Wrecka Stow: Play De Record – Toronto, Ontario

Toronto, Ontario’s Play De Record (411 Spadina Avenue) is a haven for vinyl enthusiasts.  The place is packed with records for you to feast your eyes (and wallet) on as soon as you walk in the door.

Look at all that funk and soul!

This is all in the first room, by the way (and only a small sample of what was available there).  Once you get done browsing all the new arrivals and reissues, you end up here.

Yes, more records await you.  Most of them in this back room are, as the sign says, vintage vinyl.

Call the crate diggers!

You also might’ve noticed that sign mentions “studio gear.”  They sold a lot of good stuff there.  These wonderful toys were along the right wall as soon as you walked into the store.

I wanted all of this.

I could’ve fiddled with that stuff until they closed if they’d let me.  This wrecka stow is on the edge of Toronto’s Chinatown, so you can get some good food and then buy a bunch of vinyl.  It’s a win-win.

Keep your mind open.

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Nik Havert

I've been a music fan since my parents gave me a record player for Christmas when I was still in grade school. The first record I remember owning was "Sesame Street Disco." I've been a professional writer since 2004, but writing long before that. My first published work was in a middle school literary magazine and was a story about a zoo in which the animals could talk.

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