As with vinyl itself, those rumors you hear surrounding the so-called death of the record store have proven themselves to be greatly exaggerated, In fact, retail record stores seem to be springing up like weeds just about everywhere you look these past few years. From the bigger indie retail players like Easy Street and Silver Platters, to the more remote hole-in-the-wall places like Stargazer Records, music retail is indeed still alive and well in the Northwest.
Below you will find a small, by no means complete, but well represented selection of some of the more interesting shops we found. While we can't necessarily vouch for all of them, we think you'll find most worthy of a visit.
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Mount Vernon
Lost in the groove
322 S.1st Street Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Everett
Bargain CDS Records & Tapes
2501 Broadway, Everett
Half Price Books
1321 SE Everett Mall Way, Everett, WA 98208
Snohomish
Stargazer Records NW
127 Ave. C Ste F Snohomish, WA 98290
Uppercase Bookshop
1010 2nd St The Log Cabin Snohomish, WA 98290
Lynnwood
Silver Platters
3715 SW 196th St Lynnwood, WA 98036
Kirkland
Vortex Music and Movies
12439 116th Ave. Kirkland WA 98034
Lake Forest Park
Third Place Books
17171 Bothell Way NE Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
N 60th Ave
Port Townsend
Magpie Alley
835 Water St
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Quimper Sound
1044 Water Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368
Poulsbo
Rockin Ruby's Records and Relics
279 NW Lundvig Way
Ste A Poulsbo, WA 98370
Silverdale
Kitsap audio and video
2855 NW Kitsap Place
Silverdale, WA 98383
Burien
Time Tunnel Records
14911 Ambaum Blvd. Burien, WA 98166
Seattle
Easy Street Records and Cafe
4559 California Ave SW Seattle, WA 98116
Daybreak Records
4323 Fremont Ave North
Seattle, WA 98103 (44th St & 43rd St)
Hex Enduction Records and Books
12330 1/2 Lake City Way
Seattle, WA 98125
Sonic Boom
2209 NW Market Street Seattle, WA 98107
Beats and Boho's
7200 Greenwood Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98103
Light in the Attic Record Shop
472 1st Ave North Seattle, WA 98109
Seattle Records
5521 University Way NE Seattle, WA 98105
Georgetown Records
1201 E Vale 98108
Subpop Records
Seattle Tacoma International Airport
Wall of Sound
1205 E Pike Street Ste 1C 98122
Wise Owl Books and Music
2223 N 56th St, Seattle, WA 98103
