There are some great vinyl stores in the general area and Electric Eye should be on your list as a…read moremust visit. Lots of records and they are well organized. I tend to look for Rock/pop & jazz but there are some other well stocked genres. One big difference here are the holy grails. You know, the "I have been looking for a while and I know it's not going to be cheap, but I gotta have it, records." I'd say you'll see more here than other stores and the pricing is fair. Online you'll often find the grails but the sellers are looking to retire off the sale where as here you'll pay a price that you'll feel good about. Overall you'll find a well curated collection of vintage vinyl. Enjoy.

It was an alright experience. They have a good selection, but the prices on anything well known…read morewere a little steep.

" Nerd heaven " If heaven was on earth this could pass for…read morea piece of it . Such great stuff for an avid nerd , lol. Big selection of all different things . Love the idea of being able to see and touch the products . As opposed to buying them online , call me old fashion , lol.

I walked in here expecting a normal semi-lame comic book store, and holy crap was I wrong…read more Immediately saw D&D themed cookbook that I had to buy (great recipes btw). Other d&d items, manga, and even Vampire The Masquerade manuals which I thought were kinda niche and only me and my friends enjoyed it but I guess I'm wrong. Really was blown away by the quality of items in here. For a comic book store, it's a 10/10, but it is just a comic book store so don't get your hopes up. (I also ended up talking with some other people shopping about the manga chainsaw man, fun experience)

Plenty of vintage vinyl and the store is brighter than most so it's easy to verify the records are…read morein great shape. Even their $2 bin has albums that are VG+ and there are plenty to grab that will likely fill your bag. I found they have lots of rock/pop but also several jazz so it's well worth the trip.

Recently we swung into Platterpus Records to look at their selection of CDs and records and have to…read moresay that we liked the selection they had. The store was packed with a ton of different records and it was nice to take some time to look through a ton of different genres. The quality of the merchandise was great, but a lot of the items were a bit overpriced in comparison to some other record store we have been to. Overall, not a bad shop! This is definitely a place to stop in at if you are looking to pic up some vintage records. They also have a ton of different items to support local bands.

I love this little shop! I always visit when I'm in the area. Always friendly service and…read moreaffordable prices

"I don't like opera and I don't like ballet And new wave…read moreFrench movies, they just drive me away I guess I'm just dumb, 'cause I know I ain't smart But deep down inside, I got a rock 'n' roll heart" (Lou Reed) If you've been around for more than a few decades like I have, stop for a moment and think about all the different ways you've bought music over your lifetime. Here's my list: 45 RPM vinyl singles 33 RPM vinyl albums Eight track tapes Cassette Tapes Compact Disks Digital Downloads As the state of musical technology changed, it left music lovers with a dilemma -what to do with our old purchases if we don't  listen to them anymore in their original format? Years ago, I pitched my cassette and Eight Track tapes (Trouble Man by Marvin Gaye and Superfly by Curtis Mayfield were personal favorites). But I have hundreds of LPs and CDs and really didn't know what to do with them. Until now. Today I sold four of my albums to the Trading Post as a test, and I was very happy with the results. I will be going back with more of my LPs and CDs. I exchanged e-mails with Elise, and then met her at the store and she couldn't have been more personable, helpful, professional, and just plain nice. Trading Post is most interested in 1960's-2000's rock,  reggae, and metal genres. They inspect your records for quality, their inventory and pricing data and give you an offer in either cash or store credit. She researched my four albums while I wandered around the store.  It's crammed with records, CDs, video games, tie dye everything, posters, shirts, blankets and smoking accessories. Elise made me a very fair offer, and that was enough for me to know I'll be back with my CDs and vinyl after the Holidays.

It's been a while since I went to a good comic store - mainly because I've been living in Warren…read morewhere there aren't any (that I know of). Holeymoleys offers discounts if you subscribe to comics and gives you free bags and boards with them. Really friendly staff.

From the owner: Our business specializes in comic books including current and back stock. We also carry dvd's,…read morevideo and board games and other toys and collectibles.

What a great visit with Joe!!! Quite the guy..enjoyed his humor and conversation..I asked him a…read moreqestion regarding an album and who was on it...I knew Nicks but he smiled as he knew who the other person was...he then walked to the album..and I bought it... Had quite the selection of albums and artists new and old...would go back again and again... value of the products are resonable..Thanks Joe for a great experience...

You would think a record store in such a prime location would have such high overhead that they…read morewould need to keep the prices really high, but there are some good deals to be had here. Good selection of modern rock, punk, alt, and 60's rock. GREAT selection of audiophile pressings. Some wild Japanese vinyl from The Who that I'M DYING to own. They know what they have, and it's priced accordingly, but stuff that doesn't move seems to get discounted (despite what Discogs says it's worth) Clean, organized, friendly staff, no pressure. It's slowly becoming my favorite record shop.

different location from Northampton but boy this location rocks. One of my fav places to visit in…read morewestern Mass and what a place to be. As always, the staff is always smiling. Collection varies here and not being such a popular vinyl place it's understandable not to have much, but it does carry some interesting finds. Price is right hence you get good value for your money. Grab a drink at the mill cafe, browse some records, have snacks and get a view of some of the books, grab another drink and then head out home.

Sigh, but nothing I own anymore has a CD player. Not my laptop, not my new car and not even a…read moreplayer in my home. I could go off on a whole another tangent about that, but I digress. I love music, and Turn It Up has a HUGE selection of CDs. For the amount of inventory in the store, it's remarkably well organized. The place is a visual overload, and if you're looking for something specific, you can probably find it in the CD section. They also had a pretty large selection of DVDs and boxed sets that the young kids would call "vintage." I wish the vinyl collection would have been more extensive. But, I realize this is a place you should probably wander into looking for nothing in particular and leaving with something unusual. Overall, worth a browse if you're doing brunch at nearby Alvah Stone and need to kill a little time! Go explore.

Game selection has gone way down hill. Gamestop gave me more for my trade in…read more.. I was told on entry if I wanted cash for my trade I would have to come back another day. The place has gone way down hill over the last 5 months or so.

Not bad. Most of their stuff is overpriced, but you can sometimes find good deals mixed in with the…read moreoverpriced items. Great place to preorder Vinyl's, and friendly service.

As a West Coaster I have many bookstores to patronize and usually order from Amazon as I read as…read moremuch as I can. However after finding this little gem of a bookstore I can now say I order from Broadside! The shipping is more than reasonable and the selection is as all encompassing as I see online. The staff is tenured and reliable, one of the staff "Brenna" keeps a running log of what I read and like and when they have three or four they go ahead and charge my card and ship them out. It is so delightful to find a package of books waiting for me when I get home, I just dive right in. Thanks Broadside, Brenna and the rest of the fabulous crew for making reading even more fun.

Very cute new book store in Northampton! It's across the street from the Smith College Academy of…read moreMusic, in front of a "15 minute free" curbside parking spot. In addition to books of all genres, they sell a lot of adorable book related accessories - I do regret not getting the book earrings, but love my ribbon bookmark (the purchase of which helps with community hunger). They also have POSTCARDS! There's a bunch of local cards for Northampton and Smith, and the rest of vintage pictures, political, or just best described as random (but would be perfect for someone out there). Masks are required as of April 2022.