RAVE Reviews Releases Ranking of the Best Record Shops and Bookstores
EUGENE, Ore., May 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- RAVE Reviews, the innovative site that publishes entertaining rankings based on advanced data-driven analysis, has published a ranking series of the "Best Record Shops and Bookstores," available at https://www.ravereviews.org/travel/best-record-shops-and-bookstores/
Over the past few decades consumers have increasingly shifted to the "get in and get out" mindset when it comes to shopping. While most stores have been overhauling their business models to fit this behavior, bookstores and record shops have largely stuck with the cluttered, poorly organized system that so many people find charming. To celebrate the longevity and integrity of these shops, RAVE Reviews has compiled a list of the top twenty five bookstores and record shops that you can get lost in today.
With a vast selection of books available at the click of a button, people rarely go to traditional bookstores or record shops anymore with the sole intention of making a purchase. People go into these stores expecting an experience. The storied businesses RAVE has included in this ranking can provide that experience. If you want to get lost in mounds of books, head to Powell's Books in Portland which has over 2 million books stuffed into every available nook and cranny. For a more lively experience, try out Grimey's New and Preloved music in Nashville which has hosted performances from renowned artists such as Metallica. RAVE highly recommends you read through the whole ranking as these two stores are just a taste of what is inside.
"I can spend the better part of a day in a bookstore or record shop, buy nothing, and walk away feeling like the trip was very successful," said Hillary Miller, Managing Editor for RAVE Reviews. "We found the places where you can also find that success."
In determining which stores to feature, RAVE compared reviews from sources across the internet and took into account multiple factors such as the store's depth and breadth of selection, length of time in business, hosting special events, appearance on similar lists, and more.
The full list of featured stores includes:
1-2-3-4 Go! Records - San Francisco, California
Amoeba Music - Los Angeles, California
A Room of One's Own Books & Gifts - Madison, Wisconsin
Blue Willow Bookshop - Houston, Texas
BookPeople - Austin, Texas
Bookshop Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, California
Burke's Bookstore - Memphis, Tennessee
Cactus Music - Houston, Texas
Caliban Books - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
City Lights Booksellers and Publishers - San Francisco, California
Easy Street Records - Seattle, Washington
Electric Fetus - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Elliot Bay Book Company - Seattle, Washington
Fingerprints Music - Long Beach, California
Garden District Book Shop - New Orleans, Louisiana
Gatsby Books - Long Beach, California
Goner Records - Memphis, Tennessee
Good Records - New York City, New York
Grimey's New and Preloved Music - Nashville, Tennessee
Indy CD & Vinyl - Indianapolis, Indiana
Indy Reads Books - Indianapolis, Indiana
J. Michaels Books - Eugene, Oregon
Jerry's Records - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Magers & Quinn Booksellers - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Magnolia Thunderpussy - Columbus, Ohio
Music Millennium - Portland, Oregon
Myopic Bookstore - Chicago, Illinois
Newbury Comics - Boston, Massachusetts
Parnassus Books - Nashville, Tennessee
Peaches Records -New Orleans, Louisiana
Powell's Books - Portland, Oregon
Reckless Records - Chicago, Illinois
Record Exchange - Boise, Idaho
Record Exchange - St. Louis, Missouri
Rockin Rudy's - Missoula, Montana
Rough Trade NYC- Brooklyn, New York
Shakespeare & Co. - Missoula, Montana
Skip's Records & CD World - Eugene, Oregon
Streetlight Records - Santa Cruz, California
Strictly Discs - Madison, Wisconsin
Subterranean Books - St. Louis, Missouri
Tattered Cover Book Store - Denver, Colorado
The Book Loft of German Village - Columbus, Ohio
The Last Bookstore - Los Angeles, California
The Rediscovered Bookshop - Boise, Idaho
The Strand - New York City, New York
Trident Booksellers and Cafe - Boston, Massachusetts
Twist 'n' Shout - Denver, Colorado
Waterloo Records - Austin, Texas
Word Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York
RAVE Reviews is an authoritative and entertaining guide for consumer goods, entertainment, and travel. It's not a product review site or a lifestyle magazine. But if those two met on an online dating site, 9 months later, you'd have RAVE Reviews.
Questions? Contact:
Hillary Miller, Managing Editor, RAVE Reviews
Web: http://www.ravereviews.org/
Phone: 1 (877) 766-9088
Email: [email protected]
SOURCE RAVE Reviews
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