The Record Store Book: Fifty Legendary and Iconic Places to Discover New and Used Vinyl

What a beautiful and interesting piece of yesterday and today! I thought this would be a nice "coffee table book" to go with my vinyl collection, but I am surprised by what a treasure The Record Book really is!! Thoughtfully written, and beautifully photographed, this documentation of the vinyl medium is awesome. I feel the love and care that went into the writing of this book, and I am now even more proud of my home town of LA, and more proud of the vinyl I have in my library. I feel like this book is a puzzle piece that will be needed as the years continue. A puzzle piece which will bridge my grandparents' generation, and my childrens'.This is definitely a great gift for my musician friends. I'll be getting more copies for sure.

I love this book and the interviews with the various store owner, but the binding sucks. I returned the first one because it was falling apart and the replacement copy started falling as well.Updated the replacement also fell apart within weeks of receiving it. Although I love the stories and photos I can't recommend a book that so easily falls apart.

A Glimpse at some very cool record stores in CA...If you're going out there to dig you might really want to check out this book...Well done!

As an avid record collector this takes me back to the glory days. I can smell the old cardboard covers. It was nothing like flipping through crates looking at the backs to see who was guesting on the albums. vinyl is alive. This reference will give you a map of current and memories of past record stores.

I wish this was more record stores than only ones in California but that is in the description so my fault for not reading closer. I got this for my husband as a gift and would have liked a wider variety of places but it's still a pretty cool book. Just more specific than I wanted.

Everything I wanted it to be. Super informative and eye opening. Sad that some of those shops have closed but really glad to learn about other stores that were new to me.

nice

Such an awesome book rallying behind a very interesting and important industry!

Rubbish binding, book fell apart ,.. disapointing

Bella idea ed encomiabile lo sforzo per metterla in pratica, a livello fotografico tuttavia l'editing non convince del tutto, denotando a mio avviso lacune nell'esposizione e spesso anche a livello di messa a fuoco dei soggetti ritratti; avrebbe certamente potuto essere più vario e stimolante se avesse riguardato anche negozi di altre parti del globo. Rilegatura debole, diverse pagine si staccano ad una semplice e delicata 'sfogliatura'. Peccato.

This book is a must for vinyl collectors, particularly those based in Southern California.

merci !

LAを中心に、ヴァイナルのお店をそれぞれの特徴をくわしく教えてくれる貴重な本だと思います。ただ、ビジュアル本として評価すると、写真がどれもぼやっとした印刷になっているのが誠に残念（ソフトカバーでの購入）。