World Record Shop XL and More

Been at World half a dozen times since I've moved here and always seem to leave with a record I never wanted. The owner seals the record and then grades it with a sticker on the bag. You can't look at the vinyl at all. So weird, like the stuff in there is rare. It's not! And Our opinions of what's NM are pretty far apart. The guy is nice enough, and we always seem to chit chat about the grand old days of collecting which I appreciate. But what is just nuts,!this last time in, a couple boxes of records were on the ground and low and behold, it looks like some good stuff. Blue Note re from the mid 70's. Frank Zappa. When I started digging he stopped me and said they weren't for sale and have been around for 10'years. They weren't his personal collection, he just had no interest in pricing or selling them. Yet, there they were in the shop. Yeah, I won't be back anytime soon. He has lots of incense if that's your thing. #sellrecordsmake$

So this place is one of those places that you only find if you glance at it. It's in a little hidden spot over in the 52nd and Keystone area. At first when you walk in, it smells like incense and is extremely cluttered and confusing. But I would expect nothing less from a record store. There's 99 cent bins of records to flip through and I was able to find some classics in there for way cheaper than Luna Music and Indy CD and Vinyl. If you can get over the fact that you're looking around in someone's garage almost, this is the place to come!

After spending over an hour looking through albums. Playing songs on my phone to see if I want to purchase vinyl. Apparently one of the owners watches record store remotely and called in to employee accusing me of switching albums in the covers. Employee then checked the albums and told owner I wasn't. To be profiled is the Worse experience I EVER had at this store and I WOULD never recommend this record store to anyone !!!

Please come to this shop, the people there are so so sweet and kind. The amount of great stuff you'll find is mind boggling. I was looking for a poster to decorate my teenage room and I found the most absolute best poster's and incense. The vibe there is amazing so please experience what I got the privilege of. It truly is an amazing place to shop for.