I’ve worked there and have bought most of my cds and vinyl there. Great people there. If you want something and can’t find it they will order it. They really value their customers and they know you on a first name basis

God, i so miss spending time inside such old-school music shops. Thanks for a great video. My favourite series ❤. Cheers.

That Loudness is a stellar pick up.

Glad to see since you moved you found some more great Record stores in New Jersey

On Jeff Beck: you mentioned you have Beck-Ola and Truth but rather than his instrumental work you prefer his song-based material. if you don’t know it/have it already, I would recommend the Beck, Bogert and Appice album if you can find it.

Looks like a very cool record store. Nice finds.

I haven’t seen CDs in those types of security cases for many years. I think Virgin Megastore used to have those in the UK. Maybe some HMV stores displayed CDs that way but not all...I think it was Virgin who did. Reckless Records in London display the CD sleeves in wallets and when you buy, you collect the CD and the jewel case at the counter.

Looks like another cool shop. Great to see that CDs (at least appear to) make up the majority of their inventory. And I do like this format vs. record store experience. Getting to see "the loot" at the end of the video is the payoff. THX, Brendon!

Thanks for the show🎉

holy crap! kim wilde...that is a great album

Always fun to watch these videos

I moved to Pa in 2008. I miss Joe what an awesome guy.

That Toxic double cd is worth having it , their only 2 albums and both are great ! I love Desilussion, it's my favorite from Loudness. Hey you earned my subscription !

I couldn’t believe I saw Savatage vinyl!!! OMG! Great video, Brendon.

Beck's People Get Ready is a great track

Hello Brendon I Hope You Have A Great Wonderful Week Ahead.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Hi Brendon: Have a great Sunday. Nice video. So much to see at the store! Fun loot at the end. Excellent job! - Heather

Hey Brendon! I really enjoy your channel! Congratulations on your recent move, looks like you have A LOT more space than you did before! (Not that I have ever seen your "old" place, but just that you had mentioned the square footage!). great presentation of "Let's Go To The Record Store # 13!" WOW! You have a ton of subscibers, and you can add one more, I am getting ready to hit the subsribe button now! Thanks Brendon!

Congratulations on your new home! Also nice to see a maskless record store experience. The way it’s supposed to be! My childhood friend is stuck living in NYC and I truly feel sorry for her. It is not what it was. Nice haul! Two Romantics favorites “One In A Million” and “Talking In Your Sleep”. Unfortunately my car CD player went kaput a few years ago!

love your passion for music collecting mate

Cool Finds. I always like browsing through any Music Store.

Great video BRANDON, I really enjoy them. Thank you so much.

Brendon- I love your “Let’s Go To The Record Store” series. As soon as I saw this episode, I took a trip from upstate NY to Music Connection. Unfortunately, I had a terrible experience there. I found about 15 vinyl albums and about 7 cd’s. The vinyl had no prices, while some of the cd’s were priced and a few were not. I asked the salesman for prices when I got to the counter. He began to use his laptop to give me prices that he seemed to make up on the spot. I do not know what he was using to arrive at his prices. He said Mama’s Boys - ‘Plug It In’ vinyl was $30 (median price $11.99 on Discogs). Other prices he threw out were $15 for Loverboy s/t vinyl (median $3.84 on Discogs) and Twisted Sister - Come Out and Play (pop up front cover) vinyl was $20 (median on Discogs $10.53). I told him not to bother pricing the other vinyl, as the prices were too much for me, and I didn’t want to waste his time. When I said that, he asked me to tell him what I wanted to pay for the Mamas Boys vinyl and I said I’d want to refer to Discogs, to which he said I should just tell him my price. I never did because I had a bad taste in my mouth, knowing that this was completely out of the norm. This was not an eBay Auction and especially since his quoted prices were mostly higher than the highest paid Discogs price. I said I would just take the cd’s but then he said the price stickers on the cd’s were “not theirs” and asked if I’d pay $17 for a cd with a price sticker that was $4.99. The store should be featured on Hoarders, as you can only access a small portion of the merchandise. These are typically my favorite types of music stores but Music Connection really is the extreme. Stacks of cd’s are piled 4 feet high so you can’t pull out something in the middle. There are boxes under cd shelves too, which the guy told me and my son to “keep in the same order” because they were “cataloged”. So… he basically was discouraging us from looking or buying those (!?!?!?) There is also a large, separate back room filled almost floor to ceiling with items that you are not allowed in. I did end up buying one vinyl (overpriced too and one cd - price was fine) but in hindsight, I should have just walked out because the salesman at Music Connection was clearly trying to rip me off. I told the salesman that the items should be priced. His response - “it’s not possible.” I have over 6000 cds, cassettes and vinyl albums. I have been buying vinyl, cassettes and cd’s since the late 80s at hundreds of different physical stores in various states and countries and online as well. I have never had an experience like this. No prices on merchandise (that are exorbitantly priced when you get to the counter) or prices on merchandise that are ignored and jacked up when you show interest. My advice - do NOT shop at Music Connection in Elmwood Park, NJ unless you want to get taken advantage of.

