Where to Find This Stuff

If it can be had at all, you can probably get it through a combination of the following sources.


Mail Order/Online

Norton Records (the best single multi-label source for primitive rock'n'roll and rhythm & blooze; huge newsprint catalog)
Box 646 Cooper Station
New York, NY 10003
Phone (718) 789-4438

Sundazed Records (the preeminent reissue label for '60s rock'n'roll; great four-color catalog)
P.O. Box 85
Coxsackie, NY 12051
Phone (518) 731-6262
Toll-free order line 1-800-295-8079

Get Hip Records (for reissues look for the Get Hip Archive Series link)
(Also distributors of the Arf! Arf, Blood Red, Romulan and otherwise-extinct AVI labels, among others)
Columbus & Preble Aves.
Pittsburgh, PA 15233
Phone (412) 231-4766 Extension #16

Dionysus/Bacchus Archives (Bacchus Archives is their reissue label)
PO Box 1975
Burbank, CA 91507

Arf Arf Records (terrific reissue label with a strong '60s Midwest focus)
PO Box 465
Middleborough, MA 02346

Bomp Records
PO Box 7112
Burbank, CA 91510
Phone (818) 729-0339

Midnight Records
P.O. Box 390, Old Chelsea Station, NY, NY 10011

Storefronts

MINNEAPOLIS

Hymie's Vintage Records (huge selection of used/collectible vinyl)
3318 East Lake St.
Minneapolis, MN 55406
Phone (612) 729-8890

Roadrunner Records (new and used vinyl and CDs)
4304 Nicollet Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55409
Phone (612) 822-0613

Treehouse Records (new and used vinyl and CDs)
2557 Lyndale Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55405
Phone (612) 872-7400

MILWAUKEE

Musical Memories (great selection of used vinyl 45s and LPs, and some used CDs... ask for their great collections of Wisconsin '60s artists)
833 E. Kilbourn Ave. (just a block or two west of the lake)
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone (414) 271-0666

NEW YORK CITY

Midnight Records (massive selection of domestic and import CDs and vinyl, specializing in '50s through '90s rock'n'roll, garage, psych, and early blues and R&B)
Storefront: 263 West 23rd Street (between 7th & 8th Avenues)
Mailing address: Midnight Records, P.O. Box 390, Old Chelsea Station, NY, NY 10011

 

If you have additional suggestions or have have repeated good experiences with any vendors like these, please let us know. We'd love to add them to the list!

 


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