Sources for Difficult to Find Recordings


I have recently found a good source for new CD’s that are out of print or hard to find in the USA. It is the Crotchet Web Store in the U.K. Many big labels don’t release their entire catalogs in the US but they are available in the UK. Crotchet’s is a specialist store for classical music, jazz, film soundtracks, world music and audio books. They have direct supply arrangements with all the major and most of the minor music and media companies in the UK and supply some very difficult to find items. For orders from the USA their prices deduct the Value Added Tax so the prices aren’t too bad. They also calculate shipping by the each, so box sets are actually a bargain to ship. I have placed four orders with them over the last two months and all have gone smoothly. The order usually arrives within two weeks. Do any of you have a favorite obscure music site?
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I love to check out www.berkshirerecoutlet.com. It's a cutout classical website. You have to have at least an inkling of what you are trying to find, though, since their search engine is fairly specific. You can get CDs, LPs, books, tapes and stuff for cutout prices.
My wife just picked up Sandy Bull and Mink DeVille (don't know if those are difficult enough for you:-) at Halff.com and Rhino.com. Then there is Ebay of course.
For many many years there was Serenade Records in Washington, D.C. that had contacts in UK and Europe to get almost any import CD, as well as a good stock of used and rare finds in CD and vinyl. They were even listed in the Penguin Guide as a place for Americans to get things in the Guide not available in the US. The owners retired a few year ago unfortunitely. Their inventory stock was bought out by a store in Philadelphia. I purchased something from them two years ago. These people are now are on-line as CDChoice.com; Worth giving them a look.
www.gemm.com of course only about 3 million sellers listed. works goog for my obscuro pop gems i'm after. people with normal taste my have to check elsewhere.