Thoroughly enjoyed that brendon .what a record shop 👌

Good Morning Brendon. Have a nice Sunday.

Thank you very much

Yes, great series!! I have that trixter, need to listen to it again & that REM looked neat but beat up

Check out Station 1 Music and Books in Pompton Lakes. They have a great selection of used CDs including a few carts worth for .50. I consistently find excellent stuff there.

If you like Metal you will like two bars in Clifton, Dingbatz and Dingos Den right across the street from each on other Van Houten ave. They have live metal bands, they even had Steven Pearcy play there not too long ago.

Another superb shop and video Brendon. New Jersey is the place to be for CD collectors by the looks of it. I would be making regular visits! I picked up Jeff Becks - You Had It Coming CD a few months ago cheap and like it, (very modern sounding but works) must dig it out for another listen at weekend.

Very 🆒 record store Brendon I haven't been to one in a really long time 🆒👍

Such nice findings, enjoy! I have a problem with Japanese pressings… they are amazing! Think I’m addicted to them, I think! Great episode!

It's nice to see you settling into your new home, and finding new places to explore. My Ford Escape has a good sound system, and I do a great deal of my music listening in there. Some newer vehicles don't come with a CD player, but mine is a 2011, so it's OK. You can buy Walkmans now with a USB output, so the newer vehicles can accept a CD player, albeit something you have to do yourself. I'm a big Jeff Beck fan. One of the greatest guitar players of all time. Must owns are Blow By Blow, Wired, and Guitar Shop. Also see if you can find the DVD of him playing live at Ronnie Scott's in London, with Tal Wilkenfeld on bass. It's an awesome concert.

man that's great you still got a record shop where you live . I only go to a second and Charles store to buy cds but they don't have any metal selections it's all pop , and rock stuff mainly.

This was my most favorite record store ever. I miss going to it!

"Gets Us All in the End" is one of the best Jeff Beck songs. "Disillusion" is my fav Loudness album (it's their 4th studio album). Good finds! Cheers.

“How you been, what you been up to?” Good digging spot I stumbled upon years ago and go back from time to time. And close to Pizza Town!

very cool pick ups brendon. cool u got a cd player in the car. i kinda slow down on buying cds. i got what i want. but i am looking into artists u have shown on your channel. michael monroe, la guns and so fourth.great video mike friend from canada eh!!

Hi Brendon!! always find to discover "a new" record store and get stuff you were looking after or had no idea they exist, like that Axe comp. i have their "Nemesis" album on vinyl. The shop seems to be cool but very messy and difficult to search for stuff (imo). cheers and be well

Thank you for another enjoyable video. I’m a Joe Lynn Turner fan so I need to look for that album. I saw you looked at Heart “Passionworks”. My favorite album from them. 👍 Best of luck with new house. Can’t wait to watch it fill up over time. 😃👍🤘🤘❤️

this is so much fun

that Romantics GH CD is good I have it too. Picked it up few years ago. One in a Million is my fave track. Wonder how their albums are, wonder if any of the other non-singles are any good. You're too far up north but if you ever feel adventurous in NJ make the journey to Princeton Record Exchange or Jack's in Red Bank.

