New York City: Music
While the top music megastores in New York are the British chain HMV, Tower Records and the Virgin Megastore, specialty pop music stores are clustered in the East and West villages.CHAINS
HMV
2081 Broadway (at 72nd St) tel 212/721-5900. Also 1280 Lexington Ave (at 86th St) tel 212/348-0800; 57 W 34th (at 6th Ave) tel 212/629-0900; and 565 5th Ave (at 46th St) tel 212/681-6700.
The most pleasant and most fun of the megastores.
J&R Music World
23 Park Row (between Beekman and Anne sts) tel 212/238-9000.
A large downtown store with a decent selection and good prices.
Virgin Megastore 1540 Broadway (at 45th St) tel 212/921-1020; and 52 E 14th St (Union Square) tel 212/598-4666.
SPECIAL INTEREST AND SECONDHAND
Fat Beats
406 6th Ave, 2nd floor (between 8th and 9th sts) tel 212/673-3883.
The name says it all. It's
the
source for hip-hop on vinyl in New York City.
Footlight Records
113 E 12th St (between 3rd and 4th aves) tel 212/533-1572.
The place for show music, film soundtracks and jazz. Everything from Broadway to Big Band, Sinatra to Merman. A must for record collectors.
Vinyl Mania
60 Carmine St (between Bleecker St and 7th Ave) tel 212/924-7223.
This is where DJs come for the newest, rarest releases, especially of dance music. Hard-to-find imports too, as well as homemade dance tapes.
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