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NYC area thrift shop vinyl

I just moved to West Point, which is about 35 miles up the Hudson from NYC. Does anyone know where there's any thrift shop vinyl to be had? I've checked a few of the local Goodwills and Salvation Army stores, but none of them had anything. Certainly not like Oregon, where some thrift stores had 1000s of LPs. I've found some good used vinyl stores, but their prices are all in the $5-10 range. Nothing beats the satisfaction of discovering those mint LPs at $.99! :-)

I'm willing to drive a ways if I know I'll find something when I get there, so probably anything within a 50 mile radius of NYC is in bounds, or maybe 100 miles up the Hudson. Thanks in advance to all you east coast Audiogoners!

David
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asonicyouth
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yes i would also like to know
schipo
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Hello David it's Mike who sold you the WTT. How things hope there well and I hope the TT is working fine. I would think you have a great opportunity to find some great Lps up in the West Point area. With the road side summer garage sales and also ever think of putting an ad in a couple of town news papers. Also would think you can advertise with ads large supermarket bulletin boards and do not forget the estate sales. Besides vinyl you can find great gear to. So I really think you have a great opportunity in your area to find more than LP gems.Take care and be well..
alo
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In NYC there are a bunch. There's at least 2 on 1 block of St. Mark's in Manhattan.
xiekitchen
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Princeton Record Exchange in Princeton,NJ
listener57
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You should be able to find some annual library book sales (which include records and CD's) since this is often a fund-raising tradition in any community with a library in New York and nearby Connecticut.
Use Google to look for "book sale" and the national lists of the major league book sales will keep you busy when you are not rummaging through the commercial treasure troves mentioned already.
Just remember to get a record cleaning machine like the VPI 16.5 to use with cleaning fluids such as Paul Frumkin's Audio Intelligent if you want to rescue the sound pressed into the vintage vinyl. Also, be prepared to get some solid book shelves to store your records.
The records are the bargain, and everything else that goes along with the vinyl addiction, I mean hobby, sneaks up on you.
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