Shopping In Detroit

[Cheapsiderecords]

Hi All

Off to Windsor on 18th to see the Temps and going to make a weekend of it as I have a birthday pass. We will be going to Hitsville on Saturday morning and going to Peoples at some point in the day.

I also found the following stores on google, any feedback:

Record Graveyard, Hamtramck - I know about his ebay stuff

Shantique Music, Harper Avenue

Record Collector, Ferndale

Damons Record Center, Plymouth Road

Not expecting to find anything cheap but if I can eliminate the dead losses in advance it would help.

[Jimmy Mack]

maybe try the folks on soulful detroit they will help you with where to go etc. enjoy yourself in d-town fantastic place just be careful where you go also you could ask topdog on here as well

[Dave Thorley]

Record Graveyard, Hamtramck, always worth a route around

Record Collector, Ferndale, found the odd thing in there, but a fair few years ago now

Shantique Music, Harper Avenue, Tough area and never found anything there

Damons Record Center, Plymouth Road, Not sure if he's still open, but mainly Lp's 12" and CD's and it's tough area

Also try Famous Flame, not far from Brad's shop

Street Corner Music (Brad can give you the address of them also)

Lastly, the legendary Bob Maze, he works from his house, but it's pretty much open door, Brad can give you his address

In order of time best spent

1. Brads Peoples Records
   
2. Record Graveyard
   
3. Bob Maze
   
4. Street Corner Music
   

Edited January 8, 2013 by Dave Thorley

[Cheapsiderecords]

Thanks Dave

Just what I needed, may have to spring for another night.

I will have Mil bending my ear at some point but I will be happy to have a mooch around for a couple of hours.

Kevin

[Dave Thorley]

Thanks Dave

Just what I needed, may have to spring for another night.

I will have Mil bending my ear at some point but I will be happy to have a mooch around for a couple of hours.

Kevin

Just tell Mil it's my fault, always was in the past.....!!

Have fun

Dave

[Rob Moss]

Record Collector on 9 Mile in Ferndale has just closed down.

[Craig W]

From my experience in Detroit from around 3 years ago in February when it was freezing cold and around 6 inches of snow.

Travelled over with Hitsville Chalky . Bill Randall and Ian Curtis and was the trip of a lifetime which I thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish.

Record store wise this was my expreience from Ian and Chalkys safe guidance.

First of all was a trip to Bob Mays house. Bob had been trading from a recently closed shop in Detroit but was now selling records from his house. His shabby cluttered living room was basically a record shop packed with thousands and thousands of 45's in boxes. From what I can remember after a couple of hours of digging I found Belita Woods Magic corner on Moira and Royal Jokers Love game a to z on wingate and tons of other Detroit and related stuff in all sorts of conditions. Found a pile of around 50 45's got on very well with Bob and got a deal of $200 for the lot.

Bob mays house

Next was a trip into Downtown Detroit to a charity record store for raising money for disadvantaged people where there was a huge stack of unsleeved 45's in a metal caged room. Can't rememember the name of the place.

These unsleeved 45's has obviously been well sorted through and were as rough as f*ck but still yielded a small pile of mainly R&B 45's for just a few dollars. The person who was running the place bought a couple of boxes of decent soul 45's from the office at the back but wanted stupid prices. The shelved Lp's were dirt cheap and I bought a small pile including a Vibrations Okeh Lp which has the amazing overlooked Secret love track.

For some reason Peoples records was closed so never got the chance to get there.

Next was a trip to Street Corner Records which was from what i can remember on a small modern shopping precinct. There was a large shelved $1.00 section of mainly soul 45's . I bought The Metros - Since I found my baby on RCA and Brooks O'dell on Bell and around 70 other 45's for a deal of around $50.00. Not in mint condition but still very playable. This shop also had multiple unplayed Ric Tic stock 45's at $1.00 a time. Apparently if you ask the shop owner nicely who was not in at the time he will show you some nice choice soul 45's from behind the counter.

While we were were here we were recommended to travel to Flint MI visit a couple of record stores. I travelled out with Ian in very difficult sub zero heavy snow driving conditions.

First one was a small store that had unpriced 45's but if you asked it was priced into Popsike on his Computer. Ian bought Wilson Pickett - Let me be your boy for $30.00.

Next was a huge wharehouse in Flint MI which had just purchased a massive juke box collection of hunrdreds of thousands of unsorted 45. I got talking with the store owner who was a real nice guy who showed me some Marv johnson local live video perfomances which where amazing. He then bought a large stack of unsleeved 45's from the back room and asked if there was anything I wanted. top of the pile was an unsleeved beat up copy of Brice Cofield Aint That Right on Omem along with loads of Beatles and other shite.

How much for this I asked For the Brice Cofield - $500 or make me an offer.

After this after a couple of hours searching through the jukebox collection I found a lot of around 50 mint soul 45' which included Teddy randazzo you dont. need a heart and Billy Eckstine _ I wonder why for around $250.00 for the lot. Worth the trip alone.

I returned with a full suitcase of records to the UK.

Darrell Banks

Edited January 10, 2013 by craig W