Yesterday was Record Store Day, but there are just no more record stores in Queens, so I couldn't celebrate. Four years ago, I visited Rough Trade Records in Brooklyn, but this year I didn't visit any record stores. I thought this would be a good opportunity to recall record stores that I visited many years ago.
- Alexanders Record Department - I went there every Friday after school to see what was on sale. I remember the mono albums were always $1 cheaper than the stereo version.
- Mr. Simmons Toy Store on 63rd Drive - He sold 45 rpm records. His store was destroyed in a fire in 1972.
- Musicam - on Queens Blvd. near 63rd Drive
- Triboro Records in Jamaica - they had a terrific collection of 45s. It was across the street from the Queens Library.
- Sam Goody - this was a chain, but they had a store in the Queens Center Mall
- Coconuts - they had stores in the Bay Terrace Shopping Center and in Downtown Flushing.
- Nobody Beats the Wiz - they had a store in downtown Flushing.
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