Best ever record shop names

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I'm asking this because my personal favorite, a dance shop on the techo end of the spectrum called 'Klik Klick Whirly Beep Beep' has just closed down in Brighton. Anyone have any other great names to share?

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 21:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Electric Fetus.

― BRianR (BRianR), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 22:12 (twenty-three years ago)

There's one in Berlin called -- inexplicably -- "Mr.Dead & Mrs.Free".

There was one (might still be there, actually) in Columbus, Ohio called "Magnolia Thunderpussy."

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 22:14 (twenty-three years ago)

ALL HAIL THE ELECTRIC FETUS!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 22:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Okay, it's not that funny, but I like CD4U in Berwick Street, because it sounds like an ebay trading name.

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 22:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Flat, Black and Circular

― david day (winslow), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 22:25 (twenty-three years ago)

On the same lines, Licorice Pizza (now defunct).

I always liked Garage D'Or.

― nickn (nickn), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 22:33 (twenty-three years ago)

another vote for Licorice Pizza (RIP) - site of my very first vinyl purchase as a wee lad.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 15 January 2003 22:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Casa Del Disco always appealed to me - they have a huge 5ft record in their window and sell lots of spanish stuff.

― Charlie (Charlie), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 22:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Flat Plastic Sound in SF just closed down

my brother the chiroprator told me if i ever open a record store to name it Slipped Disc

― JasonD (JasonD), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 23:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Whirligig.

― paul cox (paul cox), Thursday, 16 January 2003 00:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Noise Noise Noise. Sure, it's my local one, so there's pride there -- but it just works for me!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 January 2003 03:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Q Is For Choir is the local one with the best name. I've also been fond of Singles Going Steady up in Seattle. Well, of its name, at least.

― Chris P (Chris P), Thursday, 16 January 2003 04:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Vinyl Fetish, which i think still might exist, though i haven't been there in some time. Noise Noise Noise and Licorice Pizza get nods as well.

-Matt, who likes the name not for the obvious double entendre, but the less obvious one...

― Matt Maxwell (Matt M.), Thursday, 16 January 2003 04:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Moby Disc? (okay, maybe not)

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 16 January 2003 04:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Vinyl Fetish up on Vermont in LA?

that's a pretty good store for late 70s early 80s rock. i had a friend, len, that worked there, that i just recently found passed away from skin cancer. sux

― JasonD (JasonD), Thursday, 16 January 2003 04:18 (twenty-three years ago)

my brother the chiroprator told me if i ever open a record store to name it Slipped Disc

Ha, that is like the best record store here on long island! (which isn't really saying much...)

― original bgm, Thursday, 16 January 2003 04:23 (twenty-three years ago)

MUSICWERKS!

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 16 January 2003 04:51 (twenty-three years ago)

With correct pronunciation.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 January 2003 04:52 (twenty-three years ago)

It's a goth industrial record store in Seattle. Pronounced "MYOOZIK-VURX!"

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 16 January 2003 04:52 (twenty-three years ago)

But true -- UK 70s punk song titles ("Noise Noise Noise" by the Damned, "Singles Going Steady" by the Buzzcocks) is a good pool for store names.

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 16 January 2003 04:56 (twenty-three years ago)

There's shop here called Slipped Disc as well; it's generally totally shit, though. Overpriced all around and poor selection. Also, it's CD only.

I haven't been in a few years, and the last thing I bought there was a used Nick Cave album for $6. (That's about $4 less than the average used CD price for the shop.)

― Ian Johnson, Thursday, 16 January 2003 06:21 (twenty-three years ago)

There's one in Paris called Crocodisc. Great logo with guys in a band with crocodile heads. Has a sister shop called Crocojazz

― tigerclawskank, Thursday, 16 January 2003 12:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Whenever I thnk of "Vintage Vinyl" (not a great name) it reminds me of "Town Wig & Bag" (fuckin awesome name)

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 16 January 2003 13:14 (twenty-three years ago)

DCCD (in DC, natch; recursive and very tidy)
CDepot
Compact Discovery
Vinyl Ink (RIP)

But true -- UK 70s punk song titles ("Noise Noise Noise" by the Damned, "Singles Going Steady" by the Buzzcocks) is a good pool for store names.

Phantasmagoria was an album title, I believe, but it made a good store name (damn I miss that place).

― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 16 January 2003 13:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Oar Folkjokeopus.

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 16 January 2003 13:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Suzy, the BEST names! That was a great store, tho. Mpls love, weird. Chicago: The Quaker Goes Deaf (now closed), and for sheer understatement, Jazz Record Mart (should be something like Oh my fucking god, the most jazz ever under one roof, this place is a goddamn labyrinth).

― Ryan Pitchfork, Thursday, 16 January 2003 13:55 (twenty-three years ago)

(it still is a great store but less so than when my best friend worked there)

Minneapolis, so many great names for shops due to bored scenesters making in-jokes.

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 16 January 2003 14:00 (twenty-three years ago)

There used to be one called "Movement" in Banbury, Oxfordshire, named after the first New Order album. The bags were really cool.

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Thursday, 16 January 2003 14:18 (twenty-three years ago)

"Noise Noise Noise. Sure, it's my local one, so there's pride there -- but it just works for me!"

Are you in Orange County, Ned?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 16 January 2003 14:37 (twenty-three years ago)

An Die Musik

― insectifly (insectifly), Thursday, 16 January 2003 15:07 (twenty-three years ago)

I like Selanby in Eastcote. I always presumed it was pronouned "Sell and Buy" but one time a shop assistant overheard me pronounce it this way and correct me. You pronounced it "selanbee" !

― Plutorecords, Thursday, 16 January 2003 15:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Prolly lame for most but i quite like both: Dr Vinyl and Music Mania.

― nathalie (nathalie), Thursday, 16 January 2003 15:42 (twenty-three years ago)

a local one, long ago: Signal to Noise

― briania, Thursday, 16 January 2003 16:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Oar Folkjokeopus.

The legend! Immortalized in a very random reference via MST3K.

Are you in Orange County, Ned?

Sure am. Ever been there and to the store?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 January 2003 16:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Ned, you're going to OD on MST3K with me here; my cousin was besties with Josh Weinstein the MST teen prodigy...essentially if you come from my town, write TV or film scripts and are Jewish you are pretty much guaranteed to make it.

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 16 January 2003 17:03 (twenty-three years ago)

my cousin was besties with Josh Weinstein the MST teen prodigy.

Heh, very cool. He seems to be doing well out here in la-la land.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 January 2003 17:05 (twenty-three years ago)

theres one in worcester called "stretch your onion"

― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 16 January 2003 18:40 (twenty-three years ago)

"Are you in Orange County, Ned?"
"Sure am. Ever been there and to the store?"

Yessiree. My friend Rob lived in Costa Mesa for a while, in Orange County (or as he put it, "behind the Orange Curtain") and we'd often stop by both Noise Noise Noise and Bionic Records, both of which were treasure troves of decent stuff.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 16 January 2003 18:47 (twenty-three years ago)

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