Austin Axis Guide to Used Compact Discs and Records

Version .91b

Last updated November 6, 1996

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Alien Records
501 West 15th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
Tel: (512) 477-3909

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Antone's Records
2928 Guadelupe Street
Austin, Texas 78705
Tel: (512) 322-0660
Fax: (512) 322-0533

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Austin's Best Compact Discs (ABCD's)
6406 North IH-35
Austin, Texas
Tel: (512) 454-1212

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Eric McKinney (1/19/96): ABCD's has a large jazz selection. They also have an impressive number of logo stickers. They have a rack of promos they give away with your purchase if you spend over a certain amount (usually $20-$30).
David M. Cook (2/19/96): Very good selection of used classical CDs, including some unusual imports. They do know the "good stuff" and price accordingly.

CD Warehouse
Central
2001 Guadalupe Street
Austin, Texas 78705
Tel: (512) 477-3475
North
10001 Research Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78759
Tel: (512) 338-4141

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CD's & Beyond
3611 RR 620 North
Austin, TX 78734
Tel: (512) 266-9308
Web: http://www.windexpt.com/cd&b.htm

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Brian Combs (8/24/96): CD's & Beyond was formerly known as Techreation.

Disc-go-Round

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Duval Discs
4101 Guadalupe Street
Austin, Texas 78751
Tel: (512) 459-0737

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Encore Music & Video
8820 Burnet Road
Austin, Texas
Tel: (512) 451-8111
Email: encore@eden.com

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Chuck Lokey (2/2/96): Encore is trying to promote local musicians.

Half Price Books Records Magazines
3110 Guadalupe Street
Austin, Texas
Tel: (512) 451-4463

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David M. Cook (2/19/96): Small selection of LPs. They have a return policy, so if the LPs are badly scratched or groove damaged you can return them.

Inner Sanctum Records
504 West 24th Street
Austin, Texas
Tel: (512) 472-9459

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Eric McKinney (1/19/96): They have some nice posters for sale, but I was unimpressed with their record selection. Everything in the store is old and musty. A certain hippie charm, up to a point.

Innermind Records
911 North Lamar Blvd.
Austin, Texas
Tel: (512) 472-6463
Fax: (512) 472-6467

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MusicMania
Delwood Shopping Center
3909 N. IH-35
Austin, Texas
Tel: (512) 451-3361

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Eric McKinney (1/19/96): I'm not into hip-hop or rap but this place has more than any other store. They sell used 45s for $0.50, the same price as Goodwill, only they have a prodigiously higher percentage of good recordings in the (very large) bin. They pay very poorly for used CDs (avg. $2 per), yet they somehow have a pretty good selection of used discs. There's also a very good selection of local music at this store. One thing at this store that I haven't seen anywhere else is a discount import section.

Revolution Music
12505 Rampart Street
Austin, Texas 78727
Tel: (512) 835-0383

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Sound Exchange
21st & Guadalupe
Austin, Texas
Tel: (512) 476-CASH

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Eric McKinney (1/19/96): Best selection of new national and local 7"s in town. This is also the best place to sell your used stuff; they are very picky about what they will take, but they will give you a better price than anyone else. They also will give you even more if you take the trade for in-store credit rather than cash. Sound Exchange is a Naughty Record Store(tm) -- they buy used promotional recordings from DJs and sell them cheaply. As a result, the major labels hate them, but at least you won't be confronting any cardboard Mariah Carey cutouts or walls plastered with 582 copies of the same Alanis Morrisette poster.

Stashus Mule Records
3701 Guadalupe Street
Austin, Texas 78705
Tel: (512) 451-4808

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Technophilia
504 West 24th Street
Austin, Texas
Tel: (512) 477-1812

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Eric McKinney (1/19/96): This place is the most likely to buy your old discs. Unless it's something really special, though, you'll never get more than $3 or possibly $4 per.
David M. Cook (2/19/96): The selection of used classical CDs is good but not as interesting as ABCDs. Also, they don't know budget CDs from full-priced CDs, so be careful not to pay too much.

Turntable Records
507-A West Mary Street
Austin, Texas 78704
Tel: (512) 462-2568

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Under the Sun
5341 Burnet
Austin, Texas
Tel: (512) 453-8128

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Waterloo Records & Video
600 North Lamar Blvd.
Austin, Texas
Tel: (512) 474-2500

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Eric McKinney (1/19/96): Sound Exchange may have more LPs, but I think Waterloo has a better selection. The majority of Sound Exchange's LPs are in mediocre shape. Waterloo is more selective about the used LPs they buy, and they have a much better selection of new LPs. Their prices are higher than Sound Exchange's for vinyl, but you get what you pay for. Waterloo has some very good weekly sales. They also have the best reggae selection (on all formats) in town.
Miles O'Neal (11/6/96): Waterloo has a phenomenal selection. Call before you go looking for something in particular, but more than once they were the only place in town with obscure, out-of-print CDs I wanted.

Contributors

David M. Cook (dcook@physics.utexas.edu)
Chuck Lokey (encore@eden.com)
Eric McKinney (lizardo@vicious.net-abuse.org)
Miles O'Neal (meo@rru.com)
DJ-RJ (DJ-RJ@mail.utexas.edu)

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