08/14/03

A mecca for dance-music collectors and budding DJs.

by Contributor

The Scene
Because Vinylmania--one of the better-stocked record stores in the city--carries every style of urban music from R&B to hip-hop to house, it's hard to typify who's likely to be hanging around. It's generally a mix of vinyl fetishists and local DJs come to browse the copious, quaintly disorganized bins of records or buy one of the many record bags hanging from the ceiling.

The Goods
If you can imagine a DJ set, you can probably find the records here to put it together. Want to string a remix of Destiny's Child into a classic Larry Levan disco-house number into a Basement Jaxx finale? This is the place for you. Don't know what any of those records might sound like? Stick with the Virgin Megastore.