Crossroads Music - Hawthorne Blvd. in Portland, OR

This shop is crazy! Like a few others, these guys keep it real. What makes this shop crazy though is that there are a few different suppliers. It's like a few guys "rent" space here and display their LPs separately. This means that if you are looking for something in particular, you have to go to five or so different places in the shop. It seems like it also means that it's more likely that at least someone in the shop will have what you're looking for. Once you have everything you want, you take all your finds to the front desk and they ring it up like it's all their stuff. Each renter has their own sticker on their stuff, and that's how the shop knows who to pay for what is sold. I can spend a lot of money here, just because the selection is good. Prices are reasonable too. Unfortunately I didn't see any budget bins.

Crossroads Music Website

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Music Millennium - Burnside St. (east side) Portland, OR

This place is pretty cool, and they keep it real. They have coupon books that are fun, and some good budget bins. Their budget bins are better than 2nd Ave Records, if for no other reason than because they are all in one place (although, sometimes it IS fun to dig around a shop). Great selection of new LPs and used older stuff. Not a lot of used new stuff, but that's pretty common.

Music Millennium Website

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2nd Avenue Records - On 2nd and Stark in downtown Portland, OR

This place and their employees are classic Portland music-scene. It's great! Their selections of new and used LPs is pretty good, the location is convenient, and their prices are decent. I go here mostly for the $0.99 budget stacks. I like to hunt. They also have a good t-shirt selection. Unfortunately they don't carry parts for turntables or plastic/paper sleeves for LPs.

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