# Where did you buy your music?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-buy-your-music/596075>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 12, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-buy-your-music/596075 "2011-09-12T17:36:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-buy-your-music/596075/21 "2011-09-14T03:53:49Z")

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Tower Records.

J&R.

Sam Goody.

Lots more that I don’t remember.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-buy-your-music/596075/22 "2011-09-14T03:59:01Z")

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I got the ones I _really_ wanted from the music store at the mall but the bulk of my collection (120+) was built up from Columbia House.

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**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-buy-your-music/596075/23 "2011-09-14T04:29:11Z")

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Record stores.

I remember “Flip Side” and "Big Daddy’s"record store… oh Rolling Stones Record store on Harlem had great prices. I think I bought some cutout ones like Terry Reid in Venture. But I liked cool little ‘hole in the wall’ record stores that carried rare stuffs and imports. My dad was playing with sum-pump one day and ruined most of my some 1000 albums… well, covers since actual albums are okay but the covers got soaked, molded and stuck together. I still have them. I miss waiting to buy brand new release albums and checking out the cover while listening… oh and flipping to listen to B-side.

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**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-buy-your-music/596075/24 "2011-09-14T04:38:19Z")

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By the time I was buying, it was all CDs. There were two great stores in the Phoenix area: Stinkweeds and an indie store near ASU whose name I’ve forgotten.

Now I download all my music from [Rhapsody](http://www.rhapsody.com/).

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