Nov
10
2012

And You Thought Record Stores Were Dead

New Zia Records Store

Saturday, November 10, 2012 - 12:37:25 pm
(Posted Under: Music Music)
It's all to common in this day and age to hear of record stores dying and closing down. Actually, I have a book on decease record stores that I should find and read.

That fact alone makes the new Zia Records location in Phoenix all sorts of amazing. The Indian School location moved a block north into a larger building on Camelback, and officially opened for business today. Larger indeed. It would seem that the building was probably once a furniture store, and is all sorts of huge.

We were like kids let loose in an enormous candy store. Excitement levels were raised within minutes when we saw the t-shirt screen printing. Flipping through the designs, it wasn't very long at all before we came across designs for Replacements tees. Both Sorry Ma, and Let It Be. Incredibly apropos to recent conversations we've been having.

Then it was hours (literally) wandering around the shelves and shelves of CD's, conveniently with many band dividers, which isn't typically the case at Zia stores. As a result, rather than the more typical look for specific items, this prompted a lengthy browse through everything. And it didn't take long for the stack of CD's we picked up to grow to an uncomfortable size, which after 2 hours really made our hands start to ache.

The impressive amount of vinyl got a more typical "looking for the specific stuff we want" treatment. In an event of complete irony, they did have a used copy of the Empire Records soundtrack on vinyl. Something we'd desperately wanted earlier this year, and then had someone pick us up a copy when they found 2 in L.A a few months ago. We carried that around for a bit, but eventually decided that we didn't need two copies.

Once all was said and done, we'd lost at least 2 and a half hours, and I'm sure the staff wanted us to just leave. And in that two hours we'd accumulated a fairly ridiculous stack of CD's and vinyl, that we determined that we should probably widdle down somewhat (including passing on an original pressing of Remedial Math Rock that I'd been carrying around, which may or may not have been a mistake) before proceeding to the counter.

Hella fun. I won't lie, my feet were sore as hell and we both were a bit worse for wear by the time we walked out of the store. If i was to do it all again, I'd be more prepared and have taken a cut lunch. [wink]
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