Gary of Mill Valley Music is a great, informative guy and his shop is chock full of good music at fair pricing (old and new)
He worked with John at Village Music for a couple decades, I think, so he really knows his stuff.
Amoeba is long for me to get to in the city (I'm in Marin)...but I found two little off the wall shops in North Beach that are great called 101 Music. Cool little narrow street they are on....really feels like Europe (Italy) when you're in there, too.
There across from one another...one has a lot of old audio/PA equipment on the first floor and the basement is full of records - all at $5 each flat rate.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/101-music-san-francisco-3
I found a music shop all the way in Novato (Old Town) the other day....been there since 1979. Like a time warp...half his stuff are original albums from the 80's all new. His prices are stuck in the 80's too....$6.99 or so for most new ones I saw. I need more time next time, but I picked up 3 albums (one was new!) for $16.
He worked with John at Village Music for a couple decades, I think, so he really knows his stuff.
Amoeba is long for me to get to in the city (I'm in Marin)...but I found two little off the wall shops in North Beach that are great called 101 Music. Cool little narrow street they are on....really feels like Europe (Italy) when you're in there, too.
There across from one another...one has a lot of old audio/PA equipment on the first floor and the basement is full of records - all at $5 each flat rate.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/101-music-san-francisco-3
I found a music shop all the way in Novato (Old Town) the other day....been there since 1979. Like a time warp...half his stuff are original albums from the 80's all new. His prices are stuck in the 80's too....$6.99 or so for most new ones I saw. I need more time next time, but I picked up 3 albums (one was new!) for $16.