18/05/2022

The Berlin 2-day Record Store trip...

Saturday, Kreuzberg district:

- Logo (4/5 good vibes - ...but you have the sun! normal prices, polite and friendly man working / new items & second hand, Pop - Rock - Jazz - Indie - Oldies)
THE FLAMING LIPS - With a Little Help from My Fwends (2014)
DESERT MOUNTAIN TRIBE - If You Don't Know Can You Don't Know Köln / Live At Saint Pancras Old Church (2017)
THE CREATION - Our Music Is Red With Purple Flashes (2015)

- Sound Vinyl Store Berlin (4/5 - dog barking... cheap CDs, 1-3€ & 0,50€ 12"s and LPs / digging place, reasonable priced items, well placed from the outside, polite owner / second hand)
MEATLOAF / HORSE

- Holy's Hit Records (2/5 - nothing special, high priced normal items, elitist behavior / not-worthing / second hand)

- Marla Records (3/5 - 12"s maxi singles / DJ vinyl. great place to be, great atmosphere / coffee outside, super vibes, only for DJs, polite staff / second hand / Techno - Hip Hop - Funk - Disco - Electronic Music)

- Lefter Records (5/5 - great vibes, world music, well priced & organized, rare items, best world collection / also a label, polite man working, new items & second hand / tapes, Must Visit)

- Space Hall (1/5 - overrated, bad/rude cashier, back place closed, incredible quality / service fall within 5 years, new items)

- Vinyl from Berlin (4/5 - second hand / really nice new wave / indie huge collection, cheap 7"s 0,50€)


Sunday, Mauerpark:

- Nothing serious, mostly trash priced 5€ and professional sellers & record stores / avoid.

Monday, Friedrichshain (East) district:

- Warschauer Music Store (3/5 - second hand / very large collection, also cheap 7"s - 1€ / LPs - 3€)

- HHV Store (3/5 - New hype items, listening points, more clothing etc than vinyl / Wet Leg!)

- Bis Aufs Messer Recordstore Berlin - Schulze & Dietze (4/5 - great punk HC collection, Noise sections, experimental releases, underground releases, kind staff, also a label, reasonable prices, mostly new records / tapes)
THE BATS - Demo 5:26:84 / 4 track EP (2014)
THE LARCHMONT TRASH - I Spent The Summer With... 10" (2011)
+ some GDR / AMIGA Records 7" singles!

- Mion Records Berlin (0/5 - not a physical record store but a Discogs online only a small packed warehouse style, avoid)

- Galactic Supermarket Records (4/5 - excellent collection, incredible and vast stock, experimental releases, new items / second hand but so many Unofficial (bootleg) recordings! check the blue and red dots on the price stickers! Anestis Logothetis)

- Dussmann das KulturKaufhaus Record/Book store in high street - Friedrichstraße 90 (4/5 massive new collection / Vinyl & CDs / Record Store Day releases)