Things That Drive Me Crazy At Record Stores

I love visiting record stores. It’s one of my favorite things to do. As some might say, “it’s my happy place”. But there are lots of things that can make that experience not so enjoyable and as I have found, drive me nuts in the process. Join me as I run through some of the Things That Drive Me Crazy At Record Stores.

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[rovo]

I like when they play different kind of music because that shows the variety of material they have.

[patriotpizzaman]

You hit on some really good points. The guy who was making up the prices as he goes wouldn't have gotten a sale out of me. If it says $1, 99 and you try to charge me 4x that, I'm leaving everything in my hands at the counter and walking. Bad business!

[cookiesontoast]

As someone who is primarily into extreme Metal, especially Black Metal, Funeral Doom and some Death, it is a bit disappointing for me personally to see so many cool looking record shops and then go in and find hardly anything I want to buy.

I'm well aware that's not the shop's fault, it's just an unfortunate side effect of my music taste. I've got dedicated extreme Metal online stores to find them for decent enough prices but you know.. I just wish I could experience the thrill of visiting a record store and coming across boxes of stuff I'd love.

It's not that I don't love other genres of music, it's just that Black Metal especially along with Funeral Doom are the genres I'm genuinely passionate about, and I don't want to own any albums that I'm not genuinely passionate about.

I kind of get that experience when going to merch stands at live shows but at those points you've got limited time to look before the next band starts and once you buy you've got nowhere safe to put them unless you have a car parked outside, which I don't. Plus I'm not made of money so I don't go to live shows too much anyway.

[olivervus]

The biggest thing that drives me crazy is when the bins in which the vinyl is stored are so tight that browsing through the records is a nightmare! You have to take every vinyl out individually to have a good look instead of simply flicking through them.

[bluetarantulaproductions]

Have been working in retail for a long time I can say that at least the clerk said hello. Fun fact: by the employee/clerk interacting with you by saying "hello, how are you" or "can I help you with anything?", not only is it a friendly gester it also let's you (the customer) feel welcome, it also deters anyone who is thinking of theft through nervousness.

[lucasnavajas]

You’re so lucky you have multiple stores in your area, I have one and it sucks. I love going to stores and searching for gems like you. I have friends in Hawaii that complain they have nothing since tower records closed down. The internet is my go to but I love finding physical copies that I can hold and finding them is also part of the fun

[theoriginalbluey]

I love that "What are you looking for?" I reply with "Where on earth do I start." I have a Most Wanted list and there are records on it that I've spent almost 40 years looking for!

[simonmannick]

Thank you Brendon, for saying what most of us feel in Record stores.

[YY-mirf]

Well, as a guy who loves melodic rock/metal, it's not always easy when all they play at the store is death metal blasting my ears. I know, it's just me, lol.

[SteveAuger]

This was an absolutely great video. I hate going into record stores and going through the CD bins and they’re all just crammed in there and it’s very hard to go through anything. When I went to New Jersey and visited Sound Exchange, I was so impressed the way Anthony has everything set up. It was very easy to go through things. Plus, being legally blind, it does make it sometimes difficult to go through things, but I just take my time. Most of the time when I go to the record store, I am just going to browse and I have no idea what I want until I actually see what they have

[SpackleTab]

Great series Brendon - My biggest pet peeve that drives me nuts at a record store is when the store clerk has no idea of the artist you are looking for. But i do love when you turn the record store clerk onto music they were unaware of.

[nowherejoe]

Great video. I really enjoy your channel. I worked in record stores on and off from 1987-1994

[Audiorevue]

Firstly I think record stores playing different types of music is one of the things I enjoy most about going to them. I don't know how many times I've been in a record store and heard something that I was unfamiliar with or hadn't heard before and ask the person running the place" what is this playing?" And I discover a whole new type of music that I didn't know I could enjoy.

I mean come on in one of the clips you hold a meatloaf bat out of hell album, there's only so many times a person can hear him crooning and not be tired of it.

[MartyMurray]

Most grocery stores here no longer have plastic bags. Some have paper bags. and most have those reusable ones that you can buy, but the secret to that is, I always carry a bunch of them in the back of my car, so I bring at least one in with me before I start shopping. I have forgotten a couple of times, but it's a good idea to just bring your own bag with you, and try to make it a habit.

[johngaldieri]

I liked the topic of this video! Great job! Northern New Jersey loves you :)

[paulburrows]

All valid reasons for things that annoy you nuts. I completely agree with you on that. Excellent video.

[jasongardner]

Great video. The pricing at the counter drives me crazy as well!

[LeeSaintLewHiss]

Hey Brendon! This is a fantastic video and I completely agree with all your peeves. Here’s a few of mine and please note this doesn’t apply to all of my local/fav shops, but I have seen these at some out there:

- Any Beatles/Stones album is $25+ regardless of condition, because…”well, it’s the Beatles”. Just because a junky condition album is by a certain band, doesn’t warrant an automatic price.

- You mentioned this, but shop staff that jump on you the moment you walk in OR eyeball you the whole time so you can’t even enjoy your visit.

- No organization. Just total chaos.

- Weird alphabetical system, and you mentioned this using Alice Cooper as an example. I am always looking at what’s in the Coop tabs. I have found bootlegs, 12-inch singles, solo stuff, group stuff, Billion Dollar Babies-side project, whatever. But it always throws me when Coop is listed in the “A’s”, yet the same shop has Jimi Hendrix in the “H’s” as you’d expect, and then Ray Manzarek has his own tab and not lumped in with The Doors. So weird.

- “Nope, never heard of it” and that’s it. Guess I’m outta luck lol. I also am usually not looking for the mainstream/regular stuff, but to not even try to help me further hurts.

- Price tags on the album jacket itself rather than the outer plastic sleeve. I know this one can’t be helped a lot of the time and is often done to prevent price swapping, I get it. But price tags come in all shapes and adhesives and some are not as forgiving as others. I’ve had to keep some on rather than risk jacket damage. I do have a favourite shop that tries to use the small “garage sale” type dots wherever possible as they tend to easily come off. But, the big old thick square rectangular ones can be brutal sometimes.

That’s my two cents! :)

[TheDungeonDive]

Folk music is some of the very best music ever made. I'd love it if more record stores played more folk music. The other day my local shop was playing some killer bluegrass, and I bought the album they were playing :) Along with some Public Enemy and Beach Boys.

[ledzeplover]

Big one with records is when they're packed so tight in bins that they're almost impossible to peruse without taking a stack out. Also when they are at floor level and you have to lay on the floor to look at them.