SOME IMPORTANT NOTES:
1 - For this post, I am only reviewing places that specialize in or do a substantial amount of business in the sale of physical music and music-related items, and that exist as brick and mortar stores open to the public. I am not considering places such as dedicated flea markets and internet based businesses.
2 - Creating a scoring system, and determining how much to weight each item being scored, have been challenging. None of the ratings or reviews in this post should be taken as indicative of whether a particular store is worth your business or support. Some of the stores reviewed are corporate, but others are owned by individuals or families, and some play roles in their local communities that go beyond the sale of physical media. All are evaluated based strictly on how well they are likely to serve the buying needs of a music fan with somewhat broad/eclectic tastes - I'm not looking at things here from an investment perspective. Other factors worth considering, such as how well a particular store serves a specific music market, genre, or neighborhood, are not factored into the ratings. See an explanation of the ratings here.
(Special thanks to Alex Pogosov and Alison Pham for their suggestions and feedback)
Forever Young Records (Grand Prairie)
2955 S State Highway 360, Grand Prairie, TX 75052
This retailer has been serving the DFW area since 1984, and it's one I used to frequent regularly during my last year of high school.
Pros:
- The store features a very large selection of well-organized, new and used CDs and vinyl
- There is a good-sized new arrivals section for used CDs
- Compilation CD series (Time Life, etc.) are grouped together by series name
- Continue reading "New and used music stores in the DFW area"