Music shopping in New Orleans
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Rock & Roll Collectibles
In this cluttered and very exciting shop you'll find the French Quarter's largest selection of vinyl (that's old-timey 33 rpm long playing records, pal). Come to think of it, this is the only shop selling records in the Quarter anymore. After two-plus decades of CDs and the emergence of eBay as the primary marketplace for used LPs, this place keeps things humming. (Though the store does have a presence on eBay.)
Rock, blues and R&B are the primary areas of interest here, spanning everything from highly collectible 1940s jump blues to those latter-day Stones albums nobody seems to want. The store also carries a limited supply of rare 78 rpm discs, and the walls are covered…
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Musica Latina Discoteca
With a growing Spanish-speaking population and well-established cultural ties to the Caribbean, it makes sense that New Orleanians would have an appreciation for the music of Latin America. That’s all this jam-packed, one-room shop sells. Everything’s covered, from the musical traditions of Cuba to Argentina. The mambo greats are thoroughly stocked and there’s a smattering of mariachi and salsa artists from the ages.
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Tower Records
The huge international music chain has an immense store near Jackson Square. Commendably, Tower reopened its doors soon after Hurricane Katrina, thus showing more moxie than the innumerable chains that shied away for months afterwards. Here you'll find the usual complement of CDs in most every genre (with a special room dedicated to regional artists), along with underground comics, magazines and obscure publications.
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Jim Russell’s Records
A dense emporium of used 45s, with some highly rare, collectable and expensive disks featuring all the blues, R&B and soul stars of the past. (Collecting Johnny Adams’ singles? This is the place.) The used LPs have mostly given way to CDs, with an uneven selection available. Turntables make it possible to assess the quality of your purchases before you lay down some greenbacks.
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Louisiana Music Factory
LMC’s selection of new and used CDs delves deep into the musical culture of New Orleans and Louisiana, with recordings from the 1900s all the way up to this week. The region’s musical well may be bottomless, but it almost feels completely tapped here, from jazz to zydeco to brass bands. Live performances on Saturday afternoons really rock the joint.
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