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The Music Store

3.6 (70 reviews)
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Shane S.

The Music Store is right near the West Portal MUNI station. A visit here is an analog lovers dream. This store has character w/ CDs, Vinyl, cassette tapes, & even VHS tapes. If you are particular about your vinyl know that they stock both 78's & 45's here for all you vinyl enthusiasts. There is a small selection of comic books. The store takes up two stories. The second floor is all vinyl yet is still worth taking a look to see the interesting displays on hand. I'm all about living in the present moment yet revisiting some pleasant memories w/ some nostalgia is quite alright in my book. I loved seeing some classic album covers including Tracy Chapman, the Rick Rubin latter day Johnny Cash recordings, iconic cover photo of Rickie Lee Jones, & the green album by Weezer. I am a product of the 90's & remember when Weezer put out their first album way back in the day w/ Buddy Holly along w/ the Sweater Song. Funny how time slips by as Weezer just put out their 11th studio album Pacific Daydream which I recently heard. It is quite alright & reminds me of their earlier sound. As I went into the Music Store they were selling some cool one of a kind handmade calendars & loved the Bob Dylan Blond on Blonde one as that is one of my favorite albums by him. Besides albums they offer Music Lessons here for guitar, piano, violin, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, bass, flute, viola, & ukulele. The late great George Harrison would always have a bunch of ukuleles around saying you never know when you need a ukulele. Love that this store exists!

Dorothy T.

I've been here twice. This place has a descent selection of vinyls.There is also a whole selection of porn, like "Latin Lovers", where creepy, sometimes smelly, old men may be lingering around. I also like the layout of the store, kind of fun to go in with some friends. All the mannequins kind of freak me out because in the corner of my eye they look real, though remarkably still. But here it goes, the reason I have rated this place down two stars: the guy at the front is a rude hipster with a blonde mustache. Every interaction I heard him having with customers was him being a douche. A guy mentioned something about blue rays and the douchy guy at the front desk was like, "What, you have a problem with blue rays? It's new technology, man. There's nothing wrong with it." And then a girl came in to ask if there were any job opening, and the douchy guy at the front laughed at her and said, "Definitely not." The first time we came, he asked if we needed any help finding a record, my fiance replied, "Wire" and the douchy guy at the front replied in a condescending tone, "Did you look under W?" after he clearly saw we had been looking, since the records are at the front. Usually, if the place is cool enough, I will just go anyway, even if the customer service is bad, but this guy was just over-the-top. So, go, but beware of hipster blonde mustache guy. And if your reading this blonde mustache man, be nicer to people!

Check this place out! Plenty of good tunes!

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Ask the Community - The Music Store

How the prices on used DVD/Blu-rays and CDS? How does The Music Store compare to Amoeba Music in all…

-All CDs, DVDs and blu-rays have been lowered in price recently. -The Music Store is not a large warehouse of stuff, it's your local neighborhood record shop full of things… Read more

Is the store operating during Covid?

Yes.

I have a lot of vinyl LPs of music dating back to World War II and earlier. Would the Music Store buy them from me or do they only give credit toward my future purchases?

They pay cash for pretty much everything or give 25% more in trade/store credit.

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