6B -New Student Edition - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 8, 1999
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Record stores
- a melodious
way to lose allyour money
*t leaves a dent in your wallet. It reels you in
every time you walk by. You just can't help
yourself. It's the music store. It's a vice and
Ann Arbor has at least nine of them right here
on campus.
When it comes to price, everything depends.
If it's not a collectible, the used stuff costs less
than new releases. And
prices depend on the time Jewel
of year, the release and the G w
rack you're looking at. Gopwani
Take the tour and satisfy
your hankering for new
tunes.
Let's start on Liberty
and Thompson Streets at
Encore Recordings of Ann
Arbor, better known as just
Encore. It's a cozy, dusty SOUND
little place, with CDs, CHECK
tapes and records filling
almost every possible inch
of the store.
Encore is perfect for the music buff search-
ing for the missing link to a collection or for
someone who just wants to look around for
hours and hours.
Plus, they'll buy almost anything. But ulti-
mately what you get back depends on the con-
dition of what you have to sell and if they
already have that title in stock.
Further down the street are SKR Pop/Rock,
SKR Blues/Jazz, and SKR Classical, taking up
three stores at Liberty and Maynard. They used
to be Schoolkids Records until last year when
the business changed hands and it took on the
SKR brand. SKR Blues/Jazz and SKR
Pop/Rock are basically one big store. It's your
best bet if you like the organization of a retail
giant along with the charm and service of a
smaller record shop.
When SKR was Schoolkids, there was a tiny,
grungy store between the main and the classical
stores. It was called Anex and it was where you
could find local discs and independent releases.
They had used tapes, CDs and albums too. It
was like Disney World. And since that's gone,
SKR hopes to have something along those lines
by the Fall term built in the back of SKR
Pop/Rock. Right next door, dolled up in beige,
SKR Classical is a quaint little store, with a
helpful staff.
Just across the street stands Borders Books
Music & Cafe. The music department is
upstairs and it's big. Classical, jazz, internation-
al and your run of the mill rock and roll are all
here. They recently started a used CD section
and they have a massive collection of music
books at the back of the department. It's a good
place for one-stop shopping.
Keep walking down Liberty and you'll hit
State Street. That's where Discount Records
resides. Owned by Sam Goody, its the closest
thing you'll find to a typical mall music store
on this side of the Diag. In addition to music,
it's a the place to find your everyday big band
poster and t-shirt.
Turn right at State Street. When you see
Bivouac, walk in (I'm not kidding) and go
downstairs. This is where Schoolkids is rebuild-
ing. Named Schoolkids Records in Exile, it's an
Anex-like space, stocking a number of new
titles. Selling a few used items, Schoolkids has-
n't delved into buying and trading CDs yet.
Make your way farther down State and just
before the Diag Party Store, take the stairs up
to Wazoo. It's been around for 25 years. Like
Encore, it's a good place to rummage. They
buy, sell and trade. And once again it all
depends on what you bring in.
After orientation, you'll know your way to
South University Avenue. And instead of people
watching at Cava Java, make the trek down
South U to the Record Exchange. With a mix of
new and used CDs, this place has an impressive
selection of rap, alt rock, out of date crap and
local stuff. They buy and sell tapes, CDs and
even movies.
Now we're off to Tower Records, with those
cool orange and red bags. It's everything you're
looking for and more. The coolest part about
Tower is their selection of marked-down music.
If you look hard, you'll find classic full-legnths
from The Clash and Bob Dylan. Mixed in with
some useless Celine Dion singles, you might be
able to find Pearl Jam and Sugar import singles
for about 7 bucks. Rivaling Borders, they have
a comprehensive selection of music magazines
and books. But you'll have to check your bag at
the door.
And if all this is a little too much and you're
feeling homesick,
just take the bus to Briarwood Mall's Record
Town: Familiar music buying territory for
almost anyone.
- Jewel Gopwani is a staff reporter of
the Daily, and can be reached via
e-mail atjgopwai@umich.edu.
Intimidating,
huh? For some,
music stores
exert an irre-
sistable tug on
wallets and pock-
etbooks.
BOHDAN DAMIAN
CAP/Daily
/
Eric Poffenger, an
LSA senior, pre-
pares to empty
his wallet for
some new CDs at
Tower Records.
BOHDAN DAMIAN
CAP/Daily
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