CD's, VHS,…read moreapparel and everything media. The gentleman behind the desk was very knowledgeable and helpful with all the questions I had.

Record Reunion is a perfect dive record store. Records, CDs, movies, all kinds of used things to…read morebuy. The person working the counter was nice and he was very helpful and had good store knowledge. Vinyl was priced fair, I just wish there was a better selection. There is a lot, but not a lot of albums that were impressive.

Tim was incredibly knowledgeable and helpful. Good selection of vinyl & selection of various sound…read moresystems / speakers. Will definitely be back!

Wow! Was just exploring on a beautiful Illnois afternoon, driving aound near St. Louis, and found…read morethis wonderful record store and stereo shop in Collinsville! The record store portion of the business featured a very good selection of alphabetically- sorted used rock vinyl, including many import pressings ... as well as a few new LPs (including recent RSD releases). Budget-priced discs were in crates below and behind the primary inventory. They also had some jazz, blues, folk/country, and a few classical records. They even had two different releases by my favorite 60's band, Moby Grape!! While the records alone would have brought me back to this store, fully half of their location is dedicated to high-end hi-fi equipment: turntabless, CD players, amp, speakers, etc. I have been wanted to rebuild my home audio for over 30 years ... but after several major geographic relocations, I no longer knew where to start. Well folks, this is it! Mike, the owner, is extremely knowledgable in all matters stereo - and will demo different set-ups at your request. Very high end, audiophile equipment. There's more stuff to explore, but please trust me, it's a great store. The good old days for a record collector like me. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!