aw shucks that's a shame about Emporium 50...I only managed to order from them twice but the service was perfect and they carried Detroit stuff no one else did, that I could find anyways...
I shop TTL at Xmas time for the nonsense products (vids mostly)...some of my friends are into the style of re-issues, disco and hipsterhop they carry (sometimes i am too)...most of my friends in nyc write off TTL...I'm surprised so many have had problems with them but warning taken... @kowalski ahhhh ok, brazil....there isn't good selection there? I was under the impression most distribs were covering S America, but i guess a lot of stuff doesn't make it down there? these days i try dancerecords.com first -- even if things i want are out of stock, if there's any chance they're still in print i'll click the re-order button and wait and see -- their re-order system is fantastic. then i go dopejams for the more esoteric. then i go rush hour for the 80% of my wantlist that doesn't get any american distribution blargh On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Frank Glazer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i should mention that turntable lab often has a lot of obscure > represses and hipster disco, and of course they have almost all dfa > releases. i don't shop there much because i'm annoyed that their new > releases rss feed doesn't distinguish between records and the hundreds > of other nonsense products they carry (clothing and accessories, > needless tech gizmos, every time they get a restock on gruvglide they > add it to their rss feed, it's really dumb) > > > > > On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 3:09 PM, JT Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > as much as you can find at dancerecords.com (lightning fast shipping > > which is often free for orders over 50$, ridiculously huge stock..), > > then more boutique type shops like dopejams, emporium50, submerge etc > > to fill in the gaps > > > > i second Tom's question though, why the heck would you order records > > from a u.s. store when you live in europe? american labels send the > > majority of their stock there anyway, there's probably next to nothing > > you can get here that you can't get there > > > > FE gets a low rating from me, they've sent me the wrong records even > > when what i ordered was in stock, and not much of what i order is ever > > in stock. kudos to them for providing some much needed distribution > > services, but the store is "meh" > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 7:41 AM, theREALmxyzptlk > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > FE is fine if what you want is in stock. > > > Speaking as someone who'd like to keep on *current* things domestic and > > > abroad musically, it's not so hot. > > > It won't do to wait on them to get in much of anything that's limited, > and > > > it's a crap shoot waiting to see if they'll get the records in which > create > > > a buzz here. Usually it's a losing bet. On the other hand, they'll often > > > roll out a huge back-catalogue of a label which wasn't that hot last > year. > > > It depends on what you want. They are efficient and fast if you > specify you > > > want backorders skipped and shipping asap, but as far as keeping > > > *consistently* current on things (save mostly the 'trendy' ends of > techno, > > > the Soul Jazz catalogue, and the odd gem here and there) - and > especially as > > > Tom mentioned, the Detroity stuff - you're better off elsewhere. I use a > > > mail order service (PBE) which is run out of NY. > > > No online site with interactive samples, etc, but excellent and faster > > > service with a more varied stock (including imports). > > > > > > jeff > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > forced exposure. great experience every time. email them to make sure > > > > what you want is available, especially if it is slighty more uncommon. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > peace, > > frank > > dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com >
