Wow, am I really the first to review this on Yelp? Anyway, as a longtime vinyl fan I am ashamed to…read moresay it took me so long to make it out to River Bend Records. Place is much bigger than I thought! Large vinyl selection (new & used) plus they have lots of 45s on their endcaps. In addition, they have CDs and cassettes in a smaller room in the back, as well as turntable and record supplies. I was not aware at the time of my visit but they also have a lounge area for the shopper too. Service was great, and I was able to buy a few decent items. If you spend more than $20 there, they will give you a punch card for every visit so you can get 10% off. Located next to Mister Donut. STL vinyl collectors you are missing out if you haven't been here!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

One of the coolest stores I've been to in a while. Vintage gear, visage records. Hard to find…read morethings... love it!!

pretty cool place! there is A LOT OF STUFF HERE!…read more Guitars, gear, everything in between really. there is a ton of vinyl and I mean a ton!! Boxes stacked on top of each other. The one critique I have about this place is that it's not very organized at all which kind of fits its vibe. If you wanna spend hours and hours digging through crates, this is a place to go. If you wanna grab something pretty specific? maybe not I had an absolute blast going here

Place can be a little unorganized, but it honestly just depends where you go. It is a big place…read moreafter all, pretty awesome though. It's not just a great place for gifts, but for collecting, reading, games, etc....It's eye-opening how they have such variety. Technology and games and such as that will always be pricey. Expect that. Other brands are more chill on prices though. Service was decent, not much out of the ordinary. I do warn you things like returning and getting help to get things can be rocky. That may be my only complaint, but other than that it's a pretty nice place for shopping.

It's kind of hit and miss here. There are some decent prices on used music items, but new items are…read moregrossly overpriced (and I live in Philadelphia, one of the most expensive cities in America.) The guy who checked me out was kind of a sourpuss, though. If I lived here, I wouldn't come back.

Great people! Select selection is really fun to dig through and they pay a great price for used…read moreRecords! This place makes me feel like I'm right back in some 1990s movie and I mean that in the best way possible. Great value as well

small and average selection... but the prices are good. i would recommend going to record and cd…read morestore on delmar first.

I've been going here sporadically since I was young (2001-2002 I think). The owner is so friendly,…read moreand if they don't have something, they will get it for you :) The shop is packed with CDs, DVDs, and Records. I would never advocate going into a mall store (1. they're overpriced, and 2. the employees are rude...*cough* Slackers), and invest in this small business.

This guy, Walter Ray is a scam artist. I paid him $100 for some autographed items on Facebook and…read morehe never shipped them. He also removed the item from Marketplace and wouldn't respond to messages. It is okay though because I now know where he lives and I will be paying him a visit to recoup my money

Buy physical media!…read more Amazing video store to browse through and shop in. Have a selection ranging from DVDs to 4k blu-rays to boutique labels like Criterion. Amazing value on the Blu-rays and DVDs as well. Much better pricing than stores like HPB or Goodwill.

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