Cool shirt

Nice I saw some Korpiklaan, though it isn't my favorite band, it sometimes suprise to see it outside of Finland. Cool store! So many CDs and vinyls that I could buy. And looks like that it has also nice variety with prices. mr. Finglish (Bäd English Recs)

Hi Brendon, looks like you picked up alota loot. Cool stuff. That AXE cd looks good. I have all of their stand alone cds but that compilation does like good. I just bought a rarity cd by nitzinger called going back to texas. 18 tracks of new and older songs. Kind of a compilation release from 1997 on the Swedish label record heaven music. The original label that he was on was capital records. Take care

Wild store.

I got to checkout that Mother’s army just because Joe Lynn Turner sings on it. Thank you!

You don't see that Joshua Surrender LP at the 5:16 mark in the wild often. I would of picked that up. Great melodic Hard Rock. I have that on CD and vinyl. Three of those members Ken Tamplin (guitar, vocals), Joe Galletta (drums) and Loren Robinson (bass) left the band after that album and formed the band Shout under the leadership of Ken Tamplin, another excellent band.

I hear the boss was welcoming you to NJ. A bit messy but sometimes you have to put up with lessor titles being misfiled or in dollar bins.

Hi Brendon the Lizzy dvd & cd was only released on Friday 24th of June great DVD about Philos life ! 😍this is special to Irish fans of thin Lizzy ☘️that is some record store wow

Great picks, Brendon! God, I love going to record stores. Getting my music from the mail is a little boring, to be honest. I went to a record store on friday, and got myself two rare Ramones cds (Halfway to Sanity and Subterranean Jungle).

Just noticed your close to 10,000 subscribers!

This place looks pretty interesting. Messy but interesting.

I like my stuff in good condition, too.

I'd be dippin into my rent $$, but not for VOA, but rather Tarkus.

Any plans on going to Princeton Record Exchange? I was only there once 10+ years ago, but it was pretty awesome.

I thought for sure that you were going to pick up the Toxik "World Circus" disc. I like a lot of metal, but Toxik sounds more death metal than anything. And I'm not a huge fan of death metal. Bonham for 6 bucks. I bought mine new for $9. Hope you would come across some Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush discs. Very rare to see those in record shops.

You don't see too many Savatage albums these days. Were there vinyl ones originals or the reissues they've been putting out recently? That Meliah Rage would be a nice find. Wow, CJSS on vinyl! I saw that Frost CD and thought, "is that Jack Frost?"

So when you go to these record stores, you have to keep in your head what CDs you have and which ones you don’t. Not sure if you carry a database on your phone when you’re out. I eventually had to do that because I caught myself buying duplicates so I had to set up a database at home to list everything I have and then I can put it on my phone and take it out with me if I go to a record store which in Southern California they’re almost nonexistent.

CD securoty strip....If you want a laugh...look for Dennis Leary's Lock n Loaded cd's quick bit on cd packaging.

Would you ever go back to Book off and the other stores in New York ?

I was hoping you would pick that Jeff Beck CD up good job

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Hey Brendon, found your channel and trying to catch up on your shows, really great. Wanted to ask you, do you know of any good cd storage cabinets that are affordable and are not just shelves? I'm seeing thats hard to find. Found one in Toronto but very expensive and almost as expensive to have shipped.

Surprised you went past the Frost Out In The Cold CD, or do you have it?

Now that you have a house, are you gonna upgrade to a bigger louder stereo system?

Just wondering, how do you know what's in your arsenal when you go shopping, you don't want to buy doubles of things????

Didn't know you moved to nj that's where I live here's 2 ez collectibles rte 4 fair lawn and sound exchange in wayne I live near paramus nj anytime meet n greet in any of those 2 like to meet you in person if not welcome to nj

Check out Wrestler/singer-songwriter Chris Jericho's & Stuck mojo guitarist Rich Ward's Traditional Pop-Metal band Fozzy.

I know this is irrelevant, but which state do you prefer: NY or NJ?

They have a lot of CDs, but they're a little bit too pricey. The albums especially. $35 for a Quiet Riot "Alive & Well" LP... That's highway robbery...I'm sorry. Record vinyl shouldn't be that high, period. CDs shouldn't cost $16 anymore... You can find them online for way cheaper, especially the ones you were showing. No wonder record stores close